/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4286638
sure

Kinda

Best part was the home screen music.

>>4286645
http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Mega_Drive/Mega-CD

Nah

>>4286645
Never new about this dope-ass tune
ty for sharing

>>4286642
Second post best post. It has some neat stuff but it also suffers from the same problem all CD-based systems prior to the PlayStation had: a lot of devs couldn't really figure out what to do with the CD storage other than make FMV games or port over CD-based point-and-clicks from the PC.

>>4286638
It just ok.
Game from japan developer on this console was good.

>>4286638
I liked it. Not a ton of games, but a lot if what it did get was cool. Even though I like the regular version better.

>>4286645
which one?

>>4286903
dude that is a nice wallpaper

another shit tier console add-on by a shit tier company.

>>inb4 autistic bleeps of "M-M-MUH SANIC!"

>>4287153
Another fat bloated yank

>>4286638
If we got more of the NTSC-J stuff id say it was alright stll no match for the PC ENGINE CD though, but the PAL/NTSC-U libraries were pretty weak outside of the goodies here and there.

>>4286792
The tunes were the best part, a lot of composers went ham when they didn't have to work around the genesis sound chip.

I mean listen to this, I rented this and spent half the time waiting for a giant schmup boss to roll onto the screen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqLs4Iu9xc

It got some stuff on there

When I was young, no.

Now, yes.

I know it seems strange but it's true.

>>4287158
Eurofag detected.
Sega CD was slow as shit, good riddence.

Lunar was awesome. And it was convienent having a built in cd player at the time. I still have my CDX around somewhere.

>>4286638

If you judge a console by its game library (and you should), then no. Not a good system.
PCEngine had a far better CD library, despite being technically inferior.

>>4287589
But it had games I liked. So how does that make it not good?

>>4287147
Thanks! Not a wallpaper though, it's a painting I'm doing. Put the disk on it cause that island in the background is inspired by Ecco.

I have one of those and I'm playing the first Lunar on it. So far it's very unimpressive. Does it pick up later on?

>>4288434
If you don't like it so far you won't.

>>4286638
Best version of best plane shooter is on that fucker

>>4288138
Talented niggas.

Not him, but hope you don't mind if I *make* it a wallpaper

>>4287589
PC Engine mostly had inferior ports of PC 98 games.

>>4288434
Skip it and play the much better Lunar 2.

>>4288462
If you'd asked nice I'd even have taken a non shitty cellphone pic

>>4288596
whys 2 better

>>4288529
Only Eroshit games

>>4286638
The boot up screen music on this used to freak me out. I still find it unsettling.

>>4289143
Which version I find the second version very relaxing

>>4286638
Not a console. It's an add-on.

>>4286638
I've been fighting with getting one for maybe 8 years now... is it worth a buy

Snatcher is the only reason to acknowledge Sega CD. It had some other games but nothing notable.

>there are people here that don't love Keio Flying Squadron

>>4289769
THE FUCK YOU SAY?!?!

>>4289889
Ah, many good times were had with Scramblo.

The best Sega CD games were the ones that were basically just MD games with delicious CD audio, wish more retro throwbacks would emulate that style instead of relying on chiptunes. It was pretty awful for FMV playback though.

>>4289889
Boneschild is fucking overrated trash

Timeless my ass

>>4289917
Those were the worst sega cd games

>>4286638
>was it a console
No

>>4286638
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXcjF8t2AjI

>>4286638
I'll let you know as soon as I fix the drive on mine.

>>4291658
It was more than an add on though.

>>4286638
If only it and the 32x stuck around a bit longer. There was potential in both.

Yes, if purely for the soundtrack on the SMT1 port. Here's my favourites (I recommend comparing to the original SFC versions to see how nuts they went with the CD versions):

Cathedral - https://youtu.be/2bvjYIVpNhw

Arcade Town - https://youtu.be/YeA5jHkkMfk

>>4296997
Damn I want to play this now.

>>4297014
It looks like it could be the second best version of the game, just missing out to the PS1 port.

Both have smooth scrolling, although the Sega version is apparently quite janky. They both have remixed soundtracks, the Sega versions being some really interesting remixes of the original tracks while the PS1 ver. sounds like a shitty downgrade from the SFC tracks.

The Sega version has these weird ass character portraits, but they also redrew all the backgrounds and some of them look super nice. I recommend the hardcoregaming101 page on SMT1 for comparison screenshots.

>>4297014
>>4297018

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/megaten/megaten2.htm

There's the page I'm talking about. And from top to bottom the SFC, Sega CD, and GBA (based on the PS1) versions of the protagonists house interior. The CD version looks the nicest, but the PS1/GBA version seems more in line with what the original intended.

Both Lunars were god tier.

Sonic CD was passable but the rest of the library isn't that great.

>>4297094
Have you played popful mail, vay and shining force?

I have one. Got quite a few games for it. Shining Force, Lunar 1 and 2, vay, Dark Wizard, Wolfchild, Final Fight, Soul Star, Dungeon Explorer, Terminator, Time Gal, Battlecorps, Road Avenger, Mickey Mainia. Tons of good games actually. The good ones are way too fucking expensive though. Still want Popful Mail and Snatcher but thats never going to happen.

Robo Aleste, Android Assault are also on my need list. Will this retrofag market pop so I can pick these up?

>>4288765
Not him nor the other dude, can you please make it so?

>>4297724
bump

>>4297724
Sure. :) I'll take one in the morning and post.

>>4286792
Beep boop muh fugga ass dobb bup boo boo nigga

Friendly bump for a busy morning. Hopefully get to it soon.

Friendly bump for a busy morning. Hopefully get to it soon.

>>4286638
Yes. Not all of the games were "FMV only" as the Nintendrones would want you to beLIEve.

The music and voice acting were nice touches back then. The Video was god awful and so were most of the games.
Overall, my least favorite system from Sega that I own. I would rather play game gear games.

>>4286638
No, it was over engineered due to limitations of the expansion port. So much that it makes the Saturn and PS3 look well designed.

If they made it not an expansion, but as a built-in part of the a Megadrive 2, then it could've had much stronger hardware and far, far less complex design that not only makes it cheaper to make, but also easier to program for. And they could've addressed the palette too, while tackling the whole low user base problem.

Hell, if all they do is make scaling work native in the VDP (a feature they planned in '88 but dropped due to cost), making it run 60fps, it would've already been a beast and almost as good as the 32x in 3d.