/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4502187
>RPGs as a selling point pre PSX
most people's first RPG was FF7 senpai

>>4502187
The games are great, you just need to dig deeper. Splatterhouse 2, 3, Robocop Vs Terminator, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie, Sonic 1, 2, 3, Knuckles, Spinball, Streets Of Rage 1, 2, 3, Revenge Of Shinobi, Vectorman 1 & 2, etc, etc.

As for RPG's, there was Phantasy Star 2, 3 & 4. RPG's aren't my cup of tea, but I heard great things about the Phantasy Star series. Also I love the fact that the Sega Genesis model 1 looks sleek and sexy, unlike the American SNES(they should have with the PAL version).

>>4502187
Phantasy Star II, III and IV are worth your time. (Well, III not so much maybe, but II and IV are great.) They're great RPGs that I actually prefer to the /vr/ Final Fantasy games.

Other notable RPG's include Beyond Oasis, Landstalker, Shining in the Darkness, Sword of Vermillion, Ys III, Shining Force I/II, Wonder Boy in Monster World, and Shadowrun. These are all good games.

Plus you've got all the Sega arcade classics like Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, etc.

Maybe you should try being a little more open minded, and try games that weren't commercially successful at the time of their release, or try games that you have never heard of or played before. The Genesis library is overflowing with great games.

The SNES has just as much licensed bullshit, sports games, and shovelware as the Genesis did.

>thinks that the appeal of the SNES is shovelware RPGs
>thinks the Genesis doesn't have RPGs.

What even is the point of this thread? Other than to display the ignorance of the OP?

>>4502187
Did you just post twice or is the hate for sega that strong?

>>4502187
Its appealing because it has a large library of great games.

Also, there's already a fuck Genesis thread for you to complain in. http://boards.4chan.org/vr/thread/4501705#top

Can anybody tell me how so many people manage to reach adulthood without being able to grasp the concept that not everyone agrees with them and that their own tastes are highly subjective and also probably bad?

I mean fuck, how does someone who thinks Mortal Kombat is good even reach adulthood without accidentally drinking drain cleaner or something?

>>4502187
The exclusive shmup library (made for console) is probably the best of its time, though PC Engine is comparable / close.

Thunder Force III and IV (Lightening Force)
Battle Mania Daiginjou
MUSHA
Gaiares
Elemental Master
And more. There's also run and guns like Contra Hard Corps, the Treasure Games and Batman & Robin.

Shining Force 1 and 2 was a big part of my childhood.

EA Sports games and the mutant League spin offs.

The Strike Series was good too.

Don't forget the Rocket Knight game

>>4502228
>What even is the point of this thread? Other than to display the ignorance of the OP?

What if that was his point? What would you say to that?

>>4502249
SNES vs Genesis is the console war that should have ended all console wars because it was so truly well fought and so even for so long. It's the only console war where the consoles are equally great by most objective standards. If a gamer can't learn that gaming is subjective from Genesis vs SNES he'll never learn.

>>4502242
>http://boards.4chan.org/vr/thread/4501705#top
Wow. >>4501705 next time

Ristar is way better than Sonic.

>>4502917
I think Rocket Knight Adventure is better than Ristar.

>>4502937
anything that wasn't platforming was boring like the shmup and boxing sections.

>>4502187
it had more than that,you are just a yank and nintendo dominated your area,in eruope the mega drive did well.

>>4502187
>posts AtGames Genesis knockoff

The genesis had no games, most of the games always mentioned are arcade ports

>>4503020
>it had more than that,you are just a yank and nintendo dominated your area,in eruope the mega drive did well.


Genny was just as common as Super Nintendo for us here in the US. OP's just an idiot who wasn't even fucking aware of the existence of Phantasy Star.

It had tons of solid action games. RPGs are gay, so those don't matter at all.

>>4502187
>almost every on being bad
>I liked MK2/3

There were 952 games for the system FYI and many decent titles out of them.

>>4503484
Phantasy Star is one of the worst RPGs. Especially the earlier ones. Bad plot, clunky UI, early ones let you fight or run you don't even get to choose who you attack. Getting around the world is slow as fuck. It's not good. It's usually mentioned simply because it's the only proper JRPG styled game on the system outside Beggar Prince and Legend of Wukong by the same company in the mid to late 2000s.

>>4502228
>just learned the term "shovelware" and thinks it applies to any games he doesn't like

>>4502187
The Genesis has
>Sonic the Hedgehog
>Sonic the Hedgehog 2
>Sonic the Hedgehog 3
>Sonic & Knuckles
>Vectorman
>Vectorman 2
>Rolling Thunder 2
>Rolling Thunder 3
>Splatterhouse 2
>Splatterhouse 3
>Golden Axe
>Streets of Rage
>Streets of Rage 2
>Streets of Rage 3
>The Revenge of Shinobi
>Shinobi III
>Spider-Man
>ESWAT
If you actually think the Genesis doesn't go beyond sports games you're a retard.

Man I wish Sega were better hardware designers.
The Mega Drive wasn't futureproofed at all. The processors weren't properly linked to each other; lots of pins weren't connected to anything at all.
And the dumb musical chairs they played with motherboard designs led to wild differences in audio and video output quality.

>>4503767
Do Mega Drive/Genesis units have a reputation for failing nowadays? Or are you referring to something else?

>>4503783
Anon is talking about the quality slump in the middle of the system's lifespan i.e late Model 1s and early Model 2s. Model 3 doesn't count as it was released well into the 5th gen as a poorfag console.

>>4503808
And it's not just the parts bin roulette shit they pulled with their revisions, but the base design was flawed as well.
If you look at a motherboard, you'll notice that the processors have a lot of blind-soldered pins that aren't linked to anything.
I've read that, had the processors' and memory chips' spare pins been linked in a specific number of ways, the console would've been more capable. Also its add-ons (Sega CD) would've performed better.

>>4503767
What are some of these lots of pins that weren't connected to anything?

>>4503990
I remember reading some posts made by Victor Ireland himself regarding design issues with the Genesis motherboard.
I don't have electronics expertise so can't really say which specific pins on which specific processors.

>>4502187
This is one of the funniest posts I've seen in a long time.

>>4504034
Elaborate

>>4504038
The whining about no good games followed by the ones he liked being Sonic and MK. Then no RPGs was like a cherry on top. I got a goood chuckle.

>>4502249
You were totally right on the first post of your post, and then you went full retard talking about shit about mortal Kombat out of nowhere. You've completely contradicted yourself there about people having personal tastes.

>>4502187
>I had like 50 games or so for it
So you were that kid that keep buying shit thinking things will become better but never did, for FIFTY FUCKING TIMES? Sounds like your issue is bigger than just a bad purchase.

>>4504000
Top kek kid. So some guy was larping and you believed his bullshit because you don't understand it? Or because it never happened because the only larping is here and now with you?

BUMP! BRING THIS THREAD BACK TO LIFE!

>>4506358
RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE

any road rash 2 "remakes", would love to play it online the same way you can doom.

>>4502187
Can anybody tell me what's so appealing about the SNES as a console? I had like 50 games or so for it, but I remember almost every one being bad, either as an average at best arcade port or licensed shovelware.

>>4502917
>Ristar is way better than Sonic.

Me taking a big smelly shit is way better than Sonic.

>>4507389
Don't feed the trolls, anon.

>>4502187
>>4507389

>>4502187
what a piece of trash.

>>4502187
The Genesis's main appeal came from a false significance assigned to certain irrelevant aspects of it by advertising. The idea that it would make gaming cool and edgy with Sonic the Hedgehog, blast processing, and uncensored Mortal Kombat was what Sega relied on to compete with the SNES, whose games overall were and are much better on average. That said, its still a decent console with fine games and everything.

>>4508341
Processing speed was a real advantage that could be noticed (compare their shmup libraries).

>>4508341
Yeah because four year old me totally knew all of that and didn't just find Sonic really fun.

>>4502187
>had like 50 games or so for it

I know it's bait, but in my country this was almost true. The only place you could buy games was in the toy store and they only had the usual suspects (sonic, ecco, etc)

>>4502187
>RPGs
the genre for absolute man children who hate anything skill or effort related and like shit stories that barely qualify for the childrens section whom explore in games where they fail to explore irl, the fly paper for losers genre ever.

>>4508429
I like rpg's and other genres of games. :D

>>4508429

>You cannot like things I dont like

You should kill yourself

>>4508341
Lol

>>4508429
>describing JRPGs
Play D&D: Warriors of the Eternal Sun. You're welcome.

>>4502249
Millenials actually dont grow up any longer. Or they just might take a very long time to.

>>4502249
So you're showing us that you never grew up. Okay.

>>4502187

Golden Axe 1&2
Streets of Rage 1&2

Thunder Force III&IV
M.U.S.H.A

>>4504335
>>4508792
>>4503468
I believe therein lie the hilarious comedic stylings