/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4959525
Yes, and in fact, it was my introduction to DKC. Didn't get super far to the game, it was pretty tough and I couldn't go further then the level with the mine and light switches.

Aquatic Ambience still sounds really nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXGq43ydxrM

>>4959601
I often forget this thing existed. I played Donkey Kong Land which was very different to Country (like Super Mario Land to Suepr Mario Bros).
Donkey Kong Land 2 nd 3 on the other side were more alike to their "Country" counterparts.

>>4959525
game boy color?
more like
lame toy: duller

>>4959628
Kek

More like go drown yourself in a puddle, bitch!

Dont you ever disrespect the GBC! Fuckin mouth breather.

>>4959628
Piss off, it had plenty of good exclusives.

>>4959525
>>4959615
I just went to comapre both games and I just remembered how Land had a lot more charm than Coutnry in their stages.
>pirate ships
>underwater ruins
>the mountains (mostly for the rad music)
>these psychedelic clouds
>city stages, there are two types, one in urban districts, and the other in construction sites, probably referencing the original Donkey Kong

>>4959525
There's an unexpected amount of sega classics ported to the Game Boy Advance (are we going out of /vr/ bounds here?)
For example, this collection with the most memorable Sega arcade titles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkWz-w-0LFI
And there's another one that has Sonic Spinball of all games.

>>4959525
GBA Final Fight has two extra characters, but it's censored, like the SNES version.

>>4959525
This was the version I had. I also loved the Donkey Kong Land games

>>4959615
DK Land is basically a monocrome expansion pack for DKC while DKland 2 may as well be a port and DKL3 is kinda in between.

>>4959525
I wouldn't call it obscure, I remember it being marketed pretty aggressively. And yes, that was my first exposure to the DKC series, because the GBC was my first non Sega console ever.

This DKC pirate cart was neat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj4Qaem44HE

The amiga has the best home version of R-Type 2

Dynasty wars (tenchi wo kurau) got a very late PC Engine port

Turrican got a strange PAL only version on the nes. The final boss was traced from Aldynes, a rare supergrafx game

Tiger road on pc engine is very loosely based on the arcade version. Not developed by capcom

1943 kai on pc engine includes a new set of levels that are superior to the main game

Popful mail on pc engine includes extra areas not in the Sega cd version

Bosconian on x68000 has a new Yuzo Koshiro soundtrack. Interesting to not there is also a doujin shooter inspired by bosconian

C64 has a rather accurate port of castlevania, apart from some high pitch noises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XiUvMowedA

>>4959665
>And there's another one that has Sonic Spinball of all games.
I had that. It had Spinball, Eco and Golden Axe on it.
Also, almost all of the music in Spinball and Eco got cut.

>>4959525
Earthworm Jim port on GB. I still prefer the Genesis title, but the one on GB was good.

Viewpoint on the Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive is an interesting port of the Neo-Geo AES game:

Though the Genesis version has a lot of slowdown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzbidE0ylJg

If we are including GBA games... then Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY3eK0LAK2k

It used an isometric viewpoint with polygon models and it did a good gob capturing the feel of the home console versions.

>>4959601
Same here. I got stuck on some late game factory level though. I love the gbc version

>>4959659
dk land has godawful jumping physics though so none of that matters

>>4959628

game boy color is great my dude

Has more than twice the amount of levels as the SNES version, but half the framerate. Wish it ran as buttery-smooth as the original because I simply can't a fast-paced platformer at 15fps.

>>4959525
Just last week I sold my cart only copy of DKC to some goy that paid me 20 dollars for it. Man kids these days are getting thirsty.

The GBC port of Magical Chase is a blast, and also ludicrously expensive like it's PCE/TG16 counterpart

>>4960860
I don't think I'd ever pay $20 for a GBC game outside of something really rare, but it's definitely not a bad port.

Evolution: The world of Sacred Device (a Dreamcast RPG) got a NeoGeo Pocket port. Also, while technically not a port, the game was originally made for the Sega Saturn and the only noticeable difference, based on early screens, is that the models looked rougher.
On a similar note, Riviera: The Promised Land is actually a Wonderswan Color game that eventually got remade/ported to the GBA.
http://www.sting.co.jp/riviera/wsc/info.htm

The Gameboy Color is not Retro.

>>>/v/

>>4961028
>Retro gaming means consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier.
>The Game Boy Color (GBC) is a handheld game console manufactured by Nintendo, which was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and was released in November of the same year in international markets.

>>4960919
Ya whatever if I want to play it again I'll play it on my everdrive like a normal person.

>>4961031
It has Color Graphics and was released after I was a kid. Not Retro.

There was a Snake Rattle n Roll sequel on Gameboy, which was a sideview platformer.
Also worth noting is the Mega Drive port of Snake Rattle n Roll.

>>4961019
Didn't the ngpc version have some link gimmick thing with the DC version of the game?

I want a copy of that game

>>4959525
Even on the Gameboy, I loved the soundtrack.
Didn't have a SNES, so the jump to KI Gold on N64 felt like a huge leap.

>>4959630

finns truly are mongolians

>>4959525
Not sure if they qualify as "obscure", but the Sega 3D classics for 3DS. They are mostly the same as the originals but with an added 3d effect, which looks awesoem in games like Power Drift, Galaxy Force or Thunder Blade. They also add new content like extra stages, music tracks, or powerups.

>>4959525
It's really funny that the GB, a 8-bit handheld based on an even older computer, got ports from the 8-, 16- and even 32-bit home consoles, especially with GBC. You can play GTA on the go in greyscale and the GBC Driver port is actually fun.

>>4959525
>ruins music
GBC > SNES
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NT8Zp3VbI0w

>>4960302
>If we are including GBA games... then Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2:
OP here, I have the GBA port of THPS3 and I seriously like it. I just played it again a few months back.

I had it. I liked the op cartwheel jump where you could cartwheel straight off the edge of a platform and you'd keep going straight in the air, and you could jump after it. I thought it was weird that you'd do that on slopes, too though, instead of staying on the ground while cartwheeling. Diddy OP.
I hated how you turn into animal buddies instead of riding them, and that getting hit once makes you lose them with no chance of getting them back.
that said i never got far in the snes version but i finished this one several times over

>>4959525
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>>4962192
The M2 3ds ports are honestly amazing.
They are just so complete.
Like the option in space harrier to turn on an arcade button mashing sound for example.

>>4963993
I'm the real Jesus and you're infringing on my trademarked name. Get thee to court, motherfucker.

>>4963868
They went the easy route and just got the ruins theme from DK Land which was completely different from Country.
The same with King K Rool's boss battle. They took the pirate ship theme from Land instead of K. Rool's theme from Country, which at the of the day was the same except that it turns into hard rock 20 seconds in.

>>4959628
get back in the kitchen mung

>>4959525
The gbc port of this is so much harder than the original because of how unfaithful the physics are to the original. Gravity feels twice as strong in this version. Now that I have a snes it doesn't bother me though, the port is nice for an extra challenge. Some of the best graphics and music on the gbc too. They even have some songs in it that were never heard in other dkc games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gjh-E5a430&index=51&list=PL6-upzWwlIvf8-3HUbftMmtliqp1bR6RF&t=61s

>>4959525
Yes.

>>4959883
>GBA Final Fight has two extra characters
what?

>>4959601

the original dkl version sounds slightly better actually

>>4965061
>Some of the best music on the gbc too

not really. it's pretty good but nowhere near the best stuff

>>4965468
whatever you say man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-7uX01vSb0

>>4965531
weak bro

https://youtu.be/KBVFuob-TLI?list=PLthKojOtRS32c_mDIk6LEjyhRwFR4lYhM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVpkon8oOSA

https://youtu.be/cyOX2_AJX5o?list=PLbMoFtAsbzimkK5q7vOLxgq6-D9TEL7-h

https://youtu.be/0N7AmdksQe8?list=PLFAB3E682EBF46BDB

https://youtu.be/d_Ly5LiTSqo?list=PLFAB3E682EBF46BDB

https://youtu.be/R0ZVqUJqsy4?list=PLB2A97B4891FD257D

>>4965405
Alpha Guy and Cody are unlockable. You could've just googled, you know.

>>4965560
these are all very technically impressive, but to me the compostions don't touch the work done by rare's team, It's all pretty subjective though. Thanks for sharing that list anyway. The smurfs one was my favorite and makes me wanna check out the game.

had this as a kid and loved it.

Went back and played it last night and the destructible environments are really impressive on the gameboy color. It was the first game I played where I actually felt like I was driving a tank.

>>4961043
Just blew my mind man. Was this any good?

>>4966552
>
It was pretty good, and had a really great underlooked soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rg4rHOheSc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yduU-IJF4d0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3xUiSBqDZk

>>4965590
check out alberto gonzalez then

https://soundcloud.com/joemcalby/sets/console-works

>>4965560
No wonder half of these are by Alberto José González.

>All these DKC and DKL shit
Why don't you post a DK game that is actually good?

>>4967027
All hail the king of Game Boy music!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXlpzbIl1Bg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st4aSeFzEBA

>>4967486
That's a Mario game.

>>4959960
Why is China obsessed with putting games on hardware they clearly shouldn't be running on?

>>4967532
ye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll8AmxhIhRY
Joe & Mac on NES.
Look at that parallax scrolling.

>>4967532

the turok gameboy games have amazing soundtracks

>>4968418
So that they don't have to figure out how to pirate new hardware.

There was a port of Populous on the original Game Boy.

It was atrocious.

>>4963993
I feel like all i ever get recommended to me on youtube these days are this dudes videos.

>>4968418
Because it's the most widely available hardware. Famiclones are affordable to nearly everyone, the market is huge.

>>4959525
Yes, that was my into. That version was fucking great. Beat the game and loved it.

>>4961973
Htf did you know im finnish. Wtf???

>>4966552
https://youtu.be/VuwMiILWMvU

>>4959525
I remember playing the Donkey Kong Land games on my friend's gb back when we were kids. For some reason I have this memory of being in a restaurant passing the gb back and forth when we die; don't know why that of all things tuck.

Anyway, are the DKL games any good?

>>4968517
I heard the SMS port is pretty decent. How similar in structure are the two, GB and SMS? The both use a Zilog 80, right?

>>4972681
General opinion goes like this:
1 original in content but unpolished
2 just a port, but more polished
3 half original and polished
Pick your poison.
You also need to play them on the GBC or anything that colors the sprites to clearly distinguish them from the cluttered backgrounds.

>>4968418
Someone in China / Taiwan / Hong Kong thought the world needed a Famicom port of Dark Seed 1.

http://bootleggames.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Seed

Apparently they were very thoroughly in porting Street Fighter to any system available with varying results.

>>4975804
The Spectrum Version is also quite an achievement too and looked very good in magazines (if you have a hard-on for the Spectrums monochrome graphics mode), but as soon as the game starts and the sprites moved it was apparent, that they could indeed do bigger sprites than the C64 (but the Speccy Version was only available for 128k Spectrums of course double the RAM gives better results), but the Spectrum also lacked in terms of power.

>>4975813
How the fuck does this game uses Super big portraits if it was released before Super?

>>4975821
I don't know. Maybe the devs that ported the game to all the 8- and 16-bit Machines (UK based Creative Materials, Ltd) had some insights into what was planned ahead by Capcom.

Also the SNES Port came out the same year the home computer ports were in the works (despite the in-game text the Speccy Port was finally released in '93 when the SNES-version was already out), maybe the borrowed something they saw there?

>>4968418
I love them.

>>4975804
The Sega Master System port is quality alone for the 8-bit tunes, but they could afford eight fighters.

>>4966202

This is a really fun 8 bit tank game. There's also world destruction league for gbc (spiritual successor to Battletanx) but it isn't quite as fun

>>4959960

Imagine what a top tier dev could've done with porting dkc to the nes

>>4966552
poster here
It was great, not amazing but pretty fun. I loved the snot out of SR&R but it kind of fell flat in strict 2D and black and white.

>>4959960
I love the creativity of the chinese.

>>4959525
I'm curious about this port. It's the classic mega man with better graphics to the mega drive. Anyone played it?

>>4978918

I'm pretty sure it's kinda wonky compared to the nes versions

>>4978918
It is worth playing if you find the nstc rom and not the pal one.

>>4961043
Holy shit I didn't know that.

>>4979748
Wasn't it only released in pal though?

>>4967486
You could try and go back to /v/ with your angry shitpost.

>>4979852

It was on sega channel in america

The C64 version of Prince of Persia is an interesting case. There were rumors and even screenshot of a C64 version from early to mid 90's. But only some ugly looking screenshots surfaced.

But very late in 2011 an unofficial but almost perfect conversion came out. And the developer even documented his progress (he did the port only with a reverse engined Apple II version of the game).

But I doubt that the game could've released in that state in the 90's. C64 games on cartridge always were more expensive, but a game on cartridge with a size of half a MB would've been not cheap at all (AFAIK only Terminator 2 for the C64 had such a big cartridge). And I doubt that this version would run that well from disk (let alone tape), I guess you would have to load for every single screen. There's a reason he ported it to cartridge only. But if the game would've been released in the 90's on cartridge only, I guess it wouldn't have sold very well.

>>4963993
Whats the context of this copy pasta? Does he try to get other peoples videos taken down if they make a video about "hidden gems"?

Space Channel Part 2 is quite interesting, a direct 1-1 port.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMT-jbJhYAU