/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5089123
They really should have given the Game Boy Mega Man games a subtitle or something. Most people I knew overlooked these games because they assumed they were all just ports of the NES games.

>>5089278
Could have called them "Mega Man World" like Japan does.

At least the first one had "Dr. Wily's Revenge".

>>5089278
This. I wish they had kept the "World" subtitle to avoid conflation with the console titles

GG Shinobi is pretty amazing. Is the sequel any good?

>>5089123

Bro the planet theme! Are you kidding me?

Loved this game as a 6 year old

>>5089410
oh shit, definitely this. the stage structure is weird though.

>>5089410
Nikita missile part fucked me up I can't pass it

>>5089410
my first and favorite metal gear game

>>5089367
Litereally the best in the series. How did they do that?

>>5089308
Hell yes it is

Megaman Xtreme 1 and 2

>>5089123
I want a colorized version of this game so much.

I'm excited about Ariga's manga re-release in colour also because we'll get to see the Stardroids with colours.

Final Fantasy Adventure
Final Fantasy Legend

>>5089289
They're not? What's different?

>>5089278
Wait so what's different?

>>5089862
Everything. Look up a video or something.

>>5089367
the sequel got a gameboy port in japan

I didn't have many handheld games, but this one was better than the rest by far. So much that I would still play it today.

This game was always such a big surprise. I especially loved the non-combat focused levels that required you to talk to all the people and figure your way around your objectives.

I also like how you needed to know how to play Black jack or Red Dog to proceed past a certain point int he third level. (And then play at least one round of Baccarat.) It was a fun game and required lots of critical thinking.

>>5089867
the gameboy games have completely new levels. the robot masters are usually taken from a combination of the NES games (1-2, 2-3, etc.) V is a completely original game though and it's fantastic

most of the gamea are good except for II

>>5090323

This was a million seller?. guess i should check it out then

>>5090503

It's definitely one of those games where you get a lot more than you expected.

>>5089862
For 1 through 4 they had staggered sets of 4 bosses each from different NES games (so the first GB game had 4 bosses from NES 1, intermission stage, then 4 bosses from NES 2, and so on for the other games), the stages were original, and each game also added an original "Mega Man Killer" boss with a weapon that didn't exist in any of the NES games

For 5 they went all-out and the bosses, soundtrack, stages, etc. are completely original, even the backstory was different with a bunch of robots from outer space coming in to take over Earth

>>5089123
Something made me constantly go back to this game as a kid.. it was so weird and unique but so satisfying when you progressed.

>>5091152
Should be mentioned that the first GB Mega Man game literally only had six stages. The MM1 Robot Masters got their own stages, but you fought the MM2 Robot Masters in the fifth stage as mid-bosses before fighting the MM-Killer. The sixth stage was solely for Dr. Wily.

I found this game to be an excellent representation of them TNG feels

>>5089123
Obligatory mention.

>>5089123
Easily one of the best /vr/ Mega Man games, certainly my favorite at least.

>>5091451
the only real big flaw with the minakuchi GB games is the sheer amount of asshole jumps they have you doing

>>5089919
Have you played it, by chance? I hear it has additional content over the NES original. Tempted to pick it up despite being unable to read any Japanese beyond "yes" and "no."

>>5091430
I played this one a lot, nice taste anon

>>5090323
I got stuck at the blackjack stage for the longest time holy shit.

Other than that it's such a great game.

>>5091970

Yeah i remember asking my dad to teach me how to play blackjack so i could continue. I've always liked games that threw unexpected challenges like that at you.

>>5089371
My favorite GB game hands down

>>5089125
This.

>>5090121
I loved this. It's about the only good handheld pinball too, feels a bit like Naxat Pinball.

The only other contender is Pokemon, but I wasn't too much of a fan of the table size.

>>5092863
Only by dint of the PC version being so unbelievably ass. Otherwise it's a pretty bog-standard portable game.

>>5091456
The only one I'd say has a lot of asshole jumps is 3GB.
Then again, they were really asshole jumps...

>>5089809
Unfortunately it won't happen. Capcom said they lost the source code for all the GB Mega Man games.

>>5090323
Actually the most complete Bond experience in gaming. This one deserves a sequel.
Perhaps a remake.

>>5091187

Favorite handheld game ever. Loved getting new abilities like the higher jump or harder throw and going back to progress in levels.

Fuck that one soccer bunny boss in the city level that I'm remembering as Jazz Jackrabbit though.

>>5089371
Just played and beat this tonight. God-tier GB music and fun gameplay

>>5093760
Well, someone did this, so it's possible

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3784/

>>5093760
They could go all MHX/PU on them, even though MHX/PU never drew a dime.

>>5093780

>It's implied that you pull a priceless diamond out of a rich girl's pussy and then trade it to a sewer dweller for a tranquilizer gun with 1 shot.
>Shoot a guy with it through a peephole in a casino
>Make enough money playing blackjack to be allowed into the room and loot the guy you shot in front of everyone playing Baccarat and no one bats an eye

You couldn't be more right about that statement.

>>5093760
Lost doesn't mean destroyed, anon. Maybe some day at least a couple of the GB Mega Man games will have their source codes rediscovered. It happened with System Shock 1, SS2, some graphic adventure games, and UT99 and maybe Thief 1. Nothing is stopping them from searching for them, starting in the place where they last had them.

>>5094152
I have the the original cartridge for that game still.

>>5089371
I just beat the Adventure a couple of days ago, how much of an improvement is it?

Oh, and I think Konami lost the source codes some of their portable /vr/ games too just as they did with Silent Hill 1 and 2.

>>5094891
Much better
>Christopher (NOT Simon as the first game tried to claim he was) moves at a better pace
>Subweapons are included (not all of them)
>The power-weakening effect when hit is all but gone. Only one enemy type can actually take whip power from you.
>Stages are played in the Mega Man format: choose from four to start, then play the final two stages in order
>A bit of actual plot to go with the monster-killing, leading to the first "Hunter vs. Hunter" battle of the series.

>>5094759
Notice that those are all western games. A significant amount of older Japanese documentation has been lost or destroyed due to earthquakes.

>>5095027
Nice, how the first game should've been. I look forward to giving that a try now.

>>5095104
A shame the Wii Store is gone, because they remade the first Adventure into a proper Castlevania game on it.

>>5095173
There's still torrenting and the possiblity of a freeshop being developed by homebrewers.

BUMP OF LIFE

>>5095374
BUMP AGAIN

>>5095027
>Castlevania
>Hunter vs Hunter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOMlq-q180g

>>5095173
As its own game, it's rather good, but as a remake, I can't really say it's great. The level layouts and boss fights are completely different, and the only thing that makes you realize it's a remake of the Adventure is some of the enemies. Part of me kind of wishes they had stuck closer to the original but got rid of downgrading your power after being hit and giving subweapons, but maybe just padded in more levels, or gave each level a couple more sections. I almost feel like they just called it a remake to grab some nostalgia bucks. But even so, it's really good.

>>5096232
And now I've got something else to try later

>>5090323
Amazing soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d-xS8IC1p8

>>5096458
its a remake in the same way that SCIV and Chronicles

>>5091187
All four Wario Lands are unique masterpieces
>>5091430
One of the greatest platformers ever made

>>5089125
No? They thought it was good enough to call it part 2, and even SM says "metroid 3" when you start it up. They likely considered this a title to market their handheld system on. It's not like a randomly excellent game such as Shantae or something

>>5089278
It sounds like the 8bit sonics according to your description. The only thing i knew about gameboyman is one youtubers childhood disappointment with the MegaMan 2 ver, he said it was so short that he finished it on the drive home or something like that

>>5091430
Didn't this have about 70 levels? God damn

>>5093760
reverse engineering perhaps?

>>5097987
There was a guy disassembling them. Doesn't look like he made it very far though. https://github.com/iimarckus/megaman/

>>5097667

I like how different each Wario Land is

>>5093760
That explains a bit. I remember WAY BACK When Mega Man Anniversary Collection was coming out for the Gamecube, Capcom announced a GB Collection that just sort of got quietly cancelled. If they said "Sure, we can do that," then couldn't find the source, it explains why it was quietly cancelled.

>>5096846

I've decided im playing this again tonight, i know i have my old cart laying around.

>>5097979
>Excellent game
>Shantae

>>5098689
Says you.

Bump

>>5093760
It feels like a joke to think Capcom couldn't simply rebuild any of the game boy games.

The Turok ports got way too good music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9aY7ruVCyc&list=PLbMoFtAsbzimh2xDs1plbE181QytZdSt_&index=5

>>5095092
Its not like the entire country has been leveled or anything. Do you think they hold all their data in mud shacks out in the wilderness or something?

>>5100963
well that's how they do their nuclear reactors