/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5289889
That game isn't canon.

>>5289903
I mean, within its own game, which ending is the canon one?
Also, it could be canon, there's nothing on it that contradicts the actual canon.

the canon ending is where you post this thread on >>>/jp/ or >>>/a/

>>5289889
Everyone dies turned into fanta.

Jet Alone takes Asuka as his bride.

I want to lick Asskar's armpits.

Anyone else played ANGELS?

>>5289927
bruh she's like 14 :/

>>5289914
Or just on /vr/, since this was released on retro consoles and windows 95. I played it for the first time in 1999.
>>5289916
that's EoE, on GoS the ending happens before Touji loses his leg. Also Kojima ripped off this game for the plot on Peace Walker.

>>5289930
I remember playing it a little. Also screensavers and sitting desktop dolls.

>>5289935
>>>/jp/ is for discussion of visual novels, so please go there instead, and thanks in advance for your cooperation.

>>5289932
Her show came out like 25 years ago

>>5289932
So was I when the show aired.

>>5289889
What's even the point of this game? How does it relate to the anime?

>>5290029
Back when I first played GoS, I didn't even knew the term "visual novel".
Either way, it's fine here on /vr/. Think of it this way: At least this isn't a console war thread, or emulation vs real hardware.

>>5290190
>What's even the point of this game?
It was released in 1997, it was a weird time for Evangelion, because the show had finished airing in 1996, but The End of Evangelion didn't exist yet.
I believe Girlfriend of Steel was released around the same time of Death and Rebirth. People were nuts for anything Evangelion-related. It was also the first big-scale Eva game developed in-house by Gainax themselves.
Also to introduce a new waifu, Mana, who was actually pretty popular with the fandom back in the day.
>How does it relate to the anime?
It fits in the "action arc" of the series (after Asuka arrives, but before Touji becomes a pilot).
It starts as a lighthearted romantic comedy but ends up in betrayal and ambiguous feels.

>>5290203
Was really wondering if it was worth my time. I'm not crazy obsessed about Eva but I'm just wondering how much side stuff is actually good. I like Eva but a lot of dumbshit gets attached to it's name (and imo that includes the Rebuild movies)
I'm not really into romantic comedies or VNs that much but if it's cool I'll look into it.

>>5290226
Girlfriend of Steel is actually cool because it feels like an extra episode, or an OVA, with little bits of interactive parts.
All the art in the game was done by actual TV series staff, so all the locations and characters look on point, plus all the original voice actors are on it as well.
Maybe it's nostalgia on my part, but I think this game is worth experiencing if you like the original Eva.
If anything, if deels like a more fleshed out "Jet Alone" episode, you'll see why if you play it.
Evangelion 64 has amazing 3D models and animations, crazy that it's still possibly the best Evangelion game.

>>5290226
I never could beat the lilith level.

>>5290342
The spear of longinus level where Eva 00 takes the spear from Lilith is actually one of the hardest missions in the game, mainly due to how hard it is to aim and adjust the X and Y axis, especially if you're emulating.

>>5290342
I'm in general kinda just bad at the game.

>>5289903
Your mom's a cannon

>>5290342
>thinks the lilith level is hard
wait till you meet maris

>>5289889
what version of this game should i play?

>>5289913
if there is no sequel, then the concept of canon ending for a one-off game is meaningless. pick one that floats your boat

>>5289932
She’d be like 17 since the original show took place in 2015

>>5290203
Thought GoS took place in that weird small bit where it was showing Shinji the different worlds he can make and one being just your typical high school anime.

I just wonder if you can date Kaworu

>>5291165
The PC Windows version is fan translated.
>>5291174
There is a GoS2, but that one is more of a "what if" scenario where Shinji can choose to date Rei, Asuka or Kaworu

>>5291262
GoS1 follows the events of the anime, since there's Evas and all (the alternate world on ep 26 shows a normal world without Nerv or Evas).
But you might be interested in GoS2 as I mentioned above. The thing with GoS2 is that the quality of the overall presentation isn't as good as GoS1, in terms of art direction, etc.

>>5291282
Doing a quick look seem I was thinking of Girlfriend of Steel 2 which does take place in that alternate world.

Mana best girl.

>>5289889
It doesn't matter, everyone dies anyways

>>5290226
Eva might be my all time favorite show and I’m not sure how many times I’ve seen the whole thing, but this is kinda how I feel as well. Don’t care about waifufaggotry or a lot of superfluous material.

This thread has convinced me to give GoS a shot at least.

I tried 64 a year back or so but had no idea what I was doing. I still have no idea how that game is supposed to work. Looked up a guide and it seemed like every level had almost random inputs for different actions. Any advice if I try to give it another try?

>>5291848
>Eva might be my all time favorite show and I’m not sure how many times I’ve seen the whole thing, but this is kinda how I feel as well. Don’t care about waifufaggotry or a lot of superfluous material.
Honestly, something I can't stand about Eva fans is how sanctimonious some can be. Who gives a shit if Gainax made some mahjong game where you play against Asuka, Rei & Noriko, it's not like it will ruin the show. Who gives a shit if people fap to Rei? Who gives a shit about Rebuild being Rebuild, Anno didn't kill your family.
I'm actually glad the side-material is inconsequential, I prefer this to the Japanese boner for multimeda franchises where you have to watch the TV show, two movies, read 5 manga, and play all the games in release order to understand everything.

>>5291614

>>5291614
preach, brother
>>5291848
>I tried 64 a year back or so but had no idea what I was doing. I still have no idea how that game is supposed to work. Looked up a guide and it seemed like every level had almost random inputs for different actions. Any advice if I try to give it another try?
Each level has its own gimmick, but the main combat missions, like the first one, have a sort of set mechanic to it, which is similar to the Ultraman game for SNES. That is, you have to build up a power meter by beating the enemy in order to finally unleash a powerful, finishing move. In Eva 64's case, first you need to break through the angel's AT Field, which is done through button mash (it needs a specific timing, alternating between B and one of the C buttons I think) it's not mindless mashing though). Once you break the AT Field, you can start attacking the angel, the more synch ratio you raise, the more consecutive hits you can do to them. Keep hitting them until you can launch them off with a kick. Once the angel is far, you can start running with the Eva, and at a specific time (there's a visual cue) you can input a command (like up with the stick and B or A) and perform a special attack. Do this a couple times to kill the angel.
There's many different special attacks you can perform/unlock, but it depends on how high your synch ratio is.

Based Gainax.

>>5292342
>>5289889
why are the background pictures different? OP has the sephirothic tree and the other pic has Samael.

>>5291614
Who.

>>5292536
Kirishima Mana aka the Girlfriend of Steel

>>5291884
Dude I have zero problems with any of that stuff, I just said I don't care about it. I originally thought it was a dating sim, finding out it's not made be curious. That's all.

It wasn't meant as some sort of insult to those things. I agree it's better they're inconsequential optional material that don't impact the original story.

>>5292296
Interesting, sounds weird and complicated.

>>5292538
Lower right gives me Nadia vibes for some reason.

>>5291278
There a download for this anywhere? Found the patch but can't find a copy to apply the patch to.

>>5292630
*berserks your way*

>dat manual

>>5295757
>it's not in red
chance missed for another red cross book

I asked in one of the last Eva threads, but does anyone have the strip mahjong game?

>>5291614
>>5291901
>>5292296
Agreed, but sadly non-cannon. Mana is best girl. When I get back to Japan, I will try to find the PS2 version for the additional scenes and ending.


>>5296994
There are two. The original R15 one, and the later R18 version. I cannot tell the difference between the two in terms of rating, as they have the same stripping images. I prefer the original one for its better story and involvement with other Gainax universes.

>>5297030
You have it? Can you upload? I can only find a dead torrent online.

>>5297030
NEEERRRRRRRRD

>>5296868

>>5298358
>lowercase v vs uppercase V
ONE JOB

>>5299335
yeah, not sure what's up with that.
The Nerv logo is all in uppercase.
There's some of the prototype logos that have a bigger V though.

>>5295757
>>5298358
this is actually pretty based

>>5297030
Glad to see you're still around picbro.
Hopefully you will rip and upload those Collector's Discs sometime. The internet needs them.

>>5297195
>>5301059
My monitor died, and I've been saving up to repair it, thus no access to my computer. I've been phone posting and I don't have a CD-ROM to phone adapter.


>>5297205
You mean NERV.

>>5301368
No hurry, but it'd be really nice to have these ripped.
Come to think of it, the Evangelion fandom is big, but a lot of older stuff is hard to find, you'd think everything Eva-related would already be online, but no. Back in the day some fansites actually had some desktop theme ripped from some of those CD-ROMs available for download. Nowadays people don't even know about GoS.
Also, what's that Nerv CD?

Is Super Robot Wars F canon?

>>5292630
>Lower right gives me Nadia vibes for some reason.
anno only draws...

>>5289889
>Muh canon
Im getting real sick of everyone online needing everything to have an obvious canon. Especially games where part of the fun is the alternative routs and choices you can make. We live in a point where faggots online won't even use their own made up names when giving the chance if there's a name pulled from some manga.

>>5303435
>anno

Was Mana really a traitor or she was just a victim?

>>5289939
The desktop sitters were from a doujin CD-ROM. They were fun to have on my Windows 2000 desktop.

>>5301691
I don't like Eva, just like the girl characters. The fandom was only big in Japan to my recollection.

That's Screen Savers vol.2. It is a patch that is supposed to be sewn onto a jacket or something.

>>5305742
>I don't like Eva, just like the girl characters.
Man, you sure love the girls if you own all that Eva stuff. You probably own more merchandise than most Eva fans.
Can't blame you though, the girls in Eva are 10/10, but I'm also into it because of the giant robots/monsters.
>The fandom was only big in Japan to my recollection.
Back then, yes. But now Eva is supposed to be very mainstream and popular worldwide as well, in the 90s Eva was still niche outside of Japan.

>>5305742
I used to be crazy about EVA...in the late 90s / early 00s, but to be honest, all characters on the show are fucked up and complicated and I'm far too normie to tolerate such loonies around me IRL.
Also underage cast which is a no-go.

>>5306572
2015 was 4 years ago.
They're legal this year.

>>5306579
They are fictional, anon. Somewhere, out there, are the real Asukas and Reis, waiting.

>>5306585
I have met several Asukas IRL, but never a Rei.

>>5304498
Both.

>>5307813
>Peanuts reference
neat

>>5306563
>Man, you sure love the girls if you own all that Eva stuff.
You are searching for reason where there is none.
It's THAT /vr/-persona, after all.

>>5297030
is that princess maker?

>>5306589
no human clone tech yet

>>5289932
14 is a legal adult in nippon

>>5308297
Rei also requires manipulating the soul of ancient alien god-like creatures.

>>5308297
>>5308975
Just put a blue wig on a lovedoll, same thing.

>>5309010
Call me when lovedolls can do this.

>>5295757
Do want.

>>5309014
For all the flack the show gets about running out of budget, the animation can look damn good sometimes.

>>5309772
That's actually from Death and Rebirth, it's one of the newly animated scenes.
But still, yeah, Evangelion still has good quality animation compared to most other TV series.

>>5289932
In the new EVA timeline she's 24 but her body didn't age past 14.

>>5308295
Yes, I originally took the pics for a Princess Maker thread. This thread, I took a new pic of the collector's CD-ROMs and screensaver CD-ROMs above.


>>5304498
I don't care, what matters is the time spent with her.


>>5306563
>>5306572
Nice to read about other fans of the series. It was a series big in its time and set a lot of trends. Sega did advertise a lot in the commercial breaks between, and that is how I learned of Sakura Taisen. Sadly as excited as I was for those games, they were okay at best, but more surprisingly Sega did not advertise their Eva games on Saturn during the show run. These days, there are more Eva games on non-/vr/ systems and I have no idea of anything past the original series.


>>5306589
I think there were only like 5-6 cosplayers that pulled off the Ayanami Rei look well. Many more can achieve Asuka. Haven't seen a Mana, and there seems to be a few new pilots, but I have not watched the series after 96.

>>5310759
I only played PM2 in MSDOS years ago. I haven't tried the other PM games, including the refined. Are the refined good?

>>5310137
wtf anno, stop being nip george lucas

>>5310759
>but I have not watched the series after 96.
Are you japanese?

>>5291174
>telling an autistic person to use their imagination

>>5311683
>implying autistic people aren't the main creators of headcanons

I got lost in Nerv HQ, never could finish the game.

Eva 64 is great.

>>5289932
>>5306589
>>5310137
Must be nice.

>>5307813

>>5309772
I feel Evangelion is one of the best/coolest illustrated shows most of the time. Really the whole "no budget" thing refers to the frequent reused or minimalist animation at times.

>>5315003
source on this demen semen pls

>>5295757
>ようこそ,NerV江
>江
What in tarnation? Is that really where the へ particle comes from?

>>5316962
The kun reading is "e", so yeah probably.
It's also how appears on the series: >>5298358

>>5316979
But the え pronunciation of the へ particle is only present in modern Japanese, it used to be a very clear へ with an audible "h".

Does the special edition re-release fuck with anything?

>>5310952
I personally prefer the pixel art of the original. The refine version has a greater color depth and the visuals are more like scanned images. They still are exactly the same game, but I prefer the limited colors and pixel art.

>>5311678
I prefer to keep my anonymity. The season did end in '97, and I think I really jumped on to Tenkuu no Escaflowne instead, which was more my speed in the following season.

>>5316329
She's not the best in the face department for Asuka. Just used the image for the laugh. Here's another Asuka.

>>5316329
She got sourced at one point about a year ago, she's Russian and you can find her Russian social media account. She likes weird underground german music.

Did you guys play any of the Saturn games?

>>5319835
I actually own a couple of them, one is a visual novel with a couple rpg battles, another is the virtual card game, and another is an interactive art gallery with other Gainax stuff and interviews with staff

>>5291278
>Kaworu
there's your answer anon.

i don't use the term thot unironically but if i did it would best describe rei & asuka.

>>5320170
Kaworu isn't on GoS1.
>Rei
>thot
Pick one.

I thought the canon ending was the one where you meet Mana again

>>5322841
>not the Asuka ending.

Been trying to install GoS2 but nothing happens if I hit Setup.exe. Any advice?

>>5324825
Try using applocale and setting the program to japanese, try running it on a Windows XP virtual machine then installed copy the folder over.

>>5324825
Try using applocale and setting the program to japanese, try running it on a Windows XP virtual machine then copy the installed folder over.

>>5307813
Is Shinji drinking a beer?

>>5324851
They sell iced tea and other shit in those cans in japan.

>>5310137
>24
Actually it's 28.

>>5309772
It was plagued by budget issues but you have to remember this was Gainax and they had some of the most talented tv animators around.

Even with time and money problems they just made sure to work on the right stuff and then have static shots tastefully used for everything else

>>5325887
Besides the obvious fluid motion in action scenes, the old series really got the textures down pat. The shading and color on plastic, metal, glass, blood etc. all looks legit.

>>5320170
>>5321470
rei is a thot. not as big of a thot as askua but a thot none the less.

>>5326457
rei isn't even a human being, you fag.
literal goddess.

>>5301368
Why is Shinji Ness and Gendo in a green towel in that pne screen saver?

>>5326718
>Ness
kek, pretty sure that's Ibuki

>>5326728
Mach Pizza actually got a cameo in Eva https://www.nsidr.com/posts/earthbound-and-evangelion-separated-at-birth

>>5326743
Wow, that's actually pretty neat.

IN THE END IT DOES NOT EVEN MATTER

>>5307813
>Dang it, Charlie. Stop touching mah propane
>shut up, Sailor

>>5302764
yes

>>5292342
>that Sanic

Whenever I try to execute the game, it says to run it as a admin in moon. When I run it as a admin, nothing happens.
Help?

>>5330227
Don't run programs as admin unless absolutely necessary for their function. Games should NEVER require this.
Programs designed for <=XP often expect admin privileges for write permissions. But you can generally just install them somewhere where they already have write permissions instead of Program Files, fixing that issue entirely.

Anyone play the psp game? How was it?

>>5326501
>literal goddess.
>shit.

what did they mean by this?

>>5333792
>perfect
>literal goddess
Makes sense to me.

>>5333792
>perfect
>literal goddess
Makes sense to me.

>>5331835
the fighter?

>>5297030
I have the digital file book but for some reason it didn't include the cd, do you have it or know were to get it somewhere?

>>5306589
>I have met several Asukas IRL
Lucky bastard

>>5335597
The book is just a catalog of the items in the collector's CD-ROMs. To my knowledge, it does not include any CD-ROMs. There may be a possibility there was a limited edition that included a CD-ROM, like my Keio Yuugekitai books include a Saturn bonus disc or the Culdcept fan books having extra standalone tournament stages for Playstation, but I am unaware of any.


>>5336925
Asuka may get on your nerves.

>>5290193
>At least this isn't a console war thread, or emulation vs real hardware.
What's the best way to play Girlfriend of Steel?

>>5337167
Cute boy (male).

>>5337167
is this really a trap?

>>5337172
>>5337850
>>>/gtfo/

>>5337167
>saitek-gamepad
always knew asuka best girl.

>>5337908
I was just asking

>>5291186
I like that this actually works out.

>>5337943
She's not a trap, but @shirogane_sama, has one of the best cosplays of Asuka.

Gendo was right.

>>5306589
Literal Rei and Asuka situation once, Rei was cool but barely if ever responded, made me feel like I literally didn't exist.
Asuka make me feel like shit all the time but liked me.
It's better in fantasy, or at least to find a Rei or Asuka after they go through their character arc.

>>5340006
The Asuka I met IRL didn't make me feel like shit, but I was just too autistic (and young) to pick up on her signals of her liking me.
Never met a Rei though, I find it hard to believe an IRL Rei exists.

>>5339361
He always was

>>5319835
Only that one.
Managed to get all the cards. Not really a hard task.
The mini comics were pretty funny.

>>5289889
What's even the point of this game besides more money grabbing? They all die anyway.

>>5344535
What even is the point of video games? They're all about money grabbing.
And we all TUMBLE DOWN in the end

>>5344535
You must not run away.

>>5344535
>They all die
>Final scene has 2 main characters alive
What did he mean by this.