/vr/ - Retro Games

forgot link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cYIlPcbwW4

>arcade release in 2019

>>5327172
They're probably still profitable enough in japan i would assume.
Nevertheless, still feels like a big letdown

>>5327172
I'm happy about that even if I'll never get to play it. So sick of seeing arcades be nothing but a tiny casino for kids or giant versions of mobile games you can get for free on your phone.

>>5327162
>looks like the original one upscaled with an hq4x filter applied
Are we even looking at the same video? The graphics look great. That's just what high definition simple graphics look like. They look clean and crisp.

https://arcadeheroes.com/2019/01/24/jaepo-2019-the-exa-arcadia-thread/

>you can also switch between old and new graphics at the touch of a button.

I think the old graphics are still there in this version according to that website.

>>5327332
Well I might have exaggerated. I think the problem for me is that it's now in higher resolution but still has the same level of detail.
It may look really nice on a NES in 240p but it just looks kinda bland in HD...

>>5327353
To each their own, I guess, but I think it looks good and I wish more remakes/re-releases of old games did this much justice to the original while updating into higher resolutions.

>>5327196
how long until the flappy bird arcade machine is retro?

>remaking a 1992 game in widescreen
>vert- implementation

Is the codebase identical to the NES game's or something?

>>5327373
I dunno, not the other anon, but I do think there's better ways to do it. Take the Wonder Boy remake, for example. You can absolutely add in more effects and take better advantage of modern tech without going completely overboard.
I do like the parallax effect on the BG clouds, though. That's nice.

>>5327695
That's a very good example and exactly what i meant.
If they put in the effort they could definitely make something more detailed without missing the original's art style and maybe they will since that is just a demo.
I just hope i'll somehow get to play it at some point.

>>5327162
Do you faggots only know how to complain?

The video clearly shows options for original and "arranged" graphics and music. You can play with the original graphics and music if you want.

>>5327172
Weird, but I like it.

This is the single most out-of-nowhere game announcement ever.

>>5327163
Looks great to me

>>5327172
>>5327183

exa is a new arcade platform coming out, stop moaning you faggot cunts.

>>5328068
That doesn't change the fact that it'll limit the number of people who'll get to play it by quite a bit, retard.
I guess that's a running theme with Gimmick, especially outside of japan, though.

>>5328452
A lot of Japanese developers don't care about the rest of the world. They have a strong sense of national pride and even the Japanese developers that release games internationally often focus first and foremost on Japan with every other version being an afterthought. Arcades are still popular in Japan (Tekken 7 was arcade only for like 2 years), this will probably be successful there, that's all they really care about.

>>5327162

I was hopeful, looks like pic related though.

>>5328610
>looks like pic related though.
It doesn't remotely look like that.

>>5327162
I honestly had my doubts hearing about this last night but Once I watched the video, I'm glad Gimmick is finally given a new life and a new audience. the arranged tracks aren't too shabby either. It's definitely one of Sunsoft's best and a great swan song for the Famicom. Also isn't this the arcade platform that KOF XIV, Fighter EX Layer, and other recent fighters

>>5327382
given the memory span of today's kids, give it another 3 years and then they'll throw the word retro around to every even the Wii U or something

>>5328690
that platform is the NesicaXLive2. this Gimmick one is the Exa-Arcadia

>>5328810
Would really be interesting to know how much one of these boards is gonna be but we'll probably have to wait a bit longer to get any more details

>>5328610
In what way does it look like that?

>>5328810
>read up on this
>read about how it's an "upgrade kit" for existing machines of this same architecture
>it's also Windows based

Wouldn't it be cheaper if the "kit" they swapped out was a hard drive with the game already on it?

>>5328956
It's not as bad as that pic obviously, but it looks more like a shader than new art assets. If they are going "hd" they need assets to match, not just a rehash of nes graphics.

>>5327162
It doesn't look like hq4x. The art is redrawn

>>5329497
Would you rather they add a bunch of unnecessary "detail" that clutters the simple art style? Do you also think Nightmare in Dream Land on the GBA looks better than the original Kirby's Adventure? Get outta here with that nonsense, the remake is faithful to the original art style and it looks great.

>>5328452
who cares? oh noes a bunch of moany soi dork cunts won't be able to moan about short length and not enough rpg elemnts and cheevos ons team and "artificial" difficulty because they hate challenge.

>>5329537
What does that have to do with anything?
I enjoy the original, can beat it with ease and would love to get my hands at it, yet that might prove to be pretty difficult. Anyways, we'll have to see how things turn out.


>>5329527
Just because you're naming a bad example for a visual overhaul doesn't mean there's no good way to pull it off. I enjoyed the original game's graphics, hell i even think they're some of the best on the console but 1:1 redrawn NES graphics just look kind of too plain in hd.

>>5329578
Have you ever heard the phrase "less is more"?

>>5327162
>hq4x filter

That's obviously a smoother xBRZ, stop talking about filters when you don't know your shit.

>>5328956
>>5329527
the terrain having bolder outlines than characters and pixelized fonts with smooth everything else can't be defended even through "t-they tried to be accurate"

>>5330720
>the terrain having bolder outlines than characters
Why is that a problem?

>pixelized fonts
It's not uncommon for arcade games to use those types of fonts for the score, what are you on about?

the art should be redrawn in a photorealistic, clay-like/paper texturey style

>>5330872
because it's ugly and if you're going to play the "accuracy" card, inaccurate to the original product, which was polished to a shine

>>5329527
Look at the HUD icons. If you love this so much, explain why they are pixel art. The style is inconsistent and lacks cohesion, so it ends up looking like garbage. They could have went many directions with this, from clean flat style to fucking yarn like kirby. Instead they went pixels mixed with smooth shader look and ended up with a mess.

>>5330901
The pixel art HUD elements are clearly a nod to the game's NES roots. They look fine and the blocky style of them also clearly differentiates the HUD from the rest of the game, which is useful when the HUD overlaps the playable space like that.

It looks better than I thought it would but it's still very inconsistent and you can tell it's up-scaled, in a bad way. Still I'm glad Mr. Gimmick gets some kind of love and I can't shit on it too much because it's arcade-only and I would pay to play it.
If we still had arcades in my country ;_;

>>5331170
>you can tell it's up-scaled
Except they explicitly state in the video that they recreated all the assets from scratch in HD.

>>5327162
>day of the tentacle does this
>UGLY ASS FILTER VECTORIZED BULLSHIT (not wrong)

>meme game tries the very same thing (no seriously, compare the two)
>i-it's redrawn

>>5331191
Kys

>>5331191
I think Day of the Tentacle looks fine.

>>5327162
looks like charmless vomit. play the orig if you want to play gimmick

>>5331101
You're the kind of person that gets kicked in the nuts and defends your aggressor, claiming the testicular pain is clearly a nod to your roots as a human being

>>5331460
No one has aggressed me. I just understand and respect the design intent of the graphics in this remake and think it looks good.

>>5331471
That's fine but you're objectively wrong.

>>5331489
>objectively wrong
That’s a cute way of saying you can’t handle people having different opinions.

>>5331491

>>5327163
Looks like a shoddy port instead of a true "remake" or anything similar. Yeah, could probably get the same effect just using an upscaler in an emulator.

The music is fucked too, it sounds like a bad Genesis fan-remix.

>"Movement of the game is more precise than the original"

What? The original had perfectly tight controls.

What an insult.

>>5327989
might as well just play the original fucking game at that point

>>5327162
Exa is a joke platform with joke games. Dead on arrival.

>>5332736
How so?

>>5333785
They just keep adding more shovelware/lazy ports to the lineup.

>>5331828
Marina bout to get this hook in her mouth

And by hook I mean my penis

>>5331179
They didn't do a very good job if people are convinced it's just a filter.