/vr/ - Retro Games

No. All it did was allow retards to be given instant speed whenever they wanted, thereby removing all the skill from the game since you never needed to actually conserve momentum again.

yes, ignore the retard aboard

yes, ignore the retard above

rare sonic 1 picture with press start button text

>>5680216
Yeah, if you think Sonic's supposed to be able to go fast no matter what (seems in character).

If you think the player should be punished for hitting obstacles that kill momentum and speed is a reward for playing well, then no.

>>5680225
Using the spindash in strategic ways requires more skill than any momentum based obstacle in Sonic 1.

joke: having spindash
broke: having no spindash
woke: having a shitty spindash like Sonic CD's

Spindash was fine. It required coming to a stop to use it so you generally didn't use it much when you got good at the game. However, there were still strategic uses of it like shooting off ramps that added a level of complexity to the platforming beyond just jumping between platforms.

>>5680413
Absolutely false

Ugh its the sonic 1 fag larper again.

sonic 1 is patrish

Cringe go back zoomer

>>5680225
sod off
this is a $60 children's game, not an olympic elimination trial
It added fun to the series and a way to propel the character through the geometry of the level very quickly since thats kinda the selling point of the whole series

>>5680416
bespoke: having a shittier spindash like Knuckles Chaotix

>>5680225
Except you do have to conserve momentum you retard. It just lets you recover without having to walk all the way back to try again and fuck up the pacing. KYS.

>>5680225
So you're saying you weren't able to keep up the momentum in Sonic 2? So you just inadvertently gave away that you're a shitter. Congrats.

>>5680225
lmao

>MUH PACING
Yup, smells like casuals.

>>5680671
>this is a $60 children's game

Spotted the zoomer. Genesis games were not $60 you idiot. In fact they were often much cheaper than SNES games which is one reason it sold well in the US.

>>5682115
>spotted the zoomer

a hurr durr durr

>>5680216
It's balanced because you have to stop to use it. If it worked like it did in generation, it would be broken (It is broken in Generations)

Good addition, and is in place mostly to help people out when they screw up.

>>5682115
>>5682328
Shot
In
Face

>>5682328
Not the assblasted faggot you're talking with, but I don't understand this, it had to be regional. Coming from rural Iowa, I never saw a game over $60 (except SMRPG) until ps2 generation. It was something that pissed people off quite a lot because they were all used to $50 games and $20 greatest hits type releases. We all talked about how they raised the prices back then.

>>5680671
How is it a "children's game" if you play it, assuming you're not a child.

>>5682328
This is nonsense. This is from an ad from some scumfucks selling MD games at exorbitantly high prices. I remember thinking Bong prices for games (usually £35-40) were reasonable because they were the same as Burger prices. That was before I learned about the exchange rate.

>>5683659
>>5684194
born in 85 and grew up in a rural town in the South. when we went into the larger cities, these were the prices for new games. older games would go down to about $20, and not long after being out (3-6 months) they'd drop down to 40 or so, but those are accurate for new prices. I always had to wait for games to wind up in the $20 or less bargain bin to be able to afford them. of course, especially with Nintendo, first/second party games never did. I remember before the KB Toys in the mall went under, they still wanted $70 for Kirby's Super Star in beat up condition and this was well into the 2000s.

>>5680413
This. Skilled play involves both spindashing at the right times AND keeping the momentum going.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAQeCxT0Fgc

>>5683659
No, even cheaper stores like Target were selling games for 60+ dollars into the N64 era.

>>5683659
East coast here, SNES and N64 regularly had 69.99 games, SF2 and Turok come to mind, Donkey Kong 64 might have been around 80 I don't remember, PlayStation always kept theirs at 50 and under, Saturn I don't remember but 49.99 was the most common