/vr/ - Retro Games

Is Mech 1 still worth playing?

>>5885529
I tried it and it was shit. Mechwarrior 2 still holds up, though, despite how ancient the graphics are, they have that low poly/simple color thing going for them that's kinda comfy. Also the controls are actually pretty solid and you just use a keyboard and it plays great.

And here's Armored Core, which does not play great until you remap all the controls in an emulator to make it play like Verdict Day, then it's great.

Don't neglect other genres, either.

There's also the Earth series. Earth 2140, 2150 and 2160, though 2140 is too old and 2160 is too new, but 2150 feels about right.

>>5885596
Not retro (2000)

>>5885585
MechCommander Gold is amazing. I'd go so far as to say that it's a masterpiece of mech tactics and the best Battletech videogame. MechCommander 2 however, is quite boring and poorly thought out.

>>5885752
First game came out in 1997, it's retro, now fuck off.

>>5886174
But 2150 came out in 2000, so YOU fuck off pleb

NOT. RETRO.

>>5886240
We've had people on this board discuss entries in retro franchises that aren't retro. Fuck off my thread nigger.

>>5885529
oh hey a Macross game I didn't know about

Best mecha fighting game, correct?

>>5887298
I knew a Japanese kid in middle school who had this game and I was obsessed with it for a little since it never came out in the states and I was huge into Gundam at the time (2000/2001). He was born in Japan and most of his family lived there so he'd always get a but of hot import shit every time he'd go back there to visit them. Was jealous as fuck of his games back then.

Avara, played it on a buddy's Mac in the mid 90s

>>5887298
maybe on snes

The genre of large robots in pre-industrial societies is pretty lacking

Were Monolith always such weebs?
>>5887458
Nice. Shame the Dreamcast port was a trainwreck.

>>5885581
What about 3?

>>5885483
>>5885756
Worthy sequel featuring Mark Hamil and you get to play as a Cybrid.

>>5887640
This one also takes place in the Earthsiege universe but it's an isometric turn-based strategy game.

>Power Suit
GROOVY

>>5885473
This box art is burnt into my brain from how ubiquitous it was. To this day I’ve never seen any gameplay footage, ironically.

>>5885463
Was pretty sure I was the only person who played TN:SFC.
And G-Nome and Shattered Steel (still Bioware's best game)
>>5885757
>>5885758

>>5885468
>>5885473
>>5885483
>>5885529
>>5885585
>>5885596
>>5885594
>>5885756
>>5885760
>>5887646
played all of these and all are REALLY GOOD
also played cyberstorm 2 but not as good as cyberstorm 1.
and mechwarrior 3 and 4 even if they might not be as /vr/ as mechwarrior 2
>>5887553
Is "Blood" and NOLF a weeb game?
>>5887640
this one is next on my list

>>5886174
>>5887098
Mario came out in the 80's yet discussing Odyssey isn't allowed.
Not retro.

>>5887779
>Is "Blood" and NOLF a weeb game?
Huh, no?!

SHOGO made clumsy attempts at emulating late 80s/early 90s aesthetics of Manga/Anime, but it comes over as really half-assed and inconstant. Also, nobody in the art team understood how to properly model and texture Anime-styled characters. Should've looked a bit more at Japanese games at the time.

>>5887098
2150 came out in 2000 = not retro

Also reported for racism

>>5886240
>>5887929
Earth 2150 was released in 1999 in Europe.

>>5887931
No it wasn't. My original box also says otherwise.

Not retro = fuck off

>>5887939
That's the American version.

>>5887940
I'm European. My box says 2000.

Not retro.

>>5887640
my favorite mech game by a long shot
>that music
>those campaigns
>the Scannex and Pilot's manual
>gog still hasn't released earthsiege and starsiege despite getting the rights

>>5887948
Care to explain this, retard?

>>5887919
>>5887939
>>5887948
2150 is retro, fuck off my thread.
>>5887929
>reported for racism
Oh that's cute.
>Submitting false or misclassified reports, or otherwise abusing the reporting system may result in a ban. Replying to a thread stating that you've reported or "saged" it, or another post, is also not allowed.

>>5887675
It makes me so incredibly fucking angry that every version of this game that is available online is just a port of the Genesis version. There is a very specific special edition that came out that had several additional levels and a completely redone OST and improved sound effects, but for the life of me I can not find it anywhere.

>>5888006
>>5888234
NOT. RETRO.

>>5888317
>1999
>not retro
Pick one.

>>5888362
>2150
>retro
pick one

>>5888317
>>5888365
This board is for the discussion of classic, or "retro" games. Retro gaming means consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier.
>1999 and earlier
>being a literal illiterate retard newfag

Mods, why are these low quality NOT RETRO posts that have already been refuted still shitting up my thread?

>>5887996
ANIMAL

>>5887298
It's good, but not the best. Tech Romancer on the other hand is the king of them all.

>>5885473
Why won't they put I and II on GOG? It's been a #1 request for so long. I really loved these, I played these so much. The feeling of being behind enemy lines, those real time cutscenes and war crimes.. Takes me back. The air transport was my first AOL username, Walfish45. The thing I remember most was the clatter of that guy's son handcuffing himself to a bench and going 'They can't hurt us legally! Escaping is a mistake!' Then the Harkonen looking dudes come down and pop his ass.

>>5885463
Played this last year, a lot of fun, I remember a friend telling me they were going to make the game even better but half or more of the budget went to the live action cutscenes. I like the ones in Heavy Gear more though.

Any love for pic related? I got it for $5.00 when Sega pulled the plug on 32x and the BlockBuster down my street stopped renting them and clearenced the library out, I bought 2 games a week until I had nearly the whole library cause no one else in my area had one. It's just an OK game but it was big for me back then.

>>5888479
No, because it's not very good. No, nostalgia doesn't make it good either.

>>5888536
opinion denied

>>5885581
What's the best way to remap the ac controls? I really want to play the early ones but the controls kind of hurt

>>5888536
I've never played it on anything but an emulator so I have no nostalgia for it and I still think it's pretty fun.

>>5887779
I had G-Nome because it came installed on my first windows computer my parents bought when I was like 10. I really thought I was the only one who played it also

>>5887582
Top tier.

You've got to love how much work went into every pixelated grunt, and all the ways you could kill them.

Bumping with a short but FUN game

>>5885590
>>5885594
Don't forget the best of the "trilogy"

>>5887584
I never played it, I just went straight to 4 with all the mektek mods.

>>5888860
When I was using a 360 controller, I put boost to left trigger, gun to right trigger, left analog handles forward/backward movement and strafing, right analog handles looking up/down and turning. I think everything else can be left alone, since you want the face buttons to stay the same for menu navigation, so just remember what button is for switching to missiles and you're good.

Titans of Steel came out in 99, but the expansion came out in 2003

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this game, yet.

Someone start posting links to some of these games!!

>>5891060
https://mega.nz/#F!6xNwjaJA!e97iZrOY7nmutir_hARmTg

https://mega.nz/#F!yoMGgCiS!ocV7wPYH87v8jajaapCosA

https://mega.nz/#F!OkVixYTY!JyIQBmGWSaq7vCG_3D8sCA

https://mega.nz/#F!OwVUBS7b!_XjNRcQ4_CiXNU2zzi-guw

all I have up right now, the rest is somewhere on physical media

Any mecha shit for the Genesis?

>>5891101
Why only the best retro console Battletech game of course.

>>5885463
Is that game actually worth playing?

>>5891642
Yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y7H_vIiUU4

>>5891087
peak based

>>5891101

>>5891642
Absolutely a blast to play. Solid gameplay, great mission variety, and the FMV cutscenes are pure 90's cheese. You could also check out the three mission demo, which is set up as a prequel to the base game. Not much to it in terms of story but it's a nice little bonus.

>>5891642
It plays very smoothly and intuitively for a squad-based shooter released for its time, the action can be chaotic and frantic but you can still manage the various gameplay systems well. The squad AI is also actually effective unlike in the majority of squad-based shooters released after it (SWAT 3 is probably the only exception which still has unsurpassed squad AI effectiveness).

Don't mind me, just the final and greatest mech game of all time.

>>5894727
Great controller, good atmosphere and aesthetics, but overall feels very simplistic (mission design and damage model) for a MW veteran.
Wish I could put both my Steel Battalion controllers to some good use.

Also: 2002, so not retro.

NOT RETRO niggers need to be lynched

>>5894743
>>>/v/ is that way

>>5894727

The game sacrifices too much draw distance to achieve it's visual quality. This gets really jarring later on with the larger maps.

>>5894727

The game sacrifices too much drawing distance for achieving its visual quality.

Super Metroid

>>5894727
>There will never be a Mechwarrior game like Steel Battalion
Maybe when MW6 comes out in 10 years

>>5887948
Necc pls

CRW Metal Jacket for NEC pc98