/vr/ - Retro Games

Coming soon, indeed.

>>6041857
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfHOynqolOQ

>>6041857
Random but my uncle worked on at least one of these Akira games, don't think it was on SNES though, I am pretty sure he still has all the beta versions of games he worked on and probably the final versions as well so I have always wanted to go try it, he usually sent us a copy but I don't have this one. Problem is his house stinks like cat piss... is the game good? Worth enduring the smell of cat piss?

>>6041874
Yes I know. Would be interesting if someone found that rom, wouldn't it? Be interesting if someone was looking for it for five months, that's for sure. It would also be interesting if that rom was coming soon, after 25 years.

Perhaps Lord Akira is returning.

>>6041879
Yes. Seek it out. Where would this be? America or Britain? It will tell a lot about the version.

>>6041874
It amuses me how Kaneda walks like Lester the Unlikely. The 3D effect is nice, at least.
>>6041880
I've been meaning to email the programmer of some licensed PS2 shovelware game that never came out after I got his name from the credits on a prototype I own of said game. Maybe I'll get lucky and get more builds.

>>6041879
Oh for fuck’s sake, we just had a guy a few months ago post about how he was trying to get ahold of Akira protos. Now you show up and no one knows where the hell he is.

>>6041857
Go for broke.

>>6041857
It was 2030 in the manga if I recall correctly

>>6042113
That you are

>>6042170
I wonder why they brought the date down for the movie.

>>6041945
That guy is me. I'm back... Let's just say, you should be looking out for Christmas Eve, something really good and exciting might happen that day.

>>6041923
You should, it's the only real way to get that stuff.

>>6042561
There are other ways. Most developers probably recognize the value, so even then it is rare for that to be economical. I know some developers have even just sold their stuff on ebay.

>>6042174
I always like these scenarios where they predict what the "far future" will be like 30-40 years out and it's always ultra high tech and the reality is it's the same as it was back then.

>>6042680
and then suddenly, all these sci-fi-future-flicks eventually take place in "today".
but no flying cars n shit anywhere.
sad.

>>6042680
>>6043092

It is disappointing in that regard. Especially the better, more advanced futures that they envision in those stories. Lacking that tech sucks, but at least there is the Internet, which was almost never conceived in those stories.

Maybe we need something to cheer this thread up, really let people know that good things are coming their way. How about a sneak peek at some of the graphics for one of the prototype SNES versions of Akira?

>>6041880
>>6041923
>>6041879
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, YOU CAN'T DISTRIBUTE A PROTOTYPE ROM, THAT'S ILLEGAL, BESIDES IT WOULD RUIN MY INVERSION

>>6044069
?

>>6042559
Welcome back dude, glad to hear you're still at it. I look forward to seeing whatever it is you dug up.

Kind of strange that this was being developed in the west - especially seeing as this was the 90s.

>>6044083
Curious, isn't it?

>>6044107
>Those exposed windows
Yep it's toast.

>>6044108
It might be ok. It was in a box in darkness for 25 years. And, there are two.

>>6044108
By all means cover EPROM windows when able, but unless they were stored outside or on a windowsill facing directly into the sun, they're most likely completely fine.

>>6044143
I will definitely do so as soon as possible. They haven't shipped yet, but hopefully they will this week. I hope they will be ok. At least there are two chances, but I'm glad to hear that they should be ok.

>>6041874
Looks pretty shit desu, just as well it was canceled

>>6044079
Don't mind that anon, he's just strawmanning.

>>6041874
Looks more like a tech demo than anything

>>6044107
bruh

>>6044107
Press F. It's probably dead now.

>>6041857
This battle is about to explode. While 2019 is coming to a close 2020 looks to be an interesting future.

>>6047978
What a comfy assortment of games!

>>6042559
why did larpers start coming to /vr/?

Akira as a film is dogshit compared to the Manga and I urge you to read it. The film cuts and truncated so much it's unbelievable. Even from the first volumes like the first pill reveal. It's a huge disappointment

>>6048486
Akira film viewed standalone is great. Pretending you can do a play by play accurate portrayal of a large manga is unrealistic. Somethings gotta give.

>>6048492
Obviously, but the changes they make feel like a western adaptation almost. There are iconic scenes in the manga they never touch that could have fit in fine. Like the foot chase in Vol 1, The fight against Kaneda and Tetsuo in the nursery. So many others but those are later volumes

It's so different that if you be watched it you can still read the manga almost spoiler free. That's a plus I guess.

>>6048509
I like the film better. It doesnt explain everything, and I filling in the gaps with my own imagination way more than the official story that otomo intended. Akira himself is much cooler as a mysterious force than as an actual human little boy character who does things.

Sonewhere out there is an obese collector with the proto cart jerking off to your whining

>>6048486
>>6048509
compare when the movie was released and when the manga was published.
plus there's going to be a Hollywood live-action-remake of it. LOLOLOLOL

>>6041857
I played one Akira game on NES, it's the shittiest fucking game, I couldn't make it past 5 minutes even by bruteforcing it, this one looks much better.

>>6041857

the manga and anime had different dates and timelines.

also they never made it quiet clear what exactly happened. this child akira causes a nuclear explosion in tokyo and it somehow leads to world war iii and all the major cities of the world getting nuked? it's never elaborated upon in great detail.

>>6050764
Wasn't that one more of a VN type of thing?

>>6050784
>the manga and anime had different dates and timelines.

The English translation of the manga uses different dates probably because Dark Horse published in 2000 and they wanted to keep a ~30 year gap difference just like the difference between the last Akira volume in 1990. It's the same in both versions and the 35th Anniversary English retranslation uses the year 2019.

>>6044107
Great, if you're not larping, it's fucked.

>>6050791
It was a console style adventure game, but probably is text heavy as well.

>>6050865
Uncovered EPROMs being dead by default is a meme.

>>6048509
I heard something about a full anime adaptation of the entire manga, directed by the original creator. Hope it's still a thing and turns out good.

>>6052623
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-04/katsuhiro-otomo-akira-gets-new-anime-project-and-4k-remaster-of-1988-anime-film/.148651

- new animu adaptation
- 1988-animu gets 4K makeover
- howaito-liveaction-shit