/vr/ - Retro Games

wai wai world 2 for the famicom

that's brilliant, it's like parodius, it saritizes konamis franchises, but it goes from plataformer to pop'n twinbee to others games


also, wonder project J, it was an RPG by Enix where you had to teach a kid robot how to behave

>>601957
>also, wonder project J, it was an RPG by Enix where you had to teach a kid robot how to behave
Ok I'm interested now.

This is one of my favorite games of all time. Machi might seem just like a regular sound novel by Chunsoft, but the connecting stories mechanic is really awesome and makes it unique.

>>601919
>That game.

The first time a game genuinely scared the shit outta me.

>>601961
I will need to understand japanese to play it...right?

>>601959
>>601957

Actually Wonder Project J was developed by Givro, the same guys who did Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari.

>>601969

Yes, enough to at least read a book.

>>601961
I assume you can speak Japanese, so how was the spiritual successor 428?

>>601959
pic related
there are english patches for this game, they are quite good.
the game is gorgeous looking and it's quite different from everything else.
I loved it, people never mention it, because people are usually wrong

>>601982

It's a lot better in some ways, since all the stories are connected to a big picture. In Machi every character has his own story and it's semi-unrelated to the other stories.

>>601972
fine
it's written enix in the box

>>601986

The sequel for N64 is translated too.

>>601972
Damn. Givro made some beautiful games.

>>601919
That game is on my list of games to play along with Sweet Home for the NES.

Front Mission and Front Mission: Gun Hazard were both amazing games.

i know i am the only one who played this.

one of the best atlus rpg horror game i had the chance to play.

Front Mission Gun Hazard

If you liked Cybernator or Metal Warriors, you'll like this.

You do missions, get money, buy new mechs and parts, and blow a ton of shit up.

Uses a lot of the same/slightly modified sprites from Cybernator.

>>601998
>>602009

Front Missionmind

>>601987
Cool. Chunsoft also makes some awesome roguelikes though I'm worried if the merger with spike will affect their games' quality.

>>602009
>>602014
MAH NIGGA! I also recommend Front Mission 2 and 3 if you like FM1.

My personal favorite games that no one seems to have played are the Image Fight games, made by Irem, who also did the infamous R-Type games. The only game that made it over here was NES version of Image Fight 1, which also has an Arcade and PC Engine version over in Japan. The sequel, Image Fight 2: Operation Deepstriker was PC Engine CD.

This is another favorite I have. Mizzurna Falls, it's like a proto-Deadly Premonition. Funny trivia, this game was made by the same guy who made The Firemen on SNES.

>>601981
>俺の先祖忍者だから

Hahaha, seriously?

>>601987
Does 428 have any voice acting at all? I'm think about picking up soon for PS3 since I know Japanese and it looks cool. I don't mind reading, but I'd just like to know.

>>602054

Some of the characters are really funny, others are more serious tho.

>>601998
I picked up a copy of Front Mission complete with box and manual for around $2 in Japan. Now if only I had a Super Famicom...

>>602068

No, it has some videos here and there but no voice acting.

>>601981
>>602054
>tfw I don't understand.
>tfw I spent many years learning spanish instead of learning japanese.

The Umihara Kawase series.
First one was on SNES, sequel was on PS1.
A collection of both was released on DS.
Pic related. Kawase-chan uses a stretchy fishing line to scale the levels and swing over obstacles. sort of a physics platformer.

>>602079

He is trying to run away jumping because the father of the girl is coming. The girl says "no, its dangerous" and he says "Its ok, my ancestors were ninjas".

>>602079
Looks like your hobby should have been obscure spanish dramas instead of obscure japanese videogames.

Yes, I know Machi and 428 aren't that obscure

>>602075
I'm actually getting a shipment of Front Mission stuff from Japan. Most of it is CiB games, but one of them in an Amano Yoshitaka artbook with his character concept art for Front Mission 1.

>>602089

Well, to talk about really obscure japanese shit we should talk about personal computers stuff.

>>602117
Who here knows how to run PC98 emulators?

>>602125
I don't...

>>602125

Anex86 and NekoProject II are really easy to use. Unless you are trying to run a CD Game.

i think that obscure means a game that i never heard of, but it sounds nice. and i it should be easy to obtain.

i heard of front mission, that's why i didn't mention the "Tales of" that were never released outside japan. or Mother, everybody heard of that.

so far i didn't care for anything in this topic... then i went to google and the only recomendation that i gave a fuck was wonder project (i'm the one that posted it here)

so... well...

Im sure people here heard about this one... I posted it on /v/ many times.

>>602178
Boku no Natsu Yasumi is also the name of a hentai
I was really confused for a second there

>>602178
looks exotic and relaxing
where are the explosions???

the description reminded me of Totoro (the movie) and Harvest moon.

too bad i don't emulate psx

This fucking game.

>>602246
The day that we get a rip of this will be a triumph for humanity.

>>602081
Theres a really good episode of Game Center CX where Arino plays this game. Also there are apparently plans to release the 3DS game outside of Japan which is awesome

oh yeah

jaki crush... i had this game
it's a pinball that looks all satanic and has lots of different screens.
it also has a turbografx 16 game called devil's crush

>>602246
Name pls.

>>602234

Well, the only game that comes close to replicate parts of the experience is Hajimari no Mori on SNES.

>>602265
中天(ちゅうてん)
Commonly romanized as "Chu-Teng", though it's written as "Chuuten"/"Chuu-Ten" when romanizing straight from Japanese. (The title itself is meant to be Chinese though made by Japanese devs.)

It's from the makers of Eastern Mind and LSD: Dream Emulator. Like two copies ever have shown up for sale. It's essentially a lost media. Some screenshots exist and that's it.

>>601919
I never saw this a lot and i think the game didnt get out of some few countries it was a game named bomberman but it had norhing to do with what you are elieving it actually had a 3danimation like advent children graphics amd it was for ps1 if anyone would help me to find it ti would be great

>>602075
There are two little tabs inside the Super Nintendo game dock that if you snap off will let you play Super Famicom games. They're just little pieces of plastic. You can do it with a pair of pliers or something.

>>602391
do you mean the one where the bombermen were dressed in suits that looked like they came straight out of halo? a vaugly remember that... but I thought that was for the XBOX or Gamecube for some reason

Millennia: Altered Destinies
A time-travelling strategic adventure space-dogfighting game. The only game of its kind.

>>602415
>A time-travelling strategic adventure space-dogfighting game.
lolwut?

>>602013
Looks hot.

I will play it.

>>602428
>Millennia: Altered Destinies is a PC game created by Take 2 Interactive in 1995. It casts the player as a human freighter captain who finds himself transported to an alien ship. There, an alien calling himself a Hood gives the player a mission to save the Echelon galaxy which is about to be taken over by a malevolent race called the Microids. Apparently, the Milky Way is next should the player fail.

The only way to stop the Microids is to travel back 10,000 years in a specially-designed ship called XTM. It is equipped with everything the player will need to complete the mission. The player must then populate the Echelon galaxy with four indigenous races and ensure their development into powerful spacefaring civilizations.

The Hoods also state that this is not the first time they have tried to interfere with the timeline. To succeed, the player will have to fight off the previous attempts by the Hoods to alter the course of history.
I'm actually liking the concept.

>>602412
>bombermen
Not part of the bomberman saga or series completly different shit was just for ps1 once i found the wikipedia article but lost it

>>602264
I like Alien Crush better

>>602447
I played it to completion. It has quite a unique atmosphere, and all dialogue is voiced (by your ships AI). Can be a little tiresome at times, going back and forth in time to tweak events and to counter incursions. Things get a little whacky when you start running into your alter-egos.

>>602474
Having said that, the game is full of surprises which I won't spoil. Definitely worth playing considering how unique it is.

This is a game for all the Twilight Syndrome and Clocktower fans (it was made by ex-Human guys). It's a lot more ambitious too, in this game you have to investigate different urban legends in your city with your dog and two more friends.

>>602657
The bad:

You need to understand japanese...right?

Too bad,many of these games seem fun,but I don't know japanese,not even a little.

>>602712

Yes, this game is almost unplayable without japanese knowledge. I'll post some japanese games that are playable without japanese knowledge.

>>602712
Tell me about it. It's been almost 6 years since the last update on LaGrange Point's fan translation.

>>602657

Damn that looks really spooky. Is there a play through of it on youtube or anything?

Captain Tsubasa games are pretty much playable without japanese knowledge. Some of the games are translated tho. Also if you want to know the story you can read the manga or watch the anime.

>>602752

Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2H2mJCtYoI

>>602754
These games are weirdly addictive

>>602045
Never heard of it. But It seems pretty interesting.

>>602719
keep posting the ones playable with japanese knowledge too plz

Forgot about this one... not that obscure since it is on the wiki recommended games and it was featured on HG101. This game is a point & click adventure, with different characters, the dialogues are mostly in english in the cutscenes but the text is all in japanese.

>>602769

Thank you friend.

Click Medic
its by the people who made pokemon, and its on the PS1

The Tokimemo Drama Series is another interesting take on Tokimemo. This games are more story focused rather than simulation, still they have some minigames that have influence on the story. There are three games for the first Tokimemo and three more for the second game, the first three games are a lot better and had Kojima himself involved in the production. There are some Kojima easter eggs, in the first game when you go to the movies with Saki you go to watch Policenauts the movie in the latter games it becomes Metal Gear Solid IIRC.

Super Rockman Adventure

its this really obscure rail shooting chose your own FMV game for the Saturn and PSX.
its intro "electronic communication" is found in mm8 in japan.

not that good though, boss fights are a joke, roll dies, helicopter crashes, ur faget

This is another game that is playable without japanese knowledge. Suzuki Bakuhatsu, it's a puzzle games where the player has to dismantle bombs. There are some texts through the game, but in the end it will be trial and error.

ALIVE, this is an FMV game, but it has multiple paths. Details on the story will be hard to understand but is playable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noFhEvQCxks

Eternal Filena. It's FFV with LESBIANS. Sorta.
Detective Club II.

Both SNES games.

>>602852
>nigger hazard
oh japan

Misty Blue on PC88/PC98 is an adventure game developed by Enix. The highest point of the game is the soundtrack that was composed by Yuzo Koshiro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqA85SmYBo4

>>602870
>Eternal Filena/Eien no Filerna
>Light Novel/OVA/Game
>Game has a v0.98 English patch
>No one has subbed the OVA
Wow! I think that's the first time I've ever seen that.

The Nightmare Collection by Fairytale. This one is Dead of the Brain, the first one was released for almost every japanese computer back then, the second one was PC-98 exclusive, but it was later released on the PC-Engine with Dead of the Brain 1. It feels a lot like a b-movie and it takes some stuff from Reanimator. Some years ago the guys from Junker wanted to do a fan translation.

>>602914
Also, while looking this up, I found this. I never knew that Landstalker on the Genesis had a sequel on the SNES.

...Iru! on PSX

first person survival horror on PSX, jap only. A mix between Clock Tower and Echo Night.

If you want to play it this semi-translation a friend of mine did could help

http://thisshitaintscary.blogspot.fr/2012/11/translation-iru.html

The Note, another survival horror. Only released in Japan and Europe.

It's first person with some item management. The main character is voiced by the same actor who did Chris Redfield in the first Resident Evil.
One of the "puzzle" is pretty hard to figure out half way through the game.

Devilman.

Another jap only survival horror, this one based on the Devilman series.
First half of the game is survival horror à la Silent Hill Shattered Memories (you have no weapon and can only run and hide from enemies; and "pro" reviewers thought SH:SM was the first one to do that....)
Second half of the game is action game but with bad hit detection, less interesting imo.

Whiteday

Terrorpods

>>603596
Always wanted to try this one out

it's kinda like ...Iru! plot wise. Stuck in a school.

Extase:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAlBeNCBf7o
Rez precursor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueEAsxCVcDI
Lethal Application.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGk3Le8OwKQ
Napple Tales.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnI2HLgU8FQ
Chocolat Savior: neat beat'em all.

L.O.L:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsPQjuqU9qg
Lack of Love.

Goddamn. Translators need to step up and translate all retro games. I mean, there are a finite amount of them now. Maybe start a fundraiser.

>>603691
I've been waiting for an Echo Night 2 translation for YEARS somebody is supposedly "working" on

>>603691
I'm currently trying to teach myself Japanese. I plan to one day try and help translate as many retro games as I can, even the bad ones.

bump 4 interest

>>603713
The hard part is making the romhack though

>>604537
There are programs to de-encrypt SNES roms to see (and modify) the contents inside?

I know some japanese and I think that I can translate at least some of these games.

>>604556
Oh yeah SNES for sure. But most of the SNES games are already translated, at least the important ones, aeon genesis is doing a good job on that behalf. The biggest problem is the more unknown ones, like the PC98 era games, which were basically all Japanese, and all heavy on the text side. For some reason the 32 bit era games also are mostly untranslated, I guess that's where things started becoming more complicated to do romhacks. The Policenauts guys spent years on the translation for the PSX version, and they already had the script fully translated very soon in the project, the bigger problem was implementing it into the game.

>>604575
The problem is not the platform (even when I will need emulators or some shit for the PC98 games) the problem is how to modify the roms.

>>601919
I played Clocktower on the SNES though.

>>604606
Honestly I didn't even know Clock Tower was obscure, it's a game with a lot of sequels. Sure it didn't sell in the west but anyone who's into retro games has at least heard about it.

>>604586
Yeah that's what I'm saying man

So many obscure nuggets in this thread that I'm surprised to have never heard of before.
Thanks, I'll be sure to check them out.

I wish I could read Moonspeak at an acceptable level. Back to studying for me.

Gussun Oyoyo has to qualify. It's the Japanese version of Lemmings, albeit more zany and crazy and shit. Here's a clip from a Saturn version of it:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVHAJOWYhSY&t=202s

>>604719

It's more like Lemmings combined with Tetris.

>>604575

Actually some PC-98 games are pretty easy to dump (the script), the problem is inserting it back. I've been able to dump the text of most Elf games, but I dont have the skills to insert it back.

>>604749
Basically.

Fire Woman Matoigumi, this game is about a group of girls who has to defend school against bullies, there are lots of events and your character can learn a lot of fighting styles. It also has some dating sim components, pretty basic tho.

Silver Case
god damn it suda release it already

>>601998
First Front Mission got a ds port

>>602178
Didn't that game got a ps3 sequel?

This is another game that most people dont know is translated. Pia Carrot he Youkoso for the PC-FX, one of the few games on the system that is translated. It's a dating sim where the main character has to work on his father's restaurant during summer vacations, there are a lot of girls working there too.

>>604820
Several sequels, actually. It's up to 4 at this point, I guess it sells.

Ray Barnholt of SCROLL did a Kickstarter recently for an issue solely dedicated to the games (they're his favorite); you can find a translated LP of the third game below.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMvLJvLxBOg

>>604820

There are four games, the last one was released on PSP (Boku no Natsuyasumi 4). The one on PS3 is the third one, pretty weak entry IMO. The first and second one have ports on PSP too.

2>4>1>3

>>604828

Stellar taste, compadre. R.I.P CocktailSoft.

By any chance- you didn't happen to play any of the ELF corporation's games, did you?

>>604839

Forgot about the spin off, Bokura no Kazoku on PS2. But it's a different game, the only thing they have in common is the art style.

>>604841

Played a lot of them, but only finished a few. The Dragon Knight series (had that nasty game breaking bug on 2), Doukyuusei and Kisaku. Those are the ones I finished.

>>604851

I see.
Well I'm glad I've met somebody who has. I can now die in piece.

>>604828
Pia Carrot?

This was not a series of VN's?

Yeah,I saw them...in Jlist...I'm not proud of visiting that place.

Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan.

This is a massive detective adventure, I mean the whole game is 8 CD's (it was released as first part and second part). It can be considered as a proto Gyakuten Saiban since it uses a similar system but it also has some QTE anime scenes that add some climax to the adventure.

>>604871

What's wrong with Jlist? That's were I get all my hentai from.

That said, I've only ever been on the adult corner, so I have no idea what the rest of it's like.

sage for not retro

>>604882
If it's HUMAN, it's obscure and awesome. It's true.

>>604871

They are dating sims. It has some scheduling and stats mechanics, pretty simple nowadays, but back then most dating sims were either Doukyuusei clones or Tokimemo clones.

>>604795
>>604882
Oh man, the awesome things you miss for not knowing how to read moon...

Rokudenashi BLUES (Famicom). This is an RPG that follows half of the manga (up until Yakujiji chapters). The mechanics are pretty basic but japanese delinquent games are not that common. Also you can only play as Maeda in this game.

Gunparade March.

This is an SRPG mixed with some simulation mechanics that could be compared with Persona 3. It's really complex, you can unlock different skills by having better relationships with some characters, there are romantic relationships too, but it doesnt end there, you can customize your mecha... is like the tutorial never ends...

>>604894
Speaking of which, Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium is the best wrestling game I ever played, there's so many damn characters it's amazing.

And the fighting is top notch. Too bad it's so hard.

>>604964
Personally, I'm more into Clock Tower and the more obscure games Human did, but Fire Pro's cool too.

We need more PC-98 in this thread. I'll volunteer with a Front Mission-like strategy game no one's played.

>>603596
shitty korean game

>>602657
Twilight Syndrome got DS port

The Ms. Detective games on PC-98 and FM Towns are kinda interesting, they are some of the few games on japanese computers with FMV.

tfw I'll never get SEEK Jisshaban

>>605070

Actually is a new game, not a port, I played it.

This and Magic Knight Rayearth should be examples on how you do an anime game. Graphics on this one are fine for a PS1 game and the game has voice acting in every cutscene. IMO is a lot better than Hokuto Musou.

>>605116


bought this game after playing a bootleg of it.

It's really great and immerses you quite good into the FotNS story.

Kiaidan 00. This is a shooting game for the PC Engine CD. It takes a lot from 70's and 80's Super Robot genre, it has lots of weapons and cool music too.

>>603571
>Echo Night
links don't work.

>>605116
i played this so much, but it always freezed in the final cutscene
i wanted to play it and now i don't know where to find an ISO

Tengai Makyou series is not that obscure, but this spin off is quite funny (Tengai Makyou the fourth Apocalypse). It's the only game based outside of Zipang. The battle system might seem a bit outdated for 1998 but the best part of the game are the gags and the dialogue.

Captcha: American

>>605639
That's actually the manual cover I believe

>>605682

Yes, but I like it a lot more than the original cover.

>>605704
I like it that the American flag is backwards

>>605704
Why'd they use the much cooler cover for the manual, anyways? This one is so boring.

>>602391
Are you thinking of Silent Bomber? It sounds like what you are describing

I've only ever played this on one of the Playstation Demo discs. It was quite fun.

>>605801
Tried it few years ago (way before Solatorobo) but I couldn't stand the awkward controls and the irritating dub.

Everybody! Step aside for...
PEPSIMAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKHPxpNZ8_s

>>605441
A cool shmup for PC Engine I didn't knew about. Thanks a lot, anon.

Here's another likeable shmup for this great console (and quite rare):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwv5OCujfIU

Don't know if you guys have played this awesome castlevania clone

>>604925
Never to late to start learning.

Im sure most people know this one from GCX, but there are more routes to play on this game, if you are not too worried about understanding the story is playable for non japanese speakers.

>>602754
Translations of Tsubasa, Tecmo cup soccer game on the NES and Tecmo cup football on the Genesis (pretty much the same game) are quite good.

This is another obscure gem. This is the remake of Palette, that famous RPG Maker game. This version besides enhancing the graphics of the game adds some voice acting in some scenes.

>>606118
>Holy Diver

Does that have any connection to the Dio song? Can I ride a tiger and see its stripes?

>>606695
keep the wacky DC titles coming. top tier thread in general.

>>606816

Dio is the main character. Not even joking.

>>607007
Treasure Strike, then. And how about dem Aero Dancing flight games?

>>603691
I've been wanting to join a translation group for a while for retro games but no one can ever hack the translation in

>>607007

There arent many japanese only games on DC, and most of them are pretty well known, but whatever, here is Cosmic Smash.

Higemaru Makaijima.

It's an awesome open-ended game where you play as a pirate, board other ships to defeat their captains, get lots and lots of treasure and have to beat Red Arremer from Ghosts 'n Goblinsas the last boss.

It was supposed to get an US release as Makai Island, but alas.

>>607030
Man, what a different and glorious world we would live in if that whole online dreamcast thing had taken off. i'd be treasure strikan and aero dancan and xmas seaman e-mailan to this day.

>all these awesome games
>ill never have the drive to learn another language

>>607136
Tell me about it. But think of all the new games that become available to play, and even future ones that won't ever get ported, next to actually knowing a distant language. It's fucking massive.
Go for it.

>>602045
>it's like a proto-Deadly Premonition.
if it aint swery, i don't give a fuck

>>607076
Cosmic Smash is fun as fuck.

But you're wrong when you say there aren't many Japanese only DC games. There are a metric fuckton of them.

>>607190

The good ones were all released in the US... the other exception besides the ones already mentioned might be Segagaga or the Sakura Taisen games but those are not obscure at all.

>>607176
it's not that easy. It literally takes a couple of hours every day, consistently, for two years to get to a basic level that is not enough to even begin to actually live in Japan or play a video game. You need to fully immerse yourself as well. Unless you have the time and self control to commit to it as a full time job, you will not manage. Look at failure rates for JLPT, less than 50% of people pass generally.

>>607427
This. If you want to learn a language you really have to put in the effort. Half-assing it is just wasting your time