/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6467740
with phalanx, you never win. the US boxart features an old man with a banjo, but the japanese and PAL region boxart shows a dildo space fighter

Pandemonium

>>6467851
Finally, a reason to play Pandemonium.

>>6467740
Check out this monstrosity

>>6467871
>take a ripped executioner and turn him into a Rayman bootleg with a Casper head

That wasn't all they changed.

>>6467740
To be honest, i loved that game.
Damn, i played it on my C-64 as a Kid.
Fuck, im old...

>>6467881
Left: eyes too small
Right: eyes too large

>>6467851
Weebs like to attack localization of japanese games under the guise of "respecting the original intent"
Will they attack this one as well? Or defend it because "glorious japan made it better" ?

>>6467917
But they did make it better.

>>6467917
No. It goes both ways and both sides can and have done stupid shit when bringing things over to their own countries and Japanese translations of English games can be notoriously bad.

>>6467881

>>6468080
It's interesting to see how culture see things differently.
The western boxart focuses on monster slaying, while the eastern one emphasizes the restoration of the world by the avatar of God... Which is closer to the poetic intent of the game.

Japan isn't necessarily superior to western culture but I appreciate how they treat video games and graphical arts as... "art" instead of mere entertainment.

>>6468097
Yeah, the idea of games being more than pure disposable entertainment never seems to have the same friction in Japan for whatever reason.
Then again, two thirds of people here seem to think calling something 'art' is a value judgement. Like art means inherently worthwhile or good. The whole 'games are art' thing a decade or so ago was up completely the wrong tree. Games are absolutely art, that's just a statement of fact. Now if they can be good or worthwhile art is the question everybody should've been asking.

I will admit this is cheating because of how much they changed the game but this is what Unholy War looks likes in japan.

Also jp gave it an extra port

>>6468168
Original

>>6468167
That's literally just a bunch of existing magical girl properties.

>>6468210

It's the Japanese version of Unholy War. The game's development was a total mess and the American team just stopped reading Japanese faxes at a certain point.

>>6468167
>Bunch of adorable little girls
>Tits McGee hanging out in the back

It's so jarring.

Populous: the Beginning, cover by Katsuya Terada

>>6468254
Prince of Persia by the same

>>6468253
That's how you spot best girl

>>6467740
The cover looks like 90s ecchi manga.

>>6468385
More like late 70s/early 80s.

>>6467740
>not posting Japanese Super Turrican

>>6468168
>>6468173
now i see what you mean.
>>6468097

>>6468258
also the snes version was made by japanese people and was the ultimate version of the game.

>>6468097
>>6468080
should I play the Ultima games on snes

>>6467917
They made it better

>>6468720
>>6468729
I like this a lot.

>>6467873
>Rayman before Rayman

>>6468757
I know a couple of mech games got really awesome Jap art. But that would be to cool so here is pic related.

>>6467917
Weebs are attention-seeking betaboys, who make up a large percentage of reddit's userbase. Yes they will always be inconsistent because they're gay.

>>6467881
Typical Japanese small-eye censorship.
How dare they change the creator's original vision!

Manga Zone

>>6470669
It still says 'comics', anon.

>>6469121
the unique commercial they had at the time was nice too

bibedi bump

>>6467851
adorable. doesn't resemble the original in anyway shape or form

>>6468167

Wait what happened there? It looks like a complete different game

>>6467851
did they also change the in game graphics?

>>6470704
>Mixga Zone

>>6472991
Yes

>>6470650
>looks nothing like in-game, more like a kangaroo
>gatling arm with 5 barrels and no other visible parts
>shoots poorly shopped fire
I guess shit games get shit art, even in other regions

>>6467963
>>6469505

>>6468167
I'd be totally cool with every Japanese version of English games adding in Cutey Honey.

>>6470657
That’s fucking badass. Art like that never would have flown here stateside, it’d probably still be controversial today.

>>6474939
Dumbass

>>6475153
I didn’t even know Doom got an official port to PlayStation. So yes, I am a dumbass.

>>6468097
It's the same for animation. I think different things just receive different attention land command different respect in different places. If you wanted to create an entertainment work with a message in the US, for example, you'd probably be told to either do movies, or "accept the true mediums" and go with books, music, or even theatre. Nobody pays much mind to games as a serious medium. Or worse, they try, but it just comes off as sloppy and amateurish.

>>6468173
Sirtech game gets a jp console port, nothing strange here. Original art is weird though, was it supposed to be a funny or weird game?

>>6470657
I've never seen the full version of that art before.

>>6470669
This game is rare in Japan, and looking at the box, one must wonder why.

>>6475239
It's kinda weird. It's a 3D isometric adventure game with RPG elements, terrible combat and a strange story.
Imagine a mix between diablo and baldur's gate except the devs only kept the bad things from both games.

>>6468080
>>6468097
This is the one I know.

Chuck Rock 2

>>6474939
What's so controversial about a dude shooting monsters? It doesn't even show any blood.

Medievil had a pretty snazzy one.

>>6467851
Soul

>>6476234
Cute! CUTE!

>>6470669
lmao

Surprised this hasn't been posted yet

>>6468254
>>6468258
Terada is fucking cheating

>>6476832
cool, an counter example of when jp artwork is remade for us consumption

Koolu Spotto

kawaii uguu~

>>6477057
that is actually pretty hands off for them, I think they have this weird respect for the french. Every Japanese person that I've met wants to sea Paris

>>6477063
And when they sea Paris they get a trauma.

>>6477073
Ask me how I know you're a /pol/cuck.

>>6477108
Dude there is literally a support service for Japanese people that get to paris and findout its a shithole. You don't know what you are talking about

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome

>>6475165
>posting on /vr/ and has never heard of playstation doom
Are you lost?

>>6477112
The fuck? That shit could happen to anyone, anywhere depending on how stupidly delusional they are. What makes Paris and the Japanese so uniquely stupid about this?

>>6477057
>>6477063
That ain't japanese art, that's straight up the french promo art for the first game. Most people don't remember but rayman got through a redesign for the second game to look less cutesy.

>>6477181
Oh shut up idiot, it's literally because Paris is shit and Japan is so safe they forget other places are full of "cultural enrichment" Talk to any Parisian

>>6477181
Because Japan still believe Paris is the city of romanticism and refinement when it is in reality a metropolitan shithole disfigured by pollution, traffic, protests and migrants.
Je suis français.

>>6468076
Blümpf in Police Quest?

>>6477048
Dali and Escher?

>>6477048
Is this for a game or a sick prog rock album

>>6477108
>>6477181
>offended by someone who's saying truth
>offended by the truth when it's exposed to him
fucking s o y b o y

I want /v/ to leave.

>>6477181
It's what happens to a lot of people who are bullied or ostracized that consistently watches a lot of TV. When males deal with the "sexual liberation" that is mostly just, "female sexuality good, male sexuality bad", they find comfort in Nipponese shows since it's an escape from the abuse. It turns into fetishized views of the overall culture of Japan which is still much different between rural & urban areas.
Of course, eventually our triggered overlords will try to start coming for archives of our game cover scans just because they hate the visuals and seek to kick them off the internet. Never give them an inch.

>>6477073
This is correct. France isn't france anymore.

>>6475297
Mega drive sold like ass in japan

>>6467740
This is supposed to be Soccer Kid, can't ya tell?

>Lester the Unlikely

>>6477112
>can result in hallucinations, derealization, and depersonalization
what the fuck is wrong with japanese people

>>6474924
Based
>>6468253
cringe

>>6477037
>>6476832
Americans simply couldn't have handled anime at the time.

>>6479190
Or at least that's what marketing attempted to tell them.
With the actual in game styles being anime I'm convinced buyers at the time would be all in for the original box arts.

>>6479451
Did the in game arts get any change?

>>6479451
I'd watch that anime.

Not a game cover but a strategy guide for the super famicom version of the game.

>>6479458
its anime'd up

>>6479451
hey chummer

>>6479451
>>6479458
It's a completely distinct game, unrelated to other Shadowrun games beyond being based on the same TRPG.
What's odd is that the cover was drawn by Satoshi Toshiki who did the illustrations for the replays it's connected to but the in game graphics are completely different.
Mao, the cat shaman, has brown hair instead of green and D-Head, the elf Decker, has white hair instead of blonde.

>>6479451
Wish someone would translate

>>6479516
Why tf did they turn it into a VN? The original game was great and wasn't released in japan, all they needed to do was just give it some weeb FMVs and VN elements.

>>6479581
> The original game was great and wasn't released in japan,
The SNES game was released in Japan and the Japanese version is better than the rest.
Menu based adventure with tactical combat works very well for Shadowrun, better than the point&click bullshit on the SNES. And you get to take meaningful decisions in the game instead of following a linear script.
The FMV decking is the worst part because the Mega CD wasn't really capable of doing that.

>>6477289
https://youtu.be/4_gObHt1uZA
It's both

>>6468097
Actually its
>west: boxart contains violence to appeal to western boys
>east: boxart contains cute girl to appeal to eastern boys
You overthunk it

>>6468720
Those Might and Magic covers are great.

>>6467740

>>6480561
Original

>>6477181
Because Europe is very romanticised by the Japanese. Boarded a Japn woman at my house and she talked a lot about their interest in medieval Europe in particular.

>>6477037
Haha that reminds me of the attempt at a She-ra- like Sailor moon

>>6468076
fluorescent green man bad

>>6479823
>cute girl
I have some bad news for you.

>>6477048
That is amazing.

>>6480561
I wonder what the reception of western games was like.

>>6468254
which persona game is that?

Xenon 2 for the X68K

Not a cover but some of default party portraits look different.

>>6468254
Holy shit, I'd frame a no-text version of that.
>>6476832
3 cool 5 me.

>>6482021
I absolutely agree

>>6476832
soul/soul but not so much

>>6479190
Why couldn't Japanese buy anything not anime-style?

>>6467851
Not even a weeb but I'd probably be drawn to this more than the original box art. And I love pandemonium.

>>6475165
Dooms on everything, anon.

>>6468720
>>6479951
artist is akihiro yamada for anyone interested

>>6477289
actually the music was made by a sick prog rock fan and the main theme is a sick prog rock song

>>6479647

That's a remix not the original. It's overlaying different shit. The original Famicom music with real drums and bass.