/vr/ - Retro Games

Pretty sure you're thinking of Megaman Network Transmission for the Gamecube.

>>8026949
No, this sounds more like picrel

>>8026909
Illusion of Gaia has a cannibal scene in Angor Wat, but it's not a circus or carnival.

Secret of Mana also has a part where you can get put in a pot, but it's just a cutscene iirc.

those are the only two nintendo games I know of that have cannibalism scenes.

>>8026972
thanks bro. I know it's not Secret of Mana cause I've played that game like 30 times lol. the goblins put the girl in a cauldron to cook her but you rescue her.

not sure if it's IoG yet, but i'm looking into it. here's a retro meme for your troubles.

>>8026972
I don't think it's that, OP, sounds like Simpsons hit and run

>>8026949
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>>8027176
is this how zoomers troll? what a brave new world we've entered

>>8026909
Breath Of Fire 2?

>>8026909

Any other details you can remember about the game? What kind of setting did it have? Old-timey vs. modern, magical vs. non-magical, furry characters vs. none of those, etc.? What were the battles, were they real-time or turn-based? Did you control a party of characters? People are suggesting SNES games, could it have been for SNES?

OP you need to provide closure.

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>>8029704
Sorry for the delayed response, work has been a bit crazy the last 2 days.

So the graphics were akin to the look of the first NES Zelda... very blocky but I remember the colors being more saturated than Zelda. I'm like 95% sure it was an NES game not a SNES game. The Circus was represented by an icon of a tent but when you walked up to it, you entered a “town”-like setting but with tents and other characters…like you do with the FF games. I would say it was a funny game, not leaning heavy towards any time period, it felt fantastical, and I think it was a turn-based fighting system… (though not strategy-turn-based)... At that point in the game I think I was controlling two characters but I could be wrong and maybe I was in the cage with another
NPC. I THINK I remember taking a something that helped my health during battle.

I realize this is pretty vague and not especially helpful. In my defense this was literally over 30 years ago lol

>>8027412
>>8030376
My bad, meant to say, I don't think it was BoF2. Thank you though my friend, I appreciate your help.

>>8030376

Was it certainly on either NES or SNES? Or did you have access to some other gaming platform at that time?

I think Little Ninja Brothers has some comical elements, fantastical elements, and sections in which you walk around in an overhead view. I only played that once though so I don't clearly remember it. Your game probably isn't that I guess.

>>8030540

The other thing I think of is of course Mother/Earthbound. But you wouldn't have played that on an NES thirty years ago, and although Earthbound on SNES has some kind of evil carnival thing in it, I don't think it has the cannibals? I forget. Anyway probably somebody would have recognized it already if it were Earthbound?

>>8030540

Following up with a little more investigation: I think it actually is Little Ninja Brothers! Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-7BD0STfm4#t=9m40s (go to 9:40 or so if it didn't take you there automatically)

I think that escaping from the prison for fatties is the first step in the first real quest in the game and there doesn't appear to be much of a puzzle to it. So I guess you were indeed very young.

>>8030668
Not OP but there's no fucking way this isn't the game.

>>8030540
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>>8030756
jesus christ it's been on the tip of my brain for days. thanks you guys. you're the best.

>>8031365

You can credit my childhood fondness toward Kung Fu Heroes, the game that Little Ninja Brothers is somehow a sequel to. It's a simple arcadey action game with no overworld or anything - in fact there isn't even any screen scrolling. But it somehow has enough dopey charm and odd little depths and secrets that I like it a lot even though it's very repetitive and kind of stupid.

While searching just now I found out it was originally an arcade game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWkePWyJRwo
Also I guess there are a whole crapload of these things, including other RPGs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Chinese
It's similar to the Goemon games I guess, but with random crap stuffed in from Chinese culture rather than from Japanese culture? I dunno.

Anyway I only ever tried Little Ninja Brothers on an emulator (as an adult - I didn't ever hear of it as a kid, not even through Nintendo Power, and I've never seen a physical copy) because it was a sequel to Kung Fu Heroes. (Although I didn't finish it because it seemed like too much hassle to go through all the grinding or whatever you do in it. I probably would have liked it a lot as a kid though.)

>>8031486
Dude you are amazing.
Kung Fu Heroes is another game that I couldn't remember playing as a kid and I've tried multiple times throughout the years to find it, with no success obviously, and at this point I'd honestly just given up.

My god I've been watching a let's play while drinking my coffee this morning. Between LNB and KFH pic related is me right now. I loved this game as a kid.

I wish I could thank you properly lol I feel like I want to hug you
God bless your fondness for dopey, charming games anon.

Little Ninja Bros had lots of great moments, the fake glitch screen was the best

>>8032079

I love you too anon.