/vr/ - Retro Games

Play Gold however you want. First gen is fine and dandy but the second had the engine and code more figured out and had a lot more to do.

>>8100328
Even better. Play crystal.

they're very standard RPGs aside from having cute monsters as PCs
handheld or console doesn't really matter, though you're cucked either way because multiplayer is a big component

>>8100328
Honestly what you should do.
If you want to stick with first gen, FireRed on GBA is probably the best Pokemon game ever made, you do lose the 8bitness tho.

Yellow sucks if you are on the spectrum and can't help but use Pikachu/Charmander/Squirtle/Bulbasaur/two others (likely Kadabra + one) then it's pretty lame. I played through red and yellow in the last two years and red was much more enjoyable because I was forced to catch pokemon and actually develop a team. The game is super easy, and essentially broken the moment that you get Kadabra, but Kadabra + the three original starters is just dumb.

>>8100304
>boomer pokemon games
They were in the late '90s. Baby boomers are from 1946 to 1964. Stop parroting buzzwords and learn what they mean. They are no more "boomer" than every other game that was out for the N64 and PS1 by 1998. If you think the 4th console gen is "boomer," then you must have had really awesome parents, because actual boomers grew up with games and arcade shit before the video game crash in 1983.

If you care about copying shit to the new generations then play the 3DS VC releases. They also let you get Mew and Celebi legitimately if I remember right.

Otherwise just do whatever, it's never been complicated to emulate a gen 1/2 pokemon game or play them on cart. Except gold and silver I guess since they eat batteries like candy.

>>8100361
ok boomer

>>8100304
>boomer pokemon

Don't EVER refer to Pokemon as a boomer thing ever again, it was always childish garbage made for the proto zoomer.

>>8100418
But don't you get it, boomer is anything made before they were born. They just think Pokemon's popularity in the late '90s is really a boomer thing.

No matter what anyone here says, you're not going to get the true experience until you try to navigate Rock Tunnel in RBY without Flash on a Game Boy without a lit screen, all while sitting in the back of a moving car after dark.

>>8100440

>>8100304
>90's
>Boomer
Neck yourself faggot

>>8100403
same thought

>>8100448
>>8100440
god, I don't miss that shit
buying a wormlight was a godsend

>>8100440

Zoomies will never feel the feel of acquiring one of these

>>8100471

>>8100361
Its a meme you dip.

>>8100483
It's not funny

>>8100304
the original 3 games suck so bad nowadays. played through yellow last year on my gba sp and I beat the game but it was a miserable experience

>>8100429
Don't worry, they'll understand when their kids start referring to Fortnite as a boomer game.
>>8100485
<-

>>8100483
Why even encourage mouth breathing retards who honestly think games that were around 1998 is for boomers in an image board about late '70s, '80s, '90s, and early '00s vidya? What kind of dumb fuck thinks that boomers are playing Half Life 1, Metal Gear Solid, Ocarina of Time, Xenogears, Banjo Kazooie, Spyro, etc.?

>>8100503
words change meaning over time
the addition of "zoomer" to the lexicon has shifted "boomer" from representing someone born in the post-war baby boom to someone older than a zoomer
the original definition is nearly meaningless in daily use anyway since the vast majority of baby boomers are dead

>>8100480
I had either this or one of the other similar ones and I remember it not working very well.

>>8100524
I got no problem with that, but before the rule change last year, the majority of this board was consoles between the first gen and the fifth gen, with Dreamcast allowed and the occadional 2000 PC game, but if we start calling every game made before Gen Z, boomer, that same word loses all meaning for any board about older vidya, and this serves no purpose othen than to derail threads where those who grew up with the '80s or '90s as kids shit on those who came after. At that point, this moves the word from a meme to a shit catch all buzzword. It is like, if you have an issue with boomers in /vr/, it is served no other purpose than trolling to call 75% from /vr/ threads, boomer this, boomer that. Like bitching about weebs in 4chan.

>>8100304
Play them on N64 through Pokemon Stadium with a Transfer Pak.

>>8100335
I feel like people always sleep on the true strength of Pokemon which is that it is the only truly competitive turn-based RPG. The single player does not challenge the player in order to be accessible for kids but the battle system really comes alive when competing with human opponents.

So many so-called "Pokemon killers" fail to consider the PvP aspect at all. There is really no other video game filling that niche, the closest thing to competitive Pokemon are tabletop trading card games.

>>8100372
Adding to this, if you know what you are doing, and have a way to dump your saves from cart/easily copy them from your emulator, you can actually port the saves in to the 3DS VC release. There's a few steps involved to get it done, and an extra hex-editing step for crystal, but it's not the hardest thing ever.

>>8100304
with pokemon stadium since it gives you post game content

>>8100350
>I was forced to catch pokemon and actually develop a team
You never have to develop teams in Pokemon gen 1. You can solo the game with any half decent mon like the Nidos, or go for a two party setup. The game is piss easy

>>8100304
play the third version hacked so that all pokemon are available

>>8101530
Some of us wanted to larp as Ash and have a six person team.

>>8100304
gameboy micro and a flash cart

>>8100689
Forget it, the soul of this board is already lost since the rule change. We have 3 Dreamcast era Sonic Threads a day and kids who think their Bionicle PC game is good retro discussion.

>>8102602
Dude, I was 8 and played NES just yesterday. But it actually was 30 fucking years ago. And Dreamcast was 20 years ago. Not old enough for you?

>>8102602

>>8102602
>kids aren't trying out older games because new ones are shit
shouldn't we be happy about this

>>8102654
It was never about the games.

>>8100304
Depends on what else you have. Do you have a Super NES? Get a Super Game Boy.

>>8100304
>special borders
>unique palettes for every city

>boomer
Get off my board and then fuck off and die, you Pokémon playing faggot.

>>8100304
>GBPlayer
For Gen 1, you'll want a Super Game Boy 2 for the best experience, Game Boy Interface if you choose to play GSC/FRLG. https://youtu.be/U0xLy6-_570
For on-the-go, get an AGS-101 GBA SP.

>>8100487
If you're an impatient kid, sure. The original games are solid and fast playthroughs if you mangage your items and team well. Yeah you could just grind your starter up to 100 and dominate but the fun is making due with what little you have. Taking down higher level enemies with Pokemon 10-15 levels under makes it feel like more of an accomplishment.

>>8101530
They’re all too easy. Gen 1 might be the hardest of them all. Sun and Moon is so fucking laughably easy it’s ridiculous.

>>8103115
You’re all going to be mad at me, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen or heard about a Super Game Boy 2. I fucking loved my Super Game Boy growing up.

>>8105012
It only came out in Japan.

>>8100304
emulating first gen at 500% speed was my favorite way to play, but you really can't go wrong. it's so old and basic if you like it then it won't matter.

>>8100304
3ds eshop

luma cfw cool everything is free and you can transfer your monsters to bank

/thread

>>8105373
this fucks up the game and you know it
nothing comfy about it

>>8100304
backlight modded dmg or pocket

>>8100471
I had one of these for my gameboy advance

>>8105829
i don't always, my last crystal run i did a nuzlocke. definitely don't want to 500% that.

3DS virtual console, you can even move your gen1 pokemon onto the latest 3DS games

>>8106174
>modded
stop destroying consoles

>>8100304
- Get Yellow, Pokémon Stadium, and the N64 GamePak.
- Boot up Yellow, in Pokémon Stadium, and play it until you beat Brock at the first gym.
- Look into all of the rules and level restrictions for the different cups in Pokémon Stadium.
- When your Pokémon meet the criteria, save them into the game and play / beat that cup. Do this until you beat both Yellow Version, and Pokémon Stadium.
-Make sure to play through Stadium twice, once you beat it the first time all the trainers switch up teams and the game has an increased secondary difficulty.
-Then do the same thing with Crystal Version and Stadium 2.

That is how you capture the definitive 90s Pokémon experience without all of the other major components. Like Pokémania dominating all aspects of life via a TCG, an anime that airs every day, commercials, merchandising, constant parodies, and friends who are absolutely obsessed and spreading rumors.
And you know, actually being a kid again AKA the target audience.
Also nice b8.

>>8106737
>destroying
>is superior
You have a mental illness

>>8106737
you can keep straining your eyes on decaying 30 year old hardware while people without brain damage can improve on original hardware

>>8100471
>>8100480
These were the worst, barely lit up the screen. Wormlights were so much better.

>>8106758
>>8106856
found the bluelight addicted redditors
>straining your eyes on decaying 30 year old hardware
lmao the irony

>>8107925
honestly, i have both
i miss the green screen when i dont have it

but i use the GBs for chiptune and literally cannot fucking see the screen in the dark- ive already opened it and soldered to bypass the shitty volume knob limiting circuit; might as well drop a kitsch kit in there