/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8261817
>dr mario
This is one of the games that redditors pretend to give a fuck about in order to impress each other. You're right in that no one actually cares.

>>8261829
What an obscure factoid about redditors to be aware of.

Anyone paying for that deserves the awful gaming scenario that is brewing. You will own nothing and be happy bs.
Softmod your switch and play emulators and stop paying to lose agency over your hardware.

>>8261860
I want to play mk64 online with my friends. I don't videogame on PC. Sure it's jewy, but I have 3 people in my family plan.

>>8261856
Well yeah, there are plenty of these random games that no one would care about weren't it for the types who typically congregate on reddit. Similar to Earthbound, but that's a case in itself.

>>8261860
Based pirate bro, feels good to have a hacked Shitch.
Thanks for the free emulator Nintendo, can't wait to see what games are compatible with it.

>>8261829
I like Dr. Mario because it is the only game I could ever get my mom to play with me when I was little

>>8261915
You are part of a very small minority of people then. Anyone who didn't grow up with this game has basolutely no reason to pretend to care about it, it's very mediocre.

>>8261817

>old game
>nothing new

so people are paying for emulators? Did you know that fpga are more accurate.

>>8261917
Not him, but I'm also nostalgic for Dr. Mario 64, I used to play it with my sister

>>8261924
Same, I have fond memories of playing Doctor (Mario) with this guy's sister.

>>8261924
Maybe I'm wrong. I'm not American and most people I know only have about seven to ten games per console. I suppose if there are millions of Americans who owned this game the numbers make sense. However they who didnt grow up with it are still faking it to impress others.

>>8261872
Retroarch can connect online too

>>8261817
zoomers would lose their shit if it's not 4K ULTRA HD

>>8261945
Millenial onions boys care much more about specs than we do. Keep crying though faggot.

>>8261930
Guy from >>8261915 here
You're probably right. I just liked it because mom enjoyed it and she spent time playing with me. If I were to play it now I doubt I would give a shit about the game itself at all

>>8261829
>dr mario
Dr.Mario is nowhere in that image. Are you talking about pikachu? He's in there. I see some Custom Robo dudes, too.

The N64 Dr.Mario has some interesting design choices. Most of the grunt enemies are from the Wario Land games. You've even got the scary clown (Rudy) in it. There's even a storyplot.

>>8261939
Just seems like more of a pain in the ass. I just want everything on one console. Switch between gaming and youtube/hulu without switching consoles, inputs, or any fucky chromecast shit that never detects my phone half the time.

>>8261947
I feel like this is true. Zoomers like ugly indie shit that looks worse than what millenials played in their childhood. They like mine craft and fortnite and are fascinated by n64 early 3d, even if they only see it through youtube

>>8261989
Your lust for convenience will hinder your possibilities in the future.

>>8261992

>best games are created by a small group
>indies are bad

this is so tiring

Hacked my Switch and got Retroarch installed, I'm enjoying these and many more for free and more features. Fuck Nintendo, they're disrespecting their own history with their practices.

>>8261995
nigga I just want to play mario kart online in bed

>>8261992
>are fascinated by n64 early 3d
I think this is more of an online subculture thing; most people whom I know just play triple A games. Thankfully indie hacks can't make anything to profit from interest in early 3d as you just can't make it work. It's just so crude that it wouldn't sell, unlike pixel art.

>>8262004
???

>>8262004
Whom are you quoting?

>>8262006
The worst part is that this is worse than the old collections. smb3 got new levels, smw had a new character, smb2 also got new content. This is a cashgrab.

>>8262014
It's because zoomers watch millenial grump personalities and whenever an n64 game It's inherently interesting, like nes was to millenials except the effect is more drastic

>>8262021
You sure you're quoting the right post?

>>8262014

>AAA game
>awful interface
>always online
>server under maintenance

>>8262028
Who are you fucking quoting?!

>>8262024
I think the recent Mario 64 creepypasta has something to do with it, as well as the whole liminal space thing.

>>8262028
I have no idea what you're trying to say.

>>8261817
Well, to be fair, the N64 looks like hot shit at native res if you don't play on a CRT. A lot of people repeat the meme about retro games being intended for CRT displays (and yeah, they do look better there), but the N64 is the only console that 100% depends on how CRTs display 240p to make its visuals work.

Pic related is how Majora's Mask REALLY looks on real hardware. You think zoomers are gonna want to play this?

>>8261817
For me it depends on the situation. In some I'd prefer one or the other. I've been diagnose with stage 4 terminal autism but that's nothing compared to what I see on /vr/

>>8262038
AAA gaming is not superior to indies. and

>Among-Us
324 million downloads since launching on June 15th, 2018
When it comes to consumer spending, Among Us has generated $86 million within its first three years. Just the same as downloads, the highest rate of player spending originated in October 2020 at $24.5 million

>>8262042
>You think zoomers are gonna want to play this?
if they can't figure out to scale the UI correctly, yes.

>>8262042
In contrast, this is what they could be playing instead.

Yeah, like you say, the UI elements are still low-res as fuck and clash with the hi-res 3D, but most people will probably swallow that pill.

>>8262046
No I know has played amungus in months. It was a short lived fad, and you're an idiot for not realizing this. I also think it was a very low effort game too.
>akshully normalfags stopped playing it because it stopped being updated
Plenty of games are still popular without being updated. Moreover the lack of ability to update it is caused by it being an indie game.

>>8262052
That's a fair point. I guess all I can hope for additional crt filters, though I won't hold my breathe. The ones they supply on NES/SNES don't seem intense enough to begin to remedy those HUDs.

>>8262059
The best compromise is using RetroArch with the Mupen64Plus-Next core and the ParaLLEl-RDP plugin, upscale to a higher res, downsample back down to 240p, and use a CRT shader on top of it all. You get improved 3D at native res while still blending in well with the UI and any 2D pre-rendered stuff.

>>8261817
are the first 2 custom robos included in the western release of the service?

>>8262945
famicom games are not included for western markets, so I doubt so, even more when N64 are heavier on text

>>8261992
This is a niche. 90% of kids play 4k shooters and sports games.

>>8262957
most zoomers just play shit like Fortnite and Minecraft. It is true that millenials care way more about muh 4k and story-driven experience

>>8262008
Enjoy while you can.

>renting old games

>>8261817
People don't have taste, so they just judge what's good based on descriptors like higher resolution

>>8262042
id argue that all 5th gen looks shit on everything but crts. If not just the 64's filtering but then also the jagginess of the ps1 and in the case of the saturn sometimes both filtering or jagginess

>>8263559
>While having the option to buy it

>>8261829
dr. mario is fun tho. puzzle games are the pinnacle of handheld gaming. are you fucking retarded or something?

>>8263603
Yeah, that's true, but only the N64's anti-aliasing and horizontal-only bilinear filtering are straight-up designed to take advantage of 240p on a CRT. The only way to make that look good on anything else it to render the output at a higher resolution, like the ParaLLEl-RDP plugin on modern N64 emulators can.

>>8264343
>buying a digital service

>>8261817
The screenshots on the site look like 480p, not HD.

>>8261829
>>8261901
spotted the redditor

>>8262042
That looks perfectly fine in motion and when you're not obssessively examining pixels.

>>8261817
Classic games look best in their original resolution with television scanlines blending everything properly. They were designed and tested to be viewed that way. "Updating" graphics always seems to lead to a poor quality product. Either the mood of the original is lost or performance suffers by trying to make something 'better' by making it 3D or rendered with new technology when part of the appeal of the original is the old way of doing those things. Age of Empires, for example, used tiny animated gifs or something for the character and the remake uses 3D modeling. It's a step forward in technology but a step backward in aesthetics.

>>8266949
> *Renting* a digital service, liable to being locked out of your favorite contents at a whim of the provider.