/vr/ - Retro Games

Nobody seems to know that there's a PC version of Bomberman World (Ps1 "exclusive") or 90 and 93 (PCE "exclusives")

>>8546381
The TG16 version of Bomberman was also ported to DOS, Amiga and Atari ST as Dynablaster, which is admittedly a much cooler title than Eric & The Floaters.

Romero personally requested the devs make the game a Zelda like top down adventure instead of trying to translate a janky FPS to GBC. It’s not bad, actually pretty fun

>>8546398
That's bomberman 90, which didn't come to the TG16 unfortunately, only 93. People who got to play Dynablaster did play it though

>>8546371
Woah, 3 games in one? what a steal!

>>8546371
Not weird. Sega ported many of their games to PC back in the day, sometimes with notable enhancements.

>>8546482
It’s more because of the weird new (sort of) midi tracks and the blatant false advertising on the box. Most people tend to gravitate towards it because of the music changes

>>8546482
the weird stuff is mostly the music

>>8546482
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_2wjHqPMZY

And sometimes the complete opposite.

it isn't actually worth thinking about much but this is still a damn solid port considering it went from disc to n64 and it was the first version i played. for years i hated it because i was expecting "mega man 64" to be like, mega man 8 or something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcEMPakkPg
I feel inclined to call this eye cancer because of how bad it looks, but it doesn't sound good or play well either, so it's really just everything cancer.

Twisted Metal has a highly obscure PC port that, for whatever reason, only came out in Japan. Twisted Metal 2 also has a PC port that's a lot more well known.

>>8546503
Finally, an arcade perfect port

Korean DOS remake of Ys II. Quite different from the original.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQgRIQXXWwA

Phantasmagoria received a Japan only Sega Saturn port that was fully translated into Japanese and spans 8 fucking discs, making it the largest game ever made for a pre 2000 console. It’s worth noting that the original PC release had 7 discs, so the Saturn gets a bonus one thrown in for good measure

There's an obscure PC port of Lunar.

>>8546371
I got that disc from Burger King. They also sold Sonic R, I think they were $5 each

>>8546550
Suikoden 2 has a PC port as well

>>8546545
This was probably peak roberta blowing all of sierra's money lol

>>8546575
>>8541616
Wouldn't be the first time.

>>8546371
This collection was so fucked up and janky. I remember if you ran it in windowed mode the games would play at like 50x speed for some reason

>>8546608
SOVL

>>8546643
and think about the poor kid that Ken Williams whipped into drawing all those screens. there were no duplicates, you realize. each screen in the game really was unique.

>>8546381
There is a similar Konami PC collection with the NES Contra and Castlevania games.

Likewise for PC releases, Japan got a PC port (or may of just been emulation) of Gunstar Heroes.

I had no interest in something like Sonic & Knuckles collection. Instead I was emulating Genesis and Mega Drive ROM's. Sega did have some interesting PC ports. They ported a lot of their Saturn games to PC. Daytona USA and Championship Edition (Though called Deluxe, with some extra content), Sega Rally 95, Virtua Fighter 2, Last Bronx, Virtua Fighter 1 (which has both Model 1 and Remix models), Cyber Troopers Virtual On, Panzer Dragoon 1 and 2, Bug! and Bug Too!, The House of the Dead (It was a Saturn port), Manx TT, Sega Touring Car, Virtua Cop 1 and 2 (called Virtua Squad in some releases) Enemy Zero. Quite a few of these Saturn (not arcade) ports do enhanced features, like Direct 3D rendering and arcade models. Like VF2 has the option to use the arcade meshes. But at default uses the Saturn models. Last Bronx is like this too. I think House of the Dead has the option to use arcade meshes for the enemies? I forget.

>>8546670
This is why im so pissed Sonic Xtreme didnt get reworked into a PC exclusive. Sega had a strong pc division back then, publishing non Sega games as well and there are even a couple Japan exclusive PC releases they did. Could have easily been a good and profitable way to salvage it.

>>8546462
>That's bomberman 90, which didn't come to the TG16 unfortunately, only 93.
Pretty sure it did. You're thinking of Bomberman '94, the one with the kangaroos.

>>8546670
Three Dirty Dwarves also got a PC release.

>>8546684
>Sega had a strong pc division back then,

back in the mid to late 90's, it seems like Sega of America had a seal with Expert Software to publish every PC title in the west. But at some point, Sega switched over to publishing their own games. They probably could have still released a Sonic Xtreme for the PC.

>>8546684
>Sega had a strong pc division back then,

back in the mid to late 90's, it seems like Sega of America had a deal with Expert Software to publish every PC title in the west. But at some point, Sega switched over to publishing their own games. They probably could have still released a Sonic Xtreme for the PC.

>>8546716
>>>8546670 (You)
>Three Dirty Dwarves also got a PC release.

yeah, it did. I think Sega should work with GOG on re-releasing this stuff again. But, you can still find most of the ISO's on the internetarchive.

I have to add this port of Earthworm Jim Special Edition for Windows 95. Not to be confused with the DOS port. Windows 95 port is identical to the Sega CD version, but has some 'touched up' artwork, some backgrounds are given more colour to take away from the Sega CD dithered look. It was just called "Earthworm Jim". But was Special Edition.

>>8546763
This was the only version of the first game i had as a kid. (2 i had on snes)

>>8546371
had this as a kid, loved it. It came with the sonic screensaver which was based
https://youtu.be/SgmYQEsCP0I

The idea of Metal Gear Solid having a big box PC port sounded awesome on paper, but they cut too many corners for my liking.

>>8546778
>This was the only version of the first game i had as a kid. (2 i had on snes)

I owned Earthworm Jim Special edition for the Sega CD, I remember buying it from a pawn shop. It generally is my favourite version of Earthworm Jim 1. I then later found a copy of it for Windows 95 at a department store bargain bin, mixed with a bunch of other PC games. Bought it, and was surprised at how good it looked and played on my Windows 98 SE PC. It was Windows native, ran at 60fps, supported gamepads through DInput, has the Special edition bonus content and CD tracks. I think it is better in some ways. It is a good port.

>>8546371
>launch the game
>it opens in a small window
>runs at five thousands frames a second causing a horrifying jumble of noise to come out of your speakers until you scramble to the fullscreen button

>>8546702
Oh shit nigga, you're right. No, I wasn't thinking of 94, I thought both 90 and 94 were Japanese exclusives with only 93 coming here

>>8546371
I had this. I even had a trainer someone made for shit like invincibility or have all emeralds. I probably still have it saved on a CD somewhere.

>>8546670
>Panzer Dragoon 1 and 2
Only Panzer Dragoon was ported to PC, not Panzer Dragoon 2.

So I guess Sega was like Microsoft by having their games be available in both console and PC.

>>8546731
>back in the mid to late 90's, it seems like Sega of America had a deal with Expert Software to publish every PC title in the west.


Expert Software was purchased by Activision in 1999 and became Activision Value Publishing. Activision put them to work publishing 'value software' for the PC, basically.

>>8546371
A console game ported to the pc!? Holy shit, this is fucking weird!!

>>8546371
>let's port a genesis game into the gba, what could go wrong?

>>8546486
but the music IS the original one

>>8546670
The reason all these saturn ports came about was because there was some weird 3d graphics card being pushed by them at the time, complete with saturn game pad port. It shat the bed and no one bought it but they still ported over a good dozen or so saturn games in some form as you listed. Sega really did need to calm the fuck down and concentrate on one thing and do it fucking right in the mid 90s. They were spread far too thin and paid the ultimate price.

>>8547315
>paid the ultimate price.
that's the price of ALL THAT SOUL though

The Atari 7800 ports of Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. and Mario Bros. caught me by surprise. These all came out in 1988, when the NES was already in full force. I'm guessing there was some grandfather clause or licensing loophole that allowed Atari to get away releasing such late ports of Nintendo games on their consoles.

>>8546512
just played this for the first time when PC-88 came to the MiSTer. there is an actual romhack for the NES version that recreates this disaster.

super mario bros deluxe. brimming with soul and pointless extras (including like 60% of super mario bros 2) but at the end of the day it's super mario bros with screen crunch

Still can't believe the music used for Carnival Night, Ice Cap and Launch Base in that port were actually the original songs before being replaced by Micheal Jackson's band's stuff. So interesting.

>>8547456
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_HaUBkUDVU
I'm so torn because the beta's Carnival Night is great, but so is the track in the final game.

>>8547456
we went for like three decades thinking these were composed as replacement tracks

>>8547315
They already started making ports before that videocard. Sonic CD was ported so early, it predated DirectX and used an earlier library. They also did Baku Baku, Comix Zone, Ecco, and so on - they had an entire PC division for that.

The videocard deal was struck by Nvidia who were trying to sell a gpu chipset to Sega, for a Saturn successor (the card with the saturn ports was Nvidias first card, the NV1). Only like three Sega games used the NV1, mind you - what they did have was a handful of devs testing the hardware in 1995 to see what it could do, I think it was Don Goddard. There's an interview somewhere that details that entire deal. In the end Nvidia couldn't get working NV2 silicon out for the big demonstration to Sega, and Sega literally dropped them on the spot.
Then Nvidia restarted from scratch and did the NV3, aka RIVA128 which sold great to OEMs and the rest is history.

>>8547456
It actually makes a lot of sense, given that the replacement songs didn't even have proper act 2 versions, they just removed one of the channels and called it a day. The songs really stood out from the rest of the game.

>>8547315
>The reason all these saturn ports came about was because there was some weird 3d graphics card being pushed by them at the time,

It was Nvidias first graphics card, which could render quads instead of triangles. It wasn't really based on the Saturn hardware. But Nvidia made some deals with Sega to port their Saturn games to the system using the Nvidia NV1 acceleration. Nvidia also put the NV2 into development. They thought they could sell it to Sega for a Saturn 2, that could use quads hardware rendering. But they scraped that and went with triangles and Direct X for the NV3.

>>8547562
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NV1
3D games that supported NV1
Battle Arena Toshinden
Daytona USA (Japanese releases)
Descent: Destination Saturn
NASCAR Racing
Panzer Dragoon
Sonic X-treme (cancelled)
Twisted Metal (Japanese releases)
Virtua Fighter Remix
Virtua Cop

Sonic X-treme was going to support the NV1. Not a very big list of games that use Nvidia's first card. It's a cool card in theory. But Nvidia made the right move by going to DirectX with the Riva128. That was the budget gamer card of choice.

>>8547525
The original track is a lot happier sounding at least.

>>8547290
So bad nobody even took credit for it. Did they ever discover who created this abortion?

>>8547603
heard somewhere once it was made with the sonic advance engine

An 8-bit port of what is very much a 16-bit arcade experience.

>>8547603
>So bad nobody even took credit for it. Did they ever discover who created this abortion?

Earthworm Jim 1 GBA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBLlstlJ-WE&t=130s

Earthworm Jim 2 GBA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hrf_jcYRUE&t=2s

>>8547640

The Super Nintendo port is by no means bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93osCGBFG2k&t=245s

>>8547603
Just googled it and someone said on resoytera that Digital Eclipse did the port. Not sure if accurate but wouldn't be surprising since they did plenty of garbage back then. Also funny enough I just discovered that Frank Cifaldi works there as "head of restoration" lol.

>>8547606
Even worse, it was based on the J2ME port for flip phones

>>8547690
i think i actually owned that back in the day, marble zone's platforming was near impossible, that part where you have to leap over pits to progress was a hard wall

>>8546807
It's not a port because it's literally still just a PS1 game, but your post reminded me how Konami rereleased MGS1 on PS2 sort of in a three game bundle with 2 and 3 as well, and it was literally just the PS1 game in a DVD case styled after a PS1 jewel case.

It's fucking weird and I kind of want to get a copy. The bundle only had the old versions of 2 and 3 though so it's not really worth getting.

combine remakes/ports of game and watch classics with kino late 90s n64 era mario soul and add a dash of tose actually giving a shit for once. yep, it's based.

>>8546737
Isn’t this obscenely rare?

>>8547689
>resoytera
Owned by white supremacists LARPing as black people. Do not forget.

>>8547835
>Isn’t this obscenely rare?

Not really, not for the Expert Software PC release of Bug! anyway. Bug Too! is a whole other story though. It is harder to find for the PC.

>>8547852
>Not really, not for the Expert Software PC release of Bug! anyway. Bug Too! is a whole other story though. It is harder to find for the PC.

I just want to add, that most of the Sega software published by Expert Software was really well distributed for the most part, and ended up in a lot of bargain bins in computer shops and department stores. They were bought out by Activision, and Sega switched over to their own distribution through the Sega Soft name. I came across quite a few copies of Bug! back in the day. Big box and jewel case. But I have never seen a Bug Too! in the wild. I can find Bug! for PC on Ebay for $6.00.

>>8547731
This bundle had MGS2 Substance and MGS3 Subsistence

>>8547898
>>8547731
MGS3 just didn't have the second disc with the online mode, Snake vs. Monkey and the ports of MG1 and 2

I remember seeing a copy of this game at a Zellers in Canada and turning it down, along with Resident Evil 4. And they were like $10.00. Oh well. I didn't play either until much later. Shame, because Silent Hill is one of my favorite PS1 games. I have a disc copy somewhere still. But it is a green label Greatest Hits.

>>8547915
>I have a disc copy somewhere still. But it is a green label Greatest Hits.

Or had one.

>>8547867
>ended up in a lot of bargain bins in computer shops and department stores

To be honest, that was because from the point of view of a PC gamer, all those games were stupidly simple. They had mediocre graphics and the complexity and very few levels, you could finish most Sega PC games in one sitting in max an hour.
Actual PC games took a weekend minimum to figure out and finish at the time, simulation games could took much longer, and games with custom maps could last an order of magnitude more. There's a reason why people still play Heroes 3 while no one gives a shit about Virtua Cop or Last Bronx or Bug Too.

>>8547739
Japan got a OG gameboy non color version of this

>>8547915
I got this version from a Staples bargain bin for $5. Was only version i had for years till i got the xbox version.

>>8547960
>There's a reason why people still play Heroes 3 while no one gives a shit about Virtua Cop or Last Bronx or Bug Too.

You are not wrong about the value thing. Which was why most Sega- Expert Software era stuff ended up as bargain bin fodder. Most of it were just PC to Saturn ports of arcade games. Not even new PC ports. Sometimes with hardware rendering. I had Sega Rally 95 and it could be patched with a DirectX patch. Same with Daytona USA Deluxe. VF2 has the arcade models, but still has the 2D Saturn areans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXSKi96l0lE

>>8547852
>>8547867
I actually have Bug Too for PC and of its harder to find its because it was SegaSoft who published it unlike the first game.

Got a couple not in the pic, but these were all my sega published pc games, most of which were my only ways to play many of them as a kid.

The PC version of Daytona USA runs at the same 20fps as the Saturn game, but has less shaky polygons. I think this version supports 640x480:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNdGfrnQLVA&t=128s

Daytona USA Deluxe, which is basically SCE, or CE, but with some extra tracks and maybe an extra car? . It is like the Saturn game. This time runs at 30fps. Also has DX rendering with fog:
https://youtu.be/RgmuJn-1saU?t=247

Sega Rally 95, which looks like the Saturn game, locked at 30fps in software and DX rendering modes.
https://youtu.be/6REoftI1lbQ?list=TLPQMjIwMTIwMjIZx63m8H-lJA&t=69

Sega Rally 2 for PC was apparently made first, and the Dreamcast version was a port of the PC version. Strange. But the DC version does use WINCE. It runs better than the DC version, and has all the same features and stages:
https://youtu.be/gOA2RIGgb7s?list=TLPQMjIwMTIwMjIZx63m8H-lJA&t=112

>>8548036

Nice collection. I also had a jewel case copy of Typing of the Dead. That one also had a demo that was popular. Some of that stuff, I would download as kazzaa iso's and just use virtual drive on Windows 98se. That's how I played Last Bronx, anyway.

>>8547731
>It's not a port because it's literally still just a PS1 game,
Isn't that what a port usually is?
>and it was literally just the PS1 game in a DVD case styled after a PS1 jewel case.
Reminds me of the earlier PS1 longboxes.

>>8546398
There was also an Amiga port of Bonk's Adventure for the Britbong market known as B.C. Kid. I kinda like this localized title more than Bonk.

>>8547689
>Also funny enough I just discovered that Frank Cifaldi works there as "head of restoration" lol.
What would that numale know anything about preservation?

>>8546371
I had that. It had blue spheres as well. Shit was so fucking cash.

>>8546371
I was so happy they released Sonic on PC.
I went to costco with my dad one time and they had a combo pack of Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic R. I played the shit out of those

Need a proper Sega arcade racing collection. What are they doing

>>8548156
He's not very good at faggot preservation since he could kick the teeth out of your retarded mouth.

>>8546371
I owned this. It was my only sonic game not on the game gear.

>>8547186
>Only Panzer Dragoon was ported to PC, not Panzer Dragoon 2.

Thanks for correcting me. You are right.

I would have loved to see Typing versions of Virtua Cop 1 and 2.

>>8549885
Sure thing, Frankie.

>>8549885
>simping this embarrassingly for a homosexual hoarder
kys

NBA JAM TE for MS DOS (1995):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPbBTtL-0yY
It honestly almost looks arcade perfect.

Primal Rage (1995) MS-DOS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Wv3J_tr7k

WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game (1995) MS-DOS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRs6c6-IgeA

Mortal Kombat II (DOS):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H4v5xA9qks&t=175s

>>8550007
To add to this, that one Batman beat em up arcade game got a DOS port.

>>8550026
>To add to this, that one Batman beat em up arcade game got a DOS port.

Didn't know that.

Also image related is a good port of the arcade game.

Not only was it exclusive to Japan, it came out after MK3 hit the Playstation.

>>8546485
Ecco sounded better on Genesis than cd.

>What went wrong?

>>8550389
Now that's what I call shovelware!
Ecks Vs Sever GBA is more legit than this game

>>8548214
Remember the Sonic and Garfield bundle?

>>8550416
Garfield on PC has an extra stage from Lost Levels that wasn't in the Sega version.

>>8550416
>Sonic and Garfield bundle?

"Gotta go fast"
"Gotta get fat"

The duo you never knew you wanted to see together.

>Double Dragon II: The Revenge on the PC Engine
>Expect it to be a straight port of the arcade game.
>It's kinda based on the NES version, but it's different enough to be its own thing.
>Instead of text and still images, the cutscenes (or visual demos) are fully voiced and animated.
I'm glad I bought while it was still cheap.

>>8550439

> Sonic and Knuckles PC Collection
> Garfield: Caught in the Act (with tweaked level layouts and more stages)
> Baku Baku Animal - Cool bonus.

>>8547584
>Virtua Fighter Remix

The PC port of Virtua Fighter 1 was based on Virtua Fighter Remix for the Saturn, and looks identical to that version. But it does also contain the option to turn off the textures, and the game uses the VF1 arcade models from the original game.

Acclaim had a lot of strange PC ports in the mid 90s

Bubble Bobble featuring Rainbow Islands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUlshHMOM80&t=71s

X-Men Children of the Atom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLrxD95ZlWw&t=60s

>>8546486
no the weird stuff is the sprite alignment.

>>8546731
>Expert Software to publish every PC title in the west
and fucking with the box art with their shitty logo in the process.

>>8547584
>Sonic X-treme (cancelled)
somebody needs to finish sonic xtreme and make it playable on the NV1.

>>8547960
>finishing Bug! in an hour.

>>8548046
>and the Dreamcast version was a port of the PC version. Strange.
It's not alone. Virtua Cop 2 on Dreamcast is also a port of the PC version.

>>8546371
My dad got me this Sega Genesis. I played the shit out of it on my Compaq Presario. To this day I prefer the Midi versions of Ice Cap Zone and Launch Base zone.

>>8552458
*got me this instead of a sega genesis.

>>8552329
>It's not alone. Virtua Cop 2 on Dreamcast is also a port of the PC version.

I think Sega Rally 2 was Sega testing WindowsCE, by making a PC version first and porting that one to Windows CE on the DC. But the devs did say that the DC port had framerate issues because of WindowsCE. The DC version is a carbon copy of the PC game:

https://youtu.be/4Lfh3E4XJq0?t=187

>>8552329
>It's not alone. Virtua Cop 2 on Dreamcast is also a port of the PC version.

I think that is the case, because Virtua Cop 2 on the DC uses WindowsCE as well. I think Sega took the base of the PC version, ported it to DC and made new models and textures.

>>8548036
Clean your floor

>>8551889
>and fucking with the box art with their shitty logo in the process.

Some of the Expert Software games have a hilarious Y2K compliance logo on them.

>>8552521
Anyone has that interview where Yu Suzuki was asked the Dreamcast Virtua Cop ports and he was surprised that such a thing existed?

>>8552753
>Anyone has that interview where Yu Suzuki was asked the Dreamcast Virtua Cop ports and he was surprised that such a thing existed?

Only Virtua Cop 2 was ported to the DC. It does look like a port of the PC version. And the PC version was a port of the Saturn game. But the DC port did get a remake with updated models and textures.

https://youtu.be/ll4zMou5jCo?t=186

The DC version was then ported to the PS2:
https://youtu.be/bsVXnnyqBa4?t=1

Almost all home ports of Virtua Cop 2 are derived from the Saturn version.

>>8546676
These multi-game packs were so cheap and based back in the day.

>>8552878
GET OUTTTA MY WAY

CAUSE IM HAVING A BAD DAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPkFmwT7MZA

>>8552604
Its paint dried from the ceiling after dementia grandma flooded the top floor of the house. :(

Silent hill on gba
>only in Japan
>turned into a visual novel

>>8554478
an adaptation isn't a fucking port you goddamn imbecile

>>8554479
Oh I’m sorry. My bad

>>8554496
apology accepted, but try not to do it again

>>8553569
Based grandma

>>8548017
>but still has the 2D Saturn areans:
It actually has one background LESS than the 2d saturn arenas. It's missing an entire bg layer.

On the up side it has lightning, which the Saturn version can't do in high resolution.

>>8551913
>finishing Bug! in an hour.
Yeah, after an hour of gameplay you are pretty much finished with the game.

City Connection got a cell phone port in 2003 despite being dormant and irrelevant for a decade and a half at that point

>>8554792
City Connection seems to have a huge cult following in Japan. No doubt due to the waifu it has as a protagonist.

>>8554993
city connection's famicom port came pretty early in the console's life and it was well regarded by japanese famicom players

>>8555186
The American NES port, which replaced the girl with some generic chad, is not as well remembered.

>>8555193
no, it also came out too late to be relevant. in japan the famicom version specifically seems to be beloved, i guess it would have a reputation similar to americans with actraiser or something

>>8554504
Or else what?

>>8546731
>Unknown Date [in 1997] - Chris Senn and Alon Ofer would continue to work on Sonic X-treme for PC known as Sonic PC but it never got the greenlight from SegaSoft as they only wanted ports of existing Sega games for PC and not entirely new games thus they never funded to project for it to continue, which saw the end of Sonic X-treme on PC.
>>8547202
For their part, they did publish the PC port of Sega GT in the US, although it's based on the European Dreamcast version (since Empire Interactive originally did that port)

>>8555202
>>8555193
The NES City Connection was released in 88.

>>8554993
>>8555186
Is it big enough over there to have merch?
I'd love to have a City Connection T-shirts and posters with official artwork.

>>8554792
>>8554993
Yes and early 2000s was when the 80s nostalgia wave started

>>8555358
>City Connection t-shirt
Only 2,800 yen.
https://clariceshop.com/collections/goods/products/i_jaleco-jw-clarice-car-t

>>8555505
Ships through Buyee though, so that's probably an extra 40 bucks of fees and handling charges

>>8550053
Oh yeah, this port had loading screens literally before, during (like 95% of moves had to load/cache in as they were used mid-match, made Shang-Tsung a bitch to use and play against) and after matches. It was a fucking disaster

>>8546510
Megaman Legends was my first time playing a open world adventure game like Zelda

What a trip of a game

>>8555650
shades of Amiga games.

>in mid-jump
>Insert Disk 2 and Press Enter

>>8555538
I really don't get what they were thinking with this one.

>>8547731
What would the outside of the box even look like if it had a PS1 and 2 game bundled together?

>>8555985
They just sold it as a PlayStation 2 box set. There were quite a few of them made (I had the Devil May Cry, Onimusha and GTA box sets myself), but the MGS Essential Collection was pretty notable since they went through the trouble of making new packaging art for each MGS game, even if the discs themselves were the same as prior releases.

>>8550439
>>8550447
I still have trouble believing this is real even though I know it is.
>also comes with Baku Baku animal
This really is a great value/pack.

>>8556128
>I still have trouble believing this is real even though I know it is.

It's not too hard to believe, these kinds of PC software bundles were common in the budget software market. Garfield is Garfield in TV Land. Sonic is Sonic and Knuckles PC collection seen in the first post. Though Baku Baku Animal was new to that package, and just a way for Sega to release it in the west. The packaging is the most unique part of it, with (what looks like) a copy/ paste Sonic with a copy/ paste Garfield back to back. The art looks like it was recoloured in Photoshop.

>>8547731
I have it, and that's incorrect. It's MGS2 Substance with all the content, and the first disc of MGS3 Subsistence only, which means no MSX ports.

>>8546371
I had this when I was a kid, it was amazing.

I think I had almost every sonic game that was ported to the PC: Sonic R, Sonic CD (might be missing some obscure ones?)

>>8556412
The Japanese 20th Anniversary set was much cooler. It had a steel case for all discs and not only does it comes with the MSX Metal Gears, it also has The Document of MGS2 and a special UMD case with Portable Ops back when it still considered canon.

someone needs to make a launcher for all the sega pc games.

>>8556915
It'd better have netplay for some Last Bronx tournaments.

>>8556894
It sure is. I have almost all I want regarding MGS already, I am missing the Document which is a shame since MGS2 is my all time favorite, and I wouldn't mind having the special edition of Subsistence, but I already have the regular one.

>>8556894
>>8557205
There's also the making of documentary DVD that was bundled with PAL copies of MGS2. It's a different thing from the Document I assume?

>>8557226
>It's a different thing from the Document I assume?
Completely different. It's a PS2 software disc that allows you to view every in-game assets from character models, environments and even cutscenes, as well a lot of supplemental stuff, including the entire script.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36xjM3Mg7pY&t=13s

>>8547981
So did America supposedly, but it was VERY quickly replaced with the color version. It's not that big of a loss, since the game is a black-shell GB cartridge that works on OG Gameboys.

>>8547372
That's the version of Mario Bros. I grew up with. We had the 2600 version too

>>8554792
Is this archived somewhere, or lost to time?

>>8550447
based

>>8555304
This was such a fucking stupid cop-out for them considering that Sonic Schoolhouse shit was a thing only on PC, plus they were already publishing other PC-exclusive games under their labels.

>>8560119
>based

The box art really is the most noteworthy thing about that collection. I remember seeing it in a computer store, back in the day. But ultimately not getting it, because I didn't care about owning a copy of S3+ S&K for the PC, and I thought the Garfield game was the same one on the Genesis. I had no idea that the Garfield game on PC was like a different version of the Genesis/ Mega Drive game. With different level ordering/ layouts and additional stages. Compilation boxes like that were normal back in the day. Most people bought the value software collections.

>>8546635
You were playing it on a CPU that was too good. There's patches for this if you would rather play this old port for some reason rather than AIR.

>>8547403
The level layouts themselves are fun though, and the most recent version of the hack adds in the new enemies and power-ups. Certainly worth a play if you haven't

>>8547898
>>8547904
>>8556412
Ah my bad, I bothered to get a picture I should have double checked what was missing. One disc MGS3 is pretty dumb honestly.

>>8555538
That's not even a bad port. It's a pain in the ass playing a builder game like that on a controller but it's pretty much the same game as the original.

>>8546371
This port was what got me into sonic, and retro platformers in general as a kid. My school had a tiny little computer room back in ‘06 when I was a kindergartener. After school I’d stay in extension program because both my parents worked, but I didn’t mind since I loved playing after schools anyway. I would spend a lot of time both outside playing tag, kickball, etc. with friends, but also a ton of time in the computer room playing Sonic and Knuckles on windows 98 or 95 computers (don’t remember specifically, could have been windows ME too, but it was definitely pre XP). So many fun memories in that little computer room. I was really good at Sonic 3 and Knuckles, and would eventually beat the first half of the game without a game over after a lot of practice, which pissed off the kids waiting in line to play since it wasn’t until someone got a game over that they had to give up their spot for one of the computers. Eventually I would play Sonic R pc port and a few other pc titles like this weird hot wheels game, snake, pin ball, and some decent tap to explore games. I vividly remember trying to get the sonic CD port to work, because the jewel box case looked really cool, but unfortunately it wouldn’t run on the computers for seemingly no reason. Thankfully I was able to play the game in my GameCube back home and I fell in love with it’s style and gameplay, even if it was just the USA soundtrack. Man this port gave me such good memories of my childhood and the games that shaped my taste today, thanks Anon.

>>8550447

Mario and Heathcliff . Though the Mario and Heathcliff thing was part of a collection of a DVD collection of DIC produced cartoons that also came bundled with Inspector Gadget.

>>8550447

Mario and Heathcliff . Though the Mario and Heathcliff thing was part of a DVD collection of DIC produced cartoons that also came bundled with Inspector Gadget.

>>8560723
Inspector Gadget did had a guest appearance in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, but only in the live-action segment.

>>8560734
>Inspector Gadget did had a guest appearance in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, but only in the live-action segment.

Played by Maurice LaMarche, who is also the voice of Brain from Pinky and The Brain. he also did voice work for Fururama, Rick and Morty, The Soimpsons.

>>8560618
>My school had a tiny little computer room back in ‘06 when I was a kindergartener.

>>8560830
Anon I’m being genuine, just reminiscing good times.

>>8555969
>We've got to have...
>...MONEY!!!