/vr/ - Retro Games

It has a distinct voice. What are you talking about? Nothing else sounds quite its wavetable channels, except maybe some MSX addon hardware.

>>8699847
It's got a fucking awesome wavetable soundchip my dude, it sounds totally unique.

>>8699847
>Its the only retro console without a distinct voice
Bonk's Adventure
Dungeon Explorer

>make blatantly false statement
>collect (You)s

>>8699847
Fake news

>>8699847
> Its the only retro console without a distinct voice
t.hasn’t played it at all

>>8699847
I'm interested in the graphics and sound hardware of the TG16, but I fucking hate the controller so I haven't looked into it.

>>8699968
The controllers are fine. Get an RX pad.

>>8699968
I really like the controller in all honesty. More comfortable than an NES controller and the dpad is a lot nicer than I suspected it would be

>>8699847
I like the TG16 Splatterhouse OST better than the arcade one

>>8699968
The dpads are honestly not great feeling but the controller is good and responsive
>>8699973
Lol no these are worse than the normal ones
Also 6 button is worthless outside of a few games

>>8700102
>t. never owned a PCE

>>8700102
OK retard

>>8699968
Really like the Duo pad.

Its chip sound has a rather distinct feel actually, but the real reason why I collect PCE is for the CD games. The library has a lot of aural treasures.

>>8700001
best game on the turbo

>>8700149
I literally have an original pc engine, stop lying
>>8700154
Why?

>>8699973
does it have shoulder button or no

>>8700324
no

>>8700315
you should clean the grime out of the nooks and crannies of your PC Engine you wiener

Which other platforms featured wavetable synthesis? Famicom Disk System, Game Boy, Apple IIGS... any others?

>>8700369
Konami MSX SCC chip
Namco arcade hardware and Namco 163 mapper for Famicom
Virtual Boy

>>8700315
You sound like an asshole

>>8700468
It’s a 2 button system mate only street fighter really uses the 6 button
On any other game they are wasted space

>>8699847
You smoking something, man?
>Wavetable synthesis
>Cool as hell 4-bit melodic output
>1 PSG channel too
>Basically a GB on steroids
>The biggest two consoles it was a part of were TG16 and Virtual Boy
It's not fucking fair

>>8700327
The “grime” is because it’s an old Japanese system, I tried to clean it off and I don’t want to use bleach

>>8700457
>Namco 163
Oh, I forgot about that one. Pac-Man Champion Edition demake for NES uses it and it sounds like a rave festival. Great stuff!

>>8700505
>Basically a GB on steroids
Actually yeah it does sort of have a GB sound to it, I mean outside of the CD obviously

>>8700504
STFU non collector noob

I kind of like how this game’s soundtrack has a bit of that fuzzy PCE aesthetic

>>8699973
Only $135 for a yellowed one with bad membranes, straight from Japan!

>>8700546
No

>>8700547
Sorry to hear you can't visit Japan and buy cheap from a 2nd hand story, longnose.

>>8700512
>non collector
that's correct, I play games, I don't collect them

>>8700546
You're misunderstanding the fuzziness.

>>8699847
Imagine thinking this is not distinct
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li5AsNroxko

>>8700584
why would I want to buy a book

>>8699847
it does have a distinct voice. I think it's a top-5 retro soundchip up there with 2612, SPC, SID, and PAULA; really the only chips I hate are the primitive ones like NES and gameboy that hipsters jerk off over, but it's way better than those.

>>8700742
It uses the GBC wavetable channel in the same way.

>>8700813
weird taste man, and hipsters died out 15 years ago.

>>8700829
how is it weird to like soundchips that are objectively good and to hate ones that don't bring anything to the table?

>>8699847
>Did they just phone it in because they knew CDs were coming?
Pretty much. The PC Engine was always designed to be a CD-ROM console, but they sold it as an add-on first just to be on the safe zone.

>>8700865
The composer brings things to the table, the instrument is irrelevent.

>>8700904
as a composer, the instrument is extremely fucking relevant.

>>8700918
You too? The composition is a lot more important, particularly when we're talking about a bunch of multitimbral synthesizers. There's a lot of garbage on any of these chips and a lot of excellent work too, it's silly to wholly discount something because of some silicon.

>>8700904
>the instrument is irrelevent
Wut

I have a Genesis and a Sneeze. What would I possibly want to play on this thing besides the castlevania game? (Don't like jarpigs)

>>8701280
Well, what do you like?

>>8701280
Shooters and action/RPGs
And basically anything Hudson

>>8701318
Well, there’s a ton of good shooters, and a lot of those are exclusive.
And there’s a ton of good Hudson games.
And then there’s Ys I and II.

>>8701478
and Y's 4
Dungeon Explorer 1&2
Cadash
Neutopia 1&2
there's also Legendary Axe which is a must play and all the Valis series

It's a perfectly good chip that does a completely reasonable job. People just don't care much about it because the CD games had fantastic soundtracks that were on par with PS1 titles released years later. It's hard to give much of a shit about Bonk when you could be listening to this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQjoyzVVZWM

>>8700750
Sounds just like every other early japanese megadrive generic shooter. Try again.

>>8702475
Weak bait, again.

Neutopia and Bonk definitely give a vibe you can't get on SNES/Genesis

>>8699847
>Its the only retro console without a distinct voice
I wouldn't say that. The FM from this machine has a very characteristic, almost vibrato-like quality.

Great sound, very charming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jcdiSG1uVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8qLIku8RAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYaNh-BK63Y
https://youtu.be/JK6ub7wS6UA?t=37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFYp8wnS-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwicZU2WgGQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDInUWWrs6E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nY7nH1UeMM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVKv-hywSgc
https://youtu.be/KyqqX2DLtxw?t=715
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fekOfAaY7Pk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlx7vsmg06E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfI3Ts1xKWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URZRwVmEfo0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Po73eMng0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfDsHXXybPA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bVCw9WjKA0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR4BlGFsHyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ5TkKmOXCI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTN5OU3r_1Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZSBTzH0X-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxtuzoOAq5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHCCoNyNFtY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRkGpgFeQBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yax2ish8g-s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m86bTneVa_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl4_jhANqwE

>>8700865
I don't think it's right to say that PSG chips 'bring nothing to the table.' While it's true that their timbral capabilities aren't nearly as advanced as even the most primitive of FM chips and samplers, their simplicity gives composers a great deal of control over the sound of each channel. Take a listen to the melody here and notice how much phrasing is packed into it; then, think about how someone using an FM synth or a sampler might not feel compelled to make that same decision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBUzaBHhFVA
To me, it's like comparing a single piano to an entire orchestra. One obviously has more raw stuff available to the user, but that doesn't mean that the existence of a 'better' ensemble invalidates the existence of the other.

>>8699847
What the fuck are you talking about retard. Pc engine music is super distinct it has a nice warm hummmm to its synth you fuckin retard

>>8699847
>Its the only retro console without a distinct voice.
Are you deaf?

>>8699847
>Its the only retro console without a distinct voice.
Which youtube tol you that?

Reminds me of Mac games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26fZlRWgPcU

I get the feeling that this was bait all along

>>8702932
Sounds like genesis through rf

>>8705459
>>8706192
it still is bait

>>8700324
The TG16 has no shoulder buttons

The TG16 needs no shoulder buttons

>>8706220
Scum

>>8706192
BS

>>8699959
This
>>8699973
Any fighting game?

>>8700546
>bit of fuzzy PCE aesthetics
>other way
Damn, imagine GBA sounds like using built in FM synthesis....

>>8702524
Rusty and Shantae: Turbocharged Engine

>>8700505
>>8700510
or TG16 just need seven wt synthesis and two extra FM channels.

>>8703001
>>8706603
Her homebrew game on PCE?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7A0sIfmgFKo

Far better than overrated Yamaha/Sega fart noisemakers.

Any new on Konami classic consoles?

>>8707001
Silence fucko