/vr/ - Retro Games

Issue #119

>>8858662
Introducing the most flash-in-the-pan Nintendo one-shot that will definitely not be seeing any sequels.

>>8858704
So now they're just publishing glitches, and labelling them as cheats, huh?

More later.

>>8858973
>throw a pokeball then hold b

>>8858630
>well, what we MEANT was...

>>8858638
>a teenage girl's joy turns to horror as she sees... a woman dancing around!

Yes, I'm sure this actually happened.

anyone know which issue had the bug/glitches artoc.e and it had a bunch of different cgi bugs ont he page?

>>8858226
lol tonic trouble. Immediately outdone by Rayman 2 a couple months later

>>8858257
>all three of those records already have been broken.

Is Nintendo Power saying that the N64 is no longer the most powerful game console??? What does that mean?

>>8859336
I'm now picturing some girl screaming in horror as the Cruis'n USA theme is playing in the background

>>8859524
It was a prototype of sorts for Ubi Soft

>>8858679
Couldn't even make the full cover. Now Beetle Adventure Racing, that's going to be a full fat franchise.

>>8858319

And now it's time for... an Ally McBeal reference

>>8858358
I don't remember this at all, maybe I should play this game again

>>8862498
It was a real bitch of a level. They got rid of it in the remake/sequel and gave her an entirely new level in its place.

>>8862551
Maybe I didn't even play through as Carrie at all. I can't even remember. I mainly just remember the death fish, some bits from the first level or two, and walking between teeth of a gear or something. And I think there might have been a mine cart area? Huh.

EverQuest and RollerCoaster Tycoon came out this month

>>8858385
>Duke Nukem's reputation preceds him like a bad smell.
>It's not a pretty world, but GT Interactive's action thriller for the N64 leaves no dumpster unturned in its quest to create an awesome game. The graphics practically drip with slime.

This game stinks

>>8858448

I wonder how many pages have been spent, up to this point, on these lists of team characteristics that are often included in articles on sports games.

>>8858662
Fox's pistol doesn't look Sci-Fi at all, kek

>>8858973
Is the source of the press b shit? Fuck you

>>8858534

Apparently people are still hassling them about The Lion King.

>>8858535

That kid's ears are not acceptable.

>>8858571

Levi really loved Battleship.

>>8858581
>the best-looking Quake in history

Entire PC industry defeated again.

>>8858587
>A weird hybrid of a game is making news in Japan these days. It's called Smash Bros., and it's from Nintendo.

>>8858636

64DD still holding strong in people's hearts, and not yet erased from Nintendo Power's consciousness.

>>8866936
Such a quaint thing to look back on, that period when Smash Bros was just this oddball novelty. I think it only made a single magazine cover, in Australia.

>>8858678
Pikachu's section carefully avoids using a pronoun to refer to the character...
>>8858682
...while Jigglypuff is simply an "it".

>>8858686

This game has over 300 unique characters! It must be that deep, epic N64 RPG that Final Fantasy fans have been waiting for.

>>8858739

Presumably not yet cancelled, and even advanced enough for six pages including ability listings, maps, and strategies.

>>8858759

A teenage girl's jubilation does NOT turn to embarrassment as she does whatever you do with this weird-looking but apparently tough and not particularly sexy female character in this game. Probably? I haven't played it. Maybe there's some weird Rare crap where an alien insect monster has giant boobs for no reason, or something.

>>8858798
>Image 1:
>Image 2:
>Image 3:

Some behind-the-scenes scaffolding got into the magazine again?

>>8858809
>The entire racetrack will fit onto a Controller Pak, allowing players to design courses that they can take with them
>the future will belong to games with great options such as the track editor

The Controller Pak is good enough for now, but the dream behind the 64DD still has some hope left in it, maybe. (Or maybe not. I haven't tried to synchronize this issue with the 64DD's development schedule and/or market performance in Japan.)

>>8858716
Didn't they always do that, alongside the actual codes?

>>8858739
I need to know what happened this game. And will a obviously near complete version ever be found in the wild and dumped

>>8858814
>perfect khakis for swing dancing

I'd forgotten about that trend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHWcN5YxuYc

>>8858824

These screenshots don't look very promising.

Not that I ever heard of it until this thread, but people do seem to really like Beetle Adventure Racing, even if it doesn't have Mario and Link in it.

>>8869838
I had this game as a kid, it was terrible

>>8868274
Even back then, I was curious why they weren't making a bigger deal out of it. It was fucking Pikachu vs Mario. It could have sold with only those two character.

>>8871727
I did forget Gamepro made it their cover, but even then they only gave it two pages.

>>8858912

Did they really put a picture of Mario kicking Pikachu in the face on the Smash Bros. box? ...According to Google, they... did not?

Is there a good way to read the past threads with the dead links?

>>8858385
I'm so confused. Did they do something like this another time? I distinctly remember all these pages and the Duke head quotes in a Nintendo Power I read as a kid, but I definitely never read this issue.

>>8858912
>Even has the Virtual Boy and games included in the grand prize
They can't even give them away at this point.

>>8858938
>"...ultra-detailed racing animal"

The game is an animal? Yes thank you for your insight EGM.

>>8858990

Japanese voices with English subtitles - and it's listed as a positive thing! Kid Ying and Dr. Yang are far in the past now.

>>8871675
Ah, and I guess the magazine agreed, at least during moments when they weren't actively being handed money for advertising it. Some impressively low ratings here! >>8858996

>>8858934
>>8858938
good game

>>8859002

Game Boy Color games fascinate me. They always seem to look so garish in this magazine and in YouTube videos that use emulators. I've never handled an actual GBC so I almost want to get one just to see how it really looks in person. It seems like the colors wouldn't be nearly so saturated? That's what the videos of the actual hardware suggest.

I don't actually care enough to get one (unless I win Powerball or something in which case I guess I might as well), but I do want to see it. I don't know how many games actually came out for this thing though. Maybe there wouldn't be many good ones?

...Okay I just checked the relevant list on Wikipedia. Yeah there are like a thousand games, of which several hundred are for Game Boy Color only (and not Game Boy colorless). That still doesn't mean they're any good but wow. How did these clunky little things stay so popular for so long?

>>8859032

Weird. Conker's already moving onto the Game Boy, and there's still no word on his makeover or whatever.

>>8874429
By having no real competition in the portable market (Game Gear tried, but its hunger for AAs killed its long-term potential). And also Pokemon.

>>8859046

I never knew that Tom Clancy co-founded a game development company.