/vr/ - Retro Games

I'd love to see a new LBA sequel.

Whichever it was, I forgot. It's good, better to forget anyway. A new Twinsen wouldn't be bad though

startropics

A Little Big Adventure 1 remake is in the works.

http://www.gog.com/news/your_questions_about_little_big_adventure_answered

>>879032
>see this pic
>hear the main menu music
Does LBA work well on DOSbox? I haven't played in too long

Lode Runner.

Apple II and N64 versions were good spelunkers with tons of levels. The windows 3.1 version had vivid level themes including rain forests, crystals, metal and lava. And it had a LEVEL EDITOR. I made hundreds of levels. If only the internet were as big as it was today this game would have been a user-generated-content goldmine.

Why do so many shite games get released but theres no hope for a LBA3?

Alpha centauri

It might come back, but it would lack what made the original a great game, because making an intelligent game somehow isn't a way to sold it...

>>879602

Why always those remakes? Why do we live in those times?

Same goes for movies. All the pointless remakes - mostly movies that aren't even older than fucking 25 years - nobody needs. What is wrong with the old ones?

Same goes here, what the hell is wrong with LBA1? I played it a few months ago. It's still a great game. Why not putting the money and workforce into a sequel? Telling a new story? Introducing new characters, new places, something new?

No, it's always remakes remakes remakes. I fucking hate these times.

>>879735
Remakes bring easy ca$h

>>879732
That should be hardly surprising.

Are the majority of people intellectuals? No?

An intelligent game is, then, by necessity, a niche game.

>>879735
>Same goes here, what the hell is wrong with LBA1?
A fan remake was using LBA2's engine for LBA1. Because running into walls and hurting yourself is an anti-pattern.

>That one game that really wish would make a comeback but you know it ain't coming back...

Given where most old IP ends up I don't think I'd really wish that on any defunct series I enjoyed.

It just had to kill itself with that shitty sequel, didn't it? ;_;

Evil Zone (PS1) made numerous in-game remarks about it getting a sequel.

But now Yuke's only makes shitty wrasslin' games.

Feels awful, man.

Deus Ex 1

everyone praises DX3 like it's some godly game but it's really just mediocre as hell and ditches everything good about the original. It would be like if people said Dishonored was a good thief game

>>879032
Power Stone, of the 2 variety.

A man can dream.

>>879735
nothing. but it's always good. I don't mean it'll a lifenchanging experience but it's like seeing a childhood friend after he grew up. I can't wait to see robocop and even though it'll suck balls, it's like I said: meeting your old friend again

>>879032


Master of Magic. Think old style Civ 2, but with tactical combat, and magical research instead of technological research, which puts a split into your magic route and your "physical route", so emphasizing production at the expense of "money" is more viable and more varied.


It had a lot of bugs, dumb as shit AI, and a few balance issues (a lot of the races and spells were kind of stupid). I would literally kill the president on national television and accept my raping in Guantanamo bay if it ensured that a really good team made a new and improved version.

>>879602
I am awful at this LBA game. I can't figure out what to do despite watching my cousin play it when we were younger.

>>879032

>the company that made those games are gone

Freedom fighters.
and fallout 2.

>>880309
A fallout in the oldstyle would be amazing.

>>880306
Their IP is probably still owned by whatever company that bought them out.

Either that, or their rights are with the people who made the games who could, in theory, try and kickstart a remake.

Almost any game can come back, really.

The question is more often, whether they should. There are too many shit, pointless remakes around.

>>880321
Wasteland 2 is looking awesome so far. Fallout 4... yeah...

Megaman Legends 3.

I wanted that game SO badly.

I bought a 3DS for it. And then it was cancelled. The pain...

Warlords. Original, turn-based.

>>880347
That said, Paradroid.

Now there's a game with a fucking unique idea, which would greatly benefit from all the modern technological innovations and still feel as fresh and original as it did in 1985.

But no, making such concentration of awesome would be beyond the ability of the modern gaming universe to contain or comprehend.

>>880354
Why does it not surprise me that the series disappeared not too long after going RTS

Toejam and Earl. Played like the first.
using claymation graphics.

>>880359
There was Warlords 4, but it was a complete mess slapped together in 6 months and reusing animations from battlecry.
3 is still a great game but its age really shows and its kinda hard to run properly on new computers.
I'm still hoping they will make a kickstarter or something but nothing so far.

>>880386
BTW, there is a pretty decent unofficial remake that runs in a browser: http://www.warbarons.com/

Starfox

The original is still the greatest game of all-time, it will always stand alone in my view.

>>880302

fistpump mah nigger.

Earthworm Jim.

Super Metroid. Prime just doesn't cut it.

FreeSpace.

/thread

>>880432
They should have released 2. And I think 64 stands up as a classic as well. But yeah, the fact that StarFox Adventures exists and it didn't stay Dinosaur Planet makes me angry even now.

>>880745
Fusion and Zero Mission were good. Besides, it's not a dead franchise or anything.

>>880785
I see your freespace and raise you one allegiance.

Also, I dearly want a true sequel to perfect dark :<

Pokemon Snap

The DSi, 3DS, and WiiU even have built in cameras, Nintendo

YOU ARE SITTING ON A GOLDMINE

>>880873

This is a funny article about that.

www.p4rgaming.com/masuda-not-interested-in-pokemon-snap-u-already-takes-pictures-of-pokemon-in-real-life/

>>880302
There is a remake or spiritual successor being made called Worlds of magic.

>>881078

No offense intended, but they said the same things about Age of Wonders, and while it was definitely a nice game, it was no Master of Magic. I'll keep my eyes open, but I don't have my hopes up.

>>880873
I never got into Pokemon. I know, blasphemy. I never played Snap, but from looking at a demo unit of it in Blockbuster, I thought I'd be pretty disappointed if I were a Pokemon fan. A game series traditionally on a handheld gets an entry on the new Ultra home console, and it's nothing like any of the previous entries. Instead of collecting Pokemon and doing battle, you take pictures of them? Seemed like a poor direction for the series to go in.

Klonoa.

What I wouldn't give for Namco Bandai to greenlight Klonoa 3 for WiiU/PS4/PC, with Hideo Yoshizawa directing it.

He needs to come back, he needs to be remembered.

>>881089
Have you tried Fall From Heaven 2? It's a total conversion dark fantasy mod for Civilization IV. It obviously lacks the tactical combat aspect of MoM since Civ IV's engine wouldn't allow it, but it's quite complex and has a lot of other neat ideas in it.

>>880686
My niggah, I know I will never see it again in a new form but its okay as long as I still have my SNES and EW 1 and 2.

Also this guy. Sure it was a one hit and somewhat obscure title but it had potential.

this and only this.

>>881150
This

>>881209
I tried and could not get the appeal of Plok. Help me get it?

>>881197

Played the hell out of it, actually helped Kael write some of the lore.

Fun times, fun times, although tbh, I've burned out of it a bit. Did everything there was to be done, you know?

>>881239
Tight gameplay, Excellent music.

>>881012
This is a joke article, right?

Planescape: Torment.

Star Control 2.

>>881309

Do you really think a Torment sequel would be good? I mean, the overall message of the game was things coming full circle, and TNO finally accepting the responsibility/punishment of the crimes of his first incarnation.


Where would you even GO from the end of PS:T?

>>881274
I guess I know what you mean. I myself have got 646 hours clocked into Civilization IV on Steam, of which ~400 hours is FFH2.

>>881320

You can't go anywhere.. I know it's not happening. And that's why I have the irrational and so insatiable Longing for the sequel, which never will come. Making it the perfect game to post here.

>>881309
In what way would you like SC2 to make a comeback? The game was pretty much perfect.

>>880814
Isn't it? Haven't had a decent entry in like eight years or so.

I would love a Vagrant Story continuation. Even better, a continuation that you don't even know ties into the first one until halfway through.

>>881357
But they're still making them.

>>881292

Of course, P4R is basically The Onion of vidya journalism.

>>879032
God Hand

>>881209

Plok isn't dead yet.

>>881103
It was a spin off, not a new direction for the series. And it was a fun spin off, especially for fans.

>>880873

Snap would be great with the WiiU controller.

There's a mini-game like that in Game & Wario and it's really fun.

The idea can work.

>>880076

The PS1 version of LBA fixed that running into walls thing and made the controls much easier to use - I recommend that version over the PC/GoG version.

>>882964
Sorry, keeping it reals for those who only played PC. LBA2 master race

>>880306
This. This is my hell from which I can not escape. The companies that formed your most cherished memories are forever gone, swept away by the tides of time.

Not technically retro but shenmue 3. Or a non 3d mega man x.

>>886173

I can't tell you how much it annoys me everytime I see that picture and realise Gremlin Interactive's logo isn't on it.

>>886173
>the feels

>>886173
>mychildhood.png

>>886267
Edit it in if it annoys you.

>>886173
>no Magnetic Fields
rip Lotus (MF & Gremlin)
rip Rally Championship

Command and Conquer.

By which I mean I want Westwood Studios back.

Everything past Red Alert 2 has been Shit wrapped in Slightly Smellier Shit.

>>880382
toejam and earl is such a stoner game

>>886173
blizzard isn't dead

>>886263
>release date 1999
yes it is

>>887080
>Sixth generation and later consoles are not considered retro (including the Dreamcast).

I guess if we're not considering, say, Pikmin as retro we can't really consider Shenmue as retro either.

>>887080
From the sticky saying dc isn't retro

Theme Hospital, because it would probably be censored everywhere.

>>881309
There's a kickstarter going on for a new Planescape game, last I heard.

>>880356
FUCKING THIS.

People have made games based on it's ideas, but it's not the same.

>>887078
bought by activision

Very sad this hasn't had a mention.
I played this game until my 3do broke, so I convinced a friend to make his parents buy him one just so I could keep playing.
What I wouldn't give for an update or psn market version...

>>887281
Torment: Tides of Numenera: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/torment-tides-of-numenera

>$4,188,927 pledged of $900,000 goal

Yar's Revenge

>>880109
>shitty sequel

But the sequel was fun too. There was nothing left to be told in the first Alundra that wouldn't water the original down.

This game was awesome, the sequel was pretty bad though.

>>890206
>the sequel was pretty bad though
It wasn't bad, it was a return to the classic sidescrolling Goemon, which was good if you're into that sort of thing.
Although, I'd love another game that plays like MN Starring Goemon, it was better than Ocarina of Time for me.

>>887281
It's not a Planescape game, it's based on an entirely new pen and paper setting. But it looks more interesting than Planescape and I really hope InXile can pull it off.

>>881215

agreed!

and while its not really retro I would like to see more crimson skies. I loved the first one and it just seemed like there could be so much more done with it.

>>886173
Team 17 isn't dead. Just because their worms games haven't been as good as the classics doesn't mean they've died. Hell, they're still independently owned.

>>881372
I'd also like a game that was similar in creation to Vagrant Story. Their version of Ivalice was very interesting to get into their story with.

Would be nice if they reworked and made the combat system a bit better, though. It was fun, but tedious to use.

Crystalis / God Slayer

This was the first game I really liked when I was growing up. I also liked Guardian Legend, but I missed out on playing that one besides a brief rental unfortunately.

>>881150
I played Klonoa 1 for the first time earlier this year.
The ending almost made me cry like a bitch.

>>886173
>Origin systems
The pain I feel when I remember EA destroyed this company then had the audacity to use its name again is indescribable.

>>890337
>a game that was similar in creation to Vagrant Story
Not retro, but go with FFXII.

Had a discussion about it lately: "Yeah, FFXII is a good game but it's not a good FF so I didn't go far in it. If I was expecting a new Vagrant Story, yes it would've been good. But not as a FF."

>>894087
Thanks, even though I started playing it ages ago. I'd say it was definitely a step in a good direction for a continuation in the Ivalice line, yet the combat was lacking of any substance and strategy.

Back on topic, I would really like another comedy inspired fantasy adventure Secret of Evermore integrated in a 3D engine.

Weapons and alchemy spells could be more centralised for solving small but rewarding puzzles. Sprawling environments criss-crossing the various themes, perhaps touching back on the B-movie franchise.

Sorry for the rambling explanations. Just wanted to say what might of been.

>>880302
Age of Wonders is kind of like it in the "you play as a wizard who studies stuff, manages towns and raises armies" sort of way.

>G-Nome
>an actual mech-stealing sequel instead of that god awful Storm Over Gift 3 game
I want to believe

>>894207
>Back on topic, I would really like another comedy inspired fantasy adventure Secret of Evermore integrated in a 3D engine.

Not retro too but try the FMA games? Some of them are RPG-based I think.

>>881209
>>881239

Seconding Plok,

For me the appeal of Plok was the amazing level design that made great use of the characters abilities. Strategically having to ration your limbs and exploring all of the different paths was really enjoyable.

Can't believe it hasn't been said yet but definitely the Mother series.

F-Zero and Star Fox would be awesome. Sure both made it out of /vr/ territory but both seem kinda dead.

Also Mega Man Legends 3 would be nice to have but you know... Capcom.

Commander Keen.

;(

>>895724
omg YES!! It's so unfair that the series ended prematurely due to publisher fuckery.

Well, at least said publishers never made a bunch of crappy unauthorized sequels, like what happened with Dangerous Dave and Wolfenstein 3D.

Speaking of, Dangerous Dave's another series I'd like to see a return of. DD3 was mediocre and 4 was ten kinds of awful.

>>879032

>Ristar
>Spyro (you know what I mean)
>Clock Tower
>F-Zero
>Tomba
>Road Rash

I'm probably forgetting a few, of course.

>>879698
Both are on GOG

Old Phantasy Star.
I know that technically that the original 4 were chock full of anime tropes from the 80s and 90s, like how Online and Universe are with the tropes from the 00s and 10s, but holy fuck.

At least the old games drew up into a world that was half fantasy and half scifi. The new ones are just TOO "Look at my cute outfit!".

I just want Banjo-Threeie.

>>895857
Nuts and Bolts WAS Threeie.
That's how bad Rare has become.

>>895841
Mmm the good old days when you had to grind between dungeons and start with the snow crown every battle for extra defense.

Pokemon-fucking-Snap.

Best N64 Game? Best N64 Game.

The Ogre Battle Saga.

To be fair though, SE cooked up a pretty sweet enhanced port of TO: LUCT a couple years ago, but that's the only thing the company did with the IP ever since they acquired it over a decade ago.

>>880302
>I would literally kill the president on national television and accept my raping in Guantanamo bay if it ensured that a really good team made a new and improved version.

Expect the NSA knocking on your door now that you've said this.

Demon's Crest.

I thought the Megaman ZX series of games was a good example of how it could be done, from the same company no less. Oh well.

>>879032
I loved second game. It was really nice experience.

I would deepthroat as many capcocks as it takes to get a new Rival Schools.

Same with Bloody Roar, just replace capcocks with konamicocks.

>>895986

expect the NSA knocking at your door because they don't know what greentext is.