/vr/ - Retro Games

One of my favorite endings from said favorite game https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-pvsxO_8lYQ

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>>9423521
I really dug the original Vigilante 8. It had such a fun vibe

TM2 and Rogue Trip were the peak of the genre.

i had a demo of Vigilante 8 that i played a bunch. i dont even remember if i ever bought the full game. picrel was one of my favorites but the combat was secondary to the racing

My little brother order this out of one of those school book fair catalogs back in the day and we played the shit out of it on the family computer.

>>9423521
Hi-Octane anyone?
Massive fun in local multiplayer and I still got the sounds in my head after all those years.
Apparently abandonware nowadays.

Bullfrog had a good fun era back then.

>>9424086
the sequel was fun too but it really fucked up the vibe

>>9424110
rogue trip is fucking awesome

>>9423521
While i liked Twisted Metal and Vigilante as a kid, i really can't get into them. Gave it a few tries but its really just boring, feels pointless. Even Twisted Metal 3 which was the best if i remember correctly.

>>9426176
I thought TM3 was supposed to be the black sheep of the series?

>>9426249
It is, but nostalgia is too powerful.

I will still play TM2 from time to time, loved this genre of games and was sad to see it die off

>>9424110
>rogue trip
second-rate shit for people who missed the good games in the genre

>>9426249
most people hate it, but I've always loved it

>>9427525
shut your mouth faggot

>>9427807
cope bitch

2 player head-to-head was where this genre shined.

TM 1-3 had it down, but not so much the V8 series. The maps in V8 and 2nd Offense were a little too elaborate to have a fun 2 player experience.

With the unlockables and okay plot, V8 got single player story mode right.

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It didn't fit the aesthetic of the first two. It should've been called something else.

Depends what you mean by Vehicular combat.

If you want 'cars with guns' then it's Interstate 76 for me - Vigilante 8's predecessor.

Otherwise, I always enjoyed the first two Carmageddons - though the versions they did on consoles (particularly the N64) were dogshit, and you really do want the Splat Pack version.

>>9425339
WOW. forgot about this one. I used to play this one a lot, just looking at the gameplay video this one really brought me back. wipeout is a much better 'hover racer' than this one however, this one does not feel like your vehicle is attached loosely to the track, so it feels like your jumping off the ground and drifting a lot more than you would want to. still a fun game.

>>9426249
the cars flipped over incessantly. a lot of the soul wasnt there anymore, and the campaigns felt lame. it was like the brighter, more mainstream version of the earlier games which had a darker tone to them and a weightier feel to the cars

I know it barely qualifies as "retro" but do you guys not like Twisted Metal Black? Feel like it was at least as good as the original games.

>>9427525
It was the real Twisted Metal 3, bitch. Not that crap by 989.

>>9428020
I played it when I was 10 and my mind was utterly fucking blown by the edginess to the point that I became obsessed with that aesthetic. Honestly I didn’t really enjoy the car combat because I sucked at it— I was just enamored with the insane CGI clips and would turn on cheats to speed run the levels and watch the cutscenes.

>>9428020
possibly the best TM game anon, timeless

>>9427805
same, TM3 was based af. also had Rob Zombie on the ost.

>>9423521
make way for road blasters kino

>>9429994
Road blasters what!?
Kys faggot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOvMRIEYIn4

>>9423521
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_vBXfOpX24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vat3wubcsE

Just watch it

What would your reaction be if you woke up tomorrow and learned that the vehicular combat genre was being revived by Microsoft by purchasing the IP to TM and V8?

>>9427525
>second-rate shit
yet you praise vigilame-y 8

>>9432284
This was the answer to Daytona USA.

>>9423521
Vigilante 8 for the N64 is all you need
Amazing music and aesthetic, I lost my shit as a kid seeing my home state of AZ, and the entire southwest USA represented in a video games

>>9432382
Isn't it inferior to the ps1 version?

>>9432274
Nowhere in that post did he say that.
I'll say though, that yes Vigilante 8 is better.
>>9432395
Yeah the PSX version is superior.

>>9432395
No clue I never had a shitstation, I’m sure the n64 version probably had a better draw distance

>>9432449
>n64 version probably had a better draw distance
Doubt. Brb, gonna check.

Ok, checked them. N64 on the left, PS1 on the right.
N64 has texture smoothing and antialiasing. PS1 is crisper and has higher contrast.
Suprisingly, framerate is about the same.

PS1 version has better light flares with additive blending and it is easier to see distant objects.

Ground textures pop up at about the same distance.

Draw distance check. In N64 version distant objects fade out at a certain distance. On PS1 version they are intact and can be easily seen. On this example, pipes are barely seen on the N64.

N64 version has a smoother fog on the snow arena. Less pop up.

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>>9432551
ps1 looks better

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>>9432551
fascinating

>>9432525
Yeah PSX wins this one.

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>>9432525
Unless you have original hardware, there isn’t much reason to emulate the n64 version no matter what because PGXP exists

>>9432789
Is it even playable on N64 emulators?

Last I heard they couldn't emulate the sky and other framebuffer effects (weapons floating towards the cars, weapons on the cars, etc).

>>9432395
the n64 version has an exclusive level and the alien character has his own story mode (plus better graphics)

>>9433759
>better graphics
Worse textures.