/vr/ - Retro Games

Power Stone is the worst, actually. It only deals 1 damage to anything not named Charge Man, and has a ridiculous flight path so it misses everything.

It was a pretty good weapon in Megaman 8-bit Deathmatch

Top Spin was horrible. No range, awkward mechanic, and the entirety of the weapon's energy could be drained if the game felt like it.
Even though it could one-shot the final boss.

I sure as hell didn't enjoy Top Spin but I've seen speedrunner types fucking sail through airborne enemies with it.

Who's bright idea was it to have this fucker be weak to one of the slowest weapons?

I always just played the stages with the mega buster, unless it was absolutely necessary like in that wily stage where there's a magic turtle climbing the stairs and you had to use the shadow man weapon. I used the weapons only on the bosses. I've never even thought to use them in the stages.

>>962819
>I used the weapons only on the bosses.
Good. Otherwise you're wasting them.

>>962827
>not having fun with special weapons in stages

>>962838

>>962819
The best Mega Man designs makes is so that it's possible to play the game buster only, but in given different situations each weapon should be useful and make it easier/more interesting

Very overrated

2, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 are all better

>>962909
Okay.

>>962891
>makes is so that
Erhidwhdaiwdhiwdha no.

>>962879

He never said Wily stages.

Though, I haven't played through MM2 for a while. Didn't you only have to blow up the lower 3 doors?

>>962909

>4, 5, 10 good

I mean, I like MM4 for the nostalgia, being my first MM game and all... but it's shit.

Speaking of mega man
Is mega man and bass any good?

>>962779
>It absolutley rapes in Megaman 8-bit Deathmatch

FTFY, it'll one-shot an opponent if you stand in the right spot. MM8BDM redeems the weapon's shit-tier standing in MM3.

>>962967
I'm playing through it right now, and it's not easy. There are MM games with harder enemies and such, but MM&B has no ETanks whatsoever, so boss fights are a bitch due to not being able to spam your way through them.

WOO WOO! Mega Man 5's worst weapon coming through.

>>962758
Top Spin is actually pretty powerful.

>>963114
There I was, holed up in this train station, when Charge Man came nosin' around. He was gettin' closer... closer!

>>963152
Did you hit him with a really big Power Stone?

>>963147
Sure, but it was also awkward as fuck and could drain like crazy.

>>962967
mega man & bass is my favorite classic game. play the snes version, though

>>963171
This. It's the schizo nature of it that makes it bad -- it'll either easily take out your opponent or completely drain your life bar.

>>963114
Yeah no it still doesn't beat power stone for the worst. At least it can hit what's right in front of you and doesn't leave you in the open right after. Power stone is such an unreliable piece of shit I'm suprised it doesn't get more hate.

>>962838
>not having fun
You think this is a fucking GAME?

Oh, wait. That's right. It is. And games are supposed to be fun. Looks like >>962827 is fucking retarded.

>>963841
Woah hold the fuck up.
Power stone is the best weapon for getting rid of flying enemies and those mines so you can go eat the dick of the ages.

>>962957
>Didn't you only have to blow up the lower 3 doors?
IIRC, you only need to destroy the leftmost one and the bottom right one. You can use the Items to slip by the others. If you screw up, you're going to have to die and grind.

magnet man has the best stage music, disagree and you don't know shit about retro vidya

>>965105
Not really. Gyro attack is far better for airborne enemies since it doesn't control like ass and doesn't leave you defenseless if you miss. Hell even if you hit with power stone you're still defenseless since it takes forever until you can fire it again.

>>965136

That's not Spark Man.

I never use the weapons in the game except maybe on a few bosses Im stuck on.

The entire structure of the levels is based on the mega-buster, enemies are positioned and their hp is balanced assuming you are using the default weapon. Using other weapons that let you attack diangally, 1 shot enemies, or affect all enemies on the screen break the game by letting you do stupid like attack enemies in a way where they can't hit back or kill them too quickly.

Many of the boss's you dont even need to know their pattern if you have the right weapon.

Furthermore having to pause the game to switch weapons and manage ammo slows the pacing down.

>>965152
>Furthermore having to pause the game to switch weapons and manage ammo slows the pacing down.

In some romhacks you can scroll through weapons using the Select button which is SO convenient

>>963114
dat filename
in ralph's voice
with chargeman

My first MM game, and the game that introduced me to cheat codes.

Abused the hell out of the "hold right on controller 2" cheat for invincibility.

But I finally beat it legit a couple of years ago.

Also, http://youtu.be/Bj_QgkZAF9s

My first MM game, and the game that introduced me to cheat codes.

Abused the hell out of the "hold right on controller 2" cheat for invincibility.

But I finally beat it legit a couple of years ago.

Also, http://youtu.be/Bj_QgkZAF9s

>>965137
But to really get them you have to kinda stand still a bit
well whatever weapon you feel gets the job done you nerdlord

>>965234
Try this one.

>always playing classic games buster only

I can get ignoring weapons in games like the later X series because they went to shit, but never using them in the classic series would be boring as shit.

>>963152
You, sir, are a gentleman and my nigga.

>Dat Wily stage 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrqr4OKASM

MM music was great

Mega Man 3... I really wish I could love this game. It was a victim of the success of MM2, forced out the door before its time in order to satiate the demand for a new game by Christmas. The music is overall pretty good, and the additions of Rush and Proto Man were good things, but the stage design is mostly unremarkable and often feels quite spartan. The weapons range from unimpressive to terrible, with the Needle Cannon and Shadow Blade being the only truly useful ones, and those are just retools of the Mega Buster and Metal Blade, respectively.

Thankfully, MM3 is still a challenging game that certainly isn't awful, just not spectacular, especially when compared to MM2 or 4. I know MM10 brushed with the idea with the database boss, but I'd like to see more past Robot Masters make cameos the way they did in 3.

>>962758

Top spin hits pretty hard, OP

Bow before your God

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdvfFhaDwfc&t=01m

>>966568

I love how the picture is referencing the weird german cover of the game

>>966663
Mit Paßwort-
Funktion!

>>966724
FORDLINKONREKAL!

>>966724
That's the Japanese box art.

>>965267
>that face

>>962782
Top Spin one-shot EVERYTHING. It depleted energy based on how much damage it did, but otherwise tore through enemies completely. If you had enough energy to kill a thing, it was a killed thing.

I never used it much because it actually requires relative decent timing but I've seen vids of people just tearing the shit out of stages with it.

Worst power was actually Power Stone.

>>963314
Energy bar. It's not going to kill you.

>>969639