/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10156124]

>Christmas 1986
>I chose, poorly

What times did you fuck up?

[Anonymous No.10156179]

>>10156124
sold my Jag to finance my Saturn so i went from Jag Doom to Saturn Doom and oh boy did i regret that transition.
yeah i had underdog consoles too but i don't feel bad about that, i'd say my biggest fuck up was to sell them.
should've harassed my mom to keep the old ones with the new ones.

[Anonymous No.10156192]

Never. Always picked what I believed were the best consoles, kept all of them and still use them regularly.

[Anonymous No.10156218]

I begged my parents for months to get me Harry Potter for PS1 and ended up getting it on Christmas. Not to say that I didn't enjoy it, it's a pretty fun game, but I probably could have gotten a way better game than that.

I also heavily regret trying to get into Gamecube collecting at the start of the pandemic. Everyone here called me a retard and to just mod my Wii. I eventually caved and I'm so glad everyone here called me out on it. Still ending up losing a shitload of money though because I obviously couldn't sell what I had already bought at the same price.

[Anonymous No.10156261]

>not buying a 2nd Vectrex for 100, had one i got for free, but no controller, all i wanted was a controller, dumb ass me didn't realize the controller alone is like 200 and i could have gotten a spare system

>not buying Pokemon Box when Nintendo Power advertised it. I knew about it right at release, i could have ordered it online, i knew it would be rare some day, but i still never bought it despite wanting it. Did the same shit with the 64DD and the english version of Faseli when neogeo pocket stuff was being liquidated

>buying Wizardry 5 for snes for 10 bucks instead of Stunt Racer for the n64 for 5. I was looking for it back then because i assumed it was an StuntRace FX sequel, was glad to find it, then put it back cause i wanted an RPG. Sure, its not a great game, but its the last 64 game i want from the US library.

>not getting the Mother 3 GBA Micro. Already had the Famicom Edition, didn't really like the M3 ones design, couldn't justify at the time getting a 2nd Micro. Now my autism wishes i had it, especially cause the screen on the Micro i had got scratched.

[Anonymous No.10156313]

Did you at least have Robotron?

[Anonymous No.10156487]

>>10156124
Why did the euros get decent controllers while Americans got those abominations?

[Anonymous No.10156774]

For some reason I opted to buy an original gameboy when the gameboy color was out. I don't know why I did that. I think I thought the original GB games looked stupid with the GBC color palettes, which they did, but then I didn't get to play Wario Land 3.

[Anonymous No.10156789]

>>10156124
>be me
>big fan of jurassic park movie
>ask for jurassic park on NES
>I get it and excitedly pop it in the NES
>its unplayable garbage

[Anonymous No.10156801]

Got to pick out a new GBA game for a long trip back in 02 or 03, I vividly remember being confused by wario land 4 and passing it up for pic related

[Anonymous No.10156867]

>>10156124
I was dead set on getting a Saturn because I was a huge Sonic fan, but I saw screenshots of Final Fantasy VII and thought it looked so cool I wanted a PlayStation which ultimately was the better option since there was never a proper fucking Sonic game on Saturn

[Anonymous No.10156882]

Lmao you got a choice? My parents never even asked and assumed what I wanted. They chose poorly, thank god my mother bought me a ps2 slimline but that year with the eks bax was a bit depressing, aw well doom 3 and its kino expansion roa was worth playing I guess

[Anonymous No.10156887]

>>10156882
Also fuck my jew dad for buying me a ds when he could if bought a 30 quid graphics card so I could play a game that wasn't doom or a shitty old valve game

[Anonymous No.10156890]

>>10156124
The only ones I can think of are not retro. I've never really been disappointed with the games I got as a kid, they were all pretty much slam dunks. Honestly OP I don't see the problem with 7800, maybe not as good as NES but there's still some solid games on there.

>>10156179
To be fair the Saturn is probably a way better console anyway

[Anonymous No.10156913]

>>10156890
>To be fair the Saturn is probably a way better console anyway
overall yeah but i since i bought one Jag back and not a Saturn because in the end that's where my favorite games were.

[Anonymous No.10156926]

>>10156867
Imagine all of the kids who asked for a Saturn because they (understandably) were certain they'd get the Sonic equivalent of SM64

[Anonymous No.10157023]

>>10156124
Shoulda got a Saturn

[Anonymous No.10157040]

>>10156789
I'd say it's rough around the edges. Gameplay is sorta random, but you can open the door and walk the dinosaur, then shoot them, like in the movie. The music kicks ass.

I never could get past 2nd boss fight (if you can even call it a boss) because of how poor is CPU's response when you try to move it away from running triceratops. Limited continues were also bullshit.

[Anonymous No.10157046]

>>10156789
Also don't lie, you WERE wowed by that T-rex on title screen.

[Anonymous No.10157051]

>>10156124
This picture is hard to look at. Hope you got an NES a couple years later at least.

[Anonymous No.10157067]

>>10156124
>Be middle class kid in Mexico
>My dad didn't approve me playing videogames
>After moths of begging, I got a Game Boy for christmas
>Mom would take me to buy one game behind my father's back once or twice a year, so I had to pick carefully
>Had to pick between Pokemon Red or Gex
>I chose Gex

>Another time, I hat to pick between Mortal Kombat 3's awful game boy port and Mario Land 2

>Got Mortal Kombat 3

>Thankfully, I traded Mortal Kombat 3 for Donkey Kong Land and Gex 3 for some other game to a kid in my class

>Still fell sorry for that kid because even back then I knew I fucked him over


pic unrelated

[Anonymous No.10157208]

>christmas 1992
>parents want to know if I still want that NES game or want to get an SNES
>believe Nintendo Power's BS about Nintendo continuing to support the NES alongside the SNES and GB
>get Dragon Warrior 3
>birthday 1993
>NES game or SNES
>get Kirby's Adventure
>christmas 1993
>get The Lone Ranger
>birthday 1994
>get Startropics 2
>christmas 1994
>get Fire N' Ice
>birthday 1995
>can't find NES games for sale anymore, no new ones have been released since 1994, can't even rent them anymore
>get some loose NES games at a used game store
>christmas 1995
>father just asks me what SNES game I want, doesn't even give me the choice anymore
>finally get SNES with FF6
I got some really good NES games out of it, but it did mean I was stuck with that godawful rectangle hurting my hands for another 3 years. I also ended up missing out on some of the better early SNES titles until I rented or years later when I got used copies at Funcoland, like ALttP, Demon's Crest, Actraiser, Super Metroid, Mega Man X, Aladdin, F-Zero, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, etc. I still wish I had a copy of Super Mario All-Stars as a kid. I would have loved to play through SMB3 with a save feature, and challenge every level in the game instead of having to use warp whistles or just turn the console off when it got late.

[Anonymous No.10157291]

>>10157067
>I chose Gex
I'm a leaf and I also got Gameboy Gex and it forever cemented the idea that children are fucking retarded. At least I also got SMB Deluxe. Yes, I know you can't see shit because of the resolution but the extra content was great

[Anonymous No.10157317]

>>10156124
I don't remember ever fucking up with asking games for Christmas/birthdays, but I did sometimes chose poorly when was picking up cartridges and discs with my own pocket money.

That was especially relatable in mid-90s since I grew up with Famiclone and parents didn't buy me mags to read about new games released. I could only learn about some games by rumors coming from classmates (i.e. "there is a le cool Ninja Turtles game where they are at beach") or by blindpicking cartridges with the most insane cover arts you've seen, taking risks and hoping it would actually be cool. I've soon realized the sad truth: the cooler the cover arts are, the lamer games inside are. Don't ever trust anything that says 100 in 1 or even 20 in 1.

Then I've got Dreamcast and new PC and it all came to a new level of brain fuckery. When I came to the game store to pick my first PC game, I've spend around 40 mins there and my brain gears were about to go loose from all the stress, I'VE HAD NO FUCKING IDEA what all these games are and what to buy.
I've bought Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
And it was awesome

[Anonymous No.10157338]

>>10157291
The smaller resolution isn't that big of a deal desu. Sonic on the gamegear was hurt way more by the small handheld resolution than SMB Deluxe was.

[Anonymous No.10157734]

>>10156789
It's a good game though, I have no idea what you're talking about

[Anonymous No.10157750]

>>10156124
buying a n64 at launch thinking it would repeat the success of NES&SNES. I became a PC gamer instead

[Anonymous No.10157778]

>>10156124
Let's see

NES:
- got Iron sword because the magazine screenshots looked cool, game plays like shit
- got castlevania 2, didn't like it and swapped it for Gremlins 2.... game was alright but not great
- got TNMT like every other kid, was kinda dissapointed by it that it did not match the cartoon at all. Game itself wasn't that bad though.

also:
I wanted Zelda 2 because a friend had it as well and it looked amazing, The store didn't have it anymore but still had Zelda 1. Bought that thinking I could play a side scrolling adventure game... almost started crying when I found out how different it was. After a while I realised I got the better game though.


SNES:
- got road runner on snes because I liked the cartoon, boy what a dissapointment
- got super star wars because fuck knows why, hadn't even seen any of the movies yet and the game turns out to be way too hard


Things got much better after that though as I grew up and was able to make proper choices.

[Anonymous No.10157785]

>>10157734
nta but it's trash. Everyone I know had the game and everyone hated it.

[Anonymous No.10157794]

>>10156882
For me, my brother bought every game and I just played what he played. Life of a little brother, you get nothing but hand me downs your entire childhood. Oh well he did have a good taste

[Anonymous No.10157796]

>>10156124
You looked happy, doesn't matter.
Man I wish I could be as happy as I was when I was 6.

[Anonymous No.10157848]

>>10157208
sounds like you had a good time

In Europe you could still find NES games for sale in general stores in 98, new ones too still sealed, in bargain bins.
In my area all the pre-teens were still playing NES until those dates, it's only with teenagehood that they switched, directly to PSX usually

[Anonymous No.10157863]

Sold my retro games and consoles to a pawnshop for about $90 in 2009 for beer money since I knew I could just emulate.

Even ignoring the emulator vs original hardware I had all the Pokemons through Crystal and Earthbound

Whoops lol

[Anonymous No.10158001]

>>10156124
>be poorfag
>want handheld console
>see Sega Nomad
>think since I already own a Genesis that if I buy this then I won't need to buy games as well
>save up all summer and finally get one
>can't afford to keep supplying batteries
Ended up using it next to a wall outlet most times. Wish I kept it. Oddly enough I still have the box.

[Anonymous No.10158080]

>>10157734
I agree, we where obsessed with it back in the day, the T-Rex at the title screen always scared the crap out of me.

[Anonymous No.10158095]

I sold all my games and consoles back 2016 after I bought a gaming PC and emulated up the ass, kind of regretted for a while but I was playing games that where expensive as fuck specially if you from a 3rd world country for practically nothing.

[Anonymous No.10158130]

>>10156124
AGP graphics card for my PCI slot, Virtual Springfield, asking for Quake 2 for my Pentium 75/8mb shitbox, buying lots of trashy shareware discs instead of cashing in on bigger/better games, holding out on PS2 and filling the void with DC and GC til 2003, not buying System Shock even though I liked the demo and saw it in stores, buying a prebuilt eMachine in 2002 that shat out instead of building (did my first build in 2004), traded a bunch of Wii games for a Kinect
That's about all I can think of, please subscribe.

[Anonymous No.10158621]

>>10156124
Parents somehow luckily also got good games and we would wait a long time to upgrade so it was easy to see the popular consoles of the time.

>>10157848
I'm in a pal zone but I remember they probably cleared out the 8 bit stuff in about 1996. It was different back then because if stuff didn't sell they would just leave it on the shelf for years. My target was still selling the Atari Lynx in about 1996 and the games were extremely cheap, it was just that no one was buying them but I still have the boxed systems and small no of games. I was pretty disappointed coming from gameboy until I found the good games many years later.
That same Target also had a boxed brand new snes just sitting on the shelf for years for the equiv of about $70 us. It took about till 2003 till someone brought it but everytime I went it was just sitting in the corner with snes pac man.

>>10156261
I saw a sharp x68000 for $180 on ebay including postage but I glanced at the game list and it seemed like arcade games you could just play on the ps1 and saturn. I was wrong, it has some great exclusive.

>>10157208
Had a sms but one day one of the games came with a sega megadrive brochure. For about 3 years each christmas we would ponder getting it but didn't push much. In my mind the Mega Drive was just the sms with a bit more memory and probably not that much different. Still the sms had a good quality ratio so I was happy.

>>10158130
I brought a cpu from a computer fair that didn't work with my motherboard. It was only in the last 2 years I realized super socket 7 was different. I also brought an s3 virge because the shop keeper said it would run new games, it was very cheap so not too bad but soon realized it was crap. Transparancies would be all glitched up.

[Anonymous No.10159007]

>>10156124
>tfw got a Saturn for Christmas 1996 and not an N64 or PSX

[Anonymous No.10159023]

>>10158621
>68k exclusives
Such as? Not being rhetorical, actually wondering what I should try. hard mode: nothing on the /v/ recommends page

[Anonymous No.10159041]

bought the Gaystation when I should have saved that money for later in life. 20k bucks wasted on import shit, what a waste of money and time....

[Anonymous No.10159105]

>>10157778
>I wanted Zelda 2 because a friend had it as well and it looked amazing, The store didn't have it anymore but still had Zelda 1. Bought that thinking I could play a side scrolling adventure game... almost started crying when I found out how different it was. After a while I realised I got the better game though.

Objectively wrong

[Anonymous No.10159220]

>>10156124
never really got burned by a console. the most retarded purchase i ever made was the sega activator. i dont remember if it was for christmas, birthday, or what. all i know was it was a crime to sell that thing.

[Anonymous No.10159232]

>>10159007
My condolences.
At least you can sell that piece of shit and get yourself a Dreamcast, Sega's finest system.

[Anonymous No.10159246]

>>10159232
>sell it
Nah, better to drop it off a 10-story building so nobody else has the misfortune of getting a Sega-fuckin'-Shiturn.

[Anonymous No.10159257]

>Oh hey, this game is based on something I like! We GOTTA get it!

[Anonymous No.10159265]

>have genesis
>regularly play 6-Pak and Sonic 2
>want to play 3 like nobody's business
>go to Tramps, a video and game rental store
>no sonic 3, but can get something else
>picrel
Now you've gone and done it. What a fall! Game over, man.

[Anonymous No.10159309]

>>10159257
Is this the only decent LJN game?

[Anonymous No.10159336]

>>10159309
Decent by LJN standards is a weighted answer. It's nowhere near the complete dregs of some of their published games like Uncanny X-Men or the like, but you're still dealing with "adequate I guess"

[Anonymous No.10159354]

>>10156124
Not sure if I count but it's still kinda funny
>be poor zoom zoom kid
>have a shit family computer to play games
>spend large chunk playing sonic fan games. I wanted to play OGs but I didn't know how to
>I didn't even understood that people talked to each other over the internet, lol
>later on, learned about piracy
>download shit ports of Sonic games, and Battle
Never did became a sonicfag, no idea why

[Anonymous No.10159374]

Not so much a fuck up on my part but whatever.
>2005
>live in a poorfag family
>Gamecube owner that only had an original gameboy besides the GC
>Have a rich friend at elementary school with Sonic Rush on their DS
>absolutely stunned by its graphics and on top of that a massive Sonic fan.
>Absolutely set on getting one myself, ask my dad to buy me a DS
>Get a GBA instead. not even the micro or the SP, just a plain regular old gameboy advance.
>enjoyed it nonetheless but I couldn't hide my disappointment. at least I got Sonic Advance for it.

>2006
>visiting my nephew
>he shows off his new PSP to me. I can't remember what game I was looking at.
>almost couldn't believe how amazing the graphics were
>evenmoredisappointedwithmygba.jpeg

At least my mother bought me a DS lite only a year later in 2007.

[Anonymous No.10159437]

>>10159309
no. nightmare on elm street is fine.

[Anonymous No.10159976]

>>10156124
>GameCube has been out for couple years.
>Video rental store is getting rid of their N64 stock.
>Had the option between Super Bowling, Yoshi's Story, or Re-Volt.
>Choose Re-Volt because racing game make kid brain go vrrrrr.

>Willingly sold childhood copies of Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Party 2.

>Get a GameBoy Advance and have option to get a game (my mom didn't believe in buying games unless they're were something all the siblings could play.)
>Bionicle

[Anonymous No.10160031]

I hyped up South Park on N64 so much that my mom returned the gold Ocarina of Time she pre-ordered for Christmas and got me that instead.

[Anonymous No.10160046]

>>10159976

Re-Volt's a good game tho.
Butas with all racing games it heavily depends on having some friends to race against for full potential.

[Anonymous No.10160052]

>>10160046
Yes, but knowing I could've had one of the most expensive N64 games (Super Bowling) somewhat haunts me considering I thought the game was fun as a kid.

[Anonymous No.10160107]

>>10159374
And despite your disappointment, out of all those handheld consoles you referenced, the GBA ultimately had the most staying power.

[Anonymous No.10160121]

>>10160031
Holy fucking based

[Anonymous No.10160152]

>>10156890
>Honestly OP I don't see the problem with 7800, maybe not as good as NES but there's still some solid games on there.
Not OP, and sure, while in retrospect the library might be OK, at the time you'd have friends playing the hot trendy games on NES, while you're mostly playing the same old arcade ports (which are probably also on, and better on, the NES).

[Anonymous No.10160162]

Which of the 1980's would be the ideal for me?
>I hate the NES (nintendo entertainment system)
>hates the sega master system
>i hate the sega genesis
>anti-nintendo console
>anti-Sega console

[Anonymous No.10160164]

>>10160162
The Speggy

[Anonymous No.10160187]

>>10160162
only amigaaaaaaaaa

[Anonymous No.10160191]

>>10160187
sorry i hate all pc gaming (including pc gaming retro)

[Anonymous No.10160246]

>>10156867

[Anonymous No.10160287]

Sold most of my SNES/N64 collection to buy a few new PS1 games. Regretted it shortly after and spent years rebuilding.

[Anonymous No.10160335]

>>10160287
>1995:sold NES games to buy SNES games
>2000:learned lesson, kept all SNES games, slowly built PS1 collection
>2005:sold PS1 games to buy PS2 and some games
>2008:sold PS2 and games to buy drugs
>2015:ended up selling SNES games to pay for college
All I have left from my childhood collection is FF6 and NBA Jam T.E. FF6 has one save prior to the opera, and another save right before I made my final decent into Kefka's Tower. NBA Jam T.E has my initials saved with my record of 36-0-0, where the game will replace the Rookies with the Pros team. Everything else I have I got past 2010.

[Anonymous No.10160337]

>>10160191
best solution is to just kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.10160350]

>>10160152
To be fair, the NES hadn't gone gangbusters by 1986 yet & only sold like a million units (the 7800 sold a bit more than that in 1987).

"Nintendo" wasn't really an established name by then, but everyone knew Atari.

[Anonymous No.10160438]

>>10159976
If you still want a copy of super bowling, just get the nip version. Im 90% certain the only actual runes are when the screen pops up saying the game is saving, everything else is real people language.

[Anonymous No.10160462]

i traded in my gamegear along with maybe a dozen games, including shinobi, the 1st mickey mouse, 2 sonic games, dragon crystal, that namco baseball game, i forgot the rest, AND every single genesis games i had (over 20) including all phantasy stars and shining games, el viento, that might and magic game with the massive book for a brand new sega cd model 2 that came with sewer shark.

i also traded in games like guardian heroes and both ogre battle and tactics for ps1 when i was a student.

[Anonymous No.10160464]

>>10157208
well um… 1995 was the last year before N64, did you expect them to support NES until 2000 or something?

[Anonymous No.10160472]

>>10157291
>SMB Deluxe
Fucking loved this game as a kid, all the way to the 100% completion. And i'm not really a completionist. Transparent cartridge was ace also.

[Anonymous No.10160475]

>>10158130
I had an eMachines circa 2001. Went for years, but the PSU clapped out (also happened to a mate). Tbh, they were ok for what they were, but the actual components were cheap.

[Anonymous No.10161206]

sold my Commodore 64, disk drive, monitor and 500 discs of original software, to raise money for an Amiga.
what the fuck was I thinking

[Anonymous No.10161208]

>>10160162
Atari computers or Commodore

[Anonymous No.10161320]

>>10160191
Your only real options at that point are the Colecovision and the Atari 7800. The 7800 is more powerful, but I think that the Colecovision has a better library (both are backwards compatible with the 2600 although the coleco needs and adapter). If you can get over your burning hatred of PCs you might be interested in the MSX computers as a lot of its games came on cartridge and used a gamepad.

[Anonymous No.10163061]

>>10156887
What a little piece of shit you sound like, fuck you

[Anonymous No.10163126]

>>10161206
you were thinking you'd like proper colours instead of pastels

[Anonymous No.10163768]

>>10156882
>>10156887
I'd have smacked the shit out of you and got you nothing. I feel bad for parents with shit children they couldn't do anything about.

[Anonymous No.10164205]

>>10163061
Lmao I'm trying to forget I posted this. Autism, not even once. I do feel bad for the old man, he didn't deserve defective sperg spooge

[Anonymous No.10164236]

>>10163768
You couldnae fold a lawn chair. Pooftah

[Anonymous No.10164282]

>>10163768
>I'd have smacked the shit out of you and got you nothing. I feel bad for parents with shit children they couldn't do anything about.
This is a fitting game to buy the little ungrateful shit

[Anonymous No.10164595]

>>10164282
i actually own this game faggot. guessed the last level password in less than 24 hours of playing.

[Anonymous No.10164604]

>>10164595
Your father really was better off painting turds with his sperm. fuck off

[Anonymous No.10164646]

>>10160475
>they were good except for being fundamentally shitty on the most important level

[Anonymous No.10164694]

>1993
>mom asked what game do you want for your famicom? Rambo or Solbrain?
>Choose Rambo

I still play solbrain in emulators, what an awesome game.

[Anonymous No.10165378]

Bumparino

[Anonymous No.10165417]

>was a toddler, went from the interior to the big city
>older sis gives me the mission to bring a Mario RPG cart home
>bring this instead

[Anonymous No.10165434]

>>10164604
Alright little man, hairy muff

[Anonymous No.10165445]

I'm glad I was bestowed the Saturn on that fateful day, followed by the Dreamcast just a short few years later.
As an adult, the nostalgia of those two consoles is one of my few joys and seems to be shared amongst others a bit obsessed with plundering the history of Sega at that time.
Dunno if it would be the same if I'd gone in on Sony from day one. It's a bit like when I think back to WCW rasslin' (I watched that over WWF as a kid). After all, anything good has to die eventually, lest you see it become old and ultimately irrelevant.

[Anonymous No.10165468]

>>10165445
WWF basically went the same way after the name change in 2002, i still hear people use that instead of WWE.

[Anonymous No.10165482]

>>10156882
>>10156887
Based selfish zoomer

[Anonymous No.10165490]

>>10156124
Not a Christmas thing, but I had a used copy of Suikoden II in my hands for $35 but I put it back because I wanted to find and play the first game before it and figured it'd still be at the shop when I went back.

[Anonymous No.10167495]

Don't you die for another FFVIII thread.

[Anonymous No.10167554]

I chose to forego getting a new game one Christmas to get the power glove instead. I used to get one game at Christmas and one on my birthday, and that was it. So this was a major setback thay fucked me for many months. I learned a lesson about marketing though

[Anonymous No.10169042]

>>10167554
I did the same thing. Its amazing how shitty some toys & games could be back in those days. They got away w murder.

[Anonymous No.10169173]

>>10160031
kek reminds me of when i spazzed out when i saw a street vendor selling cheap dollar store crash bandicoot watches. I way oversold my need for it because i wanted it then and there. I almost teared up faking a smile as I unwrapped it for christmas, thinking I just did myself in with a dollar store gift over a new game, or vhs tape or hot wheels washing machine. I brightened up as my cousins got games though because it meant i'd get to try them out.

I've jokingly called my mom out on that as an adult but i regret saying anything