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Artdink are my favorite retro developer because they are the textbook definition of "based autists."

>Yeah bro we'll make a SimCity clone, but if you don't read our 300 page manual and memorize Japanese train timetables you can fuck off
>Sure dude we can make a fun game about undersea diving but if you don't know anything about how reef ecology works you aren't ever beating it
>Oh what's that? Super Mario 64 just came out? Fuck that shit homie, we'll make the ANTI-MARIO, we'll make a deliberately UN-FUN game just because we fucking can (actual quote from Kazutoshi Iida)
>Stupid fucking gaijin are outsourcing us for some game about stocks and subsidiaries? Hey, shove the timetable stuff in there and don't tell anyone, it'll be hi-la-ri-ous
>Oh, you thought our historical spice trade simulator would give your pussy ass a map? Fuck you, literally learn cartography first (we WILL make fun of you if your map sucks btw)
>Why is every single fucking JRPG so linear and boring? Here, we'll make the ultimate CYOA to ever exist, and if no one can even finish it because it's more obtuse than MOON? Tough shit, we're already making another that's harder
>Are those (((accountants))) over at From Software making a mecha game now? It's gonna be casual trash, so we're gonna make the player PROGRAM THE ENTIRE ROBOT

I could go on but you get the point. By the way, did you know they developed the most recent SMT game for Atlus AND Triangle Strategy? Fucking mad lads are used for outsourcing and they don't even give a shit about getting credited.

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10487352

Even the spreads they got in Dengeki PS were autistic as fuck to look at. Imagine being some piece of shit kid and seeing a giant Gundam on one page followed by this.

>> No.10487373

>>10487352
this image got me wet

>> No.10487383

>>10487346
Gaming's equivalent of a 3 hr zoomer video on Youtube or a reddit post.

>> No.10487414
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>>10487346
My first contact was with A-Train. A friend lent me his disks and the 140 pages manual. Loved playing scenario 1, having a small station grow into a bustling city and the visuals with day/night and season cycles were gorgeous.

Only missing HR2, another very autistic game:
> C-programming + structural engineering + logistics

>> No.10487416

>>10487383
i dont think you know what any of those things mean lil zoomie. artdink is very far removed from anything typical of the industry.

>> No.10487423
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>>10487416
>UMMMMM hey guys let's make a game where you play as, like, a caveman and just wander around doing literally fucking nothing. We are so heckin' le quirky!
-Fartdink

>> No.10487426

>>10487423
Now try shitposting about Aquanaut's Holiday or Doshin the Giant, come on fren we're all on pins and needles for that HOT contrarian commentary.

>> No.10487431

>>10487346
>Artdink are my favorite retro developer
Here watch this then, Artdink studio tour in the year 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFjoUMob324

>> No.10487459

Everything makes sense when you know that Artdink didn't consider themselves as a "game" company. They made simulators/interactive experiments.
A-Train was literally just a railway simulator at first, and then they added the game part as an afterthought when they realized watching trains going in circles for hours would get boring eventually.

>> No.10487726

I like their games but I do feel the simulator games are hard to grasp

>> No.10487990

>don't give a shit about being credited
I see their logo on game starts all the time

>> No.10488018

>>10487431
Based GameWave video watcher.

>> No.10488318

>>10487346
The one about Carnage Heart brought the keks.

>> No.10488337

>>10487346
Fucking based, epic, majestic, red pilled

>> No.10488342

>>10487726
You could literally get a job driving an a train if you master the game, that’s why. It’s pure simulation therapy

>> No.10488350

>>10487423
>BOTW before BOTW

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>>10487346
Never heard of this before, probably never will again.
I'm American and I only play games intended for the American market.

>> No.10489964

Bumo cuz Artdink is awesome

>> No.10490282
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>>10487346
Don't forget the hot air balloon simulator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNFRUg5yEmo

>> No.10490389
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10490389

What's the best A-train game to start with?

>> No.10490402

>>10490389
They're not retro but I think PC Classic and the most recent one are the best to start with. Both of them have good tutorial stages to get you going as well.

>> No.10490406

>>10490282
This looks like an 80s jap-latin-jazz album cover... why? I am almost intrigued enough to watch your video now...

>> No.10490408

>>10490406
>its just the soundtrack and its not what the cover looks like
fuck you.

>> No.10490478

>>10487346
Based Artdink enjoyer.

>> No.10490683

>>10490408
What are you talking about? The game cover is the same, the soundtrack release is only recent.

>> No.10490878

>>10487346
Most above all they are kikes, charging $70 for a 15+ year old game.