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1097932 No.1097932[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Alright, since the old thread went down the shitter I just deleted it.

Now, I'm planning to give this all a start tomorrow and it will be going on for a week. After that we will have to see how everything turns out. As for the game I haven't decided yet and thought I might ask for some input here.

So far as for a first game I'm looking at either Ducktales or Lost Vikings. There were some people that asked about Duck Tales and it turns out that a lot of people didn't bother finishing it, I felt it might be a good fit.

Lost Vikings on the other hand might easily last the whole week and make room for really good discussion.

What do you guys think? I'll make a decesion before UTC +2 21:00 today.

>> No.1097936

I've never played Duck Tales and I played Lost Vikings with my friend when I was younger. So, with that, I say Duck Tales.

>> No.1097938

So essentially a /vr/ book club then? Have you decided on the selection system?

>> No.1097942

>>1097938

It's being decided by the OP.

>> No.1097943

Only played a bit of the Remastered of Duck Tales and enjoyed it and was wondering what the NES was like. This gives me a good enough reason to play it.

>> No.1097945

>>1097932
Between the 2? Duck tales
future suggestion short list:
Gun Nac
The Guardian Legend
Phantasy Star
A Link to the past/Links Awakening
Shining Force 2
Kirby's Adventure

>> No.1097946

>>1097938
Yeah. I will read what people are suggesting in threads and I will base my decision on that. So what everyone says matters, but in the end I will decide. I've been looking at polls also, but not sure how to feel about those yet. We'll see.

>> No.1097948

Cool, I played both but didn't finish them. I pick Lost Vikings though, really good game.

>> No.1097949

>>1097945
Not OP but I would say only do RPG rarely if ever. Since they take a bit longer and some people might not like the idea of grinding in some cases. Also if we do ever do RPG Dragon Quest 4.

>> No.1097956

I'll vote Lost Vikings.

Future choice: Earthworm Jim on SNES or Megadrive/Genesis.

>> No.1097952

>>1097932
I cast my vote for Ducktales.

>> No.1097953

>>1097949
I can agree with that
Also good choice

>> No.1097960

>>1097932
Ducktales.

Future Choice:Wonder Boy in Monster World Genesis/Mega Drive

>> No.1097962
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>>1097956
>>1097945
I guess I better write this down for times of need.

>>1097949
Before I say anything about rpg's I will let this run for a couple of weeks, then we will say. As a huge RPG fan (especially Dragon Quest) it would be neat to get this to work somehow.

>> No.1097965

>>1097962
Are we just including 'underrated' games, or should there be a place for popular widely played games for players to reexamine them.

>> No.1097969

>>1097965
Underrated games is probably what the main focus will be on for awhile, but I will make sure we do not forget about the true classics as well.

>> No.1097971

"I don't like your tone" guy here. I vote Lost Vikings, good choice if you ask me. Maybe we can even set up some online multiplayer.

>> No.1097972

>>1097962
How about every so often (maybe every few months) we do an RPG. Maybe have it as 2 weeks just in case people need more time. If the first few times it's a failure then we will skip that genre. I enjoy RPGs but if it can't be done then I rather have this keep going then force it to have something that ruins the club. Sounds good?

>> No.1097974

>>1097962
Mortal Komba II?

>> No.1097975

i've never played lost vikings or even seen it played

i'm downloading it and playing it regardless of whether it wins

>> No.1097976

Both games sound good to me, but my vote is Ducktales.

>> No.1097978

Ducktales will be fine with me.

As far as other recommendations go how about 1943, blaster master, and journey to silus on nes

>> No.1097983

Question for all of you out there who do NOT use emulator:

Should I try to decide three games at once so you might have a chance to buy the game if that is preferred?

>>1097971
To be honest I've never even tried out netplay, but if someone think it might work out well I'll glady support it.

>>1097972
If RPG happens you will definetly have more than a week to finish it since some of them can go kind of slow. But as I said earlier, I'll look into it once I have more experience in how all of this will work.

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1097990

I gotta get off the computer for awhile, but I will get back before it's time to make a decision.

>> No.1097991

>>1097983
Sounds good. Was just trying to give an idea on how an RPG would work with something like this. We could pick the game a week before we start so people have a week to get it before we have to play.

>> No.1098004

>>1097991
No, we're not waiting a week before this starts, you collector faggots can go buy it from ebay or something, it's not like these games are rare.
We shouldn't cater to the few dudes who are going to buy it.

>> No.1098014

>>1097983
>Should I try to decide three games at once so you might have a chance to buy the game if that is preferred?

Don't bother, for the sake of discussion emulation should be sufficient for users.

>> No.1098015

>>1097962
Just so you know, the definite version of EJ1 is the SEGA CD, while for EJ2 is the Saturn version

>> No.1098032

>>1098014
>>1098004
Fair enough. Buyfags will have to sort this out themselves then.

>>1098015
Will keep that in mind. I don't really know how Sega CD emulation works.

>> No.1098036

>>1098032

Alright pal, pick Duck Tales so we can get a move on with this thing

>> No.1098041

>>1098036
I might as well announce it now.

We're going with Ducktales. The first official thread for GotW will happen tomorrow.

In that thread I will also include emulator + game for everyone.

>> No.1098043

>>1098041
mac users too? :3

>> No.1098045

>>1098041
I feel like providing specific links might be against the forum rules.

>> No.1098046

>>1098043
Do you mean if it will include emulators for mac users?

>>1098045
That might be true. I guess I will just have it in the channel title at #GOTW then.

>> No.1098051

>>1098045
for ROMs anyway since they're technically illegal dumps. I would think that linking to the emulators would be fine, or at least link to the wiki.

>> No.1098056

>>1098046
>Do you mean if it will include emulators for mac users?
Yes OP

>> No.1098058

>>1098056
I won't make any promises, but I will look into it and see what mac users use for emulating NES games.

>> No.1098065

>>1098058
Based OP for helping out all people

>> No.1098069

>>1098058
I use FCEUX on my ubuntu box. I'm sure it'll work on OS X since they're both POSIX compliant UNIX-like operating systems.

>> No.1098078

>>1098069
that is if you're comfortable compiling from source, but someone has to have made some Mac builds for it somewhere. Also NEStopia

>> No.1098080

>>1098078
According to the Emulation General thread Mac users use OpenEMU or RetroArch. I can't say I have heard about either of them..

>> No.1098082

>>1098078
just found this http://www.bannister.org/software/nestopia.htm
don't have a Mac so I can't test any of his builds
any Mac users want to try some out and report back?

>> No.1098083

>>1098080
>Not heard of RetroArch
Really? You should check it out.

>> No.1098086

So, where do we stand? We're just deciding on a game?

>> No.1098087

>>1098086
Yeah. Earlier in the thread I announced that the game will be Ducktales for NES, and I will make the official thread for all of this tomorrow!

>> No.1098091
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>>1098082
Works Great.

>> No.1098092

>>1098087
Cool pants. I hope I can be there.

>> No.1098093

>>1097932

Good going, OP, I knew you wouldn't dissapoint me.

I'm voting Ducktales, haven't finished that yet, neither the Lost Vikings, but I'm sticking with Scrooge on this one.

Now, the thing is, I have so many ways of playing it. PC. Wii. DS. PSP. I think I'm going full PC on this one just so I can post screenshots.


Now, OP, where's the Strawpoll for the two games?

And like someone suggested, RPG's are nice once in a while, but we would need two weeks at minimun to play them. I'd say we must play one every other 5 games.

>> No.1098096

>>1098093

Forget the Strawpoll thing, I've read the thread fully now. So Ducktales then? This will be great.

>> No.1098098

Wednesdays are also, without a doubt, the best day or night for me. We should strawpoll what days to have the discussions.

>> No.1098103

>>1098091
Every game i have thrown at this runs smooth and at full speed.
OP i would advise you to suggest this emulator for Mac users.
>Nestopia

>> No.1098106

>>1098098
So far when I've been asking around Thursday seems to be the best day for most. Wednesday is usually one of those days when people with a life are busy.

Thursdays are actually a pretty bad day for me, but I'm going to see how it works out in the beginning and then see if we get requests for another day.

>> No.1098110

>>1098103
That's great! I'm going to add that to the collection file I'll be making then. Thank you for trying it out.

>> No.1098114

>>1098106
Nutsack. Is there an email Where I can send my take on a game? I'd like to be part of the discussion, even if I can't make it.

>> No.1098115

>>1097932
awesome to see this going forward! going to start playing ducktales tonight

>> No.1098119

>>1098114
We're probably going to discuss the game on and off for a week. So you'll probably have time to join in at some time! Even though it's encouraged to finish the game, it's not mandatory to do for joining in on discussions.

You could also try joining #GOTW at Rizon for some live discussion for the game. At the time the channel is really small, but I plan to make it bigger as it goes on.

>> No.1098139

>>1098091
neat. That's the emu I use on my Win7 laptop. Glad to have made a positive contribution

>> No.1098141

For Ubuntu (and Windows) users I recommend this version of nestopa:

http://0ldsk00l.ca/nestopia.html

There's a PPA for it:
>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hunter-kaller/ppa
>sudo apt-get update
>sudo apt-get install nestopia-undead

>> No.1098143

>>1098141

*nestopia

>> No.1098145

>>1098141
Yeah. Personally I have always used Nestopia. Not for that reason though. I just think it works.

>> No.1098163

>>1098160
you can start any time, why would you need to be told when to start

>> No.1098160

So when do we start playing the game? The moment the thread is posted?

>> No.1098167

>>1098160
Play it tonight so you can discuss it tomorrow

>> No.1098185

>>1098163

Because some of the point of this "club" is to post some screenshots as you play the game to help the discussion, help other people who have troubles, comment on amazing parts of the game, etc. There's no adequate thread yet to do so, so I figure I'll start tomorrow from scratch.

>> No.1098193

>>1098185
save your screenshots for the discussion, it doesn't matter when you play the game or when you take screenshots, the only "when" you need to worry about is when the active discussion takes place

hope i don't sound condescending, i'm actually posting this to get confirmation that what i say is true

>> No.1098198

>>1098193

I don't think that's much of my style, I prefer some Real Time postan' myself.

But given that the thread will last a week or so, there's no hurry to start playing it yet.

>> No.1098206

About when to starting to play..

The point is starting together, and as mentioned before, doing live posting and discussion. But it's not like I can point fingers and tell you not to start already. Especially since I already announced the game. So go nuts!

>> No.1098207

>>1098198
it seems like if you wait it's going to be a blind run, and if that's the point, okay i can do that. but i thought the book club concept meant we would take a week to analyze and examine the game before returning with comments and questions

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>>1098185
I was going to play it on the Wii but didn't think about screenshots. I guess I'll be going with nestopia as well

>> No.1098223

>>1098207
It's more fun if we all discuss it as we are currently playing it. It's not like you can't mention any analysis you come up with yourself, I'm sure some people will know what you're talking about.

>> No.1098235
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1098235

First screenshot!

>> No.1098237

>>1098223
>>1098206

That's the idea, guys.

>>1098209

This is excellent. You need to save this for the thread tomorrow OP.

>> No.1098238

>>1098185
On the subject of screenshots, does anyone have any good screencap software? Like something simple.

>> No.1098240

Has anyone figured out how to attack things, or do you just have to dodge?

>> No.1098243

>>1098238

I was planning to use the old good PRNT SCRN but most emulators have an screenshot feature built in. I'm going with FCEUltra myself, but if you have other recommendations you can post them.

>> No.1098249

>>1098240
Nevermind, B + Down while in the air.

>> No.1098250

>>1098238
Mac users use
Cmd + Shift + 3

>> No.1098251
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1098251

>>1098238
>does anyone have any good screencap software?

>> No.1098254

>>1098251
don't forget to crop

>> No.1098271

>>1098243
>Most emulators seem to capture in NES native resolution though, which is not ideal.

>> No.1098281

>>1098271
does it really matter?

Screen cap then crop. Good enough

>> No.1098287
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1098287

If I've learned anything so far it's that Launchpad is a fucking asshole.

>> No.1098293

>>1098287
i think his purpose is if you're trying to get a high score (getting all the gems twice)

otherwise you can ignore him

>> No.1098304

>>1098293
Yeah, that makes sense.

But there was also the part right before where he flew me right into a bee. I was not impressed.

>> No.1098307

>>1098304
haha i know exactly what you're talking about

they kinda forced some of these characters into the game

>> No.1098309

>>1097983
I'm a collectorfag and prefer to play on original hardware whenever possible, but I don't think you should cater to us. We can suck it up and use an emulator if we can't get a real copy but still want to participate.

>> No.1098317
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1098317

>>1098309
I am agree.

>> No.1098354

Duck Tales hmm? It gets too much attention. I am one of the few who thinks 2 is better than 1 in every single aspect (including music).

>> No.1098380
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1098380

>>1098354
your opinion is wrong
your life is a lie

>> No.1098405
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1098405

>>1098380
#rekt

>> No.1098443

>>1098380
You know what next week aught to be?
Hagane.

>> No.1098445

We need to play a bigass game that's easy to get lost in so we can help each other through it.

>> No.1098489

>>1098254
you can take a picture of your current active window by doing alt+printscreen, eliminating the need to crop if you only want to show one particular window.

>> No.1098654

I'd like to cast a vote of support for Lost Vikings. If we wanted to get really crazy we could even try to organize some netplay co-op for those who were interested, but that might be a little ambitious for the first week.

>> No.1098659

>>1098654
>>1098041

D'oh. Maybe next week then.

>> No.1098684

well I guess my Roulette idea got thrown out the window by OP. regardless, I'm still interested in participating. Duck Tales would be more convenient since I own it (and much rather prefer playing games on the original console) but, if Lost Vikings is chosen, I can put up with it.

+1 Duck Tales

>> No.1098719
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1098719

>>1098489
>mfw
Why did nobody tell me this?

>> No.1098723
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1098723

Will /vr/ consider me a casual for picking normal?

>> No.1098727

>>1098723
difficulty is left up to the player. if someone feels like being an elitist and playing difficult, that's they're choice. you simply need to just play the game.

>> No.1098741

>>1098684
I'd still prefer a roulette, so then we have a fair method for deciding the game for the week, still, duck tales is an alright game to go first.

>> No.1098748

>>1098741
I'd like a roulette as well.

>> No.1098754

>>1098741
>>1098748
I would honestly prefer that someone like OP listen to feedback but make the final decision themselves. Roulettes seem like a good way to make nobody happy.

>> No.1098768

>>1098754
Yeah. I actually like the idea of him picking 2 games (maybe each a bit different) and we pick on the game. Like how we pick Duck Tales over Lost Vikings. That way it was voted and so no one can really call unfair.

>> No.1098781

>>1098741
in the previous thread (that was apparently deleted) this is how I said we should do it.

>make thread, and open contributions
>people contribute and post games until we hit 99 (double posts of a single title obviously don't count)
>the list gets saved.
>OP ROLLS with a trip
>this chooses the game.

does that sound like a good idea?

>> No.1098783

Alright, I guess I have to explain why random sucks, imo.

It's because it's.. random. Let's say people have suggested 15 games (i already have 10 and this haven't even started), and I use a randomizer. What might we end up with? Probably A LOT of snes since that is such a popular console. Sure, we might like the randomizer the first time, but by the time it fucks up (and it will) everyone will just be disappointed. This is why I prefer to just read the thread and see what people are into at the moment, and also have some control over what kind of console that gets chosen. An example of this is pretty much Ducktales. It got mentioned so much in the thread before this one that I decided to go with that instead of what I had in mind at first. So this isn't necessarily about me just saying what I want, but about someone just having to make a decision. Sometimes I might make use of polls, but not every time.

>> No.1098793

>>1098783
how will it fuck up if ALL the contributed titles are ones that /vr/ is recommending? are you not understanding what I mean when I say "people post games til we hit 99"?

>mega man 2!
>vector man!
...96 games later...
>wild guns!
>POLL CLOSED!

save the list. and ROLL. it's really easy...

>> No.1098796

>>1098793
And then every couple of weeks, we have another poll.

>> No.1098797

>>1098793
how does that work when everybody suggests earthbound

>> No.1098801

>>1098797
We tell people to CTRL + F the game they suggest

>> No.1098798

>>1098793
Calm down. Okkusenman thought up the club and I feel he should have a say on how things go. I do say that Okkusenman pick 2 different type of games and ask which should be the next one. Like how we pick Duck Tales. That way we have some say in the game we play.

>> No.1098802

>>1098797
even if earthbound is suggested, a single game can only be on the list ONCE.

if a game is on the list multiple times, on the first will count, of course.

>> No.1098803

>>1098797
If a game is already suggested then it doesn't count, people will pay attention to the OP who posts what's already selected if people keep choosing the same game.

or this: >>1098801

>> No.1098804

>>1098793
Because it still doesn't stop the fact that we might get a lot of the same in a row. Randomizer or not, people will probably be disappointed when we get three platformers in a row. I just don't think it's a good idea if you really want to mix things up.

>> No.1098805

Game recommendation for the future: Metal Gear Solid for Gameboy Color. It is it's own game, not a port, and it actually is really great. Great pacing, mechanics, story, etc.

>> No.1098809

I'm playing Duck Tales on easy and can only almost beat level one.

Holy shit, Nintendo.

>> No.1098810

>>1098798
Then he'd pull some shit like "okay this time, we can either play what I want to play. or we can play Bubsy 3D."

>> No.1098812

>>1098809
Blame Capcom

>> No.1098813

Been fuckign around with Retroarch for emulation. Cant help but feel its a bit pointless.

Why didt they make it more automated with the core swapping?

>> No.1098814

>>1098812
*Holy shit, Capcom.

>> No.1098815

>>1098804
look, i respect you for coming up with this idea, and I don't wish to make you feel as if your way of choosing games isn't a good one, but if we do a poll, at least we can have a lot of people contributing and feeling as if they have a say in what's being selected as a candidate.

>> No.1098818

>>1098810
Because I've done that so many times before. What gave you that idea?

>> No.1098820

>>1098818
It's not like you have a long track record buddy.

>> No.1098821

>>1098815
and i hate using the word "poll" sorry.

you know what i mean though.

post games, and roll. last 2 digits are the game we play.

whoever's OP must go through all the games though and organize them 01-99.

we'll use that list for maybe a month, selecting 4 games (one a week) then make a new one.

previously played games cannot be chosen again.

>> No.1098823

>make list
>every game has a genre listed beside it
>randomly select one
>the following week every game of that genre is temporarily removed from the list
>that genre is not re-added until three weeks later
That way if you have a platformer, then a JRPG, then a shmup, THEN platformers get re-added.

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>>1098489
Wait what?

>tries it out, it works
>mfw

>> No.1098827

>>1098823
under what category would I put the game "Archon" ?

>> No.1098828

>>1098823
This guy has probably the best idea for it.

>> No.1098832

>>1098823
yeah, we can go more random later. But right now we just want a brad swath of great vidya from a variery of genres and eras. The best.

>> No.1098831

>>1098823
that sounds like a good way to do it.

i like that.

if you roll a game that is the same genre as the one of the previous week, REROLL!

>> No.1098834

>>1098827
puzzle/misc.

no games like "taboo the sixth sense" though.

>> No.1098836

>>1098821
>>1098815
I know this might come off as silly, but it's going to bother me if I don't have any control over what's going to happen in this. Since I don't want to be a dictator, I'm going to base my decisions of what kind of discussions are going on in the threads. If people are disappointed by a game selection or something it feels better knowing I can take the blame instead of just pointing fingers at the randomizer.

>>1098820
Then what the hell are you accusing me of then?

>> No.1098838

>>1098836
Of being a corruptible human being.

>> No.1098847

>>1098834
puzzle/misc? really? have you ever played Archon?

it's set up like a chess board, so there's a strategy element, but your pieces battle so it's kinda action/fighting, and you can also cast spells to heal characters, bring them back from the dead, change the flow of time (the board's color changes to give strength to either the light side or the dark side), and even summon elementals. i don't think "puzzle/misc" really does it justice.

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1098850

>>1098834
ALL THAT HAS BEEN AND ALL THAT WILL BE IS HERE FOR YOU TO KNOW

DARE YOU REJECT MY EMULATED PROPHECIES

DARE YOU EVEN TRY?

>> No.1098854

>>1098847
Miscellaneous sounds about right.

>> No.1098860

>>1098836
yeah, that sort of thing can be worked out later, but for the moemt this seems to be working fine.

To be honest, virtually any retro game that isnt SMB3, Chrono Trigger or Doom is fair play.

I reckon something like

platformer: ducktales
puzzel: Archon?
Point n click : ?
RPG: King of the Dragon Pass

and thats a month of high quality video games, and hopefully something approaching a gameclub community formed.

>> No.1098870

>>1098860
in addition, I think we should try and keep the games as far away from JRPGs and other long as fuck titles as possible. We want games anyone can dip into. Marble Madness is another option, for a classic game many of us havent played.

>> No.1098869

>>1098850
i cant think of a better example of a 0/10 game.

>> No.1098874

>>1098860
If Doom isn't fair play, what about Wolfenstein 3D, , Heretic, HeXen, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior etc?

>> No.1098875

>>1098874
maybe not duke or quake (or maybe so, I have no idea how popular they are, I thought the were very popular but I may be wrong), but the rest sound cool.

I have never played Shadow Warrior, so id be game for that.

>> No.1098879

Actually, when it comes to collection of games, does anyone here have good experience with Sega consoles? I was browsing through some games and realised that I don't really know any obscure ones. Overall I wouldn't mind having a partner in this.

>> No.1098880

>>1098879
MW3 is great.

>> No.1098882

I dont think anything too obscure is a good idea for the first 5 or so.

The first month will be mostly about building a community, and working out just how this will be done.

>> No.1098887

>>1098875
Douk and Quake are a bit too popular, but here, have a nice little list of 90's FPS games that'd be good for this.
Wolfenstein 3D
Blake Stone
Rise of the Triad
Heretic
Heretic II
HeXen
HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
Strife
Duke Nukem 3D
Shadow Warrior
Blood
Redneck Rampage
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Marathon
Marathon: Durandal
Marathon: Infinity

>> No.1098889

what if i get angry when people are bad at ducktales? will i get kicked out?

>> No.1098894

>>1098887
We could just take a random one of those and take it as out fps. Sounds great. Anyone care to eenie meeni mini mo it?

Except for Marathon 1, I know for a fact that it sucks ass.

>> No.1098897

>>1098889
no, just have some understanding that some people dont have the bosses and levels built into their muscle memory.

>> No.1098901

>>1098894
Ha ha ha.
No, Marathon 1 is awesome.

>> No.1098914

Blake stone needs to get more love those games are awesome. They might just be straight up wolfenstein clones but they had awesome graphics (color choices, enemy sprites), those games may have been a bit dated when they launched but they were still cool. Its just wolfestein with scary aliens instead.

>> No.1098917

>>1098894
>Marathon 1
>sucks ass
do NOT talk shit about Marathon

>> No.1098992
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1098992

As far as emulating on Macs, Openemu is king (IMHO). Opensource front end for (almost) everything. Use Boxer for DOS.

>> No.1099014

>>1098992
Wait, it's open source but it hasn't been ported to anything but Mac yet?

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>>1098992
...and list of suggestions

Alien 3 (the SNES version)
Bubble Bath Babes
Divine Sealing
Fist of the North Star
Guerrilla War
Gun.Smoke
Kiwi Kraze
Robotrek
Spiritual Warfare
Street Fighter 3 (NES version)
Super Battleship

>> No.1099019

>>1099014
It's a front end, built from the ground up for Mac, most of the engines have *nix OS versions though.

>> No.1099029

>>1098992
Is that what retroarch is like?
If not, windows port when

>> No.1099036

>>1099029
Retroarch is way more focused on technical stuff.

Windows port whenever someone feels like porting it. Given how much work this would be, chances are never.

>> No.1099119

Are there english patches at all for the MSX2 versions of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2?
They'd be great for this, but I don't think we should have to bother people with PS2 emulation

>> No.1099127

>>1099015
>Bubble Bath Babes

and at that moment I knew you weren't being serious about this list

>> No.1099130

>>1099127
It's more fun than it looks I swear. The list was serious. If I was joking I would have include SMB, Earthbound, Warfrogs and Quake 3 for Dreamcast.

>> No.1099134

>>1099130
besides the pictures of naked chicks, isn't it pretty much like tetris? i really don't know what there would be to discuss

>> No.1099136

>>1099134
The witty dialogue?

Want to pop my bubble?

In all seriousness I enjoy Tetris clones. I thought it might be fun.

>> No.1099145

>>1099136
hey, it might be..i've honestly never played. i did enjoy custer's revenge though. maybe i'll download bubble bath babes right now and give it a try.

>> No.1099439

Not OP, but I did some research to come up with preferred emulators to use for Duck Tales.

First I checked around and found that Nestopia and FCEUX are the best reasonably high accuracy (or perhaps highest accuracy period, but still certainly usable) NES emulators. My impression is that Nestopia has been king for a long time. It's open source and got ported to pretty much everything. It hasn't been actively developed for years though, which has left room for FCEUX to take over. It's possibly not as quite as accurate, but it possibly wins out on features.

Next I checked out their availability. FCEUX is downloadable in binary format for Windows at http://www.fceux.com/web/home.html.. FCEUX doesn't seem to have any obvious binary versions available for OSX, but is installable through brew. This is less than ideal. Nestopia is available in binary from http://www.bannister.org/software/nestopia.htm.. Also available is the Emulator Enhancer plugin from the same page, necessary for gamepad input. GFCEUX is available in Ubuntu repositories, so I went with that for Linux.

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>> No.1099440

>>1099439

Next I installed them. FCEUX on Windows 7 was painless. Nestopia + Emulator Enhancer required a small amount of manual folder movement (the plugin folder goes into ~/Libraries/Application Support), but it was only a slight inconvenience. I use Gentoo, so I compiled GFCEUX from source (not by hand). Normal Linux users will have similar, quicker options.

Finally I tested each emulator with a Sixaxis gamepad via USB and went through the first level of Duck Tales. Actually, for Windows I didn't feel like fucking with drivers, so I played with keyboard. FCEUX ran real nice (it's a 2nd gen I7, so I guess it probably would). Nestopia on the Mac took a strangely high amount of clicking to set the gamepad controls, but it was straightforward. Duck Tales ran slightly less than perfect, but absolutely playable (Mac is Core 2 Duo with tiny 2GB ram, so it's already choking on the OS anyway). GFCEUX on Linux made it super easy to configure the game pad. Best interface of the three, actually. The game ran with maybe some very very minor chop, but again still absolutely playable (Linux box is higher end Core 2 Duo).

Based on these tests, I feel confident recommending all of these choices for their respective systems. If anyone has any arguments against, this would be a good time to discuss.

>> No.1099937

>>1099439
>>1099440
Shit, nigger, you must've had some time to kill. Thanks for the efforts. I'm using Nestopia.