/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1205129]

ITT: Good, retro licensed games.

They were such a rarity in the 80s through 90s. Nowadays they tend to be much more bearable instead of utter shit fests.

[Anonymous No.1205132]

why didnt you just bump the other thread?

[Anonymous No.1205137]

As mentioned at >>1198181 Disney games from the 90s tend to be pretty above average.

[Jordan Parks No.1205143]

>>1205129
>Claims licensed games were awesome
>Posts the worst level of any licensed game

I've tried the past two weeks to casually get past the second level but fuck the hippo tail jumping and the ostrich jumping. This level is terrible

[Anonymous No.1205149]

>>1205143

It's a good game nevertheless. A hard game but a good game nevertheless.

[Anonymous No.1205153]

I always thought Mandark's Lab was pretty great. I used to love playing it but I mysteriously lost my disc inside my own house a few years ago.. Maybe I threw it out. I'll need to buy a new copy probably

[Anonymous No.1205262]

I dare you to find a better retro Disney game than Quackshot.

protip: you can't

[Anonymous No.1205285]

>>1205262

Never heard of it

[Anonymous No.1205289]

Fuck the Lion King.

[Anonymous No.1205304]

>>1205285
Then you need to go and play it right the fuck now!

[Anonymous No.1205320]

>>1205153

>I always thought Mandark's Lab was pretty great

I still have this game. It's pretty goddamn shallow and easy. Not offensively bad, just aggressively mediocre.

[Anonymous No.1205336]

This game is great. Loved the hell out of the Genesis version. Probably the most fun platformer I ever played. The NES version is an entirely different game that does suck though. Haven't played the SNES version though, so I can't vouch for that one.

[Anonymous No.1205340]

>>1205336
derp forgot image

[Anonymous No.1205343]

>>1205320

Easy doesn't mean bad

[Anonymous No.1205371]

>>1205262
I loved Mystical Quest for the SNES

[Anonymous No.1205381]

Ducktales and Ducktales 2

[Anonymous No.1205397]

>>1205129
I cannot for the life of me understand why people have problems with that stage. Unless there are versions featuring advancing spiked walls, Medusa Heads and other things that make them considerably more difficult than the Genesis version, just what is the problem?

There are like a grand total of 5 monkeys you need to roar at through the entire stage. There is one tricky (and I'm using the word "tricky" VERY loosely here) jump in the riding section. The 3 hippo tails above water can be skipped by climbing onto the dark hippo above the first gray one.

So why is this level in any way infamous?

[Anonymous No.1205426]

>>1205262

Quackshot is indeed my favorite of the Disney games, ever.

There were a lot of shitty licensed games back then, just like now, but both Disney and Warner had good partnerships with Capcom, Sega and Konami, those companies were still small back then, and they had their own developers inhouse (instead of resourcing to other third parties like they do now), they knew how to make good games.

I was never a big fan of Virgin's games (although I've played most of them), but they were mostly pretty decent too, I just think their japanese counterparts were a little bit better in terms of overall game mechanics, but Virgin made some pretty incredibly nice looking games (Aladdin, for example).
And speaking of Virgin, I'm one of those people who thinks M.C. Kids is actually a great platformer. Funnily enough it's probably my favorite Virgin game.

Isn't it ironic too that Mc Donald's got another pretty good game too? the Treasure game for Genesis, it's actually a great platformer.

[Anonymous No.1205431]

tiny toons because warner brothers licensed it to konami, those god damn beautiful bastards.

[Anonymous No.1205457]

>>1205397
You can't skip the hippos in the SNES version. Simba jumps higher on Genesis, further on SNES. The last riding section has one extra obstacle to trip you up on the SNES.

As a kid I had the most trouble with the part where you need to jump back on those floating logs in the middle of the second monkey throw section. You can't hesitate once you've started jumping. Can't Wait to be King was never a stage I considered difficult, though.

There are many little version differences between the two, but overall I find the Genesis version marginally easier.

[Anonymous No.1205513]

Taz Escape from Mars. I always loved the idea that you were running away from the enemy's lair rather than heading right into the heart of it. A solid platformer with some great level design.

[Anonymous No.1205532]

>They were such a rarity in the 80s through 90s. Nowadays they tend to be much more bearable instead of utter shit fests.

I find the opposite to be true

[Anonymous No.1205563]

>>1205143
you need to stop playing retro games if you can't beat the 2nd level of this game

[Anonymous No.1205570]

>>1205532
I completely agree, licensed games were always good in the time of snes and genesis, now pretty much any licensed game that comes out should be ignored

Also, mickey mania

[Anonymous No.1205581]

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[Anonymous No.1205587]

>>1205570
You're talking like one wearing thick 20/20 nostalgia glasses. There were lots of good licensed games released during the 80s and 90s, but most were absolute garbage. Now most licensed games are mediocre, but there haven't been many exceptionally good ones.

[Anonymous No.1205590]

>>1205532
This
Licensed games have gone from many great and many shit games to an endless stream of mediocre ones

[Anonymous No.1205674]

Tarzan for PS1, I loved this game back then, even though the game over movies scared me.

>dat crocodile death scene

[Anonymous No.1205784]

>>1205343
I don't think anon meant it was bad for being easy. My personal gripes with Mandark's Lab are that a lot of the minigames feel like a chore and that the game isn't very long. That being said, it's not terrible, just designed with younger players in mind.

[Anonymous No.1205798]

Cool spot was the best virgin game

[Anonymous No.1206223]

>>1205585
I had that one. Solid platformer/sidescrolling shooter. Liked how they borrowed the Super Mario Land formula of having one of the last levels in a flight/ship kinda setting.

[Anonymous No.1206379]

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Movie on SNES.

I just finished beating that too for the very first time.

[Anonymous No.1206604]

>>1205129

Goddamn that game was SO FUCKING HARD. Goddam. I even tried a few years ago on an emulator and I still can't get past that 2nd level.

[Anonymous No.1206689]

>>1205143
Oh my fucking god you haven't played the volcano. Trust me nigga you aint seen shit.

[Anonymous No.1206790]

Pic related best ghostbusters game. Developed by compile though so what do you expect.

A shmup?

[Anonymous No.1206805]

>>1206790
you should also try this one, it's really good

sad it wasn't released in the US, had to get the pal version...

[Anonymous No.1206816]

>>1206805

My nigga

I used to rent that all the time as a kid (ausfag)

[Anonymous No.1207106]

>>1205336
>The NES version is an entirely different game that does suck though

The NES version is fun too, SNES/Mega Drive is just better.

[Anonymous No.1207168]

>>1206604
...you can't be serious?
Can you?

[Anonymous No.1207182]

>>1205129
I have the NES version of this game.
It's a fucking weird game that ends in the jungle where you have to beat a coconut throwing gorilla. I always wondered wtf was up with that, why the game ended halfway through and why you had to do something not lionking relevant.

[Anonymous No.1207206]

This. I still remember playing this with my lil sister, it was entertaining. She doesn't used to like the games I liked, but this one was kind of fun for her.
My sister ;_;

[Anonymous No.1207231]

>>1205262
>I dare you to find a better retro Disney game than Quackshot.
Super Famicom hidden gem: Donald Duck Mahou no Boushi.

[Anonymous No.1207239]

>>1205262
>>1207231
Bitches please...

[Anonymous No.1207243]

>>1207239
My good sir, I stand corrected.

I will tiptoe myself to the exit.

[Anonymous No.1209216]

>>1207239
Wait, were those bosses even in the game?

[Anonymous No.1209217]

>>1207243
No!! It's a trap!
Mahou no boushi certainly had its moments as well, but it's not as great as Maui Mallard.

Did no one mention Goof Troop ITT because it's too obvious?

[Anonymous No.1209326]

GI Joe's arcade game is the cartoon made into the game flawlessly.

Konami arcade flawless.

[Anonymous No.1209403]

>>1209326
Using the cracked out designs from later in the run.

[Anonymous No.1209423]

Willow on the NES was awesome. I hear the arcade version is also good, though it's a different genre from the NES one.