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3272705 No.3272705 [Reply] [Original]

Why don't you like belt scrollers, /vr/?

>> No.3272710

wouldn't belt scrollers be a name more apt for gradius-style games?

>> No.3272750

>>3272710
Be quiet.

We're trying to take down the term "beat 'em up" in this board.

>> No.3272765

>>3272705
Schmups are for robotic old men.

>> No.3272767

>>3272705
>>3272750
Beat 'em ups are alright, they're just not my favorite genre.

>> No.3272772

>>3272710
Yes because Final Fight is not continuously scrolling and >>3272750 is retarded.

>> No.3272784

>>3272772
>belts are always moving
this nigga never worked on an assembly lin before

>> No.3272786

>>3272705
Golden Axe is one of my favorite arcade beat 'em ups my man.

>> No.3272804

>>3272786
Golden Axe is a hack 'n slash, you retard.

>> No.3272805

>>3272750
>We're trying to take down the term "beat 'em up" in this board.
But why

>> No.3272815

>>3272705
We are we are, the youth of nation. I'm 18 and I like snezzzz and mega drive.

>> No.3272834

>>3272805
High-functioning autism

>> No.3272837

>>3272786
I don't know why so many people like Golden axe. Is one of the worst beat em ups I ever played.

Streets of Rage was way better.

>> No.3272846

>>3272837
Golden Axe is a hack 'n slash, you retard.

>> No.3272904

>>3272846
Same thing, retard. The proper term is horizontal belt scroll action game. There's nothing about beating or using fists. It applies to weapons too.

>> No.3272919

>>3272904

>belt scrollers

Son no.

>> No.3272934

>>3272815
/vr/, /vr/, the youth of the nation.

>> No.3272940

>>3272705
Summer, go away.

>> No.3272971

>>3272919
If Arino calls them belt scrollers, they're belt scrollers.

>> No.3272987

>>3272804
nah it's more a slash n dash

>> No.3272992

>>3272971

I don't care what some retro Jap calls them. They were never called that here in America, and if you have any friends in real life who you discuss this with, they're gonna laugh in your face when you use the term belt scroller. If not then chances are, they are probably as autistic as you.

>> No.3273006

>>3272992
Well you better start caring real soon and real fast there roughman, cause things are going to change around here.

>> No.3273026

>>3272992
normal people would laugh in your face for saying beat-em-up too

>> No.3273065

>>3272772
>>3272710
No, the "belt" is a description of the playing field. You move and fight within a narrow strip that lets you move toward and away from the foreground. It's not about auto-scrolling or anything like that.

>> No.3273223

>>3273065
>It's not about auto-scrolling or anything like that.

Then it doesn't need to be called belt scroller. Most of these games are about walking down a street or a path not on a belt, so call them path brawlers.

>> No.3273229
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>>3272710
those are onahole scrollers

>> No.3273238

>>3273223
>being this dense
jeez anon

>> No.3273243

>>3272971
Arino lives in a completely different country with a different language and different established terminology.

Adopting terms from other cultures/languages can be helpful, but only if there isn't already a perfectly usable phrase without any problems that hasn't become outdated in any way. Then it's replacing what is already there and confusing people for no reason whatsoever than just that you like a certain tv show.

>> No.3273274

"Beat 'em up" is a shit term. I'm glad it's finally getting deprecated in favor of belt scroller.

>> No.3273280
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>>3272784
> never worked in a slaughter house...

>> No.3273290

>>3273274
Except its not and its all in your head

>> No.3274269

>>3273243
You should stick to "beat them ups" made by people from your culture then.

>> No.3274292

Who's more obnoxious, the belt scrollers guy, the overrated games general guy, or the Dude Looks Like a Lady guy?

>> No.3274293

>>3273280
>Hasn't worked in Amazon during the Christmas period.

>> No.3274520

>>3274292
>implying it's just one person using belt scroller

Just like how everyone who hates Castlevania IV is Australia-kun, right?

>> No.3274525
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3274525

I don't care, use whatever term you want /vr/. You're a cool board and I think you can only grow to be cooler.

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>> No.3274538

>>3273006
You're the only one trying to force the term. Everyone else just called them beat em ups.

>> No.3276928

>>3274526
>Run and punch
Too far.

>> No.3277159

>belt scrollers

Did you know that the PSX isn't a proper name for the original PlayStation, but actually a multimedia Doki Doki Panic released for the Famicom Disk system in Japan?

>> No.3277171

2 belt scroller threads? We need more belts.

>> No.3277174

>>3277159
did u know yer a little faggot cunty boy m8?

>> No.3278867

How much you wanna bet the mods don't delete these threads because they laugh their asses off at them?

>> No.3278882

It's called BTGs

>> No.3279071

>>3274526
hah i bet dungeons and dragons beatemup is terrible
i'm still going to download it though, never heard of it before.

>> No.3279086

>>3279071
It's literally the best game in the genre
You couldn't be more wrong

>> No.3279089
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>>3278867
It's really funny in retrospect.

>> No.3279256

>>3272705
The term belt-sscroll implies continuous scrolling, whcih Beatemups you try to pass as "belt scrollers" don't do.

>>3272846
Golden Axe is a beatemup. Hacknslash is an RPG term, retards started to try and stick to games of different genre after early 2000's.
Give me 90's magazines that called GoldenAxe or some such hacknslash? You can't because back then people actually cared about genres, and gaming journalism was, well, journalism.

>>3272971
Yea, and in some parts of Europe point'n'click adventures were called "walkies".

>> No.3279258

>>3279256
>Yea, and in some parts of Europe point'n'click adventures were called "walkies".
Europe doesn't make games, and when they do, they're fucking shit, like Castlevania on Amiga. Meanwhile Japan created most belt scrollers. That's the difference. You're telling people that not only invented the genre, but also refined it to adapt to YOUR customs, when it should be the other way around, you entitled little twat.

>> No.3279280

>>3279258
Lucas Arts made pointnclick adventures, and back then people of america were calling all of them them "Quests" after Kings/Police/Space Quest series.

they dont call them like that nowadays, same way nobody ever calls beat'em'ups "belt scrollers".

The only places I've seen this term were these threads and several retarded reddit topics (that were promptly deleted)

So... Forced meme much?

>> No.3279287

>>3279258
no. they are only called beat em up games. now stfu, you total faggot.

>> No.3279375

>>3279287
You're as retarded as headcanonfags.

But, keep your head buried in the sand... so that I may laugh at your ignorance.

>> No.3279378

>>3273229
why would a brain be in utero?

>> No.3279639

>>3279086
>It's literally the best game in the genre

No it's not .

>> No.3280252

>>3279639
Nuh uh

>> No.3280261

>>3272992
>not caring about what Arino says
Laughing at you fàm.

>> No.3280264

>>3279258
Agree with you on Europe making shit games. I loved old school Gamefan for shitting on "Eurotrash" games, especially Nick Rox.

>> No.3280379

>>3272971
Interesting on this belt scrollers BS, I have a look at all my beateumups and the genre on the box says
格闘アクション
>kakutou Action
Kakutou means martial arts/fighter

So, beatemup it is. The game case case says so, end of discussion

>> No.3280381

>>3279086
Guardian Heroes is better, so is streets of rage 2. It's a good game, though, I love the graphics.

>> No.3280383

>>3280381
>Guardian Heroes is better
It has tonn of slowdown and really wonky looking sprites.

>> No.3280392

>>3280381
Let's call it a tie then. I'd probably put Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder up there as well.

My problem with Guardian Heroes is that I really want to like it but I'm terrible at it, and I really can't seem to improve. Either I'm making all the wrong route choices or the difficulty between levels oscillates so weirdly that my stats can't keep up with.

>> No.3280398

>>3280392
>Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder up there as well
Mah nigger, that game is tha shit!

I love Hyperstone hiest coz its so simple.
Is there a difference between HH and Turtles in Time?

>> No.3280901

>>3280379
No, faggot. What you think are beat 'em ups used to be referred to as fighting games before versus fighters got more popular. Belt scrolling refers to the unique camera angle that most employed. So, to be completely accurate, you should call them belt scrolling fighters. Ones that fight on one plane (or multi-plane, like GH) should be called sidescrolling fighters.

>> No.3280923

>>3272705
Nice meme. Force it more.

>> No.3280926

>>3272750

>>/reddit/
>>/tumblr/

Please go there instead if the written text "Beat 'Em Up" triggers you this badly.

>>3272804

This man is also correct.

>> No.3280937

>>3280398

Haven't played it in forever, but

>new levels vs. it's arcade counterpart
>dash assigned to a button
>screen throwing enemies removed for some reason

Aside from that, should have near-identical gameplay.

>> No.3280949
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3280949

>>3273065
Should we call platformers "plane jumpers" then? Can we refer to games like Outrun as "vehicular left and righters?" Pic definitely related.

>> No.3280951

>>3280937
>>screen throwing enemies removed for some reason
Genesis had no Mode 7 scaling. The arcade version didn't had those attacks either.

>> No.3280958

>>3280949
>America
Belt Scroller is a jap term, not american, ya dumb wanker.

>> No.3280965

>>3280951

Well that'll do it then. Thanks for the clarification.

>> No.3280969

>>3280958

>missing the point this badly

>> No.3281307

>>3280901
But noone here calls them belt scrolling fighters. Certain twats use just belt scroller.
Your point is pointless
>man ppl get grumpy quickly on this board.

>> No.3281397
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>>3274526
What a faggot, he doesn't have Metamorphic Force on there.

>> No.3282461
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3282461

The only such games I played are Pac-Land and Demon's World (aka Horror Story). Not bad, but not my favorite kind of game. I prefer to be in control of the movement.

Builderland (pic) is another one I tried briefly, but this is actually more interesting since the entire premise of the game is built around the fact that the screen scrolls constantly. I'm guessing that Sleepwalker is also like that, but I didn't try that one.

>> No.3282468

>>3280901
This is just stupid weaboo pandering. For decades in the west people have caled these games Beat'em Up, or Side-Scroller, or Run 'n Gun. If you want to call them something else, just talk in japanese already.

>> No.3282508

>>3279256
>Yea, and in some parts of Europe point'n'click adventures were called "walkies".

In Australia we call em "Walkabout Simulators".

We also call beat-em-ups/belt scrollers "Average walk home after seeing Gazza at the pub".

>> No.3282576

Meme Magic: The Thread

>> No.3282603

>>3272971
i prefer pump and dumpers

>> No.3282605

I wish "scrolling fighter" was the most used term. I just call vertical/horizontal shooters "shooting games", but I guess you can't just call these games "fighting games".

I like straightforwards genre names, not goofy stuff like "beat 'em up", "hack 'n slash", "metroidvania" etc.