/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.3281759]

So when do you reckon these will become /vr/? I guess another 5 years and we can allow them on here.

[Anonymous No.3281765]

>>3281759
Probably never. They should just make a new board for 5th gen +. Call it 'Nostalgic Games" or some shit.

[Anonymous No.3281767]

Your childhood will never, ever be /vr/.

Unfair, I know.

[Anonymous No.3281771]

>>3281759
Is there any console, without any Internet connection?


a console without the internet.
with only local multiplayer (from the same console)
without peripherals for internet

[Anonymous No.3281775]

>>3281771
Are you saying those shouldn't be allowed here? If that's the case you need to drop:

>Dreamcast
>SNES
>Genesis
>Most PC games

Just to name a few.

[Anonymous No.3281791]

>>3281759
Not retro. Never will be.

[Anonymous No.3281796]

GBA should already be allowed on /vr/.

>Nearly identical hardware to the SNES
>Hardware makes the graphics and games similar to anything from 4th gen
>Dedicated library of SNES and NES ports
>Last console to us cardboard for game boxes
>Used cartridges

But, I guess because it came out after 1999, that somehow makes it forever tabboo in the eyes of the dumbass punk mods. Somehow it's not retro (ˈrɛtrəʊ/ adjective 1. imitative of a style or fashion from the recent past.) enough, but the fucking Dreamcast, which competed against the PS2 somehow is.

Honestly, mods what the fuck are you even doing? It's obvious you don't play games. Leave this board forever. The GBA is considered one of the greatest systems ever for a reason. you would know this if you played, or cared about games in the slightest.

[Anonymous No.3281805]

>>3281759
pretty sure they won't be allowed

it's bullshit that they play favorites with the dreamcast though

[Anonymous No.3281806]

>>3281759
Hopefully never. These aren't retro. They're outdated, nostalgic maybe, not retro.

[Anonymous No.3281808]

>>3281796
>>Nearly identical hardware to the SNES
Naw, it used an ARM7 processor. Just being tile + sprite based doesn't make it "identical to the SNES".

[Anonymous No.3281809]

>>3281796
>Nearly identical hardware to the SNES
GBA has gimped graphics and even shitter sound quality than the already muffled SNES. >NEARLY IDENTICAL

[Anonymous No.3281810]

>>3281759
>>3281796

[Anonymous No.3281813]

>>3281759
NEVER EVER GEN6 KIDDIES

ENJOY HAVING TO DEAL WITH TEN FUCKING OVERMEME THREADS AS YOU TRY TO DISCUSS NON-RETRO VIDEOGAMES IN YOUR SHITHOLE YOU CALL /v/!

AAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!

[Anonymous No.3281818]

>>3281809
Hey, you're being too harsh on the GBA. At least it didn't have a 1.5mhz processor like the SNES which affected 99% of action games for the system.

[Anonymous No.3281820]

Hopefully never.

Those consoles had tons of shitty games. Good god, can you imagine if the PS2 was retro? Pretty sure I would stop posting here.

[Anonymous No.3281823]

>>3281820
>Can you imagine if the PS2 was retro?
That would just push it to the limit. Past the point of no return.

[Anonymous No.3281827]

>>3281765
This would be the best solution, to have another vidya board dedicated to 6th & 7th gen, and 8th too once we get the next console wave.

[Anonymous No.3281835]

>>3281759
They are already retro.

This is the first and last generation to do DLC correctly, and not release half finished games with 100 dollar DLC packs later.

[Anonymous No.3281839]

>>3281759
i know gamecube is just beyond retro, but they have some decent ports of older games. I never owned one growing up but there are a couple near me for 30 with a controller and mem card and a few games. should i snag one up? or will the cost of games themselves destroy me

[Anonymous No.3281841]

>>3281835
>This is the first and last generation to do DLC correctly
Set up the modern pay for online model.

[Anonymous No.3281842]

>>3281839
You're really better off getting a Wii or Wii U since you can just USB load any gamecube game you can't find for a price you're willing to pay.

[Anonymous No.3281848]

>>3281835
>This is the first and last generation to do DLC correctly
First commercially released game to sell you the customer DLC that was already on the disc. Charging for on disc content was born.

[Anonymous No.3281849]

GBA is already allowed here now that /vr/ cucks aren't doing anything about it

[Anonymous No.3281854]

>>3281835
>This is the first and last generation to do DLC correctly
The first commercially released online only game. No single player co op.

[Anonymous No.3281859]

>>3281848

[Anonymous No.3281860]

>>3281810
Every single one of those points is wrong.

[Anonymous No.3281862]

>>3281849
It's clearly a fucking retro console by today's standards. There's no fucking arguments to be made.

[Anonymous No.3281864]

[Anonymous No.3281873]

>>3281854
You're thinking of Black Online.

Black had single player.

[Anonymous No.3281874]

[Anonymous No.3281875]

>>3281810
What do any of these completely made-up, arbitrary points have to do with what constitutes as "retro" or not? I already gave the correct definition straight out of the dictionary (let's reiterate, since we apparently have short attention spans - ˈrɛtrəʊ/ adjective 1. imitative of a style or fashion from the recent past.). So, now tell me, under what authority, or any definition/dictionary makes these points "retro"? And if so, why these in particular.and how these conclusions were made. It seems like you just made some shit up, simply to eliminate anyone who opposes. Too bad that cannot work when you have nothing to back it up with. Not one thing.

Take my advice to the mods, and leave this board too. You are a blackhole of creativity and freethinking. You are making this place worse by being here with your ignorance and stupidity.

[Anonymous No.3281876]

>>3281775
Didn't the NES have a peripheral for internet?

[Anonymous No.3281879]

>>3281862
>by today's standards
Shitty argument. Just because it has mostly 2D games doesn't make it retro. Then we'd have to allow indie garbage like AVGN Adventures and Flappy Bird as well.

[Anonymous No.3281882]

>>3281875
>Too bad that cannot work when you have nothing to back it up with. Not one thing.
3 big commonalities of 1st through 5th gen.
Yep nothing, 6th genner.

[Anonymous No.3281883]

Really, we should ban all games after the 4th gen and all people born after 1985.

[Anonymous No.3281887]

Retro is irrelevant. That term is outmoded. It's archaic. Retro by definition is 15 years or older.

Crude 2D Gaming
-Magnavox Odyssey, Pong
This era was dominated by Table Tennis type games. This is the era where gaming is in it's infancy.

Early 2D Gaming
-Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivision, etc.
This era was dominated by early 2D Gaming. This is the era where gaming begins to evolve.

Polished 2D Gaming
-NES, Sega Master System, Atari 7800, etc.
This is the era where 2D gaming is perfected. The best games of all time are released for these systems, ported to these systems, and true multi-generation franchises are born as well as modern gaming iconography and modern characters.

Upgraded 2D Gaming, Crude 3D Gaming
-Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, etc.
This is the era where 2D Gaming is continually evolving. Bigger stories, longer games, better graphics, more colors. Very crude, rudimentary 3D begins mostly on the Genesis, but then on the SNES with the FX chip and SVP chip on the Genesis. Modern game design begins, but is limited due to the controllers at the time - (one of the quoted reasons Mario 64 was moved to the Nintendo 64)

Dying 2D Gaming, Early 3D Gaming
-Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
This is the era that 2D begins to die, and the era that arcade ports are starting to fade as arcades themselves die out.

We are introduced to modern gaming, 3D analog sticks, and fully exploitable multi-level, huge and massive worlds that could never have existed before. Games span multiple CDs and can take days to complete. Memory cards become standard as many games now take multiple days to complete.

Polished 3D Gaming
-Dreamcast, Xbox, GameCube, etc.
This is the era where modern gaming is expanded upon, with the advent of faster internet speeds and the Dreamcast popularizing internet out of the box. Everything is kept from the previous era, but polished and made to look better, flow better, and feel better, including physics and more powerful hardware.

[Anonymous No.3281893]

>>3281883
>all people born after 1985
75% of /vr/ poster then, I agree with the first part tho.

[Anonymous No.3281895]

>>3281887
This is everything that is currently retro. After the
Polished 3D Gaming phase
we turn from just gaming into multimedia centers and multifunction devices. That is the true mark of the modern game system, not "internet" or 480p/720p displays as some anon posts.

As we expand into the future eras, the period of time between
Upgraded 3D Gaming, Crude Multimedia device, Crude motion control
and
Virtual Reality

will become distinct eras on their own.

Yes, the 6th generation is "retro," if we must use that term.

[Anonymous No.3281901]

>>3281882
Hit me back with a real argument.

[Anonymous No.3281902]

>>3281893
Actually 75% of this board was probably born after 1992 and only posts here because of e-celebs.

[Anonymous No.3281904]

>>3281902
People born in 92 wouldve been part of the snes and nintendo 64 eras.

[Anonymous No.3281907]

>>3281904
I'm real sure you were playing FF V when you were in diapers.

[Anonymous No.3281908]

>>3281901
>cherry picked
>resolution
>arcades
>online
Great counter argument, famicom.

[Anonymous No.3281909]

>>3281907
I played Final Fantasy 7 when I was 6.

[Anonymous No.3281914]

>>3281904
92 is getting to the ass end of maybe having 5th gen.

[Anonymous No.3281915]

>>3281907
>>3281914
I was born in 1994 and I grew up playing PlayStation and N64. Those were my entire childhood until 2001, before I got a new system. I was very poor. My best gaming memories are from the 5th generation.

[Anonymous No.3281917]

>>3281887
>>3281895
I like how people completely fucking ignore this classification and continue to go on about their bitch fights and made up, arbitrary rules and thoughts.

[Anonymous No.3281920]

>>3281820
>>3281823

I was in favor of allowing new consoles but you
know what fuck that

people arguing for allowing are the side using the term retro correctly but seriously fuck that

[Anonymous No.3281921]

>>3281917
It's quite simple, really.

The idea of a gaming console being just a gaming console died after the 6th generation. There is a clear shift in the Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3 that isn't present in anything before.

That generation is dominated by motion controls and multimedia, that continued to the Xbox One, PS4, and Wii U even more so.

We're seeing the motion controls die off, they will be replaced by Virtual Reality, and we'll have a totally different era of gaming once that happens.

I just don't understand why /vr/ refuses to see this.

[Anonymous No.3281923]

>>3281908
You aren't familiar much with PC gaming, are you?

[Anonymous No.3281925]

>>3281920
6th gen would be ok if we banned Squaresoft/Halo discussion.

[Anonymous No.3281926]

>>3281917
>>3281887
>>3281895
>3d gaming started with 5th gen eceleb parrot opinion.
Nice try kiddo.

[Anonymous No.3281927]

>>3281820 #
>>3281823 #

I was in favor of allowing new consoles but you know what fuck that

people arguing for allowing are the side using the term retro correctly but seriously fuck that

[Anonymous No.3281928]

>>3281926
What post are you reading?

>>3281887
>Upgraded 2D Gaming, Crude 3D Gaming
>-Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, etc.
This is the era where 2D Gaming is continually evolving. Bigger stories, longer games, better graphics, more colors. Very crude, rudimentary 3D begins mostly on the Genesis, but then on the SNES with the FX chip and SVP chip on the Genesis. Modern game design begins, but is limited due to the controllers at the time - (one of the quoted reasons Mario 64 was moved to the Nintendo 64)

You just made yourself look like a fucking moron.

[Anonymous No.3281929]

>>3281909
FF VII is not a SNES game though.

[Anonymous No.3281935]

>>3281926
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(video_game)

Try second gen.

[Anonymous No.3281936]

>>3281929
I never cared for Final Fantasy on the Nintendo consoles, but I grew up with a SNES hand me down. Not every family could just buy new consoles each generation. I made do with very old stuff for years.

[Anonymous No.3281939]

>>3281921
>The idea of a gaming console being just a gaming console died after the 6th generation
>That generation is dominated by motion controls and multimedia
Why are you 6th genners delusional?

It's funny because every time you open your delusional opinion dumper up you spout some shit that 6th gen made and claim it's a 7th gen thing.

[Anonymous No.3281943]

>>3281936
Doesn't matter. The first computer I used was a Commodore 64 because my dad didn't get a PC until 1995 but that still doesn't make me an 80s kid.

[Anonymous No.3281945]

>>3281926
The post you quoted very CLEARLY states Crude 3D Gaming started with the Genesis and SNES you fucking mongoloid.

Are you this guy?
>>3281810

Because you fucking post the same way every time you discuss anything. You're a board cancer and literally don't read anything you reply to. You're incredibly toxic to any discussion on this board.

[Anonymous No.3281946]

>>3281928
>What post are you reading?
The ones I linked.
>>3281923
Notice how the post says "consoles" Not "PC". Reading is tough sometimes at a younger age.

[Anonymous No.3281947]

>>3281902
I was born after 92 and my first game ever was Pokémon Blue with a GBC. I'm against anything past 4th gen being posted here.

[Anonymous No.3281950]

>>3281943
What the fuck does what time period you grew up in have to do with the machinery from that era?


>>3281946
You didn't read what you quoted you fucking idiot.

Read it again.

>Upgraded 2D Gaming, Crude 3D Gaming
>-Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, etc.
This is the era where 2D Gaming is continually evolving. Bigger stories, longer games, better graphics, more colors. Very crude, rudimentary 3D begins mostly on the Genesis, but then on the SNES with the FX chip and SVP chip on the Genesis. Modern game design begins, but is limited due to the controllers at the time - (one of the quoted reasons Mario 64 was moved to the Nintendo 64)

[Anonymous No.3281951]

>>3281945
>The post you quoted very CLEARLY states Crude 3D Gaming started with the Genesis and SNES you fucking mongoloid.
Which is still incorrect and not the point I was talking about.

[Anonymous No.3281956]

>>3281951
Quote the point you were talking about.

[Anonymous No.3281957]

>>3281947
I have no objection to 5th gen though it's not my favorite era of gaming, but I do think eventually 6th gen can be allowed, but not yet because it ended only 10 years ago. Too soon.

[Anonymous No.3281959]

>>3281950
see
>>3281951
I really don't get how you kids come to the idea that 3d is some new thing. It has its origins shortly after pong.

[Anonymous No.3281961]

>>3281959
Oh, okay.

Please list the home consoles that 3D gaming began on after pong.

[Anonymous No.3281964]

>>3281950
>What the fuck does what time period you grew up in have to do with the machinery from that era?
That being poor and having a SNES in 2005 doesn't make you a 90s kid. You were born in 92, you have no conscious memory of the 4th gen consoles being a thing, end of story.

[Anonymous No.3281968]

>>3281964
What does that matter?

[Anonymous No.3281971]

>>3281959
What point are you attempting to make? You misquoted someone, posted Virtua Fighter from the 32X, and are now attempting to talk about 3D gaming on home consoles shortly after PONG?

Do you even have any idea what you're posting?

[Anonymous No.3281972]

>>3281961
>arcades don't count because then my argument falls apart.
Oh well then...

[Anonymous No.3281973]

>>3281946
If you don't recognize PC as being part of console generations, why should handhelds be met with the standards as well? Handhelds have an even smaller market and limited hardware (again, it meets the technical definition of retro, not the made up one).

[Anonymous No.3281974]

>>3281968
That you're claiming to be a 90s kid because you were poor and had old shit when you're still a 2000s kid like it or not.

[Anonymous No.3281975]

>>3281972
We're discussing home console generations and whether or not they are retro.

Not what a 5,000 dollar cabinet sized arcade machine was capable of in the 1980s in incredibly limited capacity for the rudimentary and crude 3D polygons they may have used before the Genesis.

Are you even capable of following a basic discussion?

[Anonymous No.3281976]

>>3281972
His post is clearly talking about home consoles, though. Not arcades.

[Anonymous No.3281978]

>>3281975
>We're discussing home console generations and whether or not they are retro.

This may be an alien concept to you but it's not much of a stretch to say these retro consoles lived and died by their arcade ports.

[Anonymous No.3281981]

>>3281973
>If you don't recognize PC as being part of console generations
Whut.

[Anonymous No.3281983]

>>3281978
>Looks up best sellers on those consoles
>Most are not arcade ports

[Anonymous No.3281985]

>>3281978
Whether or not arcade ports were top sellers for the systems is totally irrelevant to the point.

[Anonymous No.3281986]

>>3281978
I'm simply putting this anon
>>3281926
in his place for not reading anything he responds to

[Anonymous No.3281992]

>>3281983
>The only measure of success of an arcade game is how well it sells on the console
Ya fuck that it gets people talking about the console.

Not sure what retro console doesn't have a top selling arcade port.

[Anonymous No.3281993]

>>3281992
I'm not arguing about that, at all.

I was simply telling an anon who posted a picture of Virtua Fighter on the 32X that he's a fucking idiot and didn't read the post he was quoting, at all.

[Anonymous No.3281994]

>>3281957
What year were you born.

[Anonymous No.3282000]

>>3281957
>the last 6th gen console was released in 2001

>ended 10 years ago

Anon the hardware in the 6th gen is going on 16 years old in October.

[Anonymous No.3282002]

>>3281993
You do understand that Arcade game out years before the port?

[Anonymous No.3282004]

>>3281994
'88

[Anonymous No.3282005]

>>3282002
Yes, but anon, the FUCKING POST WAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE GENESIS AND THE SUPER NINTENDO, NOT ARCADE CABINETS.

>Upgraded 2D Gaming, Crude 3D Gaming
>-Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, etc.
>This is the era where 2D Gaming is continually evolving. Bigger stories, longer games, better graphics, more colors. Very crude, rudimentary 3D begins mostly on the Genesis, but then on the SNES with the FX chip and SVP chip on the Genesis.

[Anonymous No.3282007]

>>3282002
First of all, the post said 3D gaming began in the 4th generation, as this anon quoted
>>3282005

The anon who posted the Virtua Fighter image misquoted and said that anon somehow claimed 3D gaming began in the 5th generation.

So you didn't read the post either and can fuck off now.

[Anonymous No.3282008]

>>3282004
You said you didn't like the 5th gen. If you were born in 88, that should have been your childhood and you're a disgusting traitor to your generation. Lemme guess, you like Atari games because of an e-celeb? Fuck you.

[Anonymous No.3282010]

>>3282008
Stop this nonsense.

[Anonymous No.3282015]

>>3281810
The guy who uses the 5000x5000 fire emblem pictures should be permanently banned.

[Anonymous No.3282016]

>>3282008
I never said anything about my gaming prefs other than that I didn't really like the 5th gen that much.

[Anonymous No.3282020]

>>3282016
Enjoy being the only loser at social gatherings talking about Intellivision games while your peers are nostalgia-bonering over MK64. I guess you can always find some 40 year olds to hang out with instead.

You shitty le born in the rong generation faggot, you.

[Anonymous No.3282021]

>>3282020
Ban this fucking filth, please, for the love of god.

[Anonymous No.3282023]

>>3282008
I was born in 1988 and spent the majority of my childhood playing 3rd and 4th gen games. I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.

[Anonymous No.3282024]

>>3282020
The only loser is you faggot

[Anonymous No.3282026]

I was born in 1994 and spent the first 10 years of my life playing my brothers Super Nintendo and Sega Saturn.

I didn't get an N64 until I was much older and a GameCube until it was discontinued.

[Anonymous No.3282027]

>>3281928
>You just made yourself look like a fucking moron.
And yet you can't even quote properly.

[Anonymous No.3282028]

>>3282027
Holy shit, rekt.