/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.4016695]

ITT: Bad games that you loved

I still have no idea what the aim of this game was. But it was surreal as fuck and I enjoyed the varied levels

[Anonymous No.4016851]

Zool could have been a great game, but the scrolling sucks.
The character's always too close to the edge of the screen so you keep running into enemies.
Still I used to enjoy that game as a kid and completed it a few times.

[Anonymous No.4016945]

>>4016695
Great concept and design. If the movements and hit detection weren't so fucked up, this game would be remembered as a classic

[Anonymous No.4016949]

>>4016851
Another example of the "cool mascot game that no one tested/cared to see if it was actually fun before advertising" trend.

[Anonymous No.4016951]

>>4016851
Love the soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U45m2GrH0Ok

[Anonymous No.4016962]

>>4016949
It's not that bad, if you keep jumping while holding the spin button you're pretty much invincible, like sonic

[Anonymous No.4016968]

>>4016851

For some reason I've always enjoyed the Game Gear version more than any of the other ones.

[Anonymous No.4016976]

>>4016968
I assume it's the same as the master system version, the scrolling speed in the master system version is AMAZING it's super smooth, really puts the later Sonic games to shame.

[Anonymous No.4017069]

>>4016695
Fighter Maker for the music alone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzToFVmmuH4&index=10&list=PL618E982190D2562D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc4aiSqW39g&index=7&list=PL618E982190D2562D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmW6c7zowqw&index=6&list=PL618E982190D2562D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8foftKxvaM&index=9&list=PL618E982190D2562D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg-xUQ0c5FU&list=PL618E982190D2562D&index=8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Tlo2pnrUs&index=3&list=PL618E982190D2562D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrgDyQ_Qidw&index=4&list=PL618E982190D2562D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MytFsUS0dSM&index=5&list=PL618E982190D2562D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3wYU40Oswk&list=PL618E982190D2562D&index=11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1KzOeOvvhQ&list=PL618E982190D2562D&index=1

[Rican asshole No.4017106]

>>4016695
Tom and jerry fists of furry and probably because i enjoyed watching Tom and Jerry so finally when a game comes out where they beat the shit out of each other i just had to have it.

[Anonymous No.4017219]

>>4016695
I know what you mean, maybe I didn't love it, but I liked its weirdness, it has that surreal feel Simpsons originally had.
I only rented it, but I remember renting it various times. Like, I knew it wasn't good, I didn't figure out how to really beat the game, and some mini-games I just couldn't grasp, but I enjoyed the experience. Walking around that oniric springfield, I remember being impressed by these graphics back in 94 or whatever year it came out. The springfield streets looked colorful and close to its source material, more than previous Simpsons games, except the arcade one.
It gave the illusion that you were walking down the streets on Springfield, except it was just one endless horizontal scroll in both directions, but in a way it's still kind of "open world" with randomized design, kinda like roguelikes. That may be overanalyzing it too much though.
But yeah, I loved the Bartzilla stage, I don't think I even got to the climbing part, tanks always shot me down before, I remember the hitboxes being all over the place but who cares? The graphics alone sold it to me, it was completely bad ass, that giant sprite of bartzilla destryoing the streets, amazing. I remember the hitboxes being all over the place but who cared?
The Bartman stage was also cool-looking, you're in control of Bartman in a shmup stage fighting against all sort of classic Simpsons characters in wacky airships. The concept is very arcade-like and the visuals were also pretty good, I still remember the little springfield on the background as you were flying through the clouds, very memorable. Horrid gameplay though.
The one mini-game I never got/liked was the indiana jones stage. Fuck that isometric puzzle booby trap platforming mess, but hey, it also had a sort of comfy atmosphere, graphically.
So yeah, mediocre to bad game, but I actually might have loved it as a kid, add to that the 90s Simpsons craze of course.

[Anonymous No.4017795]

>>4016695

could never figure this out

[Anonymous No.4017812]

Rugrats. I played the shit outta this game because I loved the show and thought it was magical to explore their whole house in 3D.
It gave me nightmares and horrible motion sickness and I puked at least once.

[Anonymous No.4017823]

>>4017812
I know this exact feel. Played this game a lot too.

[Anonymous No.4017836]

>>4016695
does anyone have that pic of bart asleep with real life bart outside his window?

[Anonymous No.4017839]

>>4017836
?

[Anonymous No.4017843]

>>4017839

[Anonymous No.4017851]

[Anonymous No.4017857]

>>4017839
who's the sick fuck that made that anyway

[Anonymous No.4017879]

>>4017839
yo i never noticed that face before, what the fuck!

[Anonymous No.4017894]

>>4017879
it kind of loses it's affect when you already know what it is, wtf!

[Anonymous No.4017897]

>>4016945
This.

It's a game based on a cartoon, so the "dream mini-game" design concept lets them visit a bunch of different ideas from the show. It's unique and it works.

Ultimately, the game would be great if it wasn't held back by it's awful controls and wonky hit detection.

[Anonymous No.4017990]

>>4017839
>>4016695
One of the most surreal 16-bit games. Really, The Simpsons games were trippy for some reason.

[Anonymous No.4019501]

>>4017812
>horrible motion sickness and I puked at least once.
Do you get motion sickness in other games, or was this one an exception? I ask because I'm interested in games that really fuck up the camera.

[Anonymous No.4019521]

If I loved it then it wasn't bad.

[Anonymous No.4019537]

>>4017897
Pretty much all of the retro Simpsons games had those same problems. Most of them wouldn't be great games without the bad hit detection and horrid controls, but they'd at least be mediocre licensed games that would be somewhat enjoyable to a Simpsons fan.

[Anonymous No.4019670]

>>4017812
I don't think this game is bad. Pretty fun for an hour long game. Also, mini-golf was the best.

[Anonymous No.4019687]

my favorite part of that game is this, though i absolutely hated it as a kid. it actually feels like art.

[Anonymous No.4019690]

>>4017812
The only thing memorable about the game was that fucking night light level. Somehow this game has achieved heights in horror games like Resident Evil or Silent Hill could only dream of.

[Anonymous No.4019696]

>>4019501
I get motion sickness with lots of older 3D games, but not all of them. Some will make me sick within minutes, others I have to play for a while before it's a problem. I have no issue with 99% of 3D games that are too new to post on /vr/. Maybe it's an FoV issue? I'm honestly not sure.

[Anonymous No.4019697]

>>4019670
I haven't played it in years. Is it really that short? It felt fairly long as a kid.

[Anonymous No.4019713]

>>4019697
I played it a couple years back, and I reached the end in maybe an hour and a half. It can be pretty short, as you don't have to complete every level.

[Anonymous No.4021252]

>>4017990

I still like the space mutants one. Not enough to actually play through it again (and deal with all those crappy jumps over deathpits), but I remember it fondly.

Same with Ghoul School, which it is related to. Except that one I would play through again, because it is a better game and does not have any flaws that my adult self would find unforgiveable.

[Anonymous No.4021258]

>>4019687

You guys are making me want to actually play this stupid thing...

(I rented it as a kid but didn't like it much then. I forget why, though.)

[Anonymous No.4021290]

>>4016695
I remember that and it's sister game being pretty difficult.
Also I always found this ending to be really unsettling.

[Anonymous No.4021297]

>>4017219
it really embodies everything that video games would never do now. it's so bizarre and downright impulsive with a lot the things that are thrown in there. like, having barney gumble riding on a pink elephant. they took a whole bunch of risks putting together such a misc verity of game types, which seem to be based on concept alone of what kind of fucked up dream bart could be having, and i don't think any of it is directly being cloned from other games either. there could be a myriad of other game titles being referenced all at once. that doesn't make it any less flawed though, bartzilla is total RNG and ambush attacks can be really unfair. most of the time the tanks will fire before you're even in range to shoot them, or bartzilla will knock out a power plant and it causes you to get shot. it's not challenging in a good way but there's definitely a lot of spirit in this pretty shitty game.

[Anonymous No.4021302]

>>4021290
that cutscene is hilarious nightmate fuel

[Anonymous No.4021306]

>>4021290
a youtube reviewer i watch praised the tomato throwing sidegame to high heaven, and it actually is pretty damn good and could comfortably be a modern phone-app type game

[Anonymous No.4021313]

>Homer eats corndog Bart

This game is surreal and creepy as fuck.

[Anonymous No.4021318]

>>4021313
i'm just thinking how corndog bart looks from his perspective. kids played this and had trouble sleeping at night

[Anonymous No.4021321]

>>4021306
I think I mostly enjoy Virtual Bart
I haven't played it since a kid, but I think most of the games were actually good.


but ya, homer eating bart should stick to Treehouse of Horror, it's really unsettling

[Anonymous No.4021334]

>>4016695
I tried playing this last night and got all but 2 papers, the Orange door is the one I could not beat.
The pages would not show up. I spent like 30 minutes wandering the street and eventually gave up.

[Anonymous No.4021353]

This game was awesome. Hard but hella diverse

[Anonymous No.4021365]

>>4021306
What youtuber?

[Anonymous No.4021389]

Now that I think about it, I remember old Simpsons having lots of weird surreal and even scary stuff. Remember how the old treehouse of horror episodes used to have warning about the disturbing content?

Picture related, this shit scared me so much when I was a kid, especially how Marge laughed:
https://youtu.be/1lCeAOOWaEU?t=79

[Anonymous No.4021396]

>>4021389
It's halloween, it's supposed to be scary and non-canon

I know the more recent ones aren't scary since it's mostly movie parodies, but let's be safe here and not turn this into a Simpsons thread


In Road Rage, I intentionally ran over Ol' Gil over and over again cause I wanted to hear all his dialogue. Eventually, his body went into suspended state (no animation of waggling his arms or legs) and stopped talking. This creeped me right the fuck out.

[sandra No.4021410]

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[Anonymous No.4021413]

>>4016695

I came to post that this game was fucking hard man. I haven't played it since I was nine years old, but shit man, that game was hard.

[Anonymous No.4021421]

This game fucking sucks, but for some reason I used to play this a lot. I guess it's because of the weird pre rendered 3D graphics I had never seen before in a game were impressive to me back then.

[Anonymous No.4021425]

>>4021365
kimble justice, heavily british inflected overweight tranny. he's done a lot of documentary tier videos about european game computers and developer companies for those computers. the guy is an absolute nut who will romanticize something and make an hour long documentation about it even though barely anyone will watch it

[Anonymous No.4021432]

>>4021389
yes

[Anonymous No.4021439]

>>4017812

This is a really fun game

[Anonymous No.4021441]

>>4021425
>the guy is an absolute nut who will romanticize something and make an hour long documentation about it even though barely anyone will watch it
...and she'll back it up with tons of research.
That sort of obsessive dedication to obscure topics is what makes her content so interesting. It's good stuff.

[Anonymous No.4021446]

>>4021425
I always suspected kim justice is australia-kun.
At least that's how I imagine Aus-kun.

[Anonymous No.4021461]

Killing screeching hookers all day every day. Such a bad game but I loved it as a kid.

[Anonymous No.4021475]

>>4021389
Oldschool Simpsons were GOAT. First ten seasons are really good. I haven't watched new episodes in over a decade now though. I don't even wanna know how bad it has gotten now.

[Anonymous No.4021484]

>>4021461
Any screenshots of said hookers?

[Anonymous No.4021495]

>>4021484

[Anonymous No.4021550]

>>4021365
>>4021425
It's actually in Virtual Bart.
https://youtu.be/QMvYd0RHpzo?t=3m15s

She is great. Hope she loses some of that fat one day.

[Anonymous No.4021595]

>>4021550
>She

[Anonymous No.4021617]

>>4017812
holy shit this game was fucking awesome

thanks for reminding me

[Anonymous No.4021619]

>>4021595
It is, what it is.

[Anonymous No.4021626]

>>4017839
I don't get it.

[Anonymous No.4021628]

>>4021495
I never noticed how awesome is the artstyle in that game, it's quite gory too

[Anonymous No.4021636]

It's shit, but if you put some cool music and open your mind, you can have a pleasant time.

[Anonymous No.4021680]

>>4021636

I played a Japanese copy of this, without instructions. I enjoyed it well enough. A fair portion of my interest came from the challenge of figuring out what in the world the game was about, what I could do, and what my goals were supposed to be (if anything).

I got a lot of the monuments built I guess. And I'm sure I did some entertaining things with the little people.

I wonder how much less fun it would have been if I'd been able to understand whatever stupid crap the narrators were saying.

[Anonymous No.4021694]

Dick Tracy NES

Pretty ahead of its time with the open world. Wish the controls weren't an obstacle, especially when you need to switch rapidly between fists and bullets. Dug the swing-themed music.

[Anonymous No.4021703]

>>4021680
They actually really contribute to the atmosphere.
But I like it better without the sound and with some stoner musical shit.
(I heard there was sometimes a weird voice calling the player which makes me uncomfortable too).

[Anonymous No.4021704]

>>4021694
That game was a shitload of fuck and you know it

[Anonymous No.4021905]

>>4021550
>>4021595
i realize i sound transphobic or ignorant and all that, it's just that there was a literal transition for me since i knew about her way back when she rocked a mustache

[Anonymous No.4021909]

>>4021626
i think it's someone having a stab at that dead bort pasta, people like to make content based on that stuff since it's about something that doesn't actually exist

[Anonymous No.4021916]

>>4021694
Fuck those snipers, it's impossible to get past

[Anonymous No.4022010]

>>4021441
*he'll

[Anonymous No.4022012]

>>4017839 jesus

[Anonymous No.4022013]

Honestly one of the worst games I ever played but I love it. It's a VERY early metroidvania like game but absolutely terrible. It's confusing, illogical, absurdly difficult, and contains maybe the worst jump ever to be programmed in a game. Though for some reason I like exploring around all the areas, something about it feels so surreal, like an early yume nikki almost. Though I do use rewind when playing, the game is completely unfair.

[Anonymous No.4022098]

>>4016695
It's not a good game, but it's fun to create a combo as your like.

[Anonymous No.4022103]

>>4022010
>>4021595
Protip: When talking about transfags on 4chan you can use "xhe", "xe", "ze", etc. "ironically" to avoid the
>she
>he
>it
shitposting.

>>4021425
>>4021550
Kim's cool. Check out """zer""" recent video on the meaning of "retro". Though it still fucks with my head how someone with such a masculine taste in video games (pool games, soccer games, Tomb Raider, Euro Truck Simulator, etc.) is a tranny.

[Anonymous No.4022136]

>>4022098
I've played this for 5 years before realizing the main character's name is "Shiroh", and not "Sivoh".

[Anonymous No.4022318]

>>4021461
i've never played the snes version but the sega robocop v. terminator kicks ass.

[Anonymous No.4022324]

>>4022013
Heard we were supposed to get this in the west as Super Pitfall 2 at one point, I dunno if it's a good thing or not that we didn't. You're spot on about the jump, and the bombs are totally useless half the damn time. But it's still a lot of fun once you get the hang of the bullshit and just try to power through and see how far you can get.

[Anonymous No.4022329]

>>4016695
Virtual Bart was better.
The cover looks like it could be made today.

[Anonymous No.4023267]

>>4022318
It's almost a completely different game. It's much, much slower and has some really bullshit high difficulty and grindy levels towards the middle and end.

[Anonymous No.4023319]

>>4022103
No, you can not, tumblr.

Just use "it". That's the most accurate, understandable and inoffensive option. Especially when it has already hacked off its dick.

[Anonymous No.4023351]

>>4023319
>you can not
Experience tells me you can.
>tumblr
Nope. You've pattern-matched me wrong.
>Just use "it"
"It" is one compromise option, but it still attracts indignant
>>>>it
replies from lefties.

[Anonymous No.4023357]

>>4016695
>>4022329
What's the deal with Bart's shirt color in non-cartoons?

[Anonymous No.4023371]

>>4023357
From what I've read it was an anti-bootleg measure. Bart was the most famous character and the one that sold most merch, so bootleg makes from china and the like started making Bart stuff, and of course they all made it with the classic red shirt, so official merch would use green and blue shirt bart. Don't think it worked out or if it makes any sense, but that's what I've read.
I remember having a bootleg Bart toy and he had blue shirt.

[Anonymous No.4024461]

>>4022324
We got it as Super Pitfall 1, anon.