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4537451 No.4537451 [Reply] [Original]

Opinions on The King of Dragons?

>> No.4537503

I 20cc'ed it today and that was bloody long desu, when you think it's over it's actually not

>> No.4537509

>>4537503
>20cc'ed
That's the way the developers intended.

>> No.4537513

>>4537509
No, that was the way arcade operators/owners intended lol

>> No.4537515

>>4537451
Played through this once on one of those PS2 Capcom collections with my uncle, and it took forever to finish.

>> No.4537516

>>4537509
>>4537513
I intend for both of you to die

>> No.4537517

>>4537513
Developers intended both things, that there would be virgins stupid enough to single credit clear and chads who wasted a million credits making a healthy revenue for the operators then never came back because Arcade games are shit anyway.

>> No.4537525

>>4537503
that's how games feel when you creditfeed

>> No.4537527

>>4537525
Feel awesome?

>> No.4537541

>>4537517
>chads
most people that creditfed were just retarded little kids

>> No.4537549

It's a fun game but it's hard to give it any time when I could just play Tower of Doom now instead. Before I could emulate ToD though I spent years playing the SNES port of King of Dragons and still love the hell out of it.

>> No.4537560

>>4537549
pretty much this, it gets the job done

>> No.4537562

>>4537517
>>4537517
Developers had to satisfy two demands: arcade owners and the players. For the first, games needed to be brief and hard. For the latter, games needed to still feel fair and fun. This combination is why arcade games are on average by far the best games out there: there's no place for shovelware (shitty games are exposed by a single coin, watching others play it, the demo displays and word of mouth) nor storyfag "games". The lack of forgiveness also made it a top priority to tightly polish the games: a badly buggy, programmed or designed arcade would fail miserably. Players don't give a shit when taking unavoidable damage in games with no consequences (over 2000 hit points, over abundant save points, etc.) but will surely feel angry if they are forced out of the game due to this. Also, it's the only environment ever that worked by not excessively pandering to casuals: games are not assumed to be beatable by low skilled individuals, making them more fun to those willing to become more skilled. In general, a very competitive environment: bad games not giving enough profit took space so they had to be replaced, and thus you had to make good shit to even have a chance.
The only problem the arcade environment had was the preservation, but now thanks to emulation and the like we're getting there.

>> No.4537567

>>4537562
Also forgot to add the arcade environment was immune to the progress system cancer which plagues gaming now

>> No.4537570

>>4537541
Keep telling yourself that, virgin

>> No.4537571

>>4537549
King of Dragons has amazing music by Yoko S. though

>> No.4537572
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4537572

>>4537570
Not him, but in my pic you can see a Chad, and these games were score based where you couldn't continue.

>> No.4537594

>>4537451
Me and my nephew ran through it a few times with infinite lives. He loved the game, even though there are a lot newer games around.

I think I've started to convert him into a /vr/ player.

>> No.4537606

>>4537571

shimomura? legend of mana?

>> No.4537624

>>4537606
Yes.

>> No.4538979

>>4537451
Quality game.

>> No.4538980
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4538980

>>4537572
bigger version of that pic

>> No.4539013

>>4537451
I love it. Great music, cool monsters and designs, nice backgrounds etc. Could never 1cc it though, got it down to about 2 or 3.

>> No.4539065

Is it possible to play this game in 3-player mode online? Where?

>> No.4539076

>>4537562
But with emulation, there really is "no consequence". If you're not pumping in quarters, you're basically playing a game with unlimited lives and free continues. Outside of the arcade, a lot of these games get boring real quick.

>> No.4539093

>>4539076
some games don't let you continue, they just let you try again when you put in another quarter.

>> No.4539176

>>4539065
It's definitely possible to play MAME online, but it's been so long that I've forgot everything needed for it (and I'm sure there's probably better programs than the ones I used a decade ago anyway).

>> No.4539368

>>4539076
This is why people playing ports or emulation 1CC, anon.
>>4539065
Fightcade, thought you'll have to bring your own friends since I doubt this game has active players.

>> No.4539442

>>4539076
That is also why Street Fighter II was the king of the arcades.

You cannot insert more coins to beat Balrog, if you have no skill.

>> No.4539448

>>4539442
I thought it was because of the human competition.

>> No.4539457

>>4539442
There are plenty of checkpoint based arcade games other than fighting games, they just weren't as prevalent. Check out Truxton 2 or Parodius Da.

>> No.4539470

>>4539442
Bro if you died on Balrog you let the timer run out so you could play from scratch again and get the most of your quarters.

>> No.4539813

>>4539368
Can't have 3-way games over Fightcade.

>> No.4540369

>>4539813
So, how?

>> No.4540429

>>4539813
Maybe WinKawaks with kaillera servers? I'm not sure since I barely use this and I don't remember if CPS-1 was supported. I think it did.

>> No.4540448

>>4537451
<argg

>> No.4541830

I like to speed through it with as little damage as I can, but it's better when done with others, since you can play off each other's strengths, especially Cleric's.