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Does anyone know about old games that could be considered "moe"? Like, cutesy adventures featuring young little girls and really adorable spritework.

Things like Monster World IV, Umihara Kawase or Magical Pop'n. Those are the only ones I've played, but I figured there must be more out there. Anyone?

>> No.564276

Loopop Cube
Rhapsody

>> No.564469

magical pop'n was too short ;_;

>> No.564483

The first Touhou games. Also a whole bunch of PC Engine/Turbografx-16 games are cute 'em ups.

>> No.564487
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564487

Sort of

>> No.564512

>>564469
If anything, it's a bit too long for a game with no save or password feature and no warps.

>> No.564517

>>564469
But fucking hard.

>> No.564508

Terrible topic but

Twinkle Star Sprites
Magical Chase

>> No.564506
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>> No.564532

Twinkle Tale

>> No.564553

>>564506
How did this ever get published in America with that boxart and not horribly "americanized"?

>> No.564575

>>564553

The Saturn was a bit of an anomaly when it came to that sort of thing. I think it's a result of them not giving enough of a shit to do different artwork.

>> No.564593

>>564575
Could've been the same with Sega CD and 32X, since they turned out to be utter failures Sega CD not as much and everyone knew it.

>> No.564603

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guKujBei0q4

>> No.564627
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>>564469
>>564532
>>564603
>>564508
why are there so many games about cute anime witches?

>> No.564638
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564638

Puchi Carat had some pretty cute characters.

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>> No.564647
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only one that I could think of is Twinkle Star Sprites but I def want some o dis

>> No.564658

Does Magical Doropie/The Krion Conquest count?

I guess it depends on whether you find Megaman in drag "adorable"...

>> No.564681

Puyo Puyo?

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>>564627

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>>564512
Can't say I thought too hard about that since I used save slots anyway. Still, even without save slots I think you can probably beat this game off in one sitting without trying too hard.

>> No.564884

Magical Doropie

>> No.564928

>>564487
>very first touhou game.jpg

>> No.564931
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564931

I really can't think about a lot to be honest, at least ones that weren't mentioned. Doremi Fantasy seems cute but it has a male protagonist so that doesn't quite fit.

Also, not retro but Fortune Summoners and the Summon Night Swordcraft Story series fit your description perfectly.

>> No.564957

The Fairyland story is a favorite. It's about another cute witch, though.

>> No.565152
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565152

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dz2Ocg4WCs

>> No.565184
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565184

Princess Maker 2. Though, I made my daughter do lumberjack work, enter the tournaments, and study strategy all the time. She became a goddamn General.

>> No.565181

>>565152
Her voice is cute as fuck.

>> No.565205
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>>565184

Oh the memories.

>> No.565220

>>565205
Damn dude that's a classy name. I got stuck at the naming screen for like 15 minutes.

>> No.565251
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Is Umihara Kawase moe?

>> No.565253
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>>565220

Yeah it's pretty good. It gets repetitive and I wish there were a few more chance encounters and things left up to luck, but overall it's addicting.

You wish your 16 year old had 999 strength.

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>>565251
Well shit, you mentioned that.

How about Rod Land?

>> No.565272

>>564631
good one, I lol'd

>> No.565292

Eversion is cute.

>> No.566085

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UThM-GlzFaM

Is this moege.

>> No.566182

>>565181
>Her voice is cute as fuck.

That ピョ every time she jumps would drive you mad after a while.

>> No.566196

>>564483
>cute 'em ups
New favourite genre.

>> No.566209

Does Princess Crown count as cute?

>> No.566415

Mr. Gimmick; be prepared for dat physic and dat difficulty, tho

>> No.567509
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Syd of Valis

>> No.568523
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>> No.568531
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>> No.568601
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>>565152
>Pyon
>Pyon
>Yosha
>Pyon
>Waaaaiii

>> No.568797

>>566085
Whoa, hey, isn't that the girl from the Power Instinct games? I always thought she was an original character

>> No.568918

>no legend of the valkyrie

shiggy diggy.

>> No.568980

>>564219
Pokemon Red/Blue

>> No.569006
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>> No.569028

>>569006
Anything by WayForward, really.

>> No.569051
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>>565152
This is fucking adorable.

>> No.569076

Compile seemed to have a knack for making games where the main character is a little girl.

>Guardian Legend
>Gun-Nac (Japan)
>MUSHA
>Puyo Pop series
and others

>> No.569094

>>564487
>SNES games
>it probably suffers from intense slowdown when so much as two enemies are onscreen at the same time
>it would've been great otherwise

Why is life so cruel?

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>>564681

The Puyo Puyo puzzle series and it's parent RPG series Madou Monogatari let you play as Arle. I never really considered the series moe... but it does have a lot of lovable characters.

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>> No.569180

>>569006
>Why can this broom-rider now stick to walls like Spiderman?
>Because cute.

>>569028
Contra 4 is kawaii as fuck.

>> No.569189

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2FHK_1V-kw

Do arcade games that lost their anime licensing count?

>> No.569196
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569196

Some of Compile's awesome spritework

>> No.569219

>>569165
This game is so damn difficult, your health drains like mad. I had never realized just how much a second of invulnerability after taking damage was so important until I played Athena.

>> No.569226
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569226

Spica Adventure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0gdMj28sEo

Good luck finding the arcade hardware.

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>>569189
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2FHK_1V-kw

>Lum no Love Song
>Keystone Kapers with guns
It looks like K

>> No.569228

>>564219
A year or two ago I wanted to play some cutesy games with a female protagonist. I found this list very helpful. It narrows things down a bit.

http://www.giantbomb.com/female-protagonists/3015-2287/games/

>> No.569234

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGk3Le8OwKQ

Sega of America never let you be the little girl ;_;

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>>569226
>Type X
>retro

Yeah, nah.

Not digging the heavily sedated Konata look, either

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>> No.569320
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pop'n music was and still is pretty damn adorable, even though the music genres really expanded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N23eJQwgPj8

>> No.569327

>>569196
What game is that from?

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>>569270

I dunno the game(s) hold up as far as licensed stuff goes but the Akazukin Chacha anime is fantastic.

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>>569270

I dunno how well the game(s) hold up as far as licensed stuff goes but the anime is fantastic stuff.

>> No.569365

>>565152
I think that one is on PSN isn't it? Does anyone know if it's exactly the same as in the video with the songs and cute voices and all?

>> No.569371
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>>565260
YES
Fucking Rodland was my shit in the arcade. I fucked those alligators, elephants, and whales up evry tiem.

>> No.569384

>>569371
Speaking of RodLand, who made the NES/Famicom port? I find it weird that a Japanese company would contract a European company like Eurocom for the port.

>> No.569398

>>569384
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,4693/

>> No.569415

>>569398
>a single guy made an entire NES game

Why can't we have this kind of talent, /vr/? Surely 6502 isn't THAT hard!

>> No.569431

>>569415
How hard can it be? It's an 8-bit system and at least many of the early NROM games only had one guy programming them.

>> No.569446

>>569384
I don't know but the music has great arps. That was one of the games that first got me into video game music (Silver Surfer was another one).

>> No.569484

>>569431
Whoa hold on there. "One guy" is an understatement. JAPANESE PEOPLE worked on a lot of NES games. When it came to the NES, the Japanese were like fucking wizards with it, being able to crank out games within months. The Japs probably have assembly autism.

Seriously though, NES games are far simpler to develop than something modern, plus you can emulate the NES on many platforms. Battle City lists 3 people in it's code, Ikari Warriors 2 lists 5 people, Mario World was made by 7 people. Zombie Nation had a staff of 9 people.

The biggest burden is understanding 6502. Everything else is second nature.

>> No.569509

>>569484
>The biggest burden is understanding 6502

6502 is cake compared to some CPUs

>> No.569536

>>569509
But it's a nightmare compared to more modern programming languages such as C++, Flash, or Game Maker.

Seriously though, I wonder if /vr/ has any retro-techies onboard. If so, it'd be awesome if /vr/ made an NES game. I'd buy that.

>> No.569565

>>569536
>But it's a nightmare compared to more modern programming languages
Does assembly really count as a programming language?

>> No.569572

>>569536
I've run into some pretty smart people on here, so who knows. I'm not sure what kind of impetus there would have to be to get people interested in a project like that though.

>> No.569573

>>569536
>Seriously though, I wonder if /vr/ has any retro-techies onboard

No, nobody here knows any tech stuff. They just discuss Doom and Squaresoft and argue over CRTs.

>> No.569581

The entire cute-em-up "genre".

Really, it's called moe nowadays, but it was just cute back then. Same shit, different times, I guess.

>> No.569592

>>569581
Moe em ups doesn't sound as good.

>> No.569606

>>569592
Mups.

>> No.569609

>>569592
Very true. Shoot-em-moe? Nah, that's not very good either.

How about we all agree that cute girls doing cute things are cute.

>> No.569612

>>569592
What about Moe-em-downs?

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>>569612

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>>569612
There's moe you just made a pun like that

>> No.571650

>>569094
I don't remember any slowdowns. Try playing it on a proper emulator that fixes console bugs instead of emulating them, like ZSNES.

>> No.571687

>>571650
anon don't start

>> No.572684

>>569365
yep, it's the same; i bought it myself. it's available as "Loop Salad" for $6

>> No.573901
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Kikikaikai, Psycho Soldier, Valkyrie Densetsu

>> No.575257

>>565184
>princess maker 2

Loved it. I remember downloading a DOS version which was apparently uncut or something. Many hours were spent.

>> No.576126

>>569484
>assembly autism

I'm a ex pat who'se sided with asia (korean master race), but lets be honest, every asian has some form of autism. Fuck, you know how all elves are haughty and beautiful, how all dwarves are drunkard and industrious, and how all gnomes are tinkerers and master inventors?

Koreans, Chinese, and Japs right there.

AND THE YUAN TI ARE MEXICANS AND THE DROW ARE NIGGERS

no one will get that reference. NO ONE

>> No.576154

>>576126
ummm... dark sun? or just dnd in general? wait, you're trolling. right?