/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.780774]

So what is your favorite retro puzzler?

Mines is definitely the Puyo Pop series (Dr. Robotniks in particular). I can play them for hours and hours..

[Anonymous No.780923]

Fuckin' love Panel de Pon.
Pokemon Puzzle League was probably my personal favorite.

[Anonymous No.780932]

Super Puzzle Fighter 2. Spent many hours playing this against my buddy across the country via that free online MAME server.

[Anonymous No.780937]

>>780932
Well, Tetris above all else, but Super Puzzle Fighter 2 in second place, anyway.

[Anonymous No.780954]

been playing magical drop 3 on virtual console a lot, it's probably my favorite at the moment

[Anonymous No.780974]

>>780774
Puyo Puyo is still my favorite. I have Kirby's Avalanche and a bunch of japanese exclusives for my SNES.

Super Puyo Puyo 2 Remix is the best.

[Anonymous No.780990]

No Puzzle Bobble/Bust a Move yet? I love it.

It's probably the most copied puzzle game ever after Tetris. Saturn version's great, you can even play as Sonic Blast Man.

[Anonymous No.780993]

Tokimeki Memorial Puzzle Dorama

[Anonymous No.781021]

>>780990
I was pissed that the Bust-A-Move included on Taito Legends2 didn't have Bub and Bob. It shouldn't matter since the game is the same but...eh. Wasn't the same

[Anonymous No.781034]

>>781021
What, why was that? It's not like Taito doesn't own them.

[Anonymous No.781153]

>>781034
For whatever reason Puzzle Bobble 2 was localized as Bust-A-Move Again and had all the graphics changes to remove Bubble Bobble characters.
It's perplexing.
But get this. The ROM for Puzzle Bobble 2 has all the graphics for Bust-A-Move Again already in it. In the arcade, the games were carts that plugged into a board like a Neo Geo and the region of the board will determine which version gets booted.
The ROM that has been floating around the internet since the dawn of time is Puzzle Bobble 2. No problem right? Bust-A-Move Again graphics are still there depending on the region right? Yes BUT the Puzzle Bobble 2 carts have all the graphics for BaMA, but none of the music!
SO when you run BaMA through MAME with the PB2 ROM, the music is fucked. It skips or just farts out completely

So guess what happens in Taito Legends 2?
Bust-A-Move Again's music is fucked. They cut corners and just have the ROM boot up according to region.
Bub is even shown on the goddamn box art despite BaMA not having Bubble Bobble characters!

[Anonymous No.781168]

My parents got a Saturn for christmas and this game.
I was like :/ at first. I didn't want a damn puzzle game, I wanted something badass like Bug TOO or something.

I played Bust A Move 2 more than I ever would Bug Too!

[Anonymous No.781192]

>>781153
Ok wait so instead of dumping the rom for both versions, they just dumped the Japanese one? Is the music messing up an emulator problem is does the rom just really not have the music

[Anonymous No.781198]

Forever. and ever.

However, Pokemon Puzzle for n64 is better, just because the comps are more difficult. Didn't care much for the 3D perspective though

[Anonymous No.781271]

>>780974
Im waiting for this to enter the 3DS eshop. It has to happen some day...

[Anonymous No.781317]

>>780954
Agreed. I main The High Priestess.

[Anonymous No.781334]

>>781317
Main Hanged Man. Unlock them then play. I never care for their patterns but I believe The Sun have the worst possible pattern.

[Anonymous No.781602]

>>781153
So not only does that collection emulate, it's using the exact same rom sets found at rom sites? Kinda cheap aint it?

[Anonymous No.781661]

Fuck y'all, Columns was the greatest.

[Anonymous No.782294]

>>781661
I used to play this on the Genesis with my mom all the time when I was a kid. That woman was hooked on arranging those gems.

[Anonymous No.782310]

>>780954
speaking of, anyone tried that PC remake that was out not too long ago on Steam? I guess nobody really cared because I haven't seen a single torrent.

[Anonymous No.782329]

It's the 90's and there is time for Klax

[Anonymous No.782358]

[Anonymous No.782380]

>>782329
Klax was not that great

[Anonymous No.782389]

>>780774
I still play Mean Bean Machine ritually, though for some reason I never touched other Puyo Pop games.

Am I actually missing really cool shit? What's it like outside the box?

[Anonymous No.782394]

>>780932
How's the GBA port?

[Anonymous No.782397]

Lolo all day, every day.

Been busting my balls on Challenging Lolo 2.

[Anonymous No.782416]

maybe it's not my favorite but it's pretty good

[Anonymous No.782419]

>>782389

Mean Bean Machine, original japanese arcade Puyo Puyo and Kirby's Avalanche were all the same exact game (same opponent AI, patterns and everything) with modified graphics, so you're not missing anything significant if you've played mean bean.

[Anonymous No.782474]

>>781168
sega saturn games had some weird ass packaging
here is an alterative package... at first I thought it was more "normal" but then I was like "wtf are all the male and female symbols doing all over it, what the hell does that have to do with the game?"

[Anonymous No.782507]

I played this sooo much. Even imported the snes version back in the day.

[Anonymous No.782530]

>>782394
I didn't even know there was a GBA port. Cool! I'd mainly want to play this game against other people, though, and I don't think it would be convenient with a GBA (also, my friends get frustrated playing against me because I've had too much practice).

[Anonymous No.782680]

>>782394
I've only played the GBA version, but I love it.

[Anonymous No.782726]

>>782394
It gets the job done, but there are freezing glitches. There's never been a better version than the PSX/Saturn ports IMO. Every other version is missing SOMEthing that they had.

[Anonymous No.782730]

>>782726
What do they have over the arcade version you can emulate with MAME?

[Anonymous No.782738]

>>782730
Street Puzzle Mode (with a host of admittedly cosmetic prizes), arranged soundtrack (you can toggle between it and the original CPS2 sound), hidden Sakura song.

[Anonymous No.782795]

>>782389
>>782419
Yes, though Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Kirby's Avalanche are both localizations of Puyo Puyo 1, so you don't get any of the balance improvements that came along in Puyo Puyo 2. The most important change in PP2 is the offset rule -- if you have incoming garbage, any chains you break go toward countering those attacks first. PP1 sort of comes down to who can get their chain off first, but PP2's offset rule allows you to defend yourself so matches aren't so ridiculously short.