/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.8230607]

>mfw I overhear a zoomer girls gushing about retro games, specifically SNES and Mega Drive stuff
Why do zoomers love retro stuff so much? I don't even think their older siblings experienced 4th gen, it's more like something their parents liked.

[Anonymous No.8230617]

>>8230607
Maybe the games are actually good and not just a nostalgia thing

[Anonymous No.8230619]

>>8230607
101% its cause some eceleb faggot thats trending who pushes the "ITS RETRO SO ITS SO UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT" ideology into their head paste and they need to desperately latch onto an identity they are unable to develop on their own.

[Anonymous No.8230625]

>>8230607
Have you seen the games that are being offered to them from modern publishers? I’d start playing fucking board games before I fell to the cancer that is modern gaming.

[Anonymous No.8230627]

>>8230617
Sure, but the odds of them specifically developing an interest to go find that out for themselves, is abysmally low.

[Anonymous No.8230632]

>>8230607
It matches the whole big blotches of random colors that make no sense, to them. Have you looked at zoomers?

[Anonymous No.8230634]

>>8230607
>I don't even think their older siblings experienced 4th gen, it's more like something their parents liked.
You'd be surprised, honestly.

[Anonymous No.8230642]

>>8230619
meanwhile when you were a kid you spent all your time meditating in a cave and not being influenced by anything ever. faggot.

[Anonymous No.8230646]

They're legitimately good games, made with a kind of mentality that isn't as present in the modern industry. It's like asking why people like Star Wars or classic Disney. Some things are actually just good, and are going to have appeal regardless.
Honestly, the whole idea of "nostalgia goggles" is pretty much bullshit. Basically gaslighting from companies to convince you you're mistaken in not rating their modern blunders through the roof.
People don't just have an unshakable attachments to things they grew up with. A lot of people grew up with crap and remain bitter about it.

[Anonymous No.8230675]

>>8230632
Because this is somehow unique to zoomers and not also present in the 80s and 90s right you fucking retard? God it's like you fuckers pick random shit to complain about zoomietoomiepeepeepoopoomies out of a hat.

[Anonymous No.8230683]

>>8230642
Dont be a nigger. You must be a zoom to think some hoe who spends 99% of her day digesting the shit served to them on social media is equivalent to a child seeing some cool box art or going to a friends house to play a game. These people would not be into this shit if it wasnt "trendy".

[Anonymous No.8230719]

>>8230607
>be me
>eating at sonic
>little zoomer qt brings me my large chili cheese tots and coke
>notice she had a smb laniard on and compliment it
>she blushes and touches her hair
>said she played the old ones with her brother
>ask her which is her favorite
>"oh you know the one with castles where you rescue the princess from browser"

[Anonymous No.8230720]

I need that fucking donkey kong.

[Anonymous No.8230728]

>>8230720
He's putting a silencer on his finger gun. Who has he been hired to kill?

[Anonymous No.8230748]

>>8230728
He knew too much.

[Anonymous No.8230752]

>>8230683
This shit isn't "trendy" lmao

Go to a nightclub and ask someone how they feel about the NES and you will be met with puzzled stares. No one cares about this shit but you.

[Anonymous No.8230762]

>>8230607
I got my zoomer cousin interested in N64 games mainly because he found them simple and fun, with no strings attached and no microtransactions bullshit.

A lot of modern games are literally designed to deliver enough of a dopamine hit that they manage to extract money from you. That is their sole purpose. Why wouldn't you go back to the pre-cancerous era, even if it was a bit before your time?

[Anonymous No.8230781]

>>8230607
i dunno, why did i like classic rock and 70s movies as a teenager? the past is always more weird and fascinating when you didn't experience it first hand.

[Anonymous No.8230782]

>>8230607
we got tired of all the same brown and bloom shooters, day-one DLC, season passes, microtransactions, SJW writing, forgettable soundtracks, 100GB install sizes, entirely scripted gameplay, and no new IP's

[Anonymous No.8230783]

>>8230607
>the younger generation moving away from lootbox and pay2win garbage
this is a good thing in my opinion.

[Anonymous No.8230787]

>>8230632
you never heard of tie-dye you fucking retard?

[Anonymous No.8230790]

>>8230607
Reasons why some zoomers are into retro:
>Parents forced their kids to play the consoles from their childhood and refused to buy new ones.
>Others were born to poor-ass families that simply could not afford buying new consoles so they had to play retro ones.
>Most modern games are too lengthy therefore zoomies seeking alternative from the pasts.
>They got into retro via retro collections and ports on modern consoles.
>If you aren't from a third world country then there is high chance that your kindergarten/school had at least one room with an ancient console (or more).
>Emulation is free and accessible nowadays (especially on phones). Many zoomies play retro on their phones (with controller or without it) because the game quality is superior to mobile trash.
>The sixth gen consoles had a zoomer audience in their late lifespan.
>Zoomer consoles such as the Nintendo DS could play gba games (many of which were retro ports), and the PSP could play PS1 games.
>They got into it out of curiosity.

[Anonymous No.8230791]

>>8230607
some of the franchises we like and grew up with are long-running, so it makes sense to check out their history

[Anonymous No.8230792]

Not the most retro of retro games by any stretch, but I got a chance to play through all of RE4 with my little brother, age 13, this summer. He's the zoomingest zoomer I've ever seen and he loved it.

[Anonymous No.8230796]

>>8230790
Can oomerposters go two sentences without bringing up their boogeyman?

[Anonymous No.8230797]

>>8230748
lol looks like apu

[Anonymous No.8230936]

>>8230607
>Why do zoomers love retro stuff so much?
Because there favorite youtubers do, or because they realize games coming out nowadays are all trash and not actually games.

[Anonymous No.8230975]

Because we literally spent the entirety of the 2000s and half of the 2010s jerking off to retro gaming as some badge of being an "authentic gamer". Much like how everyone trots out the same 10 rock bands from the 70s and 80s to prove that they listen to "real music"

[Anonymous No.8230990]

>>8230975
It still is. If you haven't taken the time to play anything from before the 3D era, I don't consider you to be actually into video games.

[Anonymous No.8230992]

>>8230975
This, but unironically.

[Anonymous No.8231005]

>>8230975
rock music, like video games have taken a huge nosedive in quality in recent years let's be completely honest here.

[Anonymous No.8231007]

>>8231005
Do they actually make modern rock music? The "indie" and emo rock trends from the late 00's was the last time I was even aware of it.

[Anonymous No.8231026]

>>8231007
>>8231005
well metal is rock and has been continually becoming better and more varied

[Anonymous No.8231362]

>>8230607
they don't

[Anonymous No.8231363]

>>8230632
based retard

[Anonymous No.8231365]

>>8230719
do you actually think girls play vidya?

[Anonymous No.8231368]

>>8230642
Nah, retro wasn't a big deal in Millennial days of the 90s. Zoomers idolize Millennial Youtube faggots.

[Anonymous No.8231412]

>>8230627
As much as I want to agree with you, this feels like a reality you want to be true less so one that actually is.

[Anonymous No.8231497]

>act like a smug superior faggot when people don't like the things you like
>act like a smug superior faggot when people do like the things you like
consider developing a personality that isn't "4chan user"

[Anonymous No.8231503]

>>8231497
actually i dont have a personality at all. i dont know how to have one

[Anonymous No.8231512]

>>8231365
this isn't 1983 anymore grandpa, there are a lot of girls who play video games, and not just trannies

[Anonymous No.8231819]

>>8231503
(Severe porn addiction induced anhedonia)

[Anonymous No.8231830]

>>8231512
>not just
Trannies will never be female, anon. This is your brain on zoomitis.

[Anonymous No.8232083]

>>8230607
You autismo you just heard them talking about sonic 2 and mario world. Which I bet they didn't even play on original hardware. Come back when they're talking about Castlevania on the super nintendo.

[Anonymous No.8232108]

>>8232083
Why would girls talk about Super Castlevania Snore on the Snezz? lmao

[Anonymous No.8232116]

>>8230607
I'm 29 now, but I remember playing a lot of emulated NES and SNES games when I was a teenager in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

[Anonymous No.8232117]

>>8230625
By the same token you may as well ask why anyone would rather listen to any music from the 70s than Lil Pump.

[Anonymous No.8232121]

>>8230607
I'm a very early zoomer (by the more common definitions of "zoomer") and my older sibling definitely experienced 4th gen in it's prime.

[Anonymous No.8232169]

>>8230719
>be me
>male gazing at underage fake gamer girls while I eat processed food from the comfort of my car
>stupid bitch doesn't even know that super mario bros 2, known as super mario USA in its native japan, is a retooled version of Doki Doki Panic for the Famicom Disk System

[Anonymous No.8232194]

>>8232169
Literally everybody knows this. There are grandmas that know this shit. Most well-known "obscure" game trivia ever.

[Anonymous No.8232202]

>>8230607
Did they have perky, bouncy breasts

Did they need a sugar daddy to buy them a copy of Earthbound

[Anonymous No.8232251]

>>8230617
FPBP

[Anonymous No.8232273]

>>8232194
I love you, retard

[Anonymous No.8232402]

>>8232108
>auster still has basedvania IV rent free
Amazing

[Anonymous No.8232472]

>>8232194
we need to ban phoneposting so third worlders like you don't take everything at face value

[Anonymous No.8232475]

>>8232472
I don't have a phone but ok.

[Anonymous No.8232645]

>>8232169
>complaining about attraction to "underage" girls
way to out yourself as a homo

[Anonymous No.8232674]

>>8232108
OP here. One of the games she was gushing about was exactly Super Castlevania IV and how she mired Simon's muscly legs, also commented that she loves Castlevania in general.
By the way, I saw some people here thought I was annoyed by zoomers getting into retro but nah, I'm just surprised.

[Anonymous No.8232692]

>>8232674
My wife really likes Super Castlevania IV. We're lucky enough to have her original cart and manual. I wouldn't say it's that uncommon for girls to like games like that. She's not exactly a zoomer though.

[Anonymous No.8232693]

nintendo in general and smash bros in particular basically curate the past
the instant simon is announced for smash bros, millions of people who have never played a castlevania game go SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF GAYMING HISTORY, AMAZING CHARACTER
this is also why fire emblem is popular now

[Anonymous No.8232702]

>>8230607
Retrogaming is back on trend, so go out and grab some qt zoomer anon. They are weebs by default, and played old shit with uncles or brothers. They like the occult, meaning and lore, and from 6th gen downards there's a lot of that. Some even consume it (via YT playthroughs ofc) as if it were indie films.

>>8230790
Girls always have worse tech also and recurr to emulation/modest games

[Anonymous No.8232706]

>australia kun gets triggered about girls liking Castlevania IV
I can smell his virgin anger

[Anonymous No.8232712]

>>8232702
>tfw no zoomer gf to play vidya with and begin the process of wife husbandry

[Anonymous No.8232714]

>>8232712
In time anon, in time

[Anonymous No.8232867]

Where do I go to meet zoomer retrogame whores? The gamer girls that I see at local gatherings are either literal 5 year olds, or ones who are in my "acceptable age range" but are homely single moms and/or horrific ogres.

[Anonymous No.8233584]

>>8230719
>>"oh you know the one with castles where you rescue the princess from browser"
So obviously she meant the original

[Anonymous No.8233634]

>>8233584
>original
>3
>world
Probably more, too

[Anonymous No.8233682]

>>8232867
> gamer girls
> 5 year olds

This made me lol for some reason.

Let's think logical: gamer whores are only attracted to mainstream gaming because it's a popular thing and they stick to whatever places normie males prefer, in order to get a piece of their attention. Retro gaming is a thing for a relatively small circle of people, so retro game whores are left with two options: hang out with nerds they know irl or in retro ecelebs communities on internet. They do both usually.

[Anonymous No.8233686]

What's the difference between fucking a "gamer" girl and a girl who doesn't even care about video games?
Do their kisses taste different? Do their pussies feel different? No.
Same with people who would kill for a real goth girl (who don't exist anymore).... yeah sure they look sexy but at the end of the day, physically, it's the same as fucking any other girl.
Not that any of you would know what a kiss tastes like, but.

[Anonymous No.8233690]

>>8231830
if i didn't say that then some other retard would have replied with
>girls
anything to invoke your favorite bogeyman though i guess

[Anonymous No.8234134]

>>8232674
Did she perhaps have the aspie gaze? Or an odd lack of emotion for a woman?

[Anonymous No.8234152]

>>8230719
>"wow that's my favorite too, wanna grab a cup of coffee?"

[Anonymous No.8234295]

>>8230617
Who would have thought

[Anonymous No.8234331]

>>8231365
some do, you just have to look

[Anonymous No.8234342]

>>8234331
>cosplay
I seriously hope you're not actually implying this proves anything when cosplay is widely known as vapid whore country.

[Anonymous No.8234343]

>>8234342
she has her own yt channel where she reviews games too

[Anonymous No.8234347]

>>8230617
they are good, but a big part of their longevity is the fact that you can play them on almost any device nowadays, in many cases for free. also the fact that many of them have modern iterations like Zelda and people learn the history of the series.

[Anonymous No.8234360]

>>8230607
zoomer here
my reasons are:
>plug n play
>no dlc, no patches
>once i own the game I own it
>i can fix my own console if it breaks
>games are actually good

[Anonymous No.8234375]

>>8234360
>>no dlc
>what is Pokemon and basically any game with trading

[Anonymous No.8234414]

>>8232674
>girl admiring a man's legs
The ultimate squatcel cope.

[Anonymous No.8234438]

>>8230990
>>8230992
My point is that they aren't playing them to enjoy them; they're "playing" them for clout and attention. 9 times out of 10, if someone under 25 claims they like a Pre-PS3 game, its because they watched some Markiplier knock-off play it.

[Anonymous No.8234529]

>>8233686
Naw goth girls are actually pretty fucking weird. They'll do ketamine off your asshole and worship you. Know some dude who od'd recently and he had his own schizo goth groupie.

[Anonymous No.8234535]

>>8234342
This
>>8234343
>yt channel
kys fgt

[Anonymous No.8234540]

>>8234438
23 year old here, I've played more games in the last 10 years than you ever did in your pathetic 30 year old life

[Anonymous No.8234541]

>>8234438
Under 25 here, and you sir are a nigger. A lot of people are gravitating to retro games as a cope for how shitty things are now. Modern game industry is almost as shit as hollywood now. Sometimes you just want to bing bing wahoo and have that beat that.

[Anonymous No.8234548]

>>8234540
>triggered

[Anonymous No.8234552]

>>8234540
>>8234541

[Anonymous No.8234583]

would you happily own a classic donkey kong plush toy?

[Anonymous No.8234596]

>>8230607
I'm a zoomer and I got into retro games 10 years ago when I figured out how emulators worked. Most of the games I play are retro, but I still play modern games.

[Anonymous No.8234629]

who the hell cares if some zoomies want to play retro games. what are you going to do? try and stop them? getting defensive over this is fucking weird

[Anonymous No.8234639]

>>8234583
yeah but I would constantly bully him

[Anonymous No.8234651]

Remember when all the zoomers were playing chess? I was actually proud of them until I realized it was just coz of that gay netflix show. People only enjoy things because theyre fads. Like >>8230619 said, some eceleb twitch fag is the cause.

[Anonymous No.8234658]

>>8230607
>I don't even think their older siblings experienced 4th gen
Eh, they probably did. I was born 95, just right at the window of zoomdom, My sister was 7 years older than me, so we had her old SNES while I had the N64, we played both even in the middle of the GameCube era. My cousins lived near by and were 9-11 years older than me, and they had a genesis that we still played when we came over.

Most people have family members that grew up in that time, of course they probably have some exposure.

[Anonymous No.8234678]

>>8234651
if the end result is them getting into chess regardless, who cares why they started?

[Anonymous No.8234698]

>>8234678
The show is no longer popular and so theyve stopped playing chess. The point of my post was pointing out they just "like" things because theyre fads. Teenage girls never really liked chess, just like they dont like retro games. It's all an act for social status, which is fine whatever (I personally think that's retarded), but Im answering OP.

[Anonymous No.8234708]

>>8234698
Kids became archeologists because of Indiana Jones, kids went into cybersecurity because of The Matrix and Ghost in the Shell, I'm sure some kids have started become cops because of Zootopia, and you better believe some of those kids will stick with Chess because of Queen's Gambit.

This shit's been going on since media has existed.

[Anonymous No.8234732]

>>8234698
that's not true, there are still more people playing and following chess than there were before the show, just not as many compared to at its peak.

[Anonymous No.8234793]

>>8234375
>every retro game is pokeman
wow, you prove the Based Zoomer wrong! kys

[Anonymous No.8235145]

I loaned my GBA with Pokemon Fire Red to my cousin and he likes it way better than his faggot switch version.

[Anonymous No.8235236]

Okay but seriously why is donkey kong doing that with his fingers

[Anonymous No.8235321]

>>8232169

[Anonymous No.8235612]

>>8234134
Not sure what you mean but nah she was normal looking

[Anonymous No.8235632]

>>8234152
That'd be an incredibly creepy thing to just blurt out lmao.

[Anonymous No.8236778]

>>8231007
Modern good rock music is usually in the underground scenes. It's actually easier to find now than it used to be. I use spotify, some radio, and 4chan to get all the good shit.

[Anonymous No.8236808]

>>8236778
yeah but have you ever heard of Mercury Tree? I bet you haven't.

[Anonymous No.8236938]

>>8230607
Zoomer girls, eh?
Time to get some young snatch!!

I’m glad that someone care. Despite what it’s doing to prices, it helps to keep the conversations and mods going. There’s never been a better time to play video games.

[Anonymous No.8236946]

>>8236938
>There’s never been a better time to play video games.
This is a great thing to keep in mind. I think it can be easy for us all to take the state of emulation and piracy these days for granted; we honestly have it pretty good

[Anonymous No.8237006]

>>8230607
>Why do zoomers love retro stuff so much?
jontron and gamegrumps unironically, every teenage girl has a crush on danny

[Anonymous No.8237223]

>>8234342
>>8234535
you can quit samefagging anytime now

[Anonymous No.8237232]

>>8230619
I'm pretty sure posting that meme response is worse.

[Anonymous No.8237553]

>>8235632
Worth a try. You could even vary it up a bit: "Wow, mine too. Let's talk later, I gotta go" (potentially leaving her wanting more and her looking forward to and thinking about your next visit). What do you have to lose?

[Anonymous No.8237556]

>>8237553
>what do you have to lose?
My virginity, dumbass

[Anonymous No.8237721]

>>8237223
I suggest you go back.

[Anonymous No.8237734]

>>8230627
Not really, anyone can download a fucking rom

[Anonymous No.8237740]

>>8234331
this is not only a tranny, but he has done porn before jumping on the youtube bandwagon. sue lightning. solid example you nigger

[Anonymous No.8238212]

>>8237721
well, at least she isn't a phone poster...

[Anonymous No.8238223]

>>8237556
Except that, obviously, man.

[Anonymous No.8238351]

>>8237740
congrats on taking the bait anon

[Anonymous No.8238367]

>>8234152
>uhh no thanks!
>*rolls eyes and walks away*

[Anonymous No.8238419]

>Why do zoomers love retro stuff so much?

Zoomer here. Had a famiclone and an SMS and SNES given to me by al older cousin who had them as a child. Never grew into the brain dead intricacies of more modern games. 3D mostly just confuses me.

[Anonymous No.8238423]

>>8236946
> I think it can be easy for us all to take the state of emulation and piracy these days for granted

Thank you Bleem! the savior of emulation

[Anonymous No.8238425]

>>8238419
>3D mostly just confuses me.
Sounds like you have one of your very own brain dead intricacies.

[Anonymous No.8238961]

>>8238212
You had no idea what i had to go through to get that photo and prove someone on the internet they are wrong. So shut it.

[Anonymous No.8239017]

>>8236808
I have anon. Bretty good

[Anonymous No.8239062]

>>8234331
feed nana

[Anonymous No.8239153]

>>8239017
/vr/-related too since Ben Spees made some mac shareware games back in the 90s like Ferazel's Wand and Harry the Handsome Executive.

[Anonymous No.8240868]

My 15 year old niece absolutely loves the SNES and N64. Got her a copy of Sin and Punishment imported from Japan for her birthday and modded her N64 to play japanese games, she was like "I have the best uncle ever"

[Anonymous No.8240869]

>>8238351
>i was pretending to be retarded

[Anonymous No.8240914]

>>8240869
That wasn't me. All I'm saying is that I think the anon that posted a pic of sue lightning knew what he was doing

[Anonymous No.8241053]

>>8240868
Pics or it didnt happen

[Anonymous No.8241070]

>>8241053
>post pictures of your niecewife
No.

[Anonymous No.8241074]

>>8240868
I will roleplay as your niece for a full 24 hours if you buy me a copy of Sin & Punishment too. I'll settle for no less than a CIB copy, just to clarify

[Anonymous No.8241134]

>>8232645
You misspelled “based”.

[Anonymous No.8241175]

>>8230752
>go to place that people go to get laid, dance, and socialize with alcohol and recreational drugs
>ask random people about a game system that came out almost 40 years ago
are you like a 9th level wizard? ir even higher?

[Anonymous No.8241204]

>>8231365
Horror games, Animal Crossing, Zelda, JRPGs

[Anonymous No.8241209]

>>8231365
Most that I've met like Animal Crossing, Smash Bros. and first person shooters

[Anonymous No.8241348]

>>8230607
Why do millennials love vinyl

[Anonymous No.8241352]

>>8230632
This fit kinda fire tho

[Anonymous No.8241357]

>>8231368
nigger tons of millennials were into 60s and 70s music, vinyls, 80s movies, etc

[Anonymous No.8241361]

Time to liquidate your coomlections gents, we've reached the top.

[Anonymous No.8241362]

So what I've gathered from this thread is that the average /vr/ user over the age of 30 doesn't interact with young people very often. I hope that is because you are all busy with your own families, or at least your computer touching job

[Anonymous No.8241418]

>>8234438
>Markiplier was one of the first ever YT-ers

[Anonymous No.8241518]

>>8230607
zoomer here, born '99.

as much as i can appreciate modern gaming in terms of being technically impressive and shit, i can sooner push myself to get two more dreamcasts than i can a whole ass new system with new games. older shit just keeps my interest more for some reason, even generally.

granted, i barely keep up with modern gaming outside of whatever people are talking about and maybe some stuff that i'm interested in. the most i want in terms of shit people care about is a switch, but i can count like... four games that i actually want for the system. i used to keep up with e3, but i fell off when games people would show off just weren't catching me, same with gameinformer.

i also grew up with shit like ps2, nes, gamecube (in that order) before i got my wii, on top of already emulating games on the gateway 2000 that i'd play on as a kid, so that could be a part of it; although even when i was playing on at-the-time relevant systems, i was still out here getting old games and systems.

[Anonymous No.8241551]

>>8241518
just realized ps2 actually doesn't count in this instance, considering i played it when it was actually still relevant (which was when i was super young). my bad.

[Anonymous No.8241669]

Are you a fucking retard, op?
Do you also get confused when people read books that were written before they were born? Or watch movies?

[Anonymous No.8241680]

Holy shit this fucking thread is aids.

Kids like video games, because video games were made for kids. That's all there is to it. All this cope is fucking pathetic.

[Anonymous No.8241732]

>>8241680
What is there even to be angry about? OP never said he was upset, if anything I think this thread is pro-zoomer.

[Anonymous No.8244330]

>>8230607
is almost like the pursuit of realistic graphics were a pointless waste of money and gameplay is what matters on...games

[Anonymous No.8244336]

>>8244330
but with no realism you can't push stunning and brave political agendas in video games, and we can't have that. video games aren't meant to be fun, after all.

[Anonymous No.8244348]

>>8244336
well is easy to do, just unzip your pants and use them as toilet

[Anonymous No.8244579]

>>8244336
you really let this shit live rent free huh

[Anonymous No.8244625]

>>8244579
shut up neil your game is ass

[Anonymous No.8244638]

>>8241070
How's that wife husbandry going

[Anonymous No.8245057]

My 10 year old cousin knows more about retro stuff than my 20 year old ones.
I was surprised when he mentioned the Famicom to me.
It is youtubers.

[Anonymous No.8246143]

>>8232674
Reminds me of a girl

[Anonymous No.8247390]

>>8241361
>advertising or begging
And for this chinkbox, too. Could just use your PC for free, retard.