/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.9423495]

Name a more iconic opening

[Anonymous No.9423549]

[Anonymous No.9424121]

>>9423495

[Anonymous No.9424137]

https://youtu.be/waIeyVze6W4

[Anonymous No.9424171]

>>9423495

[Anonymous No.9424192]

>>9423495
>I'll be here...
>Why?
>I'll be waiting... Here...
>For what?
>I'll be waiting... For you... So...
>If you come here...
>You'll find me.
>I promise.

[Anonymous No.9424308]

>>9423495

[Anonymous No.9424323]

[Anonymous No.9424346]

>Good morning, and welcome to the Black Mesa Transit System.

[Anonymous No.9424359]

>>9424192
>That’s a big waiting

[Anonymous No.9424365]

>>9424346
Zoomers hate this picture

[Anonymous No.9424380]

>>9424359
Not the only big thing she got

[Anonymous No.9424632]

>>9424365
>AAAAAAAAAAAA IT'S FORCING ME TO NOT RUN AROUND AND SHOOT!!!!! I THOUGHT HALF-LIFE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE NO CUTSCENES AAAAGGHH!!

[Anonymous No.9424635]

>>9424380
she gets a big fat Whatever.

[Anonymous No.9424637]

>>9423495

[Anonymous No.9424641]

>>9423495
such an ugly font and dialogue box, just one of many reasons i wont play more than an hour of this game

[Anonymous No.9424645]

[Anonymous No.9424657]

>>9424645
>Zelda is your...

[Anonymous No.9424663]

[Anonymous No.9424708]

>>9424657
>Destiny

[Anonymous No.9424798]

>>9423549
>such bland exposition in an ugly, ill-formatted textbox
SMW is such a lazy game

[Anonymous No.9424831]

>>9423495
Good morning Kino

[Anonymous No.9424851]

>>9424308
Yeah! Yeah LEMONS!

[Anonymous No.9424883]

[Anonymous No.9424946]

>>9423495
*completely mogs any other video game opening*

[Anonymous No.9424953]

I'm not even a Toshindenformer fan and not even Chrono Cross can beat this

[Anonymous No.9425001]

[Anonymous No.9425035]

>>9423495
OPEN YOUR HEART

[Anonymous No.9425071]

>>9423549
>*sigh* somehow.. Bowser has returned

[Anonymous No.9425080]

>>9424946
absolute kino

[Anonymous No.9426409]

>>9423549
i honestly never stopped to think how hard htey just phoned this one in lol. thankfully it doesn't matter a lick

[Anonymous No.9426442]

Nothing sets the mood better than getting called deified.

[Anonymous No.9426447]

>>9424946
Unironically agreed.

[Anonymous No.9426448]

>>9424365
but im a zoomer and i love this

[Anonymous No.9426458]

>>9423549
Did you know? Super Mario World was secretly a podcast.

[Anonymous No.9426497]

[Anonymous No.9426501]

>>9423495

[Anonymous No.9426657]

>SNES version end game character ranking

Crono
Robo
Magus
Ayla
Lucca
Frog
Marle

Crono, Robo, Frog and Marle are obvious. Top 2 and bottom 2. Magus is above Ayla because he can equip Haste/Nova/Prism. Ayla can't. She has to sacrifice either auto haste, status immunity or 50% more damage. Magus doesn't. A confused Ayla is arguably the most dangerous thing in the game FOR YOUR PARTY, so you want to equip an amulet on her to give her status immunity. That greatly reduces her damage. Also, bronze fist has a 10% critical hit chance, not 35% like some people wrongly believe, so it's unreliable. Lucca also can't benefit from auto haste, status immunity and 50% more damage all at the same time. That's why she's below Magus. Although Frog can equip haste/nova/prism, his damage just plain sucks, but he's better than Marle.

[Anonymous No.9426961]

>>9424946
>https://youtu.be/sFp43yvAtj4
I've had literal dreams about recreating this opening scene as a pre-title sequence in a new Silent Hill movie. It's like a perfect example of what psychological horror is.

[Anonymous No.9427002]

everyone else can go home

[Anonymous No.9427037]

>>9423495

[Anonymous No.9427043]

>>9424946
>A broken wheelchair? What's this doing here?

[Anonymous No.9427108]

>>9426657
You're nuts. Magus' inability to use single-hit and double techs hinders his versatility greatly. He's a decent crutch on a low-level run, and he's a big help during the Son of Sun boss since he can black-hole some targets away, but that's it. I would put him on par with Frog, possibly below since he doesn't have team healing and Lucca has more utility through the game. Ayla pretty much never leaves my party once she's a permanent member due to her charm and physical, though her lack of magic stops her from being the best. Strong third place. I agree with the top two, but I have a hard time deciding if a speed-tabbed Robo can edge out Crono. As for confusion..that's sucky for everyone. Just heal or block confusion ASAP.
On-topic, picrel.

[Anonymous No.9427119]

>>9423495

[Anonymous No.9427120]

>>9427108
I said endgame rankings. Double/triple techs are a waste of mana because max damage is 9999. Anyway, haste/nova/prism puts Magus above Ayla. You simply can't beat that equip combo.

[Anonymous No.9427123]

>>9427108
I said endgame rankings. Double/triple techs are a waste of mana at that point because max damage is 9999. Anyway, haste/nova/prism puts Magus above Ayla. You simply can't beat that equip combo.

[Anonymous No.9427157]

>>9427043
>A broken wheelchair? I get that reference.

[Anonymous No.9427240]

>>9424663
This.
Hearing that voice come out of an snes was awesome.

[Anonymous No.9427246]

>>9425001
General Kenobi

[Anonymous No.9427252]

>>9427119
Never did beat this game. I get stuck mashing buttons in that arena scene.
At least I got there all by myself! : 3

[Anonymous No.9427275]

>>9424946
literally made me put off playing it for 10 years because I was so disturbed

[Anonymous No.9427786]

>>9425001
End of an Era

[Anonymous No.9427789]

>>9427002
Yuji Naki be like

[Anonymous No.9427840]

>>9424192
Theres alot of justified criticism of the games flaws but for me it is still the best intro fmv of all time. The mysterious ominous chanting and musical build up as the camera zooms along beautiful scenery. The CLUNK CLANK BANG as SQUARESOFT PRESENTS: FINAL FANTASY. VIII. Slaps your face before the duel. Then the buildup and crescendo as they cut each others fuckin faces open. It still tingles my spine today.

[Anonymous No.9427843]

Scrolled through this thread and damn they really don't make them like they used to. All this technology nowadays and they can't even come close

[Anonymous No.9427913]

[Anonymous No.9427981]

>>9423495
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZON1ryN5xlM
I absolutely love the music in this game, always sets the mood just right.

[Anonymous No.9428008]

>>9426497
https://youtu.be/QvqrcPU8VaU?t=11

[Anonymous No.9428017]

>>9423495
>game about time travel
>not waking up to an alarm clock
wasted opportunity.

[Anonymous No.9428238]

>>9424946
>iconic, adj.: widely known and acknowledged especially for distinctive excellence
Bingo. The opening to SH1 just knocks it out of the park, over and over. Konami should have promoted Team Silent all the way up to department heads, their genius and capabilities having been proven so clearly here.

[Anonymous No.9429060]

inb4 >not retro

[Anonymous No.9430881]

>>9423495
bump, best videogame, ever

[Anonymous No.9430909]

>>9426409
I never noticed until I revisited it recently.
>Welcome!
>One line background written by a first grader.
>That darn ol' Bowser back at his shinanigans!
Nintendo I....

[Anonymous No.9431519]

>>9426501
OOF! That is one broken buck!

[Anonymous No.9431562]

>>9423549
What's with the justified type.

[Anonymous No.9431563]

>>9427119
I wish this was more well known. We're already in an era of movie games, having style would at least be a better version of what we got.

[Anonymous No.9431568]

>>9431562
My guess is it's something to do with the Japanese and Roman fonts they had at the time. That shit was often jank if they just used the system default.
FF7 is weird for this too.

[Anonymous No.9432081]

>>9424657
>Sister

[Anonymous No.9432086]

>>9423549
Based. Imagine being a grown adult "zoomer" and squirting a little shit out of your ass in anger seeing this image because it's not "muh super deep complex opening sequence, reee so lazy". Lol.

[Anonymous No.9432108]

>>9424798
You see zoomie, videogames used to actually come with these little companion books. Sorry, I know anything you can actually hold and own offends you.

[Anonymous No.9432113]

>>9424323
i can hear it

[Anonymous No.9432160]

>>9423495
Pedo uncle is way more memorable

[Anonymous No.9432170]

>>9425001
Machine

[Anonymous No.9432560]

>>9423495

[Anonymous No.9432570]

>>9423495

[Anonymous No.9432578]

[Anonymous No.9432595]

>tfw your frog runs away and you just know you're about to have an adventure.

[Anonymous No.9432597]

>>9432595
>tfw i forget the fucking pic

[Anonymous No.9432612]

>>9432160
what makes him a pedo

[P. Sevenleaf No.9432630]

>>9432612
lives in a house with a qt femboy and they share a bed

[Anonymous No.9432671]

>>9425001
shit this one was so fucking good it made me so emotional when he asked to input my name

[Anonymous No.9432706]

>>9432630
Poor people have to huddle together at night for warmth, you ignorant transfaggot.

[Anonymous No.9432790]

>>9424883
TEETH

[Anonymous No.9434108]

>>9432108
Rent free zoomieposter
Why yes I will post this in every thread

[Anonymous No.9434293]

>>9434108
Learn some respect zoomie

[Anonymous No.9434352]

>>9423549
>ends sentance with "again!"
>immediately, the next sentance ends with "again!"
This repitition bothers my autism.

[Anonymous No.9434384]

>>9434352
it's just bad writing, any sane person would be bothered by it

[Anonymous No.9434438]

>>9432630
he sleeps on the floor

[Anonymous No.9434445]

>>9423495

[Anonymous No.9434454]

>>9432086
Imagine not being bothered by this uninspired, lazy shit. Do you even have a soul?

[Anonymous No.9434485]

>>9427108
>>9426657
none of this matters outside of some self imposed challenge run because after a point, none of the bosses require this level of minmaxing. I vaguely remember the ds bonus bosses and i don't think they require it.

Char Ranking is as follows:
Whoever you like, just tab them up enough to not wilt in one atb bar.

The end

[Anonymous No.9434489]

>>9434352
Again with the autism.

[Anonymous No.9434504]

>>9432170
lol

[Anonymous No.9434534]

>>9423495
>Name a more iconic opening

With a simple character name change, I can make it better...

[Anonymous No.9434701]

>>9434485
Fuck off, retard. Tiers exist in games.

[Anonymous No.9434712]

>>9434534
LOLZ!

[Anonymous No.9434742]

>>9423495
>make a jrpg
>doesn't begin with your home village being burned down
How did they do it?

[Anonymous No.9434750]

>>9432597
>No Pepe! Not another thinly veiled racist thread!

[Anonymous No.9434753]

>>9432706
And they are pedos too.

[Anonymous No.9434754]

>>9427037
Absolutely made me laugh

>>9427840
FFVIII opening is the best opening of any game, no questions asked. When it came out and seeing that for the first time, I was in awe.

[Anonymous No.9434810]

Correct. I also remember the Phil fish edit of this during gamergate

[Anonymous No.9435759]

>>9424192
>>9427840
I fucking hated this opening.

Mostly because my copy of FFVIII was so scratched up that you'd be lucky go get past the FMV at all, and eventually it would just skip and skip constantly until it crashed, and you'd never get through to the main menu.

[Anonymous No.9435782]

>[yakkity sax plays]
By far my favorite opening of all time.

[Anonymous No.9436314]

>>9435759
This doesn't make sense. It's the opening FMV to the new game, not to the main menu to load up your games. And you'd only have to get through it once unless you're literally starting a new game every time.

[Anonymous No.9436382]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leW7j4vEAgE

[Anonymous No.9436391]

The Pentagon must be destroyed
https://youtu.be/xmyUwPNBpz4?t=113

[Anonymous No.9436425]

>>9435782
The remake uses Yakkity Sax? I'm gonna go see. Never played the remake, but I grew up with the OG SCD version and that one definitely did not play Yakkity Sax. IIRC, it uses the same music as the boss fight for the Magic Tester in the "haunted" mansion.

[Anonymous No.9436430]

>>9424192
you can tell she's falling just short of him and going to smack her face off the ground

[Anonymous No.9436445]

>>9436425
>>9435782
Nope. No Yakkity Sax. Same moosicks as the OG. Y4 u lie, Anon?

[Anonymous No.9436449]

>>9425001
icronic

[Anonymous No.9436468]

>>9423495
Train ride in Half life for PC
Dr Oak asking your name in Pokemon r/b for handheld
Great Deku tree talking to nami then flying to wake you up in OOT for console

[Anonymous No.9436473]

>>9432108
>Krazy
>Koopa
>Kritters

[Anonymous No.9436492]

>>9427981
I actually heard of someone developing a mouse mod for this a long time ago. I don't know if it ever went anywhere, but if it did...

[Anonymous No.9436532]

>>9436449
>>9425001

[Anonymous No.9436542]

>>9423495
I love this game but the iconic opening is FF3 my guy. Duh

[Anonymous No.9436552]

>>9426497
Or this might be the one

[Anonymous No.9436558]

>>9423495
In a world covered by endless water...

People are forced to eke out a living on the small patches of land that remain above the sea...

The people of this world rely on ancient technology driven by quantum refractors, a powerful energy source. These refractors lie in ancient ruins underground and in the sea, and are sought out by explorers called 'Diggers'...


These brave explorers are the sole source of refractor energy-- which has become a cornerstone of the emerging civilizations.

Originally, this was the Diggers' only purpose-- to find refractors so that civilization might endure..

However, over the years, the story of a fabulous treasure, the legendary 'Mother Lode'', began to be whispered among the Diggers...

The Mother Lode-- a treasure so great that were it discovered, it would provide so much power that the world never need fear running out of energy...

Seeking this Mother Lode, Diggers travel from one island to another in their flying machines, ever hoping that they'll find what they seek just over the orison...

Hope...
Despair...
Charity...
Greed...
Duty...
Power...

Who can say what truly motivates the Diggers?

[Anonymous No.9436578]

[Anonymous No.9436586]

>>9424946
It's up there... I feel 1 is more unnerving than 2 or 3. But 4 fucking creeps the shit out of me the most somehow

[Anonymous No.9436683]

>>9423495
Literally earthbound, final fantasy 4, or final fantasy 6

[Anonymous No.9437827]

>>9436558
I love how he delivers it. I feel like most games would give that role to a woman, so that makes it even more memorable.

[Anonymous No.9437831]

>>9436578
As a kid, I didn't get the reference and just thought the joke was about elder abuse (which it is, but with a point).

[Anonymous No.9438389]

>>9437831
There’s a reference?

[Anonymous No.9438432]

>>9438389
It's showing how DKC "upgrades" the original arcade game. Cranky Kong (the arcade game's antagonist, now old) is standing atop girders with a black background (the arcade game's setting), and he is playing the arcade game's theme music on a phonograph. Then, a boombox smashes the phonograph, and nu-kong kicks out Cranky while the background fades into the jungle setting of DKC.

As a kid, this was all just abstract weirdness to me, again with the joke being "haha it's funny to hate old people and their old things." I didn't give the girders much thought other than being a plain backdrop.

[Anonymous No.9438448]

[Anonymous No.9438474]

>>9434454
>he gets mad at video games, squeals, and demands to know why other people don't get mad at video games
Maybe it's because you have an emotional imbalance? idk ask your mum to take you to a therapist, get it sorted out

[Anonymous No.9438484]

>>9438432

[Anonymous No.9438485]

>>9434454
It's actually just a clean presentation that harkens back to the era of silent film, just like Mario's entire aesthetic is a throwback to the early 20th century. Please get help zoomcunt.

[Anonymous No.9438529]

>>9424346
I hate this opening so much. Fuck games where you have to sit and watch in-engine cutscenes. At least pre-rendered video cutscenes eventually grew up and added skip buttons as a standard. You're fucking forced to sit through this trash no matter what. That's why any time a game has something like this at the beginning, I'll play through until it ends, make multiple saves at that post-shit point, and then never start from zero ever again. Fuck in-engine cutscenes and fuck half-movie.

[Anonymous No.9438531]

>>9438529
>this awful unbearable oppressive "cutscene" takes literally 5 seconds
Zoomers are too dumb to live.

[Anonymous No.9438563]

>>9438389
Really?..

[Anonymous No.9438569]

>>9426409
it was more exposition than you got in any previous SMB game

[Anonymous No.9438665]

>>9438529
takes all of 10 seconds to skip the intro train with a console command

[Anonymous No.9441014]

>>9438529
>and then never start from zero ever again
Until you want to try a different difficulty setting

[Anonymous No.9441513]

>>9427981
>First character you meet in the new one is Jake
>Hes sleeping in a morgue just like this
Was nice for them to include that for us old farts.

[Anonymous No.9441610]

[Anonymous No.9441625]

[Anonymous No.9441759]

>>9423495
The music and narration in Snatcher's opening are perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfltRGG_yQo

[Anonymous No.9441765]

>>9423495
>grove street
>home
>at least it was before I fucked everything up

[Anonymous No.9441770]

>>9441765
>think about GTA:SA opening
>suddenly want to eat massive amount of fried chicken
too enabling

[Anonymous No.9441854]

[Anonymous No.9441857]

>>9423495

[Anonymous No.9441860]

>>9424346
Soul, zoomers will never understand this

[Anonymous No.9441870]

fite me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM3PdRcR3gM

[Anonymous No.9442296]

>>9428008
This one is the best.

[Anonymous No.9442731]

>>9438529
You say this because you're too young to have experienced it. Shit was cash.

[Anonymous No.9442948]

>>9424657
>legend

[Anonymous No.9443054]

>he doesn't kill Magus like the little bitch boy he is.

Should have been able to throw his cat off the side of Zeal and chop his head off when he was Janus

>>9426501
this is the most iconic opening

[Anonymous No.9443087]

>>9424798
I'd rather have a quick text box then a bunch of retarded cutscenes.

[Anonymous No.9443953]

>>9436492
There you go
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6653/

[Anonymous No.9444425]

>>9424946
Not memeing it was completely ahead of its time, the way the camera moves and it transitions to dark it's surreal

[Anonymous No.9444456]

>>9424308
Only true response here.

[Anonymous No.9444457]

>>9423495
Contra Hardcorps opening makes me hard. The music and pacing are awesome

[Anonymous No.9445059]

>>9435782
Basted. I don't see how LEB doesn't get more love. It was 5x better than LSSS
>>9436445
Not anon, but iirc they get chased all over the intro dungeon benny hill style

[Anonymous No.9445069]

>>9423549
TL;DR