/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1078178
Zsnes has never given me any problems. It's the emulator standard I've used since 1999. I like the simplistic interface. I've tried other emulators and I just don't like them as much. Plus there is the fact that a bunch of cool romhacks only work with Zsnes. I don't understand the hatred of Zsnes on this board.

>>1074268
Gunstar Heroes is one of the greatest games ever made. Alien Soldier is fun.

GsH >>>>>>>>>> Alien Soldier. Not even close.

>>1073207
Before you decide this is the ripoff...Remember the chorus music for the Full House theme.

>cannot be unheard

>>1065650
I agree about the health thing. Both you and him should deal more damage to each other. That solves the issue.

I hate fighting bosses that feel like hitting a wet sponge with a toy hammer.

>>1067292
The NGPC is a better console overall, especially if you like action-oriented games. The Wonderswan has tons of RPGs...but you have to be able to read moonrunes to make any real use out of half of its library. If you can read and speak Japanese, it's a toss-up. If you just want to pick up an play, there are few consoles as good as the NGPC.

>>1060256
The energy efficiency is only one reason to not game on CRTs. The other reasons are that my LCD is 46" and old CRTs got ridiculously heavy at that size. Retro games aren't the only thing I do (I play modern games and watch movies/TV). SO...do I designate a retro gaming room with an old CRT...or do I have it all in one neat package?
All I have hooked up to my TV right now are a TV Receiver, a Sega Saturn, a PS3, an HD-DVD player (why the hell not?), a MCPC (with all of my emulators and roms/isos), and a Dreamcast.

>>1060174
I do actually care about energy efficiency in all of my products. It isn't that I am poor (I'm not rich either), but rather that I have an extreme dislike for inefficiencies (it might be a type of OCD). Whenever I see someone using a mouse that has a scrollwheel and they are not using it, it drives me insane (as another example). I have a blend of LED and CFL lighting within my home. I have electronics that go into sleep mode when it isn't required on killswitches so that they aren't constantly draining energy. I do my best to balance comfort with energy efficiency (I run my central air at 80 during the summer...even though I wish it were 67 or so). I constantly reorganize rooms when any sort of block has occurred or when a new permanent object is placed within said room. I can't stand waste and I worship ergonomics.

>>1060154
I didn't have a polarizing filter...which might have made a difference back in the day, but I didn't know they existed. I just knew to keep my blinds closed and spend more time gaming at night...

>>1059979
My final CRT screen was a 32" Panasonic flatscreen and any sunlight in the room turned it into a guessing game.
>>1060135
Everyone skips energy efficiency (an indisputable way LCD beats CRT every time).
The native revolution thing doesn't affect me. I can choose whatever aspect ratio/resolution I want in most emulators (I have an MCPC Setup with a 46" HD LCD). The viewing angle on this TV is awesome as well as its refresh rate. I only notice slight amounts of blurring on games that constantly shift everything on screen at high speeds (like Sonic).

>>1059945
Not paranoid, just don't feel as though I need full anonymity on non /b/ boards. Also, because I've decided to go by a moniker, I need that extra code to prove that if someone else calls themselves AnusMoony, that it isn't me.

>>1059927
I'm 26...I didn't get an LCD screen until 2007. Trust me...I know what CRTs are like. I know how you basically have to dedicate a room to them or else the glare makes them worthless. I know how fast old games look better (Sonic and and Blazing Star come to immediate mind). I just don't see myself running with an inefficient screen just for slightly clearer sprites. I even love playing retro games all the time (admittedly mostly emulated), but I think the glare issues with CRTs more than hinder them enough in the face of practically lightproof LCD screens.

>>1059890
Oh...one more thing. CRT screens are of such low energy efficiency (dat waste heat)...it ought to be a crime to run a CRT in the same building as central air.

>>1059860
A+ post. Would read again.

>>1058947
>>1058950
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>>1058959
I opened up a /q/ thread about this bullshit. I guess no one cares about how annoying it is for the whole go back to /v/ thing. If only the mods were under strict instruction from Moot himself to ban you people.

>>1058619
I really don't understand the obsession with CRT displays. High-end LCD displays have insignificant delays in response. They also don't absorb all of the light in the room an shine it into your eyes. I grew up with CRT displays on everything. As soon as LCD tech got good, I switched and never looked back. Newer tech will get even better, maybe even getting the response time down to complete negligibility. Micro LED displays get the sharp blacks and perfect colors. What is the point of going out of your way for a CRT (other than light gun games)?

>>1059562
Space - The nearly empty void between objects within the universe.
Harrier - A medium category for dog breeds whose original purpose was to hunt rabbits and HARES. See also "Harrier Jump Jet"

This is why when I sell games, I undercut the standard market value by a slim margin. It guarantees a quick sale, and also devalues the title as a whole for three reasons:
1. Others also want a quick sale
2. The original standard price is now considered too high.
3. The margin is slim enough that another could not buy my game, resell it, and make a profit.

If enough people do this, the market starts to normalize.
I had a much larger collection than I do today and much of it was the result of selling off most of it (for big $$$). I needed the money, and had played/had my fun with the games I was selling.
In fairness to resellers...there are good ones. There is a difference between fair-market and extortion. Not too long ago I saw a guy with a stand of nothing but NES games. He had a bin where all of them were $2.00. He had a front shelf where all of them were either $5.00 or $10.00 (SMB3 was in great shape on this shelf). He then had some real rares/uncommons for individual prices behind the counter.
Final Fantasy = $15.00 in great shape.
Tengen Tetris = $50.00 in great shape.
etc.
All of his games were cartridge only besides two copies of City Connection (the ones with the box were in the $5.00 shelf).

>>1058373
Yoshi is asexual and agendered. Yoshi is just Yoshi, no gendered pronouns required.

>>1057631
Oh...one more thing. I just learned that the sheer volume of players stumped at this point resulted in an automated message giving you the answer if you called the 900 helpline...BEFORE THEY EVEN TOOK YOUR CALL! If that isn't the ultimate bit of evidence that they fucked up on this, I don't know what is.

>>1057483
You can move the barrel by jumping...so I never just stood there, I would keep jumping thinking I just had the timing wrong. There is never another point in any of the Sonic games that required this. Sonic isn't a fucking puzzle game. Oh...and the way that the door closes behind you when you enter. THEY. FUCKING. KNEW. It was meant to be a difficult point or else they would have just allowed you to take an alternate route. The barrel is an annoying thing that required extreme out of the box thinking for a Sonic game and should have been an alternate route that granted you a couple life-ups or something. Also, I don't remember seeing anything about it in the manual.

>>1057197
The game is fun, though the play control is a bit iffy. The music is phenomenal (I would recommend it solely on that if it wasn't fun).

>>1057393
>Gyruss
Dat song...I find myself whistling it at least once per week.

>>1057402
I kept getting really close to this which lead to me not doing it until...
>>1057404
2008 when I saw someone saying up and down...
ALL. OF. MY. RAGE!!!

>>1055876
Oh...if you haven't ever played or seen Air Diver...the music it has is fucking terrific.