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The super duper retro gaming review thread

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  • #152
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Yup, remember the first screen of The Hobbit on the speccy, as it drew a picture of your hole! ;)


  • #153
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Yup, remember the first screen of The Hobbit on the speccy, as it drew a picture of your hole! ;)

    Oh Matron!
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  • #154
    pdbhp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    Sparks43 wrote: »
    Thats the way the 10 year old developers did it in the good old 80s:D


    Still a cracking game though
    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Yup, remember the first screen of The Hobbit on the speccy, as it drew a picture of your hole! ;)

    How'd you know it was Sparks hole :pac::pac:


  • #155
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    unky chop chop wrote: »
    Yeah leaderboard was the game that got my oulman liking games.
    A classic and i don't think golfing games now a days have strayed far from the formula.

    Remember when you hit the water and the game created a special island for you to hit your next ball off.
    Always a highlight for me and my bros..we called it a jutter
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX5LKcl56HE
    used to like Leaderboard
    Spent a massive amount of pre-pub-cans-drinking-time with my mates playing PGA II on the meg when I was in my twenties
    Ended up playing MS Golf 3.0 (which is the great grandson of leaderboard as it happens) when I got my first PC years ago.
    I played a fair bit of an odd freeware golf/ether induced halluctination game called "Golf?"

    Oddly enough I can't stand real world Golf.


  • #156
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    pdbhp wrote: »
    How'd you know it was Sparks hole :pac::pac:

    Well, I've seen it kicked enough times, playing Boulder Dash!


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  • #157
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭Doge


    That swing animation is pretty decent/realistic in Leaderboard isnt it?

    Tis almost on "par" with Prince of Persia rotoscoping, well as good as you can get for a golf game on the c64 anyway!

    Being the sad little immature git I was when I was 4/5,
    I used to break my hole laughing anytime my old man ended up in the drink,
    I used get a great kick out of tiny floating platform your player would stand on afterwards!

    Thankfully, playing golf that was the only time he would end up "in the drink!"


  • #158
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    luas_dublin wrote: »
    yup it went back up
    TBH I'm probably going with plan B for some of the older non dosbox friendly games .(win 98 era laptop outputting to S-video, then vidcapped).

    Just watching through all these now...great stuff, very enjoyable :cool:


  • #159
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    Because you asked for it
    Rise of the Robots
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EL2SGi7UFg

    I'm actually giving away a free(unboxed) copy of it via the youtube channel if anyones interested by the way
    http://www.youtube.com/user/luasdublin


  • #160
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Nice freakin Hat!!
    Great plug for here as well!


  • #161
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Cant believe you actually went through with it ya poor bastard :pac:


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  • #162
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Can't believe you said Rise of the Robots looks good. It looks like absolute ass.

    Also I keep hearing from a lot of people that only had PCs during the 90's that One Must Fall is great but I thought it was a pretty poor street fighter clone. Definitely not Rise of the Robots bad but still not great.
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  • #163
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Can't believe you said Rise of the Robots looks good. It looks like absolute ass.

    Also I keep hearing from a lot of people that only had PCs during the 90's that One Must Fall is great but I thought it was a pretty poor street fighter clone. Definitely not Rise of the Robots bad but still not great.
    I still reckon that it doesnt look that bad , and it has nothing else going for it! . Going to be doing a few pc games soon so will look at o.m.f. Bearing in mind there were some terrible fighting games for the pc at the time I remember it being decent though.


  • #164
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Hah! Nice review dude. I didn't know that about the crouching kick.

    Skip to 13:40 if you want some unintentional filth :pac:


  • #165
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Hah! Nice review dude. I didn't know that about the crouching kick.

    Skip to 13:40 if you want some unintentional filth :pac:
    Neither did the developers evidently!
    Ba-Dum-Tish!


  • #166
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enA0RCed48Y

    A few grandstand VFD games.
    (scramble/Alien Attack Firefox F7 and Astro Wars)
    Man I'm getting the urge to buy some of these again , the prices have jumped though the roof)


  • #167
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Yus!


  • #168
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Short review of Super C.

    http://lifein16bit.blogspot.com/2012/02/super-c.html

    Edit with an actual link :P
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  • #169
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgU_3eeF5LI

    Quickie looking at a tabletop jungler game
    uploading via phone is actually fairly handy (BAR MY SHAKEY CAMERA STYLE!!!)


  • #170
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Short Castlevania review:

    http://lifein16bit.blogspot.com/2012/02/castlevania-nes.html
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  • #171
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M1G0Wd-vuQ

    Mystical fighter on the meg . Few sound problems by the way so had to basically rerecord the commentry and reupload it
    ..and now the intro musics gone gaaah ..I've done a bodgy youtube edit to cut out the bit without sound ...man I'm besieged by gremlins.


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  • #172
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Simon's Quest review:

    http://lifein16bit.blogspot.com/2012/03/castlevania-ii-simons-quest.html
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  • #173
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    A review of the original Phantasy Star, hoping to follow it up with Phantasy Star 2:

    http://lifein16bit.blogspot.com/2012/03/phantasy-star.html
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  • #174
    Retr0gamer
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    Not really retro but a game that hopefully will interest some people here.

    Nier is probably the most under rated game of this generation. Ignore the mediocre reviews, it's one of the most fascinating games this generation with some stellar narrative, writing and acting performances. Also by far and away the best soundtrack for a videogame in years:

    http://lifein16bit.blogspot.com/2012/03/nier.html

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXQRaug9YDA
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  • #175
    Retr0gamer
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    Not retro but my review of Skyward Sword:

    http://lifein16bit.blogspot.com/2012/03/legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword.html
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  • #176
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Not quite a game but interesting all the same..



  • #177
    martineatworld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭martineatworld


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Not retro but my review of Skyward Sword:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznYifPHxDg
    You might want to check that link Retr0!


  • #178
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Oops, link fixed :)
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  • #179
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQGvD1ONNyc

    The bestest version of Tetris evaaaar , plus a look at a nice famiclone!


  • #180
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Nice to see you back making videos :)
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  • #181
    Dr Bob
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Nice to see you back making videos :)
    cheers!
    have a tiny bit of free time now that himself is born , just enough to manage 1 vid a week if I forgo sleep :)


  • #182
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Here's my latest video review, this time it's the turn of Battle Garegga. Best viewed in 720p naturally.

    NOTE: This is captured directly from my Saturn. No poncy emulation here, no sir! :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCyNc2quN1k


  • #183
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Not retro but still a very interesting game, Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon on the Wii:

    http://lifein16bit.blogspot.com/2012/05/fragile-dreams-farewell-ruins-of-moon.html
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  • #184
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUg1MMTmYrs

    The first part of my look at Pac-Land


  • #185
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭Doge


    Dr Bob wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUg1MMTmYrs

    The first part of my look at Pac-Land

    I always thought Pac Land was such a bitch of a game when I was kid,
    I remember playing it in an arcade over in Cyprus or somewhere and sucked at it.

    I love the witty jokes you throw in your videos, and the way you move alone quickly after after dropping one, as if you think they're sad or something! :D

    Which controller are you using for your emulators?

    It sounds like a noisey arcade stick or something!


  • #186
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Another review, this time the Twin Eagle II PCB I received earlier this week.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNJPT0DSh88


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  • #187
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    Another review, this time the Twin Eagle II PCB I received earlier this week.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNJPT0DSh88
    ..liking the vids , must pick your brains sometime about how you're doing the capture/editing as its really nice!


  • #188
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    waveform wrote: »
    I always thought Pac Land was such a bitch of a game when I was kid,
    I remember playing it in an arcade over in Cyprus or somewhere and sucked at it.

    I love the witty jokes you throw in your videos, and the way you move alone quickly after after dropping one, as if you think they're sad or something! :D

    Which controller are you using for your emulators?

    It sounds like a noisy arcade stick or something!

    Cheers mate :)Half the time I'm concentrating so much on whatever the game is that I've no idea what I'm saying , so if any of its getting a laugh I'm happy.
    I've been trying to record audio 'live' as much as I can ,as opposed to rerecording it after as commentary.(narrating it is the slicker more polished and to be honest , sane way of doing it , but I really like people hearing exactly what I'm thinking as I play..its a bugger to do though :))
    the joystick is a hori fighting stick 3 , its a great stick but damn noisy as hell , really must change it , and oil the joints in my desk chair as well , thats nearly as loud!


  • #189
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKwVtUx6zT8

    ...and part II
    (when I'm talking about Retrogamer in there I mean the mag , not retr0gamer here by the way)


  • #190
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiCrWZ8DCbE


    Figured ye might like this. The greatest Super Famicom arcade stick ever made. From my 'private collection'. :)


  • #191
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Perfeck soundtrack man....

    Of course, when the nerd in me hears a waltz I kinda expect to see something docking with something else....

    Are you like one of those Christian Evangelists, but for Darius?

    "Hmm, that was a lovely dinner, the crisp layer on the Creme Brulee was just exquiste, reminds me a bit of Darius Blast...."


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  • #192
    Dr Bob
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP_4SwKKDKA

    A look at one of my favourite arcade games , Up N' Down , as well as every home conversion I could find..(and I kept finding them..sob!)


  • #193
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Not retro, but retro styled, a review of Retro Game Challenge for the DS. One of the best games on the system and a love letter to the Famicom. It's actually a licensed game of GameCenter CX, the excellent japanese videogame show that I definitely didn't discover and Sera takes all credit for:

    http://lifein16bit.blogspot.com/2012/05/retro-game-challenge.html
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  • #194
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭Doge


    Dr Bob wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP_4SwKKDKA

    A look at one of my favourite arcade games , Up N' Down , as well as every home conversion I could find..(and I kept finding them..sob!)

    Please don't get rid of the clicky joystick! :D

    I think it gives the videos a bit of chracter!

    And it also re-enforces the live experience, as we can hear each move being executed! :)


  • #195
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    I haven't written new content for my blog for some time. Long overdue!

    Here's a review of Kingdom Grand Prix for you. I hope you enjoy it. :)

    http://www.pinkbullets.co.uk/blogs/kingdom-grand-prix-review


  • #196
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    My review of Phantasy Star 2:

    http://lifein16bit.blogspot.com/2012/05/phantasy-star-2.html
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  • #197
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    My 100 subs special podcast is now live. :)

    Please excuse the now playing typos. It took 8 million years to render and a day to upload so I ain't doing it again!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKIh9kMjMUk


  • #198
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


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

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTn82SKjgoQ

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUYQ3ERO_KQ

    May have bitten off more than I can chew on this one , looking at as many Bubble Bobble ports as I can ,....there's feckin millions!
    ..er anyone know where I can get an FM towns marty or a sharp x68000?


  • #199
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Dr Bob wrote: »
    May have bitten off more than I can chew on this one , looking at as many Bubble Bobble ports as I can ,....there's feckin millions!
    ..er anyone know where I can get an FM towns marty or a sharp x68000?

    Cheat and use an emulator ;)

    .


  • #200
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Getting a good X86000 emu going can be a bit of a pain, PM me if you need help.

    Also please rip into the Saturn port as well. It's a dreadfully emulated version of the arcade game by Probe software during the era that they were turfing out awful ports of the Mortal Kombat games. It has lots of bugs including one that won't let you pick up the second 'E' to get an extend. This was also a bug with early mame emulation of the game.
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  • #201
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Getting a good X86000 emu going can be a bit of a pain, PM me if you need help.

    Also please rip into the Saturn port as well. It's a dreadfully emulated version of the arcade game by Probe software during the era that they were turfing out awful ports of the Mortal Kombat games. It has lots of bugs including one that won't let you pick up the second 'E' to get an extend. This was also a bug with early mame emulation of the game.
    aha , will deffo look at that .if I remember rightly , by that stage Taito had apparantly lost the source code to bubble bobble , and Probes stuff was done the old fashioned way by just playing an arcade board over and over.
    In fairness theres a freakin' ton of weird quirks and weird physics to BB , that makes it quite hard to port really faithfully.


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