So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

o1s1n · 20-01-2013 02:47AM

That was the boss in the chessboard type chequered room? Was the one character left Wren?

If so, you're just not leveled up enough. Exact same thing happened to me. Wren has much more HP than the rest. Followed by Rika. Level up a few times and that boss is a breeze. The boss after them is pretty much the same level of difficulty.

Retr0gamer · 20-01-2013 04:26AM

Well got my ass kicked by the boss at the end of the dungeon. However managed to beat him on my second try. Hope I'm not underlevelled for the rest of the game

Retr0gamer · 22-01-2013 03:17AM

I'm at the final dungeon of Phantasy Star 4 now. I have to say the game did a great job of tying the whole series together and making Dark Force who was just a boss that showed up at the end of every game into something with a bit more significance.

Retr0gamer · 22-01-2013 04:09AM

Just beat Phantasy Star 4. That was such a wonderful game. The final dungeon looked amazing as well. After going through the entire series it was such a great way to end the series, it felt like the end of a persona game. It might not have had the wow factor of the phantasy star 2 ending but it had the emotion.

The Last Bandit · 22-01-2013 01:50PM

Spent a bit of time with the Hyper 64 last night, played Wild Ambition & Samurai Thingy 2.
Disappointed really, back into the attic with it I'm afraid..

o1s1n · 22-01-2013 03:03PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Just beat Phantasy Star 4. That was such a wonderful game. The final dungeon looked amazing as well. After going through the entire series it was such a great way to end the series, it felt like the end of a persona game. It might not have had the wow factor of the phantasy star 2 ending but it had the emotion.

Wow, you must have plowed through the game. I still have yet to finish that final dungeon myself. very last boss keeps nuking me for some reason.

The moving background in that dungeon is just mental isnt it?

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Spent a bit of time with the Hyper 64 last night, played Wild Ambition & Samurai Thingy 2.
Disappointed really, back into the attic with it I'm afraid..

I keep meaning to buy one of them as they go so cheap on ebay (One for parcel motel!). Are the games really that bad?

Retr0gamer · 22-01-2013 03:11PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Wow, you must have plowed through the game. I still have yet to finish that final dungeon myself. very last boss keeps nuking me for some reason.

The moving background in that dungeon is just mental isnt it?

Yeah it is, it reminded me a lot of Earthbound.

I ended up not having to grind at all, although the air castle boss gave me a lot of trouble. Other than walking into dungeons until I was exhausted and then going back in which really isn't grinding. I did however do all the sidequests so that might have helped.

For the final boss my secret weapon was Raja. The guy is a monster at healing. Just keep pumping out Nasar or Gisar and if he runs out of MP then no matter, use his araxia skill to replenish everyone's MP. He's a bit overpowered

o1s1n · 22-01-2013 03:19PM

Ah! Yeah I was going to go with him as I remember he had some crazy healing powers, but went with Kyra in the end as she'd been on my team for a good while and I'd grown attached to the character!

I'll have another go with her on my team again and if I can't do it I'll go back to the spaceport and select Raja instead.

The Last Bandit · 22-01-2013 03:38PM

o1s1n wrote: »

I keep meaning to buy one of them as they go so cheap on ebay (One for parcel motel!). Are the games really that bad?

Ah they're ok I'm just not that into fighting games - so buying a Hyper 64 fighting board wasn't the greatest of ideas

But sure I'm 50% through collecting for it so might pick up the remaining 2 boards sometime.

eddhorse · 22-01-2013 11:30PM

http://youtu.be/5npkz0xY1fo

Micro arcade cabinet playing Bubble Bobble and using Raspberry Pi board.

Alter Egotist · 22-01-2013 11:32PM

Currently playing Super Mario Bros. Rebirth on the NES. Can't beat a bit of the fat Plummer.

23-01-2013 10:33AM

Alter Egotist wrote: »

Currently playing Super Mario Bros. Rebirth on the NES. Can't beat a bit of the fat Plummer.

Nice. Am playing through Super Mario Bros 3 at the moment, without using warp whistles. Am looking to get as many of the secrets, coin ships, white mushroom houses and the like as possible, and save up a few p-wings for that damn airship level in world 8 :mad:

It's still my fave Mario. It just shades it over Super Mario World, just by a hair.

Speaking of hacks, i think i'm gonna have a go at The legend of Zelda: Goddess of Wisdom after i'm finished Mario 3. Am looking forward to it. A whole new 16 bit Zelda game. Woot! It's just like being a kid again.

o1s1n · 23-01-2013 10:55PM

Just finished Phantasy Star IV there myself. (You were right, equipping Raja and you make mince meat of the end boss)

Lovely ending. Those anime comic type panels really brought a lot of emotion to the whole game.

CiDeRmAn · 23-01-2013 11:00PM

I can just about find the time to play Super Hexagon!
Most of my gaming time today was spent wrestling with the cab, they are a real time sink aren't they!

The Last Bandit · 23-01-2013 11:00PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I can just about find the time to play Super Hexagon!
Most of my gaming time today was spent wrestling with the cab, they are a real time sink aren't they!

Any luck with the G-Net issues ?

CiDeRmAn · 24-01-2013 12:41AM

No, something odd there, gave sound via Supergun but not through the cab.
I can pull sound off of the GNet pcb but I really shouldn't have to, it should be all coming through the Jamma harness.
Never had these problems with my Megadrive or Snes, maybe with the NES!

Mr.Saturn · 24-01-2013 11:37AM

Just dusted of Psychonauts for the first time. I went into the last level, The Meat Circus, having heard and read a wealth of info about it, mostly referencing as the point it ceases to be a fun game, and ends up flat-out broken, but I found it grand enough. Granted, you've to sacrifice a couple of shots to memorizing the series of courses, and there's an instance or two where it's not clear where the next obstacle may lay, or that the camera works against you, but I found'em relatively minor, and not too impactful on the enjoyment of the platforming gauntlet.

I also seen a lot of rage at the fact you're being shot at, while trying to navigate tightropes and trapezes, but you can only give those complaints so much stock before you find yourself bellowing 'YOU'VE GOT AN INVISIBILITY POWER'.

Brilliant yarn and good game, all in all. Disappointed there's no post-game, but hey, whachagonnado?

Imagine I'll be moving onto The Cave this evening.

CiDeRmAn · 24-01-2013 11:56AM

Downloaded that myself last night, had a fiver in my account so popped another tenner into my fund and invested in The Cave. Fingers crossed it doesn't suck, or rather that I don't suck at it!

Andrew76 · 24-01-2013 12:02PM

Is that the new game by Ron Gilbert? Seen it advertised on Steam, looks interesting.

24-01-2013 12:12PM

Psychonauts is a classic,
every one should play through it at least once!

Mr.Saturn · 24-01-2013 12:29PM

Andrew76 wrote: »

Is that the new game by Ron Gilbert? Seen it advertised on Steam, looks interesting.

It is. The other-half and I took a run through the demo last night, as the Paypal's taking a bit to top up, but the co-op seems to be good fun, and the humour, as ever, is top form. Props to the narrator, and his job trying to convince you to buy the game once you've cleared the trial.

Mind, my PS3 is freezing and stuttering like a mad yolk, so I hope I get through it before the inevitable YLOD. My last YLOD came as a result of playing though a PS2 game on the PS3, so at least the thing is consistent.

Retr0gamer · 24-01-2013 01:15PM

Mass Effect 3.

Remember how some people complained about JRPGs with 3-4 discs meaning halfway through the game you had to get up off your arse to swap the disc? I've no problems with that.

Mass Effect 3 on the other hand takes things to new levels of bull****. Want to do a side quest for 5 minutes? Insert disc 2, now you won't be able to hear any sound effects over the drives whirring. Complete mission, go to new mission, Please insert disc 1. What absolute ****.

The Last Bandit · 24-01-2013 01:45PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Mass Effect 3.

Remember how some people complained about JRPGs with 3-4 discs meaning halfway through the game you had to get up off your arse to swap the disc? I've no problems with that.

Mass Effect 3 on the other hand takes things to new levels of bull****. Want to do a side quest for 5 minutes? Insert disc 2, now you won't be able to hear any sound effects over the drives whirring. Complete mission, go to new mission, Please insert disc 1. What absolute ****.

Mass Effect 2 was the same, I think a mission/quest list was available that showed what missions were on what disc to help you avoid swapping..

Assume the PS3 version fits on a single disc.

Retr0gamer · 24-01-2013 02:11PM

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Mass Effect 2 was the same, I think a mission/quest list was available that showed what missions were on what disc to help you avoid swapping..

Assume the PS3 version fits on a single disc.

Yes it was but I only had to swap the disc once in that case. At the disc swap if there's misions from disc one you haven't completed then you'll have to swap. Mass Effect 3 on the other hand takes it to a whole new level. The very first side mission in the game (and first mission I took) required me to do a disc swap.

o1s1n · 25-01-2013 10:51PM

So I'm playing Under Defeat HD at the moment.

Pros - really does look lovely. The arcade version looks nice as is, but I really like the HD update. I'm enjoying it. For 16 euro it was worth it

Cons - where to begin.

The new HD mode looks great as above, but has many issues. For one, it is stuck to horizontal wide screen mode. Not only can it not rotate, it's not displaying the game properly.

There are two major problems with this.

The first. Under Defeat has some really fast moving bullets. This is designed for the original arcade vertical/black bars on each side long display. You need some lead time to see the bullets and avoid them.

With the wide screen mode, they come out of nowhere and kill you.

Secondly, because there's extra side screen space, I've noticed that enemy helicopters come in much earlier and fire earlier. They also seem to be harder to hit because you can't angle your heli to shoot out into that part of the screen. By adding extra screen space on each side they've increased your blind spot.

Then they did something really shocking, they changed the music! :mad:

The original music was absolutely great. I couldn't believe there was different music when I selected the new mode.

Basically, these special edition box sets need **** loads of options. Want to play the new HD mode? sure! You can also display the screen as originally as intended. And play the original soundtrack.

badger57 · 25-01-2013 11:59PM

Predator 2 on the Sega Mega Drive. Difficult enough game!

o1s1n · 26-01-2013 12:07AM

badger57 wrote: »

Predator 2 on the Sega Mega Drive. Difficult enough game!

One of the first games I ever completed when I was 8 or 9. Can't be that difficult!

eddhorse · 26-01-2013 01:34AM

Dusted off the C64 tonight for one reason.

Blue Max
http://youtu.be/FGnC673GOF4

Only game I'm half decent at and the counter only has to go to 24.

Quick load by c64 standards

Steve X2 · 26-01-2013 02:08AM

eddhorse wrote: »

Dusted off the C64 tonight for one reason.

Blue Max
http://youtu.be/FGnC673GOF4

Only game I'm half decent at and the counter only has to go to 24.

Quick load by c64 standards

Is that based on the 1966 movie?

If family legend is right the house my father grew up in is in that movie as it was shot around ireland, Kildare in particular. Apparently George Peppard used to drink in the local pub as did a lot of the crew.

OwaynOTT · 26-01-2013 02:20AM

Steve SI wrote: »

Is that based on the 1966 movie?

If family legend is right the house my father grew up in is in that movie as it was shot around ireland, Kildare in particular. Apparently George Peppard used to drink in the local pub as did a lot of the crew.

Hey Steve, any chance you could post a link to where you got those snes box protectors?

Hardly these?
http://www.videogameboxprotectors.com/#/store/4569532134

So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

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