So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

o1s1n

Just finished Earthbound /sniff sniff.

Now if there was ever a game I just did not want to reach the ending of, this was it. Could have happily played it forever!

Edit - balls, don't know what to play now! Have spent so long playing Earthbound and Phantasy Star IV over the last couple of months that I now have an empty void.

Anyone recommend a good RPG?

Retr0gamer

Well there's always the fan translation of Mother 3. You should read up about Earthbound now, it's very interesting about the themes and influences shigesato itoi had for the game.

And if you have a 3DS then Crimson Shroud is an absolute must.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well there's always the fan translation of Mother 3. You should read up about Earthbound now, it's very interesting about the themes and influences shigesato itoi had for the game.

And if you have a 3DS then Crimson Shroud is an absolute must.

Is Mother 3 good? I wonder would it be possible to use a GBA flash cart with the Gamecube GBA player so I could play through it on the tv.

Was reading about Earthbound last night the moment I finished it Very interesting (and downright weird!) influences alright. I quite like the

'end of innocence' type ideas floating about regarding the end. Very apt.

That bit at the end where their souls are taken from their bodies and put into robots completely took me from left field, I was shocked.

Part of me didn't want them to make it back as I thought it would have been incredible to have something so heartbreaking in what appeared to be a kids game. Glad they did though

That whole last level, from when they became robots to the colouring/design of the level itself with the music...just so foreboding. When 'Oisin prays for Ness etc' came up on the screen I realized I actually was praying for them . Amazing 4th wall breaking. Has to be one of my favourite moments in videogames ever

johnny_ultimate

Asking Retr0gamer if Mother 3 is any good?

You don't read his posts enough :P

Retr0gamer

Mother 3 is spectacularly good. I prefer Earthbound but Mother 3 would be the better game in terms of gameplay. It's got amazing writing as well but I think Earthbound wins in that regard, Mother 3's messages are a bit more obvious than earthbound.

Just don't read up about it before playing, there's major spoilers right from the get go.

CiDeRmAn

Wasted a morning on the cab again, so no games played
Because my boy finished DQIX I was considering if he should take a crack at DQVIII or VI, but if he's especially good at school today I'm going to reveal Ni No Kuni to him!
I haven't had any time to play anything recently, and it seems like a shame to have spent €50 on the game and not see it played.

Oh, I told a small fib, we did play about 10mins of Pink Sweets together this morning, before he went to school.
My boy is lucky to have a dad like me!

o1s1n

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Asking Retr0gamer if Mother 3 is any good?

You don't read his posts enough :P

I thought it was Mother 2 he was always going on about

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Mother 3 is spectacularly good. I prefer Earthbound but Mother 3 would be the better game in terms of gameplay. It's got amazing writing as well but I think Earthbound wins in that regard, Mother 3's messages are a bit more obvious than earthbound.

Just don't read up about it before playing, there's major spoilers right from the get go.

Brilliant! That's that decided so.

o1s1n

Just spent the evening trying to remember how to get GBA games to load off a flash cart in the DS. Finally remembered

Currently erasing the NOR to load Mother 3. Fingers crossed!

OwaynOTT

Was playing Streets of Rage 3 last night and it was kinda boring and I didnt notice much of difference between it and its predecessor, well apart from the shoddy music soundtrack and sound effects.
Was going to play Bare Knuckle 3 but apparently streets is harder, is there wny reason to try out th3 jap version?
Had a few minutes at Crisis Force as well and the more I play that gake the more I love it. A lot of interesting ideas in it like the obstacles in tge third stage, seems far more inventive than sonic wings special.
I really haven't played many shmups and maybe Crisis Force is rather bland in the overall scheme of things but out of Raiden Trad on sega, darius twin on snes and sonic wings special on saturn its my favourite.
Those titles being what I played recently.
Going through a bit of a nes stage, any recommendations?

o1s1n

Streets of Rage 3 was censored and altered to bits. Always go with Bare Knuckle 3, it's far better.

Whoever censored it had an issue with the gays.

Ash was totally removed.

Augmerson

Playing Battalion Wars on the Gamecube, really enjoying it so far.

OwaynOTT

o1s1n wrote: »

Streets of Rage 3 was censored and altered to bits. Always go with Bare Knuckle 3, it's far better.

Whoever censored it had an issue with the gays.

Ash was totally removed.

Wasnt that impressed with it and I don't think uncensored version will make much of a difference especially cause its c meant to be easier.

o1s1n

Ah it's nowhere near as good as SOR 2. The music in it is particularly awful. But if you're ever going to play SOR 3, just play Bare Knuckle 3 instead and put it on hard mode.

OwaynOTT

The sound is just brutal in it all right. Its onky saving grace is the end of stage sound, it stayed the same.
If I do play it, I will do it bare knuckled.
However, it really does deserve Ciderman's ****s of Rage moniker.

o1s1n

The reason the music is so bad is because they got all experimental and tried to use a random note generator - and failed miserably! Its such a shame as the music in the first two games is brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-B3Q0cRrY

Still, the sprites and animation in SOR 3/BK 3 are still huge and really impressive.

o1s1n

One of the worst pieces of music ever made. SOR 3 disco level. I always want to break my Megadrive for creating such sounds

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

OwaynOTT

Lol thats where I stopped playing it!

Retr0gamer

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Wasnt that impressed with it and I don't think uncensored version will make much of a difference especially cause its c meant to be easier.

The fact that Bare Knuckle 3 is easier makes the game 100 times more playable. It's a much better game as a result. Whoever decided it was a good idea to increase the damage taken by four in the western release should be shot. Try Bare Knuckle 3, you'll be surprised how much such a small balancing issue like that makes it a far better game.

OwaynOTT

'cause you said it, I'll try it and it's most definitely not because I suck at Crisis Force.

o1s1n

The Mother games are like crack! Couldnt put M3 down last night and I'm an absolute zombie now this morning as a result.

Will probably do the same tonight.

Retr0gamer

Was up until 3AM playing Chrono Trigger and finished it. That game is still one of the best ever made.

The Last Bandit

I really need to get back to Chrono Trigger, got sidetracked by the real world for far too long..

o1s1n

I still think it's the best Snes game ever made. Earthbound and Super Metroid come very very close, but there's something about Chrono that puts it ahead for me.

Possibly Frog.

Jack burton

o1s1n wrote: »

I still think it's the best Snes game ever made. Earthbound and Super Metroid come very very close, but there's something about Chrono that puts it ahead for me.

Possibly Frog.

What a bad mother****er!

MrVestek

http://sega-addicts.murnaumusic.com/?p=36684&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

8-O

Yu Suzuki... SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

gymman39

u must be tired retrogamer..!!!

megaten

Achilles wrote: »

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8-O

Yu Suzuki... SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

He'd still need to convince Sega to sell him the licence.

MrVestek

megaten wrote: »

He'd still need to convince Sega to sell him the licence.

I really don't understand why they'd hold on to a license for an IP that they seem to have absolutely no interest in. I'd say some of the Kickstarter (if it ever got going) would be to buy the rights.

CiDeRmAn

Looks like one of my definite wants for 2013 is Chronotrigger.
Did you play it on the Ds or Snes Retr0?

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Looks like one of my definite wants for 2013 is Chronotrigger.
Did you play it on the Ds or Snes Retr0?

Apparantly the DS version has an extra dungeon? I played through it as well as the Snes version but can't say I noticed any difference.

I'm shocked you haven't played it yet. Go buy a snes copy asap!