So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

airmax87

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

More scanline porn!

In all it's 5 euro chinese scart 240p glory

airmax87

Uno my Uno.

airmax87 wrote: »

PHOWAAARRRRRRRR!!! look at the pixelation on that!

Shapey Fiend

CiDeRmAn

airmax87 wrote: »

Just taking the p1ss now!

Retr0gamer

Got sick of Bloodborne's load times so decided to bring the snes downstairs and hook it up to the CRT that is in the main sitting room. It makes such a massive difference compared to the LCD I have in my room, everything looks so much better. Anyway I played and finished Donkey Kong Country in 90 minutes, I forgot just how little game is in it! Then I beat majyuuou, great game even if the price I paid was a bit steep! Then I started the fan translation of FFV on my SD2SNES. That game is a lot of fun.

Chris_Heilong

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Got sick of Bloodborne's load times so decided to bring the snes downstairs and hook it up to the CRT that is in the main sitting room. It makes such a massive difference compared to the LCD I have in my room, everything looks so much better. Anyway I played and finished Donkey Kong Country in 90 minutes, I forgot just how little game is in it! Then I beat majyuuou, great game even if the price I paid was a bit steep! Then I started the fan translation of FFV on my SD2SNES. That game is a lot of fun.

So does the PS4 suffer from the same loadtime issue as the PS3?

CRT is so good for retro, graphics are always so crisp.

Retr0gamer

It just seems to be a Bloodborne issue but in a game where you die an awful lot and have to sit through a very plain loading screen for 40-50 seconds it can get infuriating.

sweetie

Retr0gamer wrote:

It just seems to be a Bloodborne issue but in a game where you die an awful lot and have to sit through a very plain loading screen for 40-50 seconds it can get infuriating.

Its like being a bold kid - 'sit there and think about what you did wrong!'

CiDeRmAn

sweetie wrote: »

Its like being a bold kid - 'sit there and think about what you did wrong!'

I usually ran around the wrong corner into something sharp and pointy.
Bugger...

eddhorse

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It just seems to be a Bloodborne issue but in a game where you die an awful lot and have to sit through a very plain loading screen for 40-50 seconds it can get infuriating.

Least you dont have to rewind the tape i guess and wait 20 mins.

The developers are supposed to release a patch for the loading times.

On another note the Nightmare Frontier level is jawdropping. :eek:

Steve X2

Playing some Jetstrike on the Amiga CD32 after getting reminded of it in the latest Retro gamer magazine.
Really enjoyed this at the time and the playability really holds up, its a lot of fun and gets pretty tough later on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IWmx0FULDM

judosean2005

NINtendo Game watch Blackjack.jpg
Just got my hands on my new favourite toy.
Granted its not the most entertaining game in the world but
the quality of the console. makes it playable.

Myrddin

Had a blast of SF2: CE (the best SF2!) there on the bartop....managed to 1cc it with Ryu!

Myrddin

Started Mother 3, I've been putting it off long enough I'm about an hour in so far & it looks like it's gonna be every bit as good as Earthbound

Mr.Saturn

Myrddin wrote: »

Started Mother 3, I've been putting it off long enough I'm about an hour in so far & it looks like it's gonna be every bit as good as Earthbound

What format are you playing it on?

Myrddin

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

What format are you playing it on?

A format that'd get me perma-banned form this forum I'm afraid Though I will say this, filters and scanlines have made the game look really nice on the bigger screen of the bartop.

I've a flash card here for the GBA but I really can't be arsed playing on the hand murdering SP, & the stock launch GBA's screen is poo. So for this one, I've had to go to the dark side...

Retr0gamer

I absolutely adored Mother 3. The short length and the perfectly paced episodes made it much easier to get through than other RPGs. I kind of prefer how arty Earthbound is, Mother 3 is kind of spelled out for the player but the ending really is a knockout. Most other games go for high emotion, nothing wrong with that and it can be done very well like in the Last of Us. However the Mother games just does something very different, very emotional, poignant moments where nothing has really happened and the closest I've experienced to it is Murakami's short stories.

Mr.Saturn

Myrddin wrote: »

A format that'd get me perma-banned form this forum I'm afraid Though I will say this, filters and scanlines have made the game look really nice on the bigger screen of the bartop.

I've a flash card here for the GBA but I really can't be arsed playing on the hand murdering SP, & the stock launch GBA's screen is poo. So for this one, I've had to go to the dark side...

Are you still able to do the rhythm-chain during combat?

Myrddin

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Are you still able to do the rhythm-chain during combat?

I haven't seem to come to those parts yet, I'm not that far into it. What is the chain, a combination of L, R, B & A?

Mr.Saturn

Myrddin wrote: »

I haven't seem to come to those parts yet, I'm not that far into it. What is the chain, a combination of L, R, B & A?

It's in the combat from the get-go. If you can match pressing A with the rhythm of the backing-track, your damage multiplies. The more you match, the more it multiplies. It sounds like a gamebreaker, but it's tricky. I struggled to do it.

o1s1n

Same, I could barely manage it through the whole.game. if I did it was a complete fluke!

Retr0gamer

I found it pretty easy to do in most battles although some mess up the tempo to screw with you. Most tracks you just have to pick out the instrument to tap along to but others are far more difficult to get the rhythm down. Definitely worth experimenting with since there's no negative effect to trying and it makes the battles way more interesting.

Uncle Ruckus

Super E.D.F. for Snes. Homing seems by far the best so far. I made it to stage 3 before losing continues. Pretty hard so far.

The Last Bandit

Spend a few hours on 'Gun' on the Xbox, pretty decent game. Not sure who the devs were but definitely 'Red Dead Redemption' owes it a lot.

Mr.Saturn

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Spend a few hours on 'Gun' on the Xbox, pretty decent game. Not sure who the devs were but definitely 'Red Dead Redemption' owes it a lot.

Red Dead Redemption is a sequel to a game called Red Dead Revolver, which predates GUN by over a year.

Yeah, I know I'm being pedantic, but you would not believe how long I have had that nugget of knowledge festering in the bowels on my sorry mind, just waiting for it to even approach relevance.

The Last Bandit

I know, I've played RDRevolver as well. But it terms of gameplay, Redempton is much much closer to Gun than it is to Revolver (which got boring pretty quickly I though).

Ken Shamrock

Playing Extreme Warfare Revenge again If that counts as "Retro" or as a "game"

Mr.Saturn

The Last Bandit wrote: »

I know, I've played RDRevolver as well. But it terms of gameplay, Redempton is much much closer to Gun than it is to Revolver (which got boring pretty quickly I though).

My hopes of relevance thwarted again.

CiDeRmAn

I loved Revolver but it was a much more linear affair than Redemption but there was a considerable length of time between the two releases, we forget that where as the GTA series had so many regular episodes over the years.