So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

Retr0gamer

Thought Revolver was well meh which is why redemption surprised me so much. RDRevolver had a weird development cycle. It was a Capcom game before getting sold to Rockstar just before they cancelled it.

o1s1n

The new minty fresh PGM mobo came out today, woah is it completely fresh. Mintiest looking piece of arcade hardware I've ever seen.

Gave The Gladiator a run through on the Aero. What a game. A lot of Taiwanese games have dodgy animation, but this stuff is beautiful.

Think I'll give Demon Front a go this evening.

airmax87

Who needs a PVM when you can get trinitrons for a fiver

da gamer

Started final fantasy x a few nights ago. Had never played it before so I picked up the hd remake on ps vita. Have to say I'm loving it so far even though ive only played it for an hour or two. It's the first final fantasy I have played since 8 (can't believe it's 16 years since I played this great franchise) My main concern is that I won't stick with it, I'm finding it more and more difficult to find the time to put into games lately and the idea of putting in up to 100 hours on one game seems impossible to me!

Myrddin

Still going with Mother 3, getting a half hour here & there when I can. So far its...good, but not gripping me as much as Earthbound did. Hopefully that'll change the more I get into it. I'm only at the (first?) castle, that blasted composer is holding me up badly though

Myrddin

Myrddin wrote: »

Still going with Mother 3, getting a half hour here & there when I can. So far its...good, but not gripping me as much as Earthbound did. Hopefully that'll change the more I get into it. I'm only at the (first?) castle, that blasted composer is holding me up badly though

Right, I had to go back to rpg school & refresh my knowledge of battle skills. Got through that castle in one go, I really hadn't been playing correctly. Onwards!

Myrddin

Progressing along in Mother 3 much better now. Still early days, I've only started Death Desert. How many chapters are in the game?

As an aside, I ramped the dip switch difficulty settings of SF2: CE up to 7 (max) to see how I'd fare out. Took two attempts, but I 1cc'd it there, only losing three rounds all together (1 to Chun Li, 1 to Dhalsim, & 1 to Bison). Now, to tackle Hyper Fighting on full difficulty...I can't quite remember, but I don't think I ever cleared (1cc'd) HF in the arcade....time to put that right...

eddhorse

Played a bit of 1942 and original Pacman on the 60-in-1.

I really do like 1942, i presume people that are good at cave shooters find it very easy? I only got through about 5 stages.

Myrddin

Myrddin wrote: »

As an aside, I ramped the dip switch difficulty settings of SF2: CE up to 7 (max) to see how I'd fare out. Took two attempts, but I 1cc'd it there, only losing three rounds all together (1 to Chun Li, 1 to Dhalsim, & 1 to Bison). Now, to tackle Hyper Fighting on full difficulty...I can't quite remember, but I don't think I ever cleared (1cc'd) HF in the arcade....time to put that right...

Feck, HF is much tougher on full difficulty! I nearly made it to Balrog there, but f**k you Guile, f**k you!

CiDeRmAn

Had a Saturn session last night of Quake and House of the Dead.
Followed that with a blast of Rebel Strike on the GC, though one of the non sh1te levels!

Retr0gamer

Myrddin wrote: »

Progressing along in Mother 3 much better now. Still early days, I've only started Death Desert. How many chapters are in the game?

As an aside, I ramped the dip switch difficulty settings of SF2: CE up to 7 (max) to see how I'd fare out. Took two attempts, but I 1cc'd it there, only losing three rounds all together (1 to Chun Li, 1 to Dhalsim, & 1 to Bison). Now, to tackle Hyper Fighting on full difficulty...I can't quite remember, but I don't think I ever cleared (1cc'd) HF in the arcade....time to put that right...

There's 8 chapters with he last two being a good bit longer.

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

There's 8 chapters with he last two being a good bit longer.

I've started Chapter 4, and am finding the start of this chapter a bit slow. No doubt it'll pick up. I can see the game beginning to tie the story together now, which is nice.

Myrddin

Myrddin wrote: »

I've started Chapter 4, and am finding the start of this chapter a bit slow. No doubt it'll pick up. I can see the game beginning to tie the story together now, which is nice.

Ugh,

Titiboo Attic

...dat last boss! I can't seem to get past it, I think I may have messed up earlier in the

Titiboo Club, I didn't buy the hat which adds to your defence

Myrddin

Myrddin wrote: »

Ugh,

Titiboo Attic

...dat last boss! I can't seem to get past it, I think I may have messed up earlier in the

Titiboo Club, I didn't buy the hat which adds to your defence

Got it, finally. Had to backtrack a little bit & get some more bits from the

club seller guy

o1s1n

Playing Xenoblade Chronicles on the 3DS, really getting into it, 3DS battery dies - realised I gave my girlfriend a lend of my 3DS charger when she went away on holidays.



I also have Metroid Prime on the go too so guess I'll just have to fill my days with that.

I haven't played it since back in the Gamecube days so it's my first go with the Wiimote - holy **** did Nintendo really nail it with the controls :eek: they're perfect.

Yeah, Xenoblade can wait :pac:

STG.Otaku

Money Idol Exchanger. LOTS of Money Idol Exchanger.

What a great game.

MrVestek

Ok so I know it's not exactly Retro but it is based off of Streets of Rage... kinda.

It's built with the Beats of Rage open source engine (think open source Streets of Rage).

For any Power Rangers fans out there it's pretty cool:
https://gamejolt.com/games/arcade/power-rangers-beats-of-power/30577/

Beats of Power it's called.

It's kinda like a cross between the best of the SNES and Megadrive games of that era but enhanced with better sounds and video.

Even if you're not a fan of Power Rangers I recommend that you check it out. It has a pretty decent difficulty curve too as you can see from my following archived Twitch stream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qMpRq8BA0Q

I may or may not have ragequit at the end of this video...

Myrddin

Myrddin wrote: »

I've started Chapter 4, and am finding the start of this chapter a bit slow. No doubt it'll pick up. I can see the game beginning to tie the story together now, which is nice.

Near the end of Chapter 5 now I reckon (I'm at the

robot defence section at the top of the tower

). Enjoying the game more so than I was at the start I have to say, it's a lovely little game really.

Made it to Sagat in SF2: HF on max difficulty, which marks the furthest I've gotten in that game on 1 credit. Nearly there, the AI can be bloody cheap in this game but nothing compared to SSF2T

CiDeRmAn

Fecking Blood Starved Beast.....

Andrew76

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Fecking Blood Starved Beast.....

:pac:

You can summon Alfred to help with that fight iirc.

Martyr Logarius is my current foe, fecker is tough.

Retr0gamer

Played some Vania 3 and Gimmick. They sound so good with the extra sound chips in the Famicom carts but them being balls hard and the Jetlag means I'm even more cackhanded than usual.

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Played some Vania 3 and Gimmick. They sound so good with the extra sound chips in the Famicom carts but them being balls hard and the Jetlag means I'm even more cackhanded than usual.

It's probably the controllers fault

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

It's probably the controllers fault

Definitely not, I'm getting game overs before the first boss in each

Myrddin

Mother 3 - New Fassad - Ggrrrrrrrr :mad:

Myrddin

Myrddin wrote: »

Mother 3 - New Fassad - Ggrrrrrrrr :mad:

Gotcha! Onwards & upwards...

CiDeRmAn

I have it, played it for about ten minutes on release and found the controls weird.
I guess I was spoiled by the MotoGP game on the Xbox 360 by then, it just got the control so right.

Doge

Played the original Mario Kart with my cousin who came overseas today on the SFC, It was his first time playing it since the early 90s so it was a trip down memory lane for him.

Also have been playing Mariokart Wii a lot lately.
Especially the kids in the extended family have all been going mad for that one.

I love how unpredictable the final result can be.

blag

Been trying to 1CC Metal SLug 3 this week and the last stage is a complete pain. It's just soooo long that I end up losing concentration and the mind drifts...great game. though

Retr0gamer

Zombie stage boss is usually as far as I get. MS1 and 2 I'm pretty good at but boy did they ramp up the difficulty of the third game.

blag

The Zombie stage is awesome throughout, great music too.