So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

Retr0gamer · 25-01-2018 12:30AM

Have 25 hours put into Xanadu Next on the PC and it's quite simply one of the best action RPGs I've ever played. Falcom just have a knack for this genre and nobody can top them.

Los Lobos · 25-01-2018 08:21PM

accensi0n wrote: »

Small break from the frustration that is Battletoads to play Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, got a loan of it from a friend.

Proper old school nes playing here, borrowing games!!

wheresmahbombs · 02-02-2018 10:03PM

Still have my original Game Boy, which is still functional. Having come across it in one of my drawers, I decided to give Tetris a go.

I'm proud to own a console that still functions nearly 30 years on.

CiDeRmAn · 03-02-2018 10:33AM

I've a 40 year old Atari Pong console that still works, still needs a new potentiometer in one of the controls, but otherwise it is still perfect. All it needed was a fresh set of D cells!

wheresmahbombs · 03-02-2018 12:08PM

My oldest is probably either the NES or the Game Boy.

Stoner · 05-02-2018 09:52PM

VIC 20

wheresmahbombs · 05-02-2018 10:42PM

My first real console was the N64, and I didn't get the NES until much later. I did get a Game Boy pretty soon after my N64.

Amalgam · 10-02-2018 05:15PM

Munching my way through Castlevania - Symphony of the Night, on the Playstation 1. Only console where I hadn't ventured, for Castlevania.

..with the gift of hindsight, I remember this title lingering on shop shelves a good bit, it didn't seem to do as well as expected?

Maybe just the format, the CD seeking between levels is brief, but noticeable.

wheresmahbombs · 10-02-2018 06:11PM

Amalgam wrote: »

Munching my way through Castlevania - Symphony of the Night, on the Playstation 1. Only console where I hadn't ventured, for Castlevania.

..with the gift of hindsight, I remember this title lingering on shop shelves a good bit, it didn't seem to do as well as expected?

Maybe just the format, the CD seeking between levels is brief, but noticeable.

I've played the first Castlevania, Super Castlevania IV and this. It's awesome. My favourite out of the three I've played.

I'd take CD-quality audio over short load times any day.

o1s1n · 10-02-2018 07:57PM

Amalgam wrote: »

..with the gift of hindsight, I remember this title lingering on shop shelves a good bit, it didn't seem to do as well as expected?

Maybe just the format, the CD seeking between levels is brief, but noticeable.

In the era of 3D games, nobody wanted a sprite based 2D plattormer unfortunately.

I completely missed out on it during the PS1s lifespan, only played through it ten or so years later.

Retr0gamer · 11-02-2018 07:55PM

UK magazines were always not so enamoured by Castlevania and Megaman. I remember a Megaman X review in a U.K. Mag and they gave it 6 out of 10. I was perplexed as I loved the Megaman games I played on the NES.

With symphony of the night I was randomly browsing through a magazine and saw a review for SotN. Thought it looked incredible in screenshots then I got to the score. 7 out of 10. Would have put me off it if I had a PS1. When I did get a PS1 the game had become impossible to find. Only got a copy when a relative of mine turned out to be an accountant at Konami and sent me a spare review copy.

It was much more highly rated in the US.

As for the load times, SotN has the best loading screen ever. Loved messing around with the loading sign while I waited.

wheresmahbombs · 11-02-2018 08:15PM

Those review scores perplex me too. I cannot get my head around why they rated it so low.

Never knew I could mess with the loading sign.

o1s1n · 11-02-2018 08:48PM

Been playing Metal Gear Solid today for the first time in almost 20 years. Dug out my original PS1 for the occasion.

I've been a little scared to revisit it as it played such a huge part in my early teen gaming years and I was afraid time might not have been kind...

Still absolutely amazing! In fact it's quite something to go back and play a 3D game of this vintage which just got so many things right. From what I can see the framerate is pretty solid too, the action is still really fast paced and mountains of fun.

maddymcmaddser · 12-02-2018 02:57PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Been playing Metal Gear Solid today for the first time in almost 20 years. Dug out my original PS1 for the occasion.

I've been a little scared to revisit it as it played such a huge part in my early teen gaming years and I was afraid time might not have been kind...

Still absolutely amazing! In fact it's quite something to go back and play a 3D game of this vintage which just got so many things right. From what I can see the framerate is pretty solid too, the action is still really fast paced and mountains of fun.

I agree, this still holds up really well today! It really was ground breaking for it's time.

Kylo Ren · 12-02-2018 03:13PM

I played it for the first time ever last year and enjoyed my time. I anticipated not being able to get into it without nostalgia for it but it surprised me. I remember thinking at points "Jesus, this came out in 1998!"

12-02-2018 03:39PM

**** the torture scene. My fingers are broke

Amalgam · 12-02-2018 07:41PM

maddymcmaddser wrote: »

I agree, this still holds up really well today! It really was ground breaking for it's time.

I don't think the intro of that game has been bettered by many games after it. It is just.. so right, in every way. Credits and reveal, segueing the player into the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj6plOoDl_s

brianregan09 · 12-02-2018 08:17PM

I agree with everything said on here MGS on the playstation one was easily one of my favorite gaming experiences of my life , Just a really perfect game in so many ways

Kylo Ren · 12-02-2018 09:06PM

Also, can we bring back this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NImW-Rs8eK8

Retr0gamer · 12-02-2018 10:15PM

What people don't realise is that MGS is a near note for note remake of Metal Gear: solid snake. That game is amazing but that fact also doesn't detract from how good MGS is. It improves on it in many ways especially how it makes full use of 3D environments.

God I had more fun with the demo of that game than I got out of most modern triple A games!

Amalgam wrote: »

I don't think the intro of that game has been bettered by many games after it. It is just.. so right, in every way. Credits and reveal, segueing the player into the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj6plOoDl_s

Best intro on the PS1.... if Vagrant Story didn't exist.

Retr0gamer · 12-02-2018 10:17PM

Kylo Ren wrote: »

Also, can we bring back this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NImW-Rs8eK8

That was taken from Policenauts. The cross over between both of those games is pretty weird!

12-02-2018 11:51PM

What's the best version of policenauts?
I've seen theres a few ports and they all seem to be censored in some way

CiDeRmAn · 13-02-2018 09:01AM

So... We're not going to mention Twin Snakes then? The remaster on the GC of MGS?
Or is it the ugly cousin one was forced to take to the debs and now want to deny ever existed?
Asking for a friend......

13-02-2018 11:08AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So... We're not going to mention Twin Snakes then? The remaster on the GC of MGS?
Or is it the ugly cousin one was forced to take to the debs and now want to deny ever existed?
Asking for a friend......

No

It's class

CiDeRmAn · 13-02-2018 11:56AM

M!Ck^ wrote: »

No

It's class

wait for it M!Ck, just... wait...

they'll be along in a minute, to pour scorn on it...

o1s1n · 13-02-2018 01:02PM

I've never actually played Twin Snakes, is it still ridiculously expensive?

Actually, speaking of stupidly expensive, anyone see what Snatcher is going for these days? After my recent MGS buzz I thought I'd finally buy a copy. ( I was going to pick up one on adverts.ie for about 150 a few years ago but let it go)

Holy hell, there are BIN ended auctions where people have paid almost £400!

13-02-2018 01:14PM

o1s1n wrote: »

I've never actually played Twin Snakes, is it still ridiculously expensive?

Actually, speaking of stupidly expensive, anyone see what Snatcher is going for these days? After my recent MGS buzz I thought I'd finally buy a copy. ( I was going to pick up one on adverts.ie for about 150 a few years ago but let it go)

Holy hell, there are BIN ended auctions where people have paid almost £400!

I scooped it up for around 45-50 euros

Not mad expensive. It does happen to be one of the rare GameCube titles.

maddymcmaddser · 13-02-2018 03:18PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So... We're not going to mention Twin Snakes then? The remaster on the GC of MGS?
Or is it the ugly cousin one was forced to take to the debs and now want to deny ever existed?
Asking for a friend......

I own it but I haven't played it yet, I was late to the party on MGS games so I've been playing through them in the last few years, I'm on Metal Gear Rising at the moment, when I finish that I'll play through MGSV and I'm leaving Twin Snakes to play through at the end!

From the games I've played so far I've loved all of them but I think it's between 1 and 3 as to which is my favourite!

Inviere · 13-02-2018 05:12PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Actually, speaking of stupidly expensive, anyone see what Snatcher is going for these days? After my recent MGS buzz I thought I'd finally buy a copy. ( I was going to pick up one on adverts.ie for about 150 a few years ago but let it go)

Holy hell, there are BIN ended auctions where people have paid almost £400!

I picked that up a few years ago, as it's a game that had a huge impact on me when I first played it many moons ago. Mega-money, but expensive because it's uncommon, and thus, unlikely to start going down any time soon. I got the NTSC-U version of it, as that's the version I had when I was younger.

o1s1n · 13-02-2018 05:30PM

I guess it's just shocking to see the price increase from cira 150 euro to over 500 in a matter of 2-3 years. And annoying as it's been on my to buy list for so long, I just never got around to it!

I guess it falls in line with all of the other astronomical price increases as of late.

Will just have to stick with my CD-R copy

Edit - you got to experience that first time around as a kid? Wow! I can only imagine what you made of it alright, nothing else like it at the time.

So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

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