So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

97i9y3941

well,they cheated with vr racing,added a chip in the cart to give the fancy graphics,the price for its release at time was £70!

o1s1n

Fred83 wrote: »

well,they cheated with vr racing,added a chip in the cart to give the fancy graphics,the price for its release at time was £70!

So did Nintendo with their Super FX chip :P

97i9y3941

thaught it was built in,oh well learn something new*back to the gaming archives for me lol

o1s1n

Nope, it's in the cart like the Sega SVP chip.

People generally sarificed a Stunt Race FX cart when making a Starfox 2 repro because of the FX chip in it.

Brian CivilEng

Haven't been able to post here for ages due to being locked out of my account, I am abitofacomedian.

I am currently hooked on Super Mario World. I missed this game when it first came out due to moving from NES to Megadrive to Playstation. Super Mario 3 was one of my favourite games of all time, and when I first played World I was a bit disappointed. Then I got into it and really enjoy the gameplay. Bosses are way too easy though, especially compared with Sonic.

CiDeRmAn

There are those whole believe that Super Mario Bros 3 is superior to Super Mario World, but there you go!

Best value cartridge on the planet is the Super Mario Allstars+Super Mario World cart, incredible at the time, still great now! The updates to the NES games are very well done, Super Mario Bros 3 never looked so good, and the NES original was no slouch in the graphics dept. to begin with.

A new Super Mario game, a proper sprite based one would be amazing, I wonder if we will ever see one?

Gummy Panda

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Best value cartridge on the planet is the Super Mario Allstars+Super Mario World cart, incredible at the time, still great now! The updates to the NES games are very well done, Super Mario Bros 3 never looked so good, and the NES original was no slouch in the graphics dept. to begin with.

I can't stand that cart. The new sprites seemed to mess up the jump mechanics in Super Mario Bros. It just wasn't the same.

CrinkElite

Playing road rash 3 on an old xbox original the other day.
Pure 16 bit gold.
By the end of the day there were 6 of us sitting in front of the crappy 14" screen,
we'd been playing solid for over 9 hours.:eek:
how did they get it so right??
The action, the comedy, the graphics and MY GOD THE MUSIC!
Without being an authority on retrogaming I'd say this was the finest series of games on any 16-bit platform
and far better than anything that's been released in recent times.

By the by, does anyone else here use an xbox as an emulation machine?
I'm thinking of getting a xbox light gun for use with MAME/Zsnes/Neogenesis but I've no Idea how well they work.
They range from about 10-30 yoyos on ebay depending on model/features.
What do you guys use to play light-gun games?(I don't have the disposable cash to invest in a real console+games)

o1s1n

Why has it taken me so long to get a Dreamcast? Been playing Ikaruga this morning. Oh my god what a good game it is. I'd love if I could somehow flip it sideways so it would take up the whole screen..but ah, I can live with it how it is. So much fun.

I you, Treasure.

I've been looking at lots of Dreamcast top games lists. But anything you'd recomend that I really shouldn't miss? I'm going to avoid Shenmue for the moment due to the amount of time it would take to play. Think Jet Grind Radio and Crazy Taxi might be next.

Atavan-Halen

Jet Grind Radio... You and your Americanisms!

But yeah defo get J(S/G)R It's a great game but it feels a little bit slow for me in places, but that's just my opinion. Get Chu Chu rocket if you don't already have it, you know how fun it is And Resi Evil: Code Veronica is enjoyable too.

o1s1n

I Still haven't played Chu Chu rocket. I feel like such a noob :pac:

Going to try to mainly work my way through the shooter library at the moment I think. Some great looking Japanese only titles.

ghostchant

Power stone 1 & 2 are great as well, as is Space channel 5.

o1s1n

ghostchant wrote: »

Power stone 1 & 2 are great as well, as is Space channel 5.

They're all at the top of the list

Just had a go of Under Defeat. Wow! Feels more like a current gen game. Actually so far the Dreamcast feels a lot newer than the ps2..even though it came out before it. What's that about?

Also have Ecco Defender of the Future ready to go. This looks like it's going to be a good weekend of gaming!

Atavan-Halen

Ah yeah Power Stone. I have the Power Stone collection on the PSP and it's awesome!

Although I'm sure ye'll argue the originals are better

o1s1n

Wtf, you can rotate the screen in Under Defeat! Now there's a reason to buy a VGA box.

Kimbot

o1s1n -

Get Marvel Vs Capcom 2,
Virtua Striker 2 (if you like footie games, tis the only reason I got a DC years ago)
MSR (Metropolis Street Racer).
Grandia
Silent Scope/Confidential Mission (If you have a lightgun)

There a heaps of good games on the DC.

o1s1n

looks like I'm going to have to buy yet another arcade stick. The Dreamcast pad is nice, but it's really not doing these shooters any justice.

Seems you can rotate the screen for Ikaruga too. I am very tempted to turn my LCD tv sideways.

batari

o1s1n wrote: »

I Still haven't played Chu Chu rocket. I feel like such a noob :pac:

Don't do it, it'll just wreck your head. The addictiveness is insane.
Damn cats..

ghostchant

atavan-halen wrote: »

Ah yeah Power Stone. I have the Power Stone collection on the PSP and it's awesome!

Although I'm sure ye'll argue the originals are better

I have the PSP collection too, great when on the bus, though it can't beat crowding around the tv playing 4-player power stone 2, me and my brothers played it to death

CiDeRmAn

Powerstone, most fun I ever had with a fighting game, brilliant.
Never picked up the PSP edition, but I have the first one on the DC, didn't like the second one at all, for some reason.

MSR though, still brilliant, what the DC was made for.

o1s1n

So I've pretty much just spent the whole weekend playing the following shooters -

Layer Section 1 & 2
1 is absolutely incredible. I love it. Everything from the sprite art to the soundtrack to the controls. Just brilliant.
The lock on controls seemed very familar though. They're identical to ReZ. Even the way your projectile things fire out after being locked on. It's not a bad thing, not at all...after playing so much Rez lately it felt like I had played this before. But yeah, that got the most plays. Really addictive stuff.

Layer Section 2...meh. Not bad, just shows you how much better sprite art has aged over time though. Nothing compared to the first.

Ikaruga, Under Defeat & Shikigami No Shiro 2. -

The first two are so much fun I sat with my jaw on the floor, drooling while I played through. The whole game mechanic of Ikaruga is just so good it boggles the mind as to why it hasn't been done before.

The smoke effects in Under Defeat are just eye wateringly pretty. Actually after playing that I really wanted to give Zero Gunner 2 a go, but alas, the disc wouldn't boot up.

Shikigami is good too, just I much rather spaceship shooters than these Cave styled ones with people...plus it's a bit too bullet hellish for my liking. I don't mind bullet hell games, it just when there are half a billion projectiles on screen, and no matter what you do, you seem to avoid them all without being hit..an eyebrow does get raised. Seems it's made to look more difficult than it is.

So you think I'd be sick of playing shooters after all that. But no, no I'm not. I just want to play more. MORE!!!

Retr0gamer

You are probably playing Layer Section 2 on the saturn. It really should be played on the PS1 since the saturn can't handle the 3D and transparencies. Layer Section 1 is amazing on the saturn.

I can safely say that Under Defeat is the best looking game on the Dreamcast. It looks phenomenal especially when you pause it and change the camera.

Zero Gunner 2 is great as well but noit as good as under defeat.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

You are probably playing Layer Section 2 on the saturn. It really should be played on the PS1 since the saturn can't handle the 3D and transparencies.

Yeah I sat there thinking 'wow, the Saturn really was not made for this'.

Didn't know it was on the ps1. Will check that out.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I can safely say that Under Defeat is the best looking game on the Dreamcast. It looks phenomenal especially when you pause it and change the camera.

Zero Gunner 2 is great as well but noit as good as under defeat.

Under Defeat could have been released yesterday on the 360 and I wouldn't think any different. I will be rotating my LCD TV for that when I can figure out some way of securing it properly.

CiDeRmAn

I got the "Shooters Collection" for the DC from a site, kinda....
It's very good with some almost unintelligible japanses shooters on it.
It feels like you are sampling illegal drugs, but have no idea what they are, just get this enormous buzz, confusion, a headache, wait til it wears off before you try another one!

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

It feels like you are sampling illegal drugs, but have no idea what they are, just get this enormous buzz, confusion, a headache, wait til it wears off before you try another one!

I can see you now, late shift on a ward, a Dreamcast with Shikigami No Shiro 2 and the key to a drugs cabinet.

:pac::pac::pac:

CiDeRmAn

Thankfully as a manager I don't have to do nights any more!
But for 17 years I did them every 6 weeks or so, and in would come the console de jour, and so I finished GTAIII, Halo/2/3, played lots of Sonic 3, experimented with my new PS playing the demo disk with Loaded in front of a bemused colleague, oh yes, a lot of my gaming blissed out moments have been there!

Silent Hill 2, in a darkened ward, in a psychiatric hospital at 3am! It's as the game is meant to be played! Not funny wandering around the dormitory with a torch to guide you in the dark after surveying a very similar hospital, also with a torch, in the dark in Silent Hill 2, always waiting for some 8ft pyramid helmeted thing to wander out of the toilets and back to bed!

At the same time, heading back home, on foot, the morning after nights, especially on a Sunday, in summer, with the birds singing and the sound of the wind in the trees and the waves crashing on the nearby beach, transports me to the land of Ico, still does even now, hmmm......

Retr0gamer

Played a bit of Super Mario World and Sonic 3 and Knuckles last night because I wasn't in the mood of anything more demanding. Still awesome games. I wish there were some good turn your brain off games like these around today. Even Rez stresses me out.

CiDeRmAn

I know what you mean, although I did finish the main quest in Fallout 3 last night, oddly a sense of relief as well as elation.

Mr. Jack Burton promptly posted my new MD games and now I own Street Racer, Street Fighter II, F22 Interceptor, Super Skidmarks and MegaGames II, which contains those wonderful games, Shinobi, Golden Axe and of course my favourite, Street of Rage, nice!

Sgt Hartman

Recently completed Vice Project Doom on the NES. Complete and utter BASTARD of a game:eek:

Last year I managed to pull off the Megaman X grand slam, completing all games on the SNES, PS1 and PS2. Almost droveme completely insane but was totally worth it;)

Currently playing Rastan Saga on MAME. Complete bitch of a game but I'm gonna keep at it until it's beaten.

Retr0gamer

Vice Project Doom is one of those hidden classics on the NES. Brilliant game.

I really must play and finish the Megaman X series, heard nothing but good things.