So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

o1s1n

Yeah will move on to the arcade version next. I don't think I've actually played it since back in the arcades. Not something I ever think of firing up on MAME.

Dark Savior

I play it (mercs)on the Ps1 but I'm crap at it.I'd honestly say I have to continue at least a dozen times to make any progress.I really need a partner to battle with me.

Just finished playing Super Mario Land on the snes via the super gameboy as corblimey mentioned in a thread.Still good for a quick burst of Mario and still as easy,didn't anyone ever play-test the game

o1s1n

I think they must have thought -

Handheld, therefore people will want to be able to pick up and play quickly, geared towards younger kids..we must make it easy. Or something.

Not that I mind though, it's nice if you're looking for a quick play through of a Mario game and don't want the difficulty that usually goes with it.

Haven't played through on my Super Gameboy though. That's an idea!

97i9y3941

ooooooh mercs is f#cking brill game,loved it on md,have it on the that lovely psx capcom compilation that came out in the 90s,which also has ghouls and ghosts,super ghouls and ghosts

CiDeRmAn

Well, it wasn't like there was a genuine handheld market up to the launch of the Gameboy, aside from the likes of the Game&Watch series, so I reckon Nintendo can be forgiven for misreading the future demands of a whole genre that they had only just invented!
I have played it via the HBC on the Wii, and via the GB emulator on the DS and it's still a nice game,
Super Mario Land 2 is astounding though, given the limitations of the machine and Super Mario Bros DX on the GBC is a very nice conversion as well, with all the shortcuts included.

Retr0gamer

Mario Land 2 is awesome. First game I had on the GB and I played the **** out of it.

honkytonk52

just talking about mercs there i think im gonna go up there turn it on...to be honest i was always a bit crap at it...but i was a lot younger then

o1s1n

Just focus on dodging the bullets than being all Rambo and running in with guns blazing (That was the mistake I'd been making all these years)

Treat it like a space shooter. It's easy enough.

I think I over used the oul Mega Crashes a bit though. As soon as a boss almost shot me *BOOM* mega crash. Made it a bit too easy.

Retr0gamer

I can beat it without megacrushes. Hardest boss for me are the second level boss because of how unpredictable he is (much tougher in arcade as well) and the boat boss because the flamethrower does stupid damage. The train boss is a toughie but the pattern is easy to learn. My trick is to use the rocket launcher, finishes bosses off in no time.

o1s1n

I played through it only using the green laser spread beam thing. It's one gun I always avoid as I hate the noise it makes.. (And it doesn't look nearly as cool as the flamethrower deaths!) Thought I'd do the opposite this time and only use it. And what do you know, the game is easy enough with it.

I think I'll do the same thing with all the weapons and see which one is the hardest to get through the game with. It's gotta be the flame thrower.

Augmerson

Just cleared Tomb Raider Legend. Feeling a little 'meh'. I have Anniversary and that is a great game, easily gets onto my top 10 PS2 games. Legend is like...it's like that redhead out of Girls Aloud. She's actually not half bad, but when you put her beside Nadine Coyle and Cheryl Cole, she's a bag of dirt. Legend is like this. It's a good game, but play Anniversary and you start to wonder where it all went wrong. In the last level 2 or 3 levels I was hoping there was more to come as it had actually got me excited and revved up only for the credits to roll....lame.

The boss was too easy aswell. Still going to get Underworld asap.

o1s1n

I was out in my parents today and managed to dig out some ps1 games I haven't seen in ages. Including Tomb Raider 1-3. Think I'm going to give them a go during the week.

Retr0gamer

Playing some Soul Blazer at the moment and have to say it's really damn good. Just like actraiser there's nothing special about it but everything in the game comes together to make it much better than the sum of it's parts.

CiDeRmAn

I played a spot of Sonic 2 last night, still great.
Got a good genesis emu running on the DS and it's cool to have such a catalog of games on the go, she also runs a great NES, GB/C and Snes emu, of course my microSD is about to explode!

James Howlett

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I played a spot of Sonic 2 last night, still great.
Got a good genesis emu running on the DS and it's cool to have such a catalog of games on the go, she also runs a great NES, GB/C and Snes emu, of course my microSD is about to explode!

is that hard to do? run an emulator for mega drive games on the DS?

o1s1n

James Howlett wrote: »

is that hard to do? run an emulator for mega drive games on the DS?

Nope not at all. You just need to get a DS megadrive emulator and put it on a r4 or something similar. It's been a while since I did it but I remember it being a breeze.

As for the topic, had some good craic last night with the ps1. Finally managed to get a load of my games out of storage and into the new apartment.

Played through the first couple of levels of Tomb Raider 1. It's still great! I forgot how atmospheric some of the music was. And the controls, they all came back to me as if I'd only played it the day before. Not a 10+ year time gap. Great great game. I'll be playing through this again until completion.

The original analog pad really came into it's own too. It's so much more comfortable than the dual shock. Actually I tried using the dual shock for Rez afterwards and the handles felt uncomfortably stubby. Yuck.

Retr0gamer

The later Tomb Raider games were kind of horrible to play. Glad to hear that the first one still holds up and is as good today as it ever was.

Although this is coming from a robocop vs. Terminator fan :P

Retr0gamer

Interesting useless bit of trivia from the anniversary edition but the lost city of Valcamba that you explore in Tomb Raider was discovered before the first game was made but only identified as Valcamba afterwards. There was a lack of dinosaurs and raptors living there.

James Howlett

When I first played Tomb Raider, back in '96, I had an interesting encounter with the T-Rex.

I could hear it coming towards Lara on screen and I thought to myself:
"If you stay completely still, it can't see you."

Sure enough Lara held her own, not making a move as the T-Rex came ever closer... and then I saw Lara Croft die for the first, but no means last, time.

Have to hand it to Jurassic Park for that advice there:D

o1s1n

Last night I was up really high and threw a switch for a door on ground level.

'Ah, I can jump off to get down quicker, doesn't matter if I lose a bit of health. I haven't use a health pack yet so have lots spare'

/Lara Jumps of, hits the bottom -

CRACK! goes every limb in her body.

WAH!!!! screams Oisin in shock/fright. I'd completely forgotten that happened. Scared the **** out of me.

CiDeRmAn

The game still loses points for the crappy controls and the awful repetitive voice over, although I do remember many magazines reporting the button combinations for the alleged nude cheat, where young lads, with joysticks in hand, feverishly pressed never ending combinations of buttons not knowing it was all a big wind-up, aimed at just those little w*nkers!

Jack burton

Just found my copy of tomb raider 2 for the pc, I really must give it a go.

Really are great games. I played underworld on the 360 but got pissed of during the first level and didnt play it agian haha

o1s1n

I thought the controls would be mangled but they're actually not. Maybe it's just because I played the games so much when I was younger I'm really use to them. I dunno. They feel right for the game.

James Howlett

yeah controls have NEVER been Tomb Raider's strong point but I still love playing the PS1 games. I also liked Underworld but the real question is...

and forgive me if i'm not supposed to ask this but regarding earlier...

if i download an emulator and afew roms, would I then just have two put those files onto an empty memory card, plug into an r4 and be laughing playing earthworm jim on my DS? or do i need to configure anything etc?

o1s1n

There's nothing wrong with discussing flash cards and homebrew.
Emulators are homebrew. So it's fine.

You need to configure the micro sd card. This just involves downloading the firmware and dropping it onto the card. A monkey could do it really. It's very easy.

Also, you'll need an emulator that's specifically designed for the DS. I think PicoDS was the Megadrive one I used.

Retr0gamer

Don't bother with Tomb Raider 2. After an excellent first stage the game goes gradually downhill.

o1s1n

It's such a shame how much they ruined the franchise after the first game.

I don't particularly remember 2 & 3 very well as I haven't played them since release. But I do remember being very very let down. So much so that I don't think I even bothered playing them through to the end.

James Howlett

Played a bit of Ristar tonight, little bit of Earthworm Jim also and then topped it off with Battletoads. Alright!:cool:

o1s1n

Ristar is a really great game. It makes me sad that it went by more or less completely unnoticed

o1s1n

Finally got Soukyugurentai.

Wow.

This is going to be a good Sunday.