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So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

CiDeRmAn

Me, I'm playing a bit of Metal Slug X, Micromachines, Einhander via PSP and about to play some Daytona on the Saturn, anyone else?

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I'm about 6 hours in to Legend of Dragoon. Had to see what all the fuss is about.

Retr0gamer

I wouldn't say they look lovely. The 4 colour pre rendered visuals are kind of horrible, they kind of need a super Gameboy to look nice. They did cram in an impressive amount of animation though.

Technologically speaking DKC and the Gameboy games are actually very simple. Really basic programming going on there. Super Mario World is a far more advanced game. (DKC2 and 3 do have some more impressive visual effects so they did improve in that regard).

CiDeRmAn

It's impressive given they managed to shoe horn the visuals onto the Gameboy, looks best on the GB Pocket and the GBA:SP, very nice indeed.
And there's three of them, on lovely banana yellow carts, I have them all, collected over the years.
A nice counterpart to the Snes trilogy.

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

Just realised I've never actually played the Donkey Kong Land!

Must try and hunt down a cart and give it a go on the Super Gamyboy, I see it enhances the visuals somewhat.

It's like a watered down version of Donkey Kong Country so a bit meh but worth a play.

sryanbruen

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Great game, but Super Mario Land 2 is amazing, such an evolution of the previous title.
I would recommend Links Awakening Dx and the DKLand games as well.

I’d agree with that, I bought the second one also.

o1s1n

Just realised I've never actually played the Donkey Kong Land!

Must try and hunt down a cart and give it a go on the Super Gamyboy, I see it enhances the visuals somewhat.

CiDeRmAn

sryanbruen wrote: »

I'm playing Super Mario Land on my GameBoy Color I just received today, for the first time in years.

Great game, but Super Mario Land 2 is amazing, such an evolution of the previous title.
I would recommend Links Awakening Dx and the DKLand games as well.

sryanbruen

I'm playing Super Mario Land on my GameBoy Color I just received today, for the first time in years.

wheresmahbombs

I'd love if there was a patch for the two UU games, as their pitfall is their controls and interface, which keeps me from playing them for long sessions.

Retr0gamer

Well the System shock enhanced edition is just the old game with a fan patch licensed and applied (system shock portable). Pretty sure there is a similar patch for the underworld games as they use a less sophisticated version of the same engine.

Edit: Hmm, I think there isn't a mod

wheresmahbombs

Yep, it was the granddaddy of immersive sims. Wish it supported mouselook. Correct me if I'm wrong. Are there any mods out there that can enhance Ultima Underworld?
I have the Enhanced Edition of System Shock, which I didn't get long ago, and other than a weird interface, things have been fine so far.
Out of the old-school immersive sims, Deus Ex is my favourite so far, and its post-mortem (https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131523/postmortem_ion_storms_deus_ex.php) was the origin of the term 'immersive sim'.

Retr0gamer

Wasn't Ultima Underworld the originator? I played old school System Shock not so long ago. Other than an archaic control scheme that tries to do WASD before WASD, it's an absolutely cracking game still. The recent releases fix the control issues.

wheresmahbombs

Has anyone played the games that pioneered the immersive sim genre?

Shapey Fiend

Sumo Digital are probably the premier developer in the UK now. They're making Forza, Dead Island and Crackdown games. Everything they put out gets 9/10's.

emeraldeye

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

Don't think Sega have the development talent/budget/interest to spend on something like Outrun 3. It's the reason they outsourced the new Daytona to some third tier UK developer.

I'm just hoping as Sega announced they would be bringing back some old franchises; I think the team behind Sonic and Sega All Star Racing Transformed (quite the title) would do a good job with OutRun

Shapey Fiend

Don't think Sega have the development talent/budget/interest to spend on something like Outrun 3. It's the reason they outsourced the new Daytona to some third tier UK developer.

emeraldeye

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Lots of fun but, oddly, I have a love of the original Saturn version, even though there were obvious limitations and poor implementation, the game was fantastic, certainly considerably better than the later released edition, which looked better but just wasn't Daytona.

I always wanted a Saturn back then, I can imagine it's always going to be your favourite version

I also had the arcade version emulated with m2emulator, but it's not quite perfect; I read the 360 was the closest to the arcade so bought it in a sale. I think it's no longer available due to licensing issues, the same happened with OutRun; I really hope we see and OutRun 3

CiDeRmAn

emeraldeye wrote: »

I've been playing Daytona on the Xbox 360, it's a really good version

Lots of fun but, oddly, I have a love of the original Saturn version, even though there were obvious limitations and poor implementation, the game was fantastic, certainly considerably better than the later released edition, which looked better but just wasn't Daytona.

wheresmahbombs

I thought for a sec this was the first page... but the 1st post wasn't quoted in the 2nd post on that page.

emeraldeye

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Me, I'm playing a bit of Metal Slug X, Micromachines, Einhander via PSP and about to play some Daytona on the Saturn, anyone else?

I've been playing Daytona on the Xbox 360, it's a really good version

Doge

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The only form of transport back in your day! :pac:

wheresmahbombs

I've been playing the original Deus Ex (or Dooz Ex, as you called it in the year 2000) lately, and I can certainly say it's grown on me. When I started playing it, I wasn't the biggest fan of it. But once I grasped the near future seen from the year 2000 vibe (the year it was released), I started getting more interested in it.

CiDeRmAn

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

Anybody got some good Steam racing game recommendations that aren't too graphically intensive? There must be some cool indie ones that passed me by. I bought Flatout 2 a while ago and I'm not enjoying it quite as much as I recall doing on the PS2.

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Shapey Fiend

Anybody got some good Steam racing game recommendations that aren't too graphically intensive? There must be some cool indie ones that passed me by. I bought Flatout 2 a while ago and I'm not enjoying it quite as much as I recall doing on the PS2.

o1s1n

Doge wrote: »

How do you find mario kart and the likes of the fun ones?

I always recommend Motorstorm apocalypse as its really thrilling and Ciderman recommends Motorstorm Pacific Rift.

I guess they're more fun in multiplayer and split screen with friends.

Ah they're alright, but I'd never feel compelled to put one on.

I think it might just come down to what I grew up playing, only racing games I ever invested a lot of time in were Micro Machines, Road Rash 2, Wipeout 2097, Formula 1 '97 and the first Gran Turismo.

That's not to say I haven't acquired load over the years, they just tend to be turned off after 30-60 minutes, if ever switched on in the first place!

I suppose I have played through all the GTA games, do they count?

CiDeRmAn

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

I don't play a ton of racing games but every now and then one gets it's hooks in me and I play it to death. Sonic & Sega All Star Racing Transformed was the last one. Such a wonderful game it's like Outrun 2 on steroids. Learning how to chain your drifts all the way around the course is incredibly fun.

I was disappointed with the two all stars racing games, on Wii and WiiU at least.
Just couldn't get into them, although Sumo have quite the pedigree.
I really wouldn't class them anywhere near the arcade perfection of the Outrun 2/SP/Coast2Coast games though.

One I can think of before that I got really hooked on was Daytona 2001 for Dreamcast. People give out about the steering being too twitchy but I got over that pretty quickly. The controls are almost more akin to Scud Race than Daytona because the new high performance cars are inclined to spin out if you're not reeeaaally careful. Having the 4 gears on the facebuttons is a great system. Easily spent 150 hours on it and I'd bloody love a go of it now if I still had a Dreamcast.

It's a tremendous game, pity so few have played it.

Shapey Fiend

I don't play a ton of racing games but every now and then one gets it's hooks in me and I play it to death. Sonic & Sega All Star Racing Transformed was the last one. Such a wonderful game it's like Outrun 2 on steroids. Learning how to chain your drifts all the way around the course is incredibly fun.

One I can think of before that I got really hooked on was Daytona 2001 for Dreamcast. People give out about the steering being too twitchy but I got over that pretty quickly. The controls are almost more akin to Scud Race than Daytona because the new high performance cars are inclined to spin out if you're not reeeaaally careful. Having the 4 gears on the facebuttons is a great system. Easily spent 150 hours on it and I'd bloody love a go of it now if I still had a Dreamcast.

Noel82

o1s1n wrote: »

Anyone else here rarely play racing games?

I generally don't find myself in the humour to play them, at all.

I love games like Sega Rally, Super Hang on on the gen/arcade and top gear 2 on the snes. Slightly braggish but would call myself an expert at Super Mario Kart and F-zero :P Me and my brother spent endless hours on SMK playing 150cc to the point if one of us made a minor slip up the race was over. Utilizing the the shoulder buttons and the slide makes the game mechanics pretty deep.

Noel82

Finished Mario RPG on the classic, very easy but enjoyable RPG. I don't think I died once. From my experience with snes rpg's there's FF6/Chrono Trigger then a big gap between the rest. That said I haven't played 90% of them. Games like Star Ocean, Secret of Mana 2 and Treasure of the rudras look incredible. Next up is Secret of Mana.

CiDeRmAn

Doge wrote: »

I think from looking at gameplays I'd probably prefer the Midnight Club and older Need For Speed series more.

Midnight Club had some really good soundtracks also especially Dub Edition.

Midnight Club was later, though the developers previous games, the Midtown Madness series, predated MSR.

Need for Speed Underground... I just didn't like that modding scene worshipped on those titles, the last great NfS series game of that era was NfS Hot Pursuit 2 on the PS2, though Porsche Challenge on the PC is possibly the best game to have the Need for Speed brand on it.