So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

Inviere · 13-02-2018 05:33PM

o1s1n wrote: »

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.

I think it's been mad money for a bit longer. I got my copy about three years ago I'd say, & was up near €400 I think. Actually, weren't you looking for an excuse to obscene purchase lately? There ya go o1s

o1s1n · 13-02-2018 05:38PM

Inviere wrote: »

I think it's been mad money for a bit longer. I got my copy about three years ago I'd say, & was up near €400 I think. Actually, weren't you looking for an excuse to obscene purchase lately? There ya go o1s

Hah! I think I've started getting to that age where 2-3 years in my mind is at least 5-6 in reality :eek:

If I spent €400 on a CD based game I'd end up with it stored in Pyongyang levels of OCD poly bags and only take it out while wearing jewler's gloves. And that would just be to give it a sniff and put it away again.

You'd want to see me opening up the Panzer Dragoon Saga outer cardboard sleeve, I look like I'm trying to steal the Mona Lisa from it's hermetically-sealed enclosure.

Inviere · 13-02-2018 05:53PM

o1s1n wrote: »

If I spent €400 on a CD based game I'd end up with it stored in Pyongyang levels of OCD poly bags and only take it out while wearing jewler's gloves. And that would just be to give it a sniff and put it away again.

Lol, not far off what I do

Chuffed to have the game, but is without a doubt the most expensive game I've ever bought. I guess it comes down to what a game means to each person, for most, it's worth nowhere near that amount of money, to me though, it was. I played it at a time of my life where I wanted to play something different, and Snatcher was, well, exactly that. Love the game to bits.

You'd want to see me opening up the Panzer Dragoon Saga outer cardboard sleeve, I look like I'm trying to steal the Mona Lisa from it's hermetically-sealed enclosure.

o1s1n · 13-02-2018 06:11PM

Ah yeah, sometimes you just have to take the plunge! Especially if it means that much to you.

I suppose if Sonic 1 was super rare, I didn't have a copy now and the few occasional copies that turn up on ebay sold for €500 each I'd probably pay that too.

Inviere · 13-02-2018 06:12PM

o1s1n wrote: »

I suppose if Sonic 1 was super rare, I didn't have a copy now and the few occasional copies that turn up on ebay sold for €500 each I'd probably pay that too.

Same

Alarming, isn't it :pac:

Retr0gamer · 13-02-2018 06:51PM

For anyone that thinks they want to play Twin Snakes, you don't. It's a much inferior version of the original. Stick with MGS1, there's nothing really to be gained from playing Twin Snakes unless you are a fan of laughably bad cutscenes.

CiDeRmAn · 13-02-2018 08:22PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

For anyone that thinks they want to play Twin Snakes, you don't. It's a much inferior version of the original. Stick with MGS1, there's nothing really to be gained from playing Twin Snakes unless you are a fan of laughably bad cutscenes.

See, told you...

maddymcmaddser · 14-02-2018 10:23AM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

For anyone that thinks they want to play Twin Snakes, you don't. It's a much inferior version of the original. Stick with MGS1, there's nothing really to be gained from playing Twin Snakes unless you are a fan of laughably bad cutscenes.

Is it really that bad? I always just thought it was just like the original but with MGS2 controls?

Dr Bob · 14-02-2018 10:53AM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

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.

at the time it had that "uuurgh 2d platformer "stigma attached.
I could have bought a copy for 20 quid a few months after release but I didnt...arrgh regret!!

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2018 12:12PM

maddymcmaddser wrote: »

Is it really that bad? I always just thought it was just like the original but with MGS2 controls?

It's not a total trainwreck. It is however a vastly inferior experience to the original. The original is a much better game.

The game adds FPS aiming which the game wasn't designed for which really breaks the game and makes it super easy.
It looks nicer but is badly coded so suffers from terrible framerate issues.
Konami cheaped out on the actors as well and it was only David Hayter that managed to get everyone on board again after discussion. So you have a lot of the actors being pissed off how they were treated and phoning in their performance.
And then you have the cutscenes which have been made absolutely ludicrous. They are pants on head stupid. Of course you might like seeing Solid Snake back flip on to a missile then jump off it and fire a stinger missile at a Hind D while upside down but I rather when there was at least some suspension of disbelief.

wheresmahbombs · 14-02-2018 12:15PM

Dr Bob wrote: »

at the time it had that "uuurgh 2d platformer "stigma attached.

It kinda felt like a law for games to be 3D in the late '90s. Well, it wasn't exactly a law, but 3D was the hot new trend back then.

o1s1n · 14-02-2018 12:17PM

wheresmahbombs wrote: »

It kinda felt like a law for games to be 3D in the late '90s. Well, it wasn't exactly a law, but 3D was the hot new trend back then.

It was law as far as Sega and the Saturn in the west went

So many great games missed out on or with extremely low print runs.

wheresmahbombs · 14-02-2018 12:25PM

The surprise launch killed the Saturn.

CiDeRmAn · 14-02-2018 12:56PM

Was it not Sega and their treatment of smaller retailers, a very high rrp, a poor launch line up and difficult metal to code for that killed the Saturn?
Oh, and also the release of some obscure little console that no one ever heard of from first timers Sony?

o1s1n · 14-02-2018 01:01PM

'299'

No more Sega.

14-02-2018 01:01PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

For anyone that thinks they want to play Twin Snakes, you don't. It's a much inferior version of the original. Stick with MGS1, there's nothing really to be gained from playing Twin Snakes unless you are a fan of laughably bad cutscenes.

Fail on so many levels

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2018 01:04PM

wheresmahbombs wrote: »

The surprise launch killed the Saturn.

Bernie Stollar was the nail in the coffin. His no 2D games and RPGs policy as head of playstation on the US helped the PS1 look very modern around launch but when he went to Sega and applied it, it was a disaster. The Saturn had an absolute wealth of RPG's and quirky 2D games and it could have been a good cult console. But they were blocked from release.

In comparison the PS1 free from Bernies restrictions built up one of the most eclectic and diverse libraries of any console. FF7 then made RPG'S the military shooters of that gen.

Have to agree there was a big anti 2D sentiment then. There was uproar that digitiser gave it's game of the year to yoshis island instead of resident evil. It wasn't just from publishers but from the consumer as well.

CiDeRmAn · 14-02-2018 01:12PM

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Fail on so many levels

Tell us more!

CiDeRmAn · 14-02-2018 01:18PM

Hard to believe then that we had a Sega forum once upon a time, and as the brand lost momentum so it was matched with the moderator there sliding into despondency and, eventually, madness....

like madness

not Madness

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2018 01:18PM

Quite literally the dumbest **** ever until Kojima topped it with the 'Will you marry me' scene in MGS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9mQKZMOzLs

I never thought any game would beat chu chu being crucified in Xenogears for in terms of dumb.

14-02-2018 01:23PM

That was excellent

maddymcmaddser · 14-02-2018 04:49PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's not a total trainwreck. It is however a vastly inferior experience to the original. The original is a much better game.

The game adds FPS aiming which the game wasn't designed for which really breaks the game and makes it super easy.
It looks nicer but is badly coded so suffers from terrible framerate issues.
Konami cheaped out on the actors as well and it was only David Hayter that managed to get everyone on board again after discussion. So you have a lot of the actors being pissed off how they were treated and phoning in their performance.
And then you have the cutscenes which have been made absolutely ludicrous. They are pants on head stupid. Of course you might like seeing Solid Snake back flip on to a missile then jump off it and fire a stinger missile at a Hind D while upside down but I rather when there was at least some suspension of disbelief.

The stupid cutscenes has me more interested now!

I'll keep my expectations low and if I hate it I can just replay the original and put Twin Snakes away, it could be worth a few quid in the future!

14-02-2018 04:51PM

maddymcmaddser wrote: »

The stupid cutscenes has me more interested now! I'll keep my expectations low and if I hate it I can just replay the original and put Twin Snakes away, it could be worth a few quid in the future!

Honestly, it's one of the best remasters ever made. Don't mind that!
You would swear that the original MGS had nothing action movie orientated / fantastical about it the way he / she is going on :P

o1s1n · 14-02-2018 05:10PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Quite literally the dumbest **** ever until Kojima topped it with the 'Will you marry me' scene in MGS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9mQKZMOzLs

I never thought any game would beat chu chu being crucified in Xenogears for in terms of dumb.

Dear god! It's Metal Gear Solid meets Last Action Hero. But not in a good way :eek:

The Last Bandit · 14-02-2018 05:16PM

Playing with my Spectrum Vega+ earlier and now going to give the Coleco Chameleon a go for a few hours...

Retr0gamer · 14-02-2018 10:27PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Dear god! It's Metal Gear Solid meets Last Action Hero. But not in a good way :eek:

Watching the cutscenes is like being bukakked with stupid.

They were directed by the guy that directed versus, ryuhei kitamura. Heard good things about the film so thought it would be a good fit. Saw the film much later and it was garbage.

maddymcmaddser · 19-02-2018 12:33PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Watching the cutscenes is like being bukakked with stupid.

They were directed by the guy that directed versus, ryuhei kitamura. Heard good things about the film so thought it would be a good fit. Saw the film much later and it was garbage.

I never actually watched that Versus movie, I remember seeing the dvd in Xtra Vision and wondering if it was any good, I just watched the trailer and it looks dreadful!

I'll still play through Twin Snakes at some point!

dodzy · 21-02-2018 10:36AM

Rygar is breaking my bloody heart. Just cannot clear it in one sweep. Definitely feel it's a faster game than what used to be in the arcades (my excuse anyway

).

o1s1n · 23-02-2018 10:29AM

Any of you dudes ever try and 1cc Streets of Rage 2? I thought I'd give it a go last night - more difficult than you'd think!

Managed to finish stages 1-4 without losing a single life, so at that stage I was convinced I was going to 1 life the whole game...yeah, no.

Stages 4-8 really get punishing when you're literally trying to take no hits at all. It does really show though how amazing the game is, loads of brilliant strategies come out that you don't really consider unless you're playing like this. Even things like using enemies as projectiles against bosses becomes a major tool.

Anyway, managed to get to the final screen before the last boss, the last recycled boss on the elevator - and died :mad:

Not joking, my thumbs were in bits at that stage and it was a serious test of both mental and physical endurance. I just wanted it to end. The amount of palette swapped bosses at that stage is mad. I lost count at how many times I'd killed that rocketeer dude.

Final score achieved on 1 credit on the final stage, second last screen. So bloody close!! :mad:

I decided to press continue and finish the game, did it with one extra life. Which is an absolute kick in the balls. So it's a 1.1cc if that counts?

Adam was still saved...

where can i upload pictures to share for free

I will not be trying that again anytime soon :eek:

wheresmahbombs · 24-02-2018 04:06PM

Got a PS1 yesterday, with Metal Gear Solid, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Gran Turismo, F1 2000 and FIFA 99. Unfortunately, the 2 included controllers weren't DualShocks, which we plan on getting sometime.

And an interesting vid on the legal battle with emulation, focusing on two PS1 emulators.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGHul1PrXCE

So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

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