So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

Retr0gamer · 13-11-2009 04:26PM

Ok looks like I'm not giving sonic team their dues, they did make Sonic 3 and Sonic and knuckles and also developed samba de amigo, PSO and chu chu rocket.

CiDeRmAn · 13-11-2009 06:38PM

I guess no one can be consistently brilliant.
Perhaps Sonic Team should stick to great games like Samba De Amigo and brave experiments like Billy Hatcher instead of reheating the Sonic series with invariably disastrous results.

I wonder what a Neo Geo AES/MVS 2d Sonic could've been like? Imagine if the guys who gave us Metal Slug had got their hands on it! It would have been wonderful, certainly a lt better than the various last and current gen attempts to bring Sonic back to the masses.

o1s1n · 13-11-2009 06:45PM

A Nazca made 2d Sonic on the Neo Geo?

...

I can't put across into words how cool a thing that would be.

CiDeRmAn · 14-11-2009 06:38PM

Was sorting out the Megadrive stuff the other evening, found a game I could never get into, Skitchin, anyone else play this one?
It uses the engine of Road Rash and Lotus but is to do with skaters, hanging onto passing vehicles and such, kinda odd.

o1s1n · 14-11-2009 06:55PM

I have a friend who was obsessed with that game. I keep meaning to buy it for when he comes over as a suprise!

CCCP^ · 14-11-2009 09:55PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Was sorting out the Megadrive stuff the other evening, found a game I could never get into, Skitchin, anyone else play this one?
It uses the engine of Road Rash and Lotus but is to do with skaters, hanging onto passing vehicles and such, kinda odd.

Brilliant game, rented it out in the 1990s and loved it. Not as good as Road Rash, takes a little getting used to, but its still cool.

o1s1n · 07-12-2009 03:28PM

So, anyone playing anything intereresting?

I've been hooked on Super Metroid for the last couple of days. I think I'm about 60% through....and I STILL can't stop saying to myself 'wow! This game is ****ing amazing!' every half hour or so.

I love SOTN but this is even more compelling. I literally just can't put the pad down. 'Just one more new area to be explored and then I'll stop..just one more'

Why it took me 15 years to get around to playing it I just don't know!

corblimey · 07-12-2009 03:33PM

I'm afraid I'm in non-retro mode at the moment, playing with my neglected PS3. But my US DC is dropping "any day now", so I'll be back in action then.

polyfusion · 07-12-2009 05:34PM

corblimey wrote: »

But my US DC is dropping "any day now", so I'll be back in action then.

Just wondering if anyone here ever tried the region change protocol for the DC? http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/showthread.php?t=70904 Lets you change it to either JAP, EU or US region. Nearly wet myself reading the end of the thread when it was posted that there was a multiregion bios, but turns out it's not true.

Anyway, on-topic, I played a bit of Crazy Taxi yesterday - "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"

(Offspring - All I want).

Dr Bob · 07-12-2009 06:40PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Spent some time today testing out Granada on the Megadrive. Great game! Better than I thought it would be. Like a mix of Gauntlet, Micro Machines and Bangai-O Spirits. I'm suprised it doesn't get mentioned more often.

It's an absolute classic , mate of mine had a jap import copy of it and it got a lot of playalthough for years we thought it was called granadaX if you see the game art it looks like theres an X at the end:)

Dr Bob · 07-12-2009 06:42PM

Playing Castlevania SOTN and Legacy of Kain via the PS3 at the moment
well worth getting a US prepaid PSN card for em'
The lack of PS1 games on the Euro store is criminal!

CiDeRmAn · 07-12-2009 07:10PM

Brought the Megadrive down to the big screen TV the other day, playing a spot of Sonic and Virtua Racing, still great.
My 6 year old really likes Land of Illusion, the wife actually like Ecco so maybe, just maybe we could have a break through, we can only hope!

Gunmonkey · 07-12-2009 08:21PM

luas_dublin wrote: »

Playing Castlevania SOTN and Legacy of Kain via the PS3 at the moment
well worth getting a US prepaid PSN card for em'
The lack of PS1 games on the Euro store is criminal!

Just finished Blood Omen today meself, such a great game.

I still have €8 left over on my account, torn between Soul Reaver, Silent Hill and Wild Arms 1. Decisions decisions :rolleyes:

Retr0gamer · 07-12-2009 09:07PM

Hi, my name is Stephen and I'm a pokemon junkie

o1s1n · 07-12-2009 09:16PM

luas_dublin wrote: »

It's an absolute classic , mate of mine had a jap import copy of it and it got a lot of playalthough for years we thought it was called granadaX if you see the game art it looks like theres an X at the end:)

Wow, you have to be the only other person I've ever heard of mention that game. I have a Japanese copy too (I know what you mean about the logo alright).

Actually the Japanese copy I picked up was from ebay Ireland. I wonder was it your mates? :pac:

Really is fun though. I keep meaning to go back to it again. Love when you do the big shot with the tank and the screen shakes!

Gummy Panda · 07-12-2009 09:21PM

o1s1n wrote: »

So, anyone playing anything intereresting?

I've been hooked on Super Metroid for the last couple of days. I think I'm about 60% through....and I STILL can't stop saying to myself 'wow! This game is ****ing amazing!' every half hour or so.

I love SOTN but this is even more compelling. I literally just can't put the pad down. 'Just one more new area to be explored and then I'll stop..just one more'

Why it took me 15 years to get around to playing it I just don't know!

Anyone know if EU Super Metroid on VC has terrible slowdown like most EU snes games?

Retr0gamer · 07-12-2009 09:40PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Anyone know if EU Super Metroid on VC has terrible slowdown like most EU snes games?

Yes and it has dirty black borders and the music is all slowed down.

CiDeRmAn · 07-12-2009 09:45PM

Pokemon, a game series I could never get into, at the time of it's launch here, back in the day, it was aimed at kids in conjunction with the cartoon and eventual movie, at this stage I was more interested in the Dreamcast and Playstation!
If it was retro at the time it was Megadrive and Snes on an Emu on the PC.
Now I see the behemoth the Pokemon series has become but I do regret missing this particular boat, and I don't reckon I'll ever find the time to play Pokemon at all,

Just as well I have Gears Of War and Tempest 3K to keep me warm so!

o1s1n · 07-12-2009 09:51PM

Good question.

I have no idea if Wii virtual console games have been PAL optimised. They really should have been. If not then that's one lazy move from Nintendo.

OR maybe to stop being going 'why is my game broked?! the music sounds different and it plays too fast...'

Maybe an option of 50/60hz on startup?

Gummy Panda · 07-12-2009 09:52PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yes and it has dirty black borders and the music is all slowed down.

Damn. I knew it felt really stiff when playing especially when jumping. I guess homebrew emulators for wii can sort that for me.

o1s1n · 07-12-2009 09:54PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yes and it has dirty black borders and the music is all slowed down.

You serious yeah?

Ffs!

It was partially excusable 15 years ago when nobody had 60hz televisions.

But now?

Pff. Bad form Nintendo. Bad form.

Retr0gamer · 07-12-2009 10:15PM

Yep Nintendo are just throwing the PAL roms up on to the VC.

As for Pokemon you'd be amazed at how deep it is and it's actually quite humourous. It's made for kids but anyone of anyage can enjoy it. And the cartoon was brilliant!

Gunmonkey · 07-12-2009 11:42PM

Pokemon games ahve a ridiculous level of deth to the combat system, one of the only RPG games i have played where Poison and Confuse type spells/moves have any use after the first 30 minutes. That and the Effort Points system hidden within the game (the hidden values that determine what stats your pokemon will gain after each level, read up on it here http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Effort_values )

Dr Bob · 08-12-2009 01:40PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Wow, you have to be the only other person I've ever heard of mention that game. I have a Japanese copy too (I know what you mean about the logo alright).

Actually the Japanese copy I picked up was from ebay Ireland. I wonder was it your mates? :pac:

Really is fun though. I keep meaning to go back to it again. Love when you do the big shot with the tank and the screen shakes!

Heh could be , although I'd hazard a guess it may have come from the same importer originally a Dude named Paul who ran a tiny place called PES consoles in terenure.Nice guy ,but I think the local kids used the place more as a free arcade.
Always loved the second level , the one on the huge Jet!

Dr Bob · 08-12-2009 01:48PM

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Just finished Blood Omen today meself, such a great game.

I still have €8 left over on my account, torn between Soul Reaver, Silent Hill and Wild Arms 1. Decisions decisions :rolleyes:

I actually picked up soul reaver as well , good game but its a totally different beast than the original BO game (it's tomb raider with fangs rather than zelda with fangs)

o1s1n · 08-12-2009 04:01PM

As much fun as Soul Reaver is, it's a real shame we didn't get a true sequel to Legacy of Kain.

Fantastic game.

Dr Bob · 08-12-2009 05:50PM

o1s1n wrote: »

As much fun as Soul Reaver is, it's a real shame we didn't get a true sequel to Legacy of Kain. Fantastic game.

Blood Omen 2 was about as close as you'll get to a proper sequel .
Oddly enough I've the 5 games split over 5 different systems .(I bought Lok and Soul reaver on the PS3 as I dont have the original disks anymore)

PS1:Legacy of Kain
DC:Soul Reaver
PC:Soul Reaver 2
GC:Legacy of Kain 2
PS2:Legacy of Kain:Defiance.

Gunmonkey · 08-12-2009 05:53PM

Aye, was quite suprised how mature it was, the whole drinking chained up slaves blood and the quotes from Kain describing the places he is in. I loved Soul Reaver back in the day of the PS1, but it has aged VERY poorly over the years.

o1s1n · 08-12-2009 06:05PM

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Aye, was quite suprised how mature it was, the whole drinking chained up slaves blood and the quotes from Kain describing the places he is in. I loved Soul Reaver back in the day of the PS1, but it has aged VERY poorly over the years.

I actually found Legacy of Kain quite shocking when I was younger. There was a disregard for human life that you didn't tend to see in games back then.

I haven't paid any attention to the series after Soul Reaver. Must Check out Blood Omen 2!

Gummy Panda · 08-12-2009 08:37PM

Damn you o1s1n!

You have me playing Super Metroid. When i'm playing it, I can't move fast enough (don't mean a fault). I'm already starting to wall jump and can't wait for speed boots.

Reminds me of playing Metroid: Zero Mission on GBA. As soon as i found out about speedruns, all I wanted to do was rush through the game as fast as possible.

So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

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