So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

eddhorse · 30-03-2015 11:11am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It just seems to be a Bloodborne issue but in a game where you die an awful lot and have to sit through a very plain loading screen for 40-50 seconds it can get infuriating.

Least you dont have to rewind the tape i guess and wait 20 mins.

The developers are supposed to release a patch for the loading times.

On another note the Nightmare Frontier level is jawdropping. :eek:

Steve X2 · 01-04-2015 9:47am

Playing some Jetstrike on the Amiga CD32 after getting reminded of it in the latest Retro gamer magazine.
Really enjoyed this at the time and the playability really holds up, its a lot of fun and gets pretty tough later on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IWmx0FULDM

judosean2005 · 08-04-2015 7:10pm

NINtendo Game watch Blackjack.jpg
Just got my hands on my new favourite toy.
Granted its not the most entertaining game in the world but
the quality of the console. makes it playable.

Myrddin · 08-04-2015 10:13pm

Had a blast of SF2: CE (the best SF2!) there on the bartop....managed to 1cc it with Ryu!

Myrddin · 09-04-2015 3:19pm

Started Mother 3, I've been putting it off long enough

I'm about an hour in so far & it looks like it's gonna be every bit as good as Earthbound

Mr.Saturn · 09-04-2015 9:36pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Started Mother 3, I've been putting it off long enough I'm about an hour in so far & it looks like it's gonna be every bit as good as Earthbound

What format are you playing it on?

Myrddin · 09-04-2015 9:42pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

What format are you playing it on?

A format that'd get me perma-banned form this forum I'm afraid

Though I will say this, filters and scanlines have made the game look really nice on the bigger screen of the bartop.

I've a flash card here for the GBA but I really can't be arsed playing on the hand murdering SP, & the stock launch GBA's screen is poo. So for this one, I've had to go to the dark side...

Retr0gamer · 09-04-2015 11:31pm

I absolutely adored Mother 3. The short length and the perfectly paced episodes made it much easier to get through than other RPGs. I kind of prefer how arty Earthbound is, Mother 3 is kind of spelled out for the player but the ending really is a knockout. Most other games go for high emotion, nothing wrong with that and it can be done very well like in the Last of Us. However the Mother games just does something very different, very emotional, poignant moments where nothing has really happened and the closest I've experienced to it is Murakami's short stories.

Mr.Saturn · 11-04-2015 2:09pm

Myrddin wrote: »

A format that'd get me perma-banned form this forum I'm afraid Though I will say this, filters and scanlines have made the game look really nice on the bigger screen of the bartop.

I've a flash card here for the GBA but I really can't be arsed playing on the hand murdering SP, & the stock launch GBA's screen is poo. So for this one, I've had to go to the dark side...

Are you still able to do the rhythm-chain during combat?

Myrddin · 11-04-2015 2:13pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Are you still able to do the rhythm-chain during combat?

I haven't seem to come to those parts yet, I'm not that far into it. What is the chain, a combination of L, R, B & A?

Mr.Saturn · 11-04-2015 4:04pm

Myrddin wrote: »

I haven't seem to come to those parts yet, I'm not that far into it. What is the chain, a combination of L, R, B & A?

It's in the combat from the get-go. If you can match pressing A with the rhythm of the backing-track, your damage multiplies. The more you match, the more it multiplies. It sounds like a gamebreaker, but it's tricky. I struggled to do it.

o1s1n · 11-04-2015 4:18pm

Same, I could barely manage it through the whole.game. if I did it was a complete fluke!

Retr0gamer · 11-04-2015 4:57pm

I found it pretty easy to do in most battles although some mess up the tempo to screw with you. Most tracks you just have to pick out the instrument to tap along to but others are far more difficult to get the rhythm down. Definitely worth experimenting with since there's no negative effect to trying and it makes the battles way more interesting.

Uncle Ruckus · 11-04-2015 5:48pm

Super E.D.F. for Snes. Homing seems by far the best so far. I made it to stage 3 before losing continues. Pretty hard so far.

The Last Bandit · 13-04-2015 12:50pm

Spend a few hours on 'Gun' on the Xbox, pretty decent game. Not sure who the devs were but definitely 'Red Dead Redemption' owes it a lot.

Mr.Saturn · 13-04-2015 4:23pm

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Spend a few hours on 'Gun' on the Xbox, pretty decent game. Not sure who the devs were but definitely 'Red Dead Redemption' owes it a lot.

Red Dead Redemption is a sequel to a game called Red Dead Revolver, which predates GUN by over a year.

Yeah, I know I'm being pedantic, but you would not believe how long I have had that nugget of knowledge festering in the bowels on my sorry mind, just waiting for it to even approach relevance.

The Last Bandit · 13-04-2015 4:27pm

I know, I've played RDRevolver as well. But it terms of gameplay, Redempton is much much closer to Gun than it is to Revolver (which got boring pretty quickly I though).

Ken Shamrock · 13-04-2015 4:29pm

Playing Extreme Warfare Revenge again If that counts as "Retro" or as a "game"

Mr.Saturn · 13-04-2015 4:37pm

The Last Bandit wrote: »

I know, I've played RDRevolver as well. But it terms of gameplay, Redempton is much much closer to Gun than it is to Revolver (which got boring pretty quickly I though).

My hopes of relevance thwarted again.

CiDeRmAn · 13-04-2015 5:05pm

I loved Revolver but it was a much more linear affair than Redemption but there was a considerable length of time between the two releases, we forget that where as the GTA series had so many regular episodes over the years.

Retr0gamer · 13-04-2015 8:49pm

Thought Revolver was well meh which is why redemption surprised me so much. RDRevolver had a weird development cycle. It was a Capcom game before getting sold to Rockstar just before they cancelled it.

o1s1n · 14-04-2015 3:51pm

The new minty fresh PGM mobo came out today, woah is it completely fresh. Mintiest looking piece of arcade hardware I've ever seen.

Gave The Gladiator a run through on the Aero. What a game. A lot of Taiwanese games have dodgy animation, but this stuff is beautiful.

Think I'll give Demon Front a go this evening.

airmax87 · 15-04-2015 2:58pm

Who needs a PVM when you can get trinitrons for a fiver

da gamer · 21-04-2015 3:20pm

Started final fantasy x a few nights ago. Had never played it before so I picked up the hd remake on ps vita. Have to say I'm loving it so far even though ive only played it for an hour or two. It's the first final fantasy I have played since 8 (can't believe it's 16 years since I played this great franchise) My main concern is that I won't stick with it, I'm finding it more and more difficult to find the time to put into games lately and the idea of putting in up to 100 hours on one game seems impossible to me!

Myrddin · 21-04-2015 3:32pm

Still going with Mother 3, getting a half hour here & there when I can. So far its...good, but not gripping me as much as Earthbound did. Hopefully that'll change the more I get into it. I'm only at the (first?) castle, that blasted composer is holding me up badly though

Myrddin · 22-04-2015 6:12pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Still going with Mother 3, getting a half hour here & there when I can. So far its...good, but not gripping me as much as Earthbound did. Hopefully that'll change the more I get into it. I'm only at the (first?) castle, that blasted composer is holding me up badly though

Right, I had to go back to rpg school & refresh my knowledge of battle skills. Got through that castle in one go, I really hadn't been playing correctly. Onwards!

Myrddin · 23-04-2015 6:35pm

Progressing along in Mother 3 much better now. Still early days, I've only started Death Desert. How many chapters are in the game?

As an aside, I ramped the dip switch difficulty settings of SF2: CE up to 7 (max) to see how I'd fare out. Took two attempts, but I 1cc'd it there, only losing three rounds all together (1 to Chun Li, 1 to Dhalsim, & 1 to Bison). Now, to tackle Hyper Fighting on full difficulty...I can't quite remember, but I don't think I ever cleared (1cc'd) HF in the arcade....time to put that right...

eddhorse · 23-04-2015 8:56pm

Played a bit of 1942 and original Pacman on the 60-in-1.

I really do like 1942, i presume people that are good at cave shooters find it very easy? I only got through about 5 stages.

Myrddin · 02-05-2015 5:16pm

Myrddin wrote: »

As an aside, I ramped the dip switch difficulty settings of SF2: CE up to 7 (max) to see how I'd fare out. Took two attempts, but I 1cc'd it there, only losing three rounds all together (1 to Chun Li, 1 to Dhalsim, & 1 to Bison). Now, to tackle Hyper Fighting on full difficulty...I can't quite remember, but I don't think I ever cleared (1cc'd) HF in the arcade....time to put that right...

Feck, HF is much tougher on full difficulty! I nearly made it to Balrog there, but f**k you Guile, f**k you!

CiDeRmAn · 02-05-2015 8:35pm

Had a Saturn session last night of Quake and House of the Dead.
Followed that with a blast of Rebel Strike on the GC, though one of the non sh1te levels!

Retr0gamer · 03-05-2015 3:51am

Myrddin wrote: »

Progressing along in Mother 3 much better now. Still early days, I've only started Death Desert. How many chapters are in the game?

As an aside, I ramped the dip switch difficulty settings of SF2: CE up to 7 (max) to see how I'd fare out. Took two attempts, but I 1cc'd it there, only losing three rounds all together (1 to Chun Li, 1 to Dhalsim, & 1 to Bison). Now, to tackle Hyper Fighting on full difficulty...I can't quite remember, but I don't think I ever cleared (1cc'd) HF in the arcade....time to put that right...

There's 8 chapters with he last two being a good bit longer.

Myrddin · 03-05-2015 9:46am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

There's 8 chapters with he last two being a good bit longer.

I've started Chapter 4, and am finding the start of this chapter a bit slow. No doubt it'll pick up. I can see the game beginning to tie the story together now, which is nice.

Myrddin · 05-05-2015 3:45pm

Myrddin wrote: »

I've started Chapter 4, and am finding the start of this chapter a bit slow. No doubt it'll pick up. I can see the game beginning to tie the story together now, which is nice.

Ugh,

Titiboo Attic

...dat last boss! I can't seem to get past it, I think I may have messed up earlier in the

Titiboo Club, I didn't buy the hat which adds to your defence

Myrddin · 05-05-2015 8:48pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Ugh,
Titiboo Attic
...dat last boss! I can't seem to get past it, I think I may have messed up earlier in the
Titiboo Club, I didn't buy the hat which adds to your defence

Got it, finally. Had to backtrack a little bit & get some more bits from the

club seller guy

o1s1n · 09-05-2015 2:02pm

Playing Xenoblade Chronicles on the 3DS, really getting into it, 3DS battery dies - realised I gave my girlfriend a lend of my 3DS charger when she went away on holidays.

I also have Metroid Prime on the go too so guess I'll just have to fill my days with that.

I haven't played it since back in the Gamecube days so it's my first go with the Wiimote - holy **** did Nintendo really nail it with the controls :eek: they're perfect.

Yeah, Xenoblade can wait :pac:

STG.Otaku · 09-05-2015 3:44pm

Money Idol Exchanger. LOTS of Money Idol Exchanger.

What a great game.

MrVestek · 09-05-2015 11:56pm

Ok so I know it's not exactly Retro but it is based off of Streets of Rage... kinda.

It's built with the Beats of Rage open source engine (think open source Streets of Rage).

For any Power Rangers fans out there it's pretty cool:
https://gamejolt.com/games/arcade/power-rangers-beats-of-power/30577/

Beats of Power it's called.

It's kinda like a cross between the best of the SNES and Megadrive games of that era but enhanced with better sounds and video.

Even if you're not a fan of Power Rangers I recommend that you check it out. It has a pretty decent difficulty curve too as you can see from my following archived Twitch stream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qMpRq8BA0Q

I may or may not have ragequit at the end of this video...

Myrddin · 11-05-2015 8:47pm

Myrddin wrote: »

I've started Chapter 4, and am finding the start of this chapter a bit slow. No doubt it'll pick up. I can see the game beginning to tie the story together now, which is nice.

Near the end of Chapter 5 now I reckon (I'm at the

robot defence section at the top of the tower

). Enjoying the game more so than I was at the start I have to say, it's a lovely little game really.

Made it to Sagat in SF2: HF on max difficulty, which marks the furthest I've gotten in that game on 1 credit. Nearly there, the AI can be bloody cheap in this game but nothing compared to SSF2T

CiDeRmAn · 11-05-2015 9:19pm

Fecking Blood Starved Beast.....

Andrew76 · 11-05-2015 9:47pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Fecking Blood Starved Beast.....

:pac:

You can summon Alfred to help with that fight iirc.

Martyr Logarius is my current foe, fecker is tough.

Retr0gamer · 11-05-2015 10:01pm

Played some Vania 3 and Gimmick. They sound so good with the extra sound chips in the Famicom carts but them being balls hard and the Jetlag means I'm even more cackhanded than usual.

CiDeRmAn · 11-05-2015 10:23pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Played some Vania 3 and Gimmick. They sound so good with the extra sound chips in the Famicom carts but them being balls hard and the Jetlag means I'm even more cackhanded than usual.

It's probably the controllers fault

Retr0gamer · 11-05-2015 10:29pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

It's probably the controllers fault

Definitely not, I'm getting game overs before the first boss in each

Myrddin · 16-05-2015 3:22pm

Mother 3 - New Fassad - Ggrrrrrrrr :mad:

Myrddin · 17-05-2015 6:16pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Mother 3 - New Fassad - Ggrrrrrrrr :mad:

Gotcha! Onwards & upwards...

CiDeRmAn · 19-05-2015 9:02am

I have it, played it for about ten minutes on release and found the controls weird.
I guess I was spoiled by the MotoGP game on the Xbox 360 by then, it just got the control so right.

Doge · 19-05-2015 10:51pm

Played the original Mario Kart with my cousin who came overseas today on the SFC, It was his first time playing it since the early 90s so it was a trip down memory lane for him.

Also have been playing Mariokart Wii a lot lately.
Especially the kids in the extended family have all been going mad for that one.

I love how unpredictable the final result can be.

blag · 20-05-2015 11:18am

Been trying to 1CC Metal SLug 3 this week and the last stage is a complete pain. It's just soooo long that I end up losing concentration and the mind drifts...great game. though

Retr0gamer · 20-05-2015 11:47am

Zombie stage boss is usually as far as I get. MS1 and 2 I'm pretty good at but boy did they ramp up the difficulty of the third game.

blag · 20-05-2015 1:20pm

The Zombie stage is awesome throughout, great music too.

So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

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