So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

beejee · 11-09-2019 12:33pm

Was playing rtype last night. I can get as far as level 5 on 1 continue, but man, that 2nd half of level 5 is something else!

Must have continued 20 times trying to beat the boss. Not even close! I'm sure there's some strategy and I could look at videos or something, but that's cheating

Brought me back to when games were rock hard, gradius pops into mind. And I've heard that gradius 3 takes the biscuit

Retr0gamer · 11-09-2019 1:31pm

Stage 5 is just straight up shooting. Ripple laser works really well. For the boss just keep moving and concentrate on dodging rather than damage.

Stage 6 is when it gets insane. It's pure memorisation and it's where I give up on 1 credit. Stage 7 is a ****ing nightmare especially if you lose your force power up.

o1s1n · 11-09-2019 1:38pm

Anyone playing Blasphemous at all yet? Picked it up on the Switch last night and got about an hour of play in, so far it seems promising.

The dark medieval Catholic aesthetic is gorgeous and really works.

Sometimes I really would love to buy a widescreen CRT to play all of these new 240p widescreen pixel art games.

beejee · 11-09-2019 1:45pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Stage 5 is just straight up shooting. Ripple laser works really well. For the boss just keep moving and concentrate on dodging rather than damage.

Stage 6 is when it gets insane. It's pure memorisation and it's where I give up on 1 credit. Stage 7 is a ****ing nightmare especially if you lose your force power up.

If you die before the boss you'll only be able to pick up an option and missiles though, starting from the halfway point.

That boss isn't easy to dodge! It can get you in a corner and then it's all a hail Mary

The boss is moving, the blobs are shooting toward you, and then the blobs track you for a second shot... Will give it another shot tonight

Had a look there at a video, yeah its a breeze with all power ups. Try doing it without them!

Retr0gamer · 11-09-2019 2:04pm

It's mostly about not panicing and remembering that staying alive is more important than doing damage. Once you get him down he isn't the worst but I've never felt comfortable fighting him as I've gotten to him before and had runs spectacularly killed by his cheap shots too many times.

eddhorse · 12-09-2019 9:24pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Anyone playing Blasphemous at all yet? Picked it up on the Switch last night and got about an hour of play in, so far it seems promising.

The dark medieval Catholic aesthetic is gorgeous and really works.

Sometimes I really would love to buy a widescreen CRT to play all of these new 240p widescreen pixel art games.

Watched a stream today, it's on PC too. Looks like 2D Dark Souls - vania, very interested

The Nal · 13-09-2019 4:51pm

beejee · 13-09-2019 6:57pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's mostly about not panicing and remembering that staying alive is more important than doing damage. Once you get him down he isn't the worst but I've never felt comfortable fighting him as I've gotten to him before and had runs spectacularly killed by his cheap shots too many times.

Man, I beat that mofo last night, only picking up two speed powerups. Went on and on and on!

Those old school shooters are a different breed from the patterns of bullet hell shooters like ikaruga. Everything is directly aiming for you. Theres nothing to "learn" really, and without power ups its like playing a different game. Thunder Cross is like that too, cruising until you lose all your options! Need to get Gradius 3 :P

Theres so many independently moving things coming at you from different angles, pretty sure I looked like this last night...

CiDeRmAn · 13-09-2019 8:38pm

beejee wrote: »

Man, I beat that mofo last night, only picking up two speed powerups. Went on and on and on!

Those old school shooters are a different breed from the patterns of bullet hell shooters like ikaruga. Everything is directly aiming for you. Theres nothing to "learn" really, and without power ups its like playing a different game. Thunder Cross is like that too, cruising until you lose all your options! Need to get Gradius 3 :P

Under Defeat is well worth the investment too!

Retr0gamer · 14-09-2019 11:12pm

I much prefer old school shooters to bullet hell.

Hopefully Devil Engine and the likes will trigger a renaissance.

The Last Bandit · 15-09-2019 7:03pm

Colecovision getting a bit of love

CiDeRmAn · 15-09-2019 10:13pm

Woohoo!

CiDeRmAn · 15-09-2019 10:14pm

It's so much better than the 2600, Donkey Kong is fantastic on it, so is Zaxxon.

Jack burton · 15-09-2019 10:45pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Anyone playing Blasphemous at all yet? Picked it up on the Switch last night and got about an hour of play in, so far it seems promising.

The dark medieval Catholic aesthetic is gorgeous and really works.

Sometimes I really would love to buy a widescreen CRT to play all of these new 240p widescreen pixel art games.

One on my list. Love the souls series and this looks like a great 2d version of it. Love the style of it

o1s1n · 15-09-2019 10:48pm

I've never actually played one, they look like great ports.

accensi0n · 16-09-2019 5:44pm

The Nal wrote: »

Spent ages a couple of months ago trying to beat that game, no joy.

DaveyDave · 16-09-2019 9:12pm

Playing Alien 3 on the Mega Drive. Nothing special, the time limit gives it a good challenge but then trying to find the exit is a pain in the ass. Got to level 5 I think, almost half way.

Shapey Fiend · 16-09-2019 9:32pm

accensi0n wrote: »

Spent ages a couple of months ago trying to beat that game, no joy.

You should try the 2600 version I had. Played it hundreds of times got to the last boss once.

Retr0gamer · 16-09-2019 11:22pm

DaveyDave wrote: »

Playing Alien 3 on the Mega Drive. Nothing special, the time limit gives it a good challenge but then trying to find the exit is a pain in the ass. Got to level 5 I think, almost half way.

I find once you get past the second set of stages the game gets a lot easier.... and a lot more boring as the set dressing is way more generic.

o1s1n · 20-09-2019 11:52am

Ah Alien 3, had that as a kid back when it was released.

At that age I absolutely hated when games had a time limit section. Used to freak the hell out of me. Even the Sonic underwater levels would send me into a panic.

Didn't like it much as a result.

Only recently discovered Alien 3 on the Snes, which I'd assumed was the same game. Looks to have been build using the same engine as Judge Dredd and Stargate. Actually now that I think about it, all three were made by Probe.

o1s1n · 20-09-2019 11:53am

Any of you guys ever play the Super Metroid Redesign hack?

I've never been much into hacks but kind of fancy giving it a go.

beejee · 22-09-2019 3:14pm

Got as far as level 4 a few times on Air Buster (I'll get back to r-type!), Introduces a great little gimmick I haven't seen before!

When you get to space, your controls are changed, like a zero gravity thing. So if you move up, your ship continues moving up on its own until you change direction again. So you never stop moving. Cool little twist, adds another layer of difficulty on top.

Also the music from that level is cool, but standing with your head near the speakers of an arcade cabinet makes everything sound better anyway

o1s1n · 25-09-2019 10:23pm

Decided to give Metal Storm a go on my Famicom this evening after seeing it mentioned here the other night.

What a game! It's mad, you think you've played most games worth playing on a console and then a fantastic one comes out of nowhere that you've never heard of.

Retr0gamer · 25-09-2019 11:20pm

It's a great little game and amazing it's not as well known considering it got a Nintendo power front cover.

o1s1n · 29-09-2019 11:16pm

Decided to buy Rime as it's discounted on the Switch at the moment. Didn't know a thing about it. Thought it had an Ico looking vibe to it.

Started playing it at noon and just finished it now...holy fook, another masterpiece I've never heard of. It's been a long time since I've played a game through start to finish over ten or so hours. Couldn't put it down.

briany · 30-09-2019 9:06pm

Donkey Kong '94. What gaming is all about, really. Hasn't lost a step in the 25 years it's been out.

CiDeRmAn · 30-09-2019 11:52pm

Is a blast on MSR on the DC this evening, first time in ages.
Man, that game is still fantastic!

o1s1n · 03-12-2019 12:00am

Had a few friends over the other evening and was showing them the nomad. Then something occured to me to try out that has never dawned on me before, the 8 bit do controller!

Plugged the receiver into the player 2 port and it worked perfectly. Makes it far easier to play two player on a Nomad.

Actually it'd be really cool to use it with a Nomad, Micro Machines, a J cart and three 8bit do controllers.

ShawnRaven · 03-12-2019 12:11am

Just managed to finish Silkworm on my trust Amstrad CPC6128.

My trigger finger is absolutely killing me, but after 30 years, I finally beat the damn thing.

Poured a very large measure to celebrate it, after laughing my ass off at the end game message. :pac:

DaveyDave · 03-12-2019 4:39am

DaveyDave wrote: »

Playing Alien 3 on the Mega Drive. Nothing special, the time limit gives it a good challenge but then trying to find the exit is a pain in the ass. Got to level 5 I think, almost half way.

How the feck was this almost 3 months ago? Haven't touched it, or any retro game, since

Inviere · 03-12-2019 8:30am

o1s1n wrote: »

Had a few friends over the other evening and was showing them the nomad. Then something occured to me to try out that has never dawned on me before, the 8 bit do controller!

Plugged the receiver into the player 2 port and it worked perfectly. Makes it far easier to play two player on a Nomad.

Actually it'd be really cool to use it with a Nomad, Micro Machines, a J cart and three 8bit do controllers.

Still rocking the atomic power source?

CiDeRmAn · 03-12-2019 9:27am

When every other source of power has gone out in the universe, when the neutron stars go dark and the black holes have evaporated into memories, the Nomad battery pack mod will still provide enough juice for a final game of Sonic 2....

o1s1n · 03-12-2019 11:36am

Inviere wrote: »

Still rocking the atomic power source?

Hah indeed!

Was the first time I'd powered it on in about a year, battery remained fine for the hour or so that it was on. I'm sure I'll turn it on again next year and it'll still be going.

Fairly convinced you put some kind of perpetual energy machine in those little battery compartments :pac:

Inviere · 03-12-2019 11:40am

o1s1n wrote: »

Fairly convinced you put some kind of perpetual energy machine in those little battery compartments :pac:

Bizarre isn't it. Even with the new screen drawing less power/being more efficient, the batteries still last freakishly long

o1s1n · 22-02-2020 1:36pm

Finally got around to giving Blazing Chrome a go this afternoon - really really enjoying it.

Could easily have been called 'Contra Hard Corps - The Lost Levels', it's 99% the same. Even the digitised 'Locked and Loaded!' voice over.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 23-02-2020 8:31pm

Jumping between this and Bloodstained ROTN.

I'm enjoying it but the controls are very confusing to me at times. I've just reached the part where I got the boots that make you jump higher

23-02-2020 8:35pm

Dead Rising 1 - Was the game I purchased with my Xbox 360
It's still a fantastic game (With some frustrations)

But still holds up so well. I haven't played it since 2006.

mondeo · 23-02-2020 10:23pm

Earthworm Jim 2 on megadrive.... cool animation on it.

DaveyDave · 23-02-2020 10:32pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Dead Rising 1 - Was the game I purchased with my Xbox 360
It's still a fantastic game (With some frustrations)

But still holds up so well. I haven't played it since 2006.

Bought it on PS4 towards the end of last year to play again. Got in on 360 not long after it came out and never liked it, then picked it up a year later to finish it and pick up some achievements and more bosses. Gameplay is a bit crap and you have to learn all the tricks to escort the awful survivors but apart from that it's pretty good. Decent looking game at the time with the huge amount of zombies. Still a cool game.

Retr0gamer · 24-02-2020 9:51am

Dead Rising I think really needed to explain to the player that it should be played more like a rogue like. You should play a game, die then start again with updated stats. It's a lot more enjoyable that way.... except the survivor AI.

CiDeRmAn · 24-02-2020 10:01am

Dead Rising was a lovely game, and it was the one that forced me to buy a HD television!
The script was almost unreadable on my 29" Trini, the 360 was widely still being used with traditional displays and was fine, but the text on-screen wasn't scaled to reflect that and so was waaay too small!
Also, that bloody clown broke my heart!

DelBoy Trotter · 24-02-2020 10:28am

Super Mario World on the SNES mini

B.A._Baracus · 24-02-2020 10:36am

Dead Rising 1 is such a classic game.
First game to truly show off what the XBOX 360/Newer consoles could do in my opinion. Great graphics, having 100s of zombies on screen, tons and tons of weapons, big open areas.

Retr0gamer · 24-02-2020 11:26am

One of the few games that did achievements well.

They were all fun and built upon the foundations of the gameplay rather than the collectathon grindy rubbish they have become. It was fun for discovering some of the crazy stuff you could do in the game. I wish more games had a big a sandbox of crazy toys to play with rather than being prettier versions of games from the PS2 era.

2ndcoming · 24-02-2020 12:43pm

They're not officially Retro although very much homages to the era -

The Messenger, and Horace.

Both platformers / metroidvanias in an 8/16 bit style and they're both excellent, highly recommended.

25-02-2020 3:09pm

Dead Rising 4 pretty much destroyed the series.
Removed any of the fundamental game mechanics about the series that actually made it unique and ended up turning it into something generic.

There's still a genuine tension when running against the clock through hordes of zombies ala Dead Rising 1 and trying to unveil the complete story / facts.

briany · 01-03-2020 1:00pm

Gameboy: Mario's Picross, Mole Mania, Solar Striker, Wario Land 2 & Monster Max.

Monster Max is very unusual for a Gameboy game in that it is an isometric action-puzzle-platformer, and I don't think many games of that type exist for the original system, if any, apart from this one. The marketing for the game was badly handled, hence it's largely forgotten.

Mole Mania is an absolutely brilliant game and should be counted among the best the system has to offer.

Mario's Picross is a great pick-up-and-play puzzler that's good for 15 minute bursts.

The Wario Land series is a breath of fresh air if all you've played is the Mario stuff.

Solar Striker - great classic top-down shooter. Again, one for short bursts. Mainly 'cause that bloody level 4 boss is so hard.

CiDeRmAn · 01-03-2020 4:06pm

Mario's Picross is outstanding, I finished it on the GB and played the Snes one as well, even bigger and better!
Well worth tracking down although I think it's Japanese only.

briany · 01-03-2020 7:25pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Mario's Picross is outstanding, I finished it on the GB and played the Snes one as well, even bigger and better!
Well worth tracking down although I think it's Japanese only.

A great value game. Hours and hours of playtime just trying to finish each puzzle once, never mind going back and trying to beat your times.

A sequel exists on the GB which, like the SNES picross, was only released in Japan. English translated repros do exist, though.

So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

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