DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread: >>12145472

Doom/Quake/Duke/Heretic/Hexen/Unreal/Sam/Half-Life/etc
Gameplay, WADs/Maps/Mods, Source Ports
All other 90s FPS welcome
~ Let's post like gentlemen ~

FAQ/GENERAL GUIDE
https://rentry.org/vrbin

SO YOU WANT TO PLAY SOME FUCKING DOOM
(or Quake, Duke, Marathon, Deus Ex)
https://imgur.com/a/wWS8zXz

Same thing, in video format:
https://youtu.be/ietb4JwaaXA
https://youtu.be/DhOjleMqwdQ
https://youtu.be/CGj4gXyCzg0

== GAMES/RESOURCES ==
DOOM Quickstart (IWADs etc): https://mediafire.com/file/wuniyrhsjjgq4y8
QUAKE Trilogy FAQ: https://pastebin.com/Ucb11XhU

PortaDOOM:
https://github.com/Kroc/PortaDOOM/releases
HALF-LIFE (GoldSrc) Anthology:
https://mega.nz/file/GRUCGbAY#RhOiqxnf7UPOiXcJNbRh-prKIEVRhjJaEpAkt34lyZg
4CHAN DOSPACK + Win98 games:
https://mega.nz/#F!3t8nzSIS!947kyMN6Z80f8HS7q2XlqA

Assorted /vr/ shooters, mods, etc:
https://mega.nz/#F!QXIk1bjB!NHRWGIfjcc77PyGgRlga4Q
https://mega.nz/#F!GtEQTISJ!CCJGyPEEEsZasc1PMXicUA

MIDI COLLECTIONS
https://files.catbox.moe/2hul76.zip
https://mega.nz/file/dWQ3SThI#qYcpa4eGQj6ElyRZgjGqszR59dh4Fq9D3qXYee54kZQ
https://archive.org/details/archiveteam-geocities-midi-collection-2009
https://archive.org/details/midiru-archive-2022-02-25.7z

== INFO/LINKS ==
OFFICIAL DOOM WIKI
https://doomwiki.org/

WHERE TO FIND WADS
Vanilla/Boom: https://doomworld.com/forum/4-wads-mods/
ZDoom: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewforum.php?f=19
/idgames: https://doomworld.com/idgames/

MODDING RESOURCES
https://forum.zdoom.org/viewforum.php?f=37
https://realm667.com/

== /VR/DOOM COMMUNITY ==
THREAD ARCHIVES
https://desuarchive.org/vr/search/text/"doom thread"/type/op/

OUR WADS/MODS
https://rentry.org/vrdepot

MAKING NEW THREADS PROPERLY
https://pastebin.com/8mDnrsrB

IMAGE/WAD DATABASE
https://vrdoom.booru.org/
https://clovr.xyz/wadsup/

MULTIPLAYER SERVERS
US West: https://clovr.xyz/
CA/US Midwest: https://macgu.fun/

Why did the Follins' music for this suck dick?

Sonic the Hedgehog, once a mysterious legend in the gaming world, has devolved into a laughing stock. The fandom, once passionate and dedicated, has become a caricature of itself. The obsession with shipping and memes has overshadowed the series' original charm and innovation.
The original games were masterclasses in platforming and just... SOUL. Sonic's mysterious aura and surreal sceneries captivated audiences, making him a cultural icon. However, as the series progressed, the focus shifted from gameplay to gank culture and fan service.
The fandom's toxic behavior, entitlement, and obsession with shipping have driven away new fans and tarnished the franchise's reputation. The constant bickering, pedantry, and infighting have made Sonic a joke, a symbol of cringe and desperation.
The series' creators, once visionaries, are now held hostage by a fandom that prioritizes petty squabbles over innovation. Sonic's legacy is a shadow of its former self, a cautionary tale of how a beloved franchise can be ruined by its own fans.
I want to reclaim Sonic's legacy, the original games, the passion, and the creativity that made Sonic a legend, leave the toxicity and obsession behind and rediscover the magic that once was.

...Back to the topic of Point and Click adventure games.

Have you pointed and clicked today?

What are you playing on? ScummVM? DOSBox? Mac or console emulation?

Post em

Why did they even make these games 3 buttons if there's never really any reason to not fire your weapon and missiles at the same time
Same with Darius but that's 2 buttons when it could've been one button
Would've saved money for Gradius especially considering most cabinets at the time were 2 buttons, but they really couldn't imagine not having the missile on a separate button?

So among my generation, I've noticed there is a severe lack of understanding of the differences between 8-bit and 16-bit. Most zoomers really cannot tell accurately what it is and its even worse when they try to describe something like Atari's 8-bit graphics.

Anyways I have started doing this experiment and would be funny if you share results of trying it too.
Take two 16-bit games, I do one for Genesis and one for SNES. Then ask them which do they think is 8-bit and which 16-bit and almost everyone (except one guy who already plays games of all eras) said the Genesis ones are 8-bit and the SNES ones are 16-bit.

Screen Utility -https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/
Handheld Comparison -https://retrocatalog.com/
Google chart - https://tinyurl com (slash) AllHandhelds
has anyone asked my question before? -https://4search.neocities.org/vr
Compare handheld sizes -https://retrosizer.com/
Handy Handheld info -https://handhelds.wiki

last thread
>>12141873

what is the greatest arcade game of all time (and why is it donkey kong?)

>Titanic Mystery: Ao no Senritsu" is an action-adventure game on the Famicom Disk System. In this game, you're a CEO of a company in charge of raising the RMS Titanic from its resting place. Select one of three divers (whichever you choose has no effect on the game) and dive into the Titanic wreckage to pull out artifacts which you can sell to investors while, at the same time, find a way to raise the doomed ship from its oceanic grave.

I played through Diver's Dream on the PSX last year, this reminds me a lot of that

>The translation patch comes with a fan-translated instruction manual, which also contains a small manga backstory. (Warning, the manga has a brief nude shower scene.)
Kino
https://romhack.ing/database/content/entry/6gny4NxKSKKH5L5vjVeXHA

P.s. thanks Spike for bringing the site back

>critically acclaimed classic
>every time you try to play it you hit a wall over how boring it is and give up
whats the game, /vr/?

Screen Utility - https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/
Handheld Comparison - https://retrocatalog.com/
Google chart - https://tinyurl com (slash) AllHandhelds
has anyone asked my question before? - https://4search.neocities.org/vr
Compare handheld sizes - https://retrosizer.com/
Handy Handheld info - https://handhelds.wiki

last thread
>>12141873

>picrel: you saved here
>congrats fucktard, you're locked out of the rest of the game, and all you can ever do now on this file is fight Mother Brain
why would Nihon do this? also post other BS "point-of-no-return" savepoints. (and yes i knew about this in Metroid but i probably saved when i was drinking.)

Were ID Software really huge fanboys for Nintendo?

Carmack's original big tech breakthrough was used to do reproduce SMB3 on computers, Romero asked Kemco to make the GBC version of Daikatana like Zelda, and Tom Hall's Anachronox was mirrored after Japanese design sensibilities, not western. And I recall Romero's favorite game is Chrono Trigger.

How cool were XBOX LAN parties in the early 2000s?

Gameplay and development discussion:
What homebrew / hacks are you playing /vr/? Are you working on anything? Would you like to learn? Projects and questions welcome.

Active Communities:
romhackplaza.org
retrohackers.net
smwcentral.net
metroidconstruction.com
romhacking.net
romhack.ing
gbatemp.net
sonicretro.org
mariopartylegacy.com
pokecommunity.com
baddesthacks.net
pouet.net

Huge Community List:
pastebin.com/edWKBJqn

IPS/BPS Patcher:
romhacking.net/utilities/1040
https://www.hack64.net/tools/patcher.php

Huge Archive:
archive.org/download/En-ROMs/En-ROMs/

Other Archives:
archive.org/details/rom-hack-patch-archive
mediafire.com/folder/50m95vbbuyf25/vr's_ROM_>Hack_Recommendations
archive.org/details/hbmame_0244_roms

Quality of Life Improvements:
https://pastebin.com/4gmM7wc6

Desplash Patches:
mega.nz/folder/FZtzjZJa#qtrGXSbVNjiXUrnGUGSVMw

AtariDev:
forums.atariage.com
atari-forum.com
atarimania.com
atariarea.krap.pl

NESDev:
wiki.nesdev.org
forums.nesdev.org

SNESDev:
snes.nesdev.org/wiki/Main_Page
github.com/alekmaul/pvsneslib
wiki.superfamicom.org

N64Dev:
n64dev.org
n64vault.com

GC/WiiDev:
devkitpro.org
github.com/devkitPro/gamecube-examples

SegaDev:
smspower.org

MegaDev:
gendev.spritesmind.net/page-doc.html
github.com/Stephane-D/SGDK

SaturnDev:
antime.kapsi.fi/sega/docs.html
segaxtreme.net
jo-engine.org

DCDev
dreamsdk.org

PSXDev:
psxdev.net
problemkaputt.de/psx-spx.htm

PS2Dev: github.com/ps2dev

XboxDev: xboxdevwiki.net/Main_Page

GBDev: gbdev.gg8.se/wiki

GBADev:
forum.gbadev.org
github.com/pret
forums.serenesforest.net/index.php?/topic/26913-nintenlords-hacking-utilities

VBDev: virtual-boy.com/development/

Amigadev: eab.abime.net

PC98Dev:
hackipedia.org/browse.cgi/Computer/Platform/PC,%20NEC%20PC-98
target-earth.net/wiki/doku.php?id=blog:pc98_devtools

Previous Thread: https://desuarchive.org/vr/thread/12129336/

You should play shmups.
Don't worry about finding one that's "easy" or "for beginners"; they're all hard, just pick what you think is the coolest or best one. The only difference is time, and the really good ones have enough depth to not get tiresome. You just have to change your mindset, credit-feeding is acceptable for practice but it's not beating the game. Chase the 1cc. Easily the most gratifying experience in gaming.

Also "memoslop" isn't real, it's a meme non-players made up to describe routing

RPD is a complete downgrade from the mansion.

With homebrews, there is now likely over 1000 games in the Mega Drive library, and it's growing everyday, now with major releases from mainstream studios. The Mega Drive is essentially revived and a "current console" of sorts.
Yet we don't see anything even close to this on SNES, despite it being "more popular". Why is that?

Any Breath of Fire fans out there?
I ignored this franchise as a kid, but just played through the first 4 games over the past year
It was interesting to see how the games evolved from 1994 to 2000; a snapshot of what RPGs were like at that point in gaming history
It was always great to see Deis appear in some form or another
I enjoyed BOF4 the most, by far
I know that BOF5 was made by a completely different team, but played the first few minutes of BOF5 and actually thought it seemed interesting, so I might continue playing it
Any thoughts to share on the franchise? Memes? Waifu debates?

Fact: PC games went to shit when they stopped selling them in big boxes in the late 90s.

What are some arcade ports for the 16 bit systems which are 99% arcade accurate?

When did framerate in games become a major concern?

Can I participate on this board?

What's your favorite game for the Tiger Electronics System? For me, it's Mortal Kombat.

After playing through Castlevania 64 and Legacy of Darkness back to back, I can safely say they're genuinely great games and a good translation of the series to 3D whose reputation got ruined by retarded ecelebs that suck at video games. Bonus points for having actual vampires to fuck up and even some spoopy moments. As rough as C64 it is, I still believe it should be played first for the full experience, if only because experiencing a classicvania without a whip-wielding chad first is just wrong, and mostly because Cornell is a bit too overpowered for most of the game. The camera and controls in the original aren't that bad either, any problems stem mostly from the automatic camera being forced into awkward angles and some ridiculously precise jumps, which thankfully were fixed in LoD.

member this? I 'member.
hardest dungeon crawler of all time, based on a UK TV show bizarrely
https://youtu.be/3k7BlN6w0uM?si=qnFDalLiDn3YRd2w

surprisingly good to be honest

SONIC ADVENTURE 2: BATTLE ONLY FOR NINTENDO GAMECUBE?!

last thread:
>>12106646
last weekend map download:
https://files.catbox.moe/6gkx03.park

Awesome Downloads:
>OpenRCT2 - Currently the best way to play RollerCoaster Tycoon. We use the latest stable version for multiplayer unless otherwise noted:
https://openrct2.org/downloads

>UCES - includes all objdata files already extracted from each scenario upon loading, and includes tracks:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7wcrq3xl266d1bj/UCES.zip

>Amazing Earl stuff - adds some custom-made rides and scenery:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/f3jzct5v8kbzdfj/AmazingEarl.zip

>Anon's devkit v0.2
https://pastebin.com/y857FdJH
>4chan Kit v0.3
https://www.mediafire.com/file/dtzvwbcngrh0ghi/4chan_kit_v0.3.7z/file

>/vr/ct RCT1 Collab
https://files.catbox.moe/gldfii.zip
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>Knowledge Base
https://web.archive.org/web/20160807005625/http://www.rctstationarchive.com/knowledgebase/index.shtml

>RCT1 Manual
http://replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.1111

>RCT Sites Archive
https://archive.rctspace.com/

>Headless Server Guide (PLEASE fix it)
https://pastebin.com/smsQWZtB
>Weekend Parks Archive (Needs updated)
https://files.catbox.moe/2h17nx.rar

>Current state of weekend multiplayer: it's the weekend!

This would have been better received if it was called System Shock 3. It plays very much like a dumbed down System Shock 2 (which isn't a bad thing).

what do you think of it?

Boxing games used to be so kino before not existing anymore.

In this thread, we shall discuss games for the NES/Famicom that do not use any enhancement chips whatsoever; just the stock 1983 hardware.
A complete list of these can be found here: https://nesdir.github.io/mapper0.html

Which of these would you say are the best and worst, and why?

Found this bad boy in a recycling dumpster in the parking lot of my local Korean baptist church following a midnight community yard sale and line dancing festival.
What am I going to think of it?

It insists upon itself. I always want to stop playing after the castle is over

How much did video game reviews actually matter in the 90s and 2000s? Would an X-Play, EGM or GameSpot review impact sales at all? Did you ever not buy a game because a publication/person you trusted said it was total shit?

In retrospect its kind of strange they made a video game based on Gilligan's Island in 1990

Did it deserve the black sheep status?

I swear this board is just a bunch of contrarians trying to see eho has the least popular opinion. I want to hear a common opinion about retro gaming you actually agree with.

Are the outbreak games even worth playing?

Why do people still complain about retro games being cryptic and obtuse? I understand that they were bullshit back in the day but now that the internet exist it's easy to look up the solution to anything that you are stuck on, so it's more or less a non-issue these days.

The brothers are history!

What were the retro games you were most excited to play back in the day?

I remember being incredibly hyped when Dragonball Budokai was announced, cause I loved watching it on Toonami. I saw ads for it in gaming magazines as early as 2001, a whole year before it came out. As a very little kid at the time (I think I was seven or eight) it was really hard having to wait that long to play the game.

Why did Iga get so butthurt at this game, to the point where he retconned it? It's a near perfect mix of oldschool Castlevania combat and Metroid item progression.

You know, people just don't give this game a fair shake.

Are respawning enemies cheap or fair?

Cdromance is back public, bros.

I don't get the appeal, seems she's more just iconic than hot, cool or interesting

What's the easiest or most casual /vr/ fighting game franchise to learn?

Amy is a stupid, dumb idiot.