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Can any game ever surpass it?

Can someone explain why people mourn the days when Final Fantasy was mainly turn-based? None of these games are even related story-wise, so what’s the reason for this?

How different were the console and PC gaming spaces from each other back then? Were they completely separate worlds? Were PC gamers known for bragging about playing “patrician stuff” like RTS and spen...

I thought you said you were a retro gamer?

/vr/ GIFS thread? /vr/ GIFs thread.

Were there actually people during the retro era who wanted the video game industry to grow big and rival music and cinema? If so, why?

Who fucked themselves over more, Atari or Sega?

Why the Dragon Quest games never became as big as Pokémon?

Who's the superior Evil Genius?

What the best the Dreamcast has to offer that can't be experienced better somewhere else?

favorite low tier mvc2 characters?

It's the most technical, balanced and satisfying fighting game ever made. It has a strong community, many of which are fellow retro gamers. The stages and music are a love letter to the golden age of ...

I was playing Ocarina of Time last night and experienced a weird glitch where I died for no reason in Gerudo Valley. >playing on original hardware >gold cart (version 1.0) >game had been experiencing ...

This one game lost Nintendo millions of kids who would have gladly bought a Gamecube and instead went for PS2 and XBOX. what led to this retarded decision in the first place apparently Nintendo rel...

DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread: >>11825738 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 gen...

>played on an arcade machine with a wheel >late 90s or early 2000s >was like mario kart (wacky races, power ups, etc)

So genesis/megadrive chads. It's time for jurassic july! Games to play: Jurassic Park Jurassic Park Rampage Dinosaurs for hire Lost world: Jurassic park.

So what exactly happened to Bethesda between Morrowind and Oblivion? How the hell do you go from developing the former to the latter immediately afterwards?

Well, there it is. The most popular and beloved game of all time. Why?

And I mean a real N64 on a CRT; obviously I’ve played the emulated games, the remakes, etc etc - most lately the Mario 64 game on the Switch. But I also had an N64 back at launch in 1996, and I play...

I'll start. I thought KKND had one of the best intro cinematics, especially when the tank comes over the hill. >https://youtu.be/clA3uvSY8S0?si=DgjHDQ5BUeSn10jt

Memes aside, is this game decent?

What is your favorite GBA game?

Why did Sega design their 8-bit console to appeal only to athletic active kids? Despite its technical superiority it was simply doomed to fall behind for the core couch potato audience that Nintendo w...

Post retro games that make the non-binary janitor seethe, cope, shart, samefag, mald, dilate, and sneed. Don't believe me just look at archived threads attempting to discuss the plot of this game. >T...

Discbros what burning tools and cd/dvd brand do you use for your backups?

Has anyone here ever unlocked Devil in Tekken 1 legitimately by 100% beating the loading screen minigame? It seems like a nightmare compared to unlocking extra cars in Ridge Racers the same way.

Duke Nukem 3D's Lunar Apocalypse is easily the best episode in the game. Other episodes have a few good levels (great, even, in some case), but Lunar Apocalypse is consistently well designed and great...

She may not be the best character in FF6, but she is definitely the cutest! Say something nice about her.

How were you legitimately supposed to level up in this game? I always had to go full murder hobo and kill random townspeople in their houses otherwise I'd get my ass handed to me in normal fights.

what are the best versions of Q*Bert, Robotron 2084, Death Race and Berzerk?

>Cybill >Lisa >Maria >Mary I count FOUR women who look like Cameron Diaz dopplegangers in the original Sh games. Someone on the dev team must have loved that woman.

Resident Evi ushered in a new era for the Zombie genre.

I just want to see some more hq wallpapers for my rediscovery of this obsession

DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread: >>11833731 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 gen...

This is one of my favorite kart-racing games. Fun tracks, good controls, fun mechanics like the guardian meter, the fruit unlocking shortcuts, the pac-mobile and the drifting, turning the original maz...

>Retro niche Japanese game exists >HG101 owner uses Wikipedia articles for said games to shill his shitty site nobody is actually visiting besides his circlejerk trannies friends And why the hell his...

Do you think retro Nintendo had a certain appeal that has been lost in recent years?

Actually quite Darksoulsian in a sense

>copypasted the same boss 8 times How was this allowed?

DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread: >>11833731 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 gent...

any smk enjoyers? is it even worth learning how to drift if my only goal is to beat the ai? also tips for the special cup? most of the tracks there are fucking bullshit, i can't even finish it 4th, l...

am I the only one whos favorite mario is still the first one? the controls are just tight and satisfying more so than the other 2d games. something about the momentum just feels better here. I find th...

Nobody cares about Eiji. Eiji is a ninja from the feared and respected Kisaragi clan. Sworn to be the strongest under the heavens, he made it his goal to defeat the one school his clan had not yet sur...

World 7 and 8 are way too hard if you don't come to them with a huge stockpile of lives and powerups. I'm playing the All-Stars version, but the fact that Nintendo actually expected you to play for ...

Fatal Fury should have been called "Street Fighter" and Street Fighter should have been called "World Warrior". FF is very much rooted in the idea of dudes taking the fight to the streets, SF is just...

The night the those towers fell

what went wrong?

>open up early 90s game magazine >bunch of weird-ass games for consoles nobody you've ever met in real life owns or can afford

The greatest multiplayer game ever made!

>Been a console gamer since the 80s >All your gaming mags are for consoles >Finally get a computer in the mid-90s >Know nothing about any PC games other than Doom >And games you only know because they...

OK. This is a masterpiece.

It's delayed again, isn't it?

I just had a blast this week playing both The Lost Vikings for the SNES. Such a funny, colorful and simple game. Are there any games like these? I can't find any games with the same concept, most of t...

I guess in hindsight we’re lucky to have even Zero thread theem: https://youtu.be/G-H0J-D7lOY

bitch ass faggot that doesn't know shit

Games with this feel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGGR7d1lTd8

this game has fucking flawless pacing. you are constantly being whisked into interesting new events, places, scenarios with minigames breaking up the gameplay loop. nothing feels forced or boring, the...

Was it kino?

So where the animal bosses in Mega Man X games evil by nature or did Sigma make them go maverick? Dr. Wily pretty much made all the bosses in the classic Mega Man but it is never truly addressed in th...

Let's play a game. Go to GameFAQs, pick a game, then go to the reviews, and screenshot one review title which you think describes the game best. Others have to guess it. Just make sure others can actu...

Can this be marked as one of the darkest days in retro gaming history? Watching Microsoft purchasing Rare was like watching Satan purchase the Church. Just an absolutely disgusting act that defiled vi...

I didn't even realize that the remaster came out, there was zero fuss about it. What gives?

>play the Inverted Song of Time >collect 200 rupees in East Clock Town >Song of Soaring to every temple owl to fill every bottle with fairies This is the only correct way to begin every cycle.

Will this do the job if I just want to roleplay as a late 20th century merc, or should I just stick to Soldier of Fortune?

>Vampire Killer >Contra Hard Corps >Rocket Knight Adventures Despite being mainly a Nintendo company, Konami made better games on the MD/Genesis than on SNES. Vampire Killer plays really smooth, wit...

Is it possible to do? I want to play Descent on this rig, but it's running way too fast.

What do you all think of Game Sack on Youtube? Personally, I like the guy

Turok 3 is the only genuinely good game in the series. Turok 1 is fun, but repetitive. Turok 2 is a boring slog. Rage Wars is a dated console arena shooter. Evolution is crummy and dull. The 2008 rebo...

Thinking about cutting down and curating my collection, I have 90 games for one console only, whats a good number to avoid choice paralysis, any advice from aside if it's not a yes it's a no? like the...

What games have suffered the most ruthless re-evaluations compared to when they were originally released? I remember this getting perfect scores all over the place at the time, but nowadays it seems ...

>combat is braindead just spamming one button, with basically no strategy or consideration for who you are fighting >standard Square design where regular enemies are pushover trash mobs purely for exp...

I am a guy who only enjoy 16-32bit squaresoft rpgs which defined my life, personality, and what I look for in women I keep hearing persona games are so good. I want to force myself to get into them ...

Why do Saturn 2d fighters look better than Dreamcast 2d fighters? Like Alpha 3 looks WAY better on Saturn than Dreamcast.

How does it compare to the originals? Its currently 90% off on Steam.

What made Street Fighter Zero 2 the perfect fighting game?

Just started picrelated, any tips?

This museum fight is shit. No way I'm using a team full of jobbers that I've had on the sidelines the entire game.

Why did ATI fail to keep up with NVIDIA? What factors contributed to their inability to outperform the green competitor, ultimately leading to their acquisition by AMD?

how did he get here

So i noticed that the classic RE games only have one enemy type per room with the exception of Nemesis who shows up in already populated rooms. Was it an engine issue?

I love Sword of Mana (GBA)

I've always had a habit of pausing a game right before I'm about to die, institutionally without thinking of it. Sucks, since you already know whats going to happen, all you can do is unpause or rage ...

How did he plan to get out of this situation with the desired outcome?

Does anybody else miss trainers? :(

I think PlayStation games are beautiful. Look at this varying landscape, rolling hills with buildings, a beach, all the traffic and debris. It all comes together nicely.

About to boot this up for the first time (original, not remake) What am I in for? I've only played Super Metroid as a child and loved it.

>/vr/ hates Half-Life and loves Halo now What happened?

>Myst is the bestselling pc game of all time >Cyan made hundreds of millions >broke by 2005

i love dreamcast

Air Combat 22 or Air Combat 2 on PlayStation?

>Bunker 2 >Archives Are there any other games that have gameplay similar to these two Goldeneye levels? You start with nothing in a bad situation and you have to rely on being stealthy while collectin...

Why wasn't it ported to the N64?

So the question is always asked by the new generation "why didn't they use the original art". And since I was a kid at the time of 4th Gen, I can say it's because we wouldn't have bought something wit...

Why did they remove directional whipping? I don't deserve this punishment.

What a great game

This game shouldn't be called Doom because it plays more like a Resident Evil clone and a bad one at that. No one asked for RE in drab, samey looking sci-fi levels. This game sucks t.b.h.

> high-warp tapestry was invented, replacing low-warp, and it became possible to interweave threads in a more subtle manner. At the same time enormous progress had been made in dyes > the king decided...

I am absolutely obsessed with this game, can we have a discussion about it? not the sequel, not the dogshit ue5 remake, just this. I personally can't believe how ambitious it was. Not just for the tim...

Does anyone know of any game repair/soldering pros that would be able to swap the chips from a PS2 memory card into a donor with the same board revision? I think this PCB is fubar but the chips look f...

Playing GoW for the first time. It started out great, but I'm not quite feeling the combo system. Feels like I'm always doing low damage no matter what. Juggling feels a bit weird. Only Medusa gaze fe...

Behold! The Holy Trinity of SRPG.

Meet your favorite girl, with the PC Engine DUO.

googoogaga what are your favorite games featuring babies/diapers? haha

>he hated emotions so billions must die Based chudcel

What's the best 2D bomberman game? I personally like Bomberman '94 and Super Bomberman 5 the best

Sega was retarded not to migrate Sega Channel over to Saturn, and I'm tired of pretending they're not.

How did Midway get away with such a small development team for MK? They weren't an indie studio but apparently operated like one. Also, with the MK series being as popular as it was, imagine the fat c...

>Just emulate it bro

Started playing Star Fox Adventures for the first time today. Having a great time and so far it's my favorite of Rares 3D games. But I'm not here to talk about the game itself. My friend was watching ...

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Here's your character roster bro

This is really good. I'm very impressed considering the limitations of the platform. I rather play this than Peace Walker or Phantom Pain again.

Apparently DLC was a thing back during the 6th generation of consoles.

>blocks you're path

are ps2 controllers shit or is mine just old and worn out the pressure sensitivity of the face buttons on mine like hardly exists you gotta press the button super hard for full pressure and if you let...

PS or GC?

Where can I find the Blue Sun mod for this game if I have the GOG version? I saw that it used to have a forum with the latest patches (which had the mod pre-installed) but the forum isn't there anymor...

What do?

I literally don't even care anymore if it's AI Slop translation. Just someone please fucking finish a translation patch for this game already.

What made Sonic so difficult to adapt to 3D