Papriumbros, it's over... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QaBYuRwcDs

It's Friday. Let's celebrate with a retro ads thread.

Discuss the state of retro console/handheld/computer emulation, any news or discussion on settings. Discussion of emulation of non-retro systems can go to /emugen/ on /vg/, which can be found here: >...

>is the perfect JRPG in your path

How am I supposed to catch the 15 pounder, with blood dough balls?

Can someone recommend some translated eroge games that are not VNs

Fucking masterpiece and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

How do I make my GTA 3 look like this?

post cool screencaps from games you've played

...And thus, the video games industry revived.

It’s now 2025, and twenty years ago systems like the PSP and Nintendo Wii came out. I think it’s time these things are considered retro. Wild that I cannot make threads about Nintendo DS games and PSP...

did you luxuriate in the wind

Why are there so few new fun racing games? Back in 2000's racing games were everywhere.

Would you like to pay $60,000 to help a brave group of trans women hoard 350 undumped Sega prototypes? Without your generous donation these games may end up in the hands of the public.

Failure edition Screen Utility -https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/ Handheld Comparison -https://retrocatalog.com/ Google chart - https://tinyurl com (slash) AllHandhelds has anyone asked my quest...

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? - ht...

Just bought pic related. What am I in for?

What are the saddest moments in retro gaming? I tear up at several parts of Ocarina of Time because of things like the loss of innocence/adulthood/Sarya/Link having an overall shitty life.

Why are there so many infamously bad Windows PC ports?

Are there any pc-98 games worth playing outside the old touhous and policenauts? Untranslated is fine too, I'm looking for more moonrune practice. Princess Maker 2 was fun to mess around with, but I'm...

The Warriors is a far better nig simulator than San Andreas. You can steal car radios and smash parking meters for change, you can smash a bottle in someone's face and then shank them with the broken ...

What's your favorite SNES game? Mine's gotta be MegaMan 2. What an excellent 70s game system.

Do I need to get A ranks on both an A and B playthrough to unlock 4th Survivor? Also RE:2 thread

Anyone else have this problem? You’re interested in retro games because they are more pleasant and warm/cozy by association and the history of gaming is fascinating. But when it comes to actually pla...

Starting with one of the most egregious.

DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread: >>11852619 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...

What was Medievil's 'fatal flaw'?

If you have not played it, get it now and do it. Make sure you get a copy of the map and read the 5 chapter novel.

Thoughts on Futuristic Racers?

I gotta say trying this game again some years ago left me a tiny bit disappointed, it just seems like it could have a bit more. Still charming and a childhood classic for me. Any discussion about cing...

Western insects frequently sacrifice fun and playability just to make their game more impressive on a technical level and boast to their demoscene/engineer friends. The entire Amiga library is basical...

It's time!!! Time to bicker and squabble like children over a dead 90's franchise that's never coming back! :) https://tiermaker.com/create/banjo-kazooie-tooie-main-worlds-1821

reckon I love this game more than any Zelda, lads. Truely Tetsuya Nomura's peak

Somebody please fucking explain how this and Parappa are supposed to work. I just beat Lammy on Mednafen, twice in a row, but I couldn't tell you how this shit is supposed to work. I know they are in...

Did the 32x really need to exist?

This is what happens when brainless jew-brainwashed western insects design a games console. Even crazier is that there are senile boomers out there who will defend it out of Atari brand loyalty and ta...

What are some of the most persistent memes, falsehoods, or bullshit stories you hear about old video games? For me, it's "piracy killing the Dreamcast meme" >Sega had already fired 1/3rd of its workf...

TR: Anniversary feels just as tricky and platforming dependent as the original/remastered. I missed so many jumps in Greece. I'm on the second Egypt level now and like it a lot.

Does anyone know what causes this flickering ground texture in Ultimate Battle 22 on Duckstation and how to get rid of it? Its distracting me from my kusoge.

How did nes and old PC games handle collisions and keeping objects outside of each other's hit box? Nowadays they just use boilerplate physics engines

best retro cover art?

Anybody play this online?

I was looking to play this series. Everyone seems to have a different favorite. I was thinking of trying either Magical Melody. Is there a better one and why is it better?

This is one of the most mysterious DOS abandonware games I've probably ever played. This game was kind of ahead of it's time.

Retro games that are unanimously a 10/10

Discuss. Post your favorites. Mine are: >Nekketsu Hockey >Nekketsu Kakuto Densetsu >Nekketsu Soccer League (the second Famicom soccer game) >Dunk Heroes Neo Geo Dodge Ball game is based as fuck too. ...

Sonic 1 was just a bad game. Sonic 2 just instantly felt so much smoother and so much easier to play, the level design was a billion times better, didn't have a ton of super cheap enemies to jump out ...

What determines whether you get a gem or not? Sometimes you get spawned inside of the cage, can collect it and get out, sometimes you land underneath and you can't get inside. There doesn't seem to be...

Remember Commodore 64? He's back... in POG* form https://youtu.be/S2fGP59mJ5M https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/the-commodore-64-ultimate-computer-is-the-companys-first-hardware-...

I'm catching on the handful of Mega Man games I had never beaten and this is really good. I'm coming off Rockman & Forte and EXE WS on Wonderswan which were both bad though so it benefits from the co...

Why did Thelas need so many pillows?

This was a fun game and actually better than Crash B3: Warped so I struggle to think why people don't think it is? Gamecube multiplat was best version.

Rainbow Six thread?

>PS1 >Namco >flat shaded polygons >game is an hour long Hmm… yep I’m thinking SOVL

Post clones that were superior to their original games. For example, Road Rage mogs the shit out of Crazy Taxi

What is the best version of Resident Evil 1? >PS1 >Saturn >Windows 95 >Japanese release by MediaKite >Nintendo DS

The best of tenchu game is locked to an un-emulatable console. The amount of games we lost is staggering.

Gotta choose just one, /vr/. What's the best Sonic Advance game and what's the worst?

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Did you ever consider yourself a top level player at a specific game?

I'm looking for a GOOD podcast that discusses classic videogames. Real dudes who actually know their shit, unlike reddit-tier garbo like pic related. Is there anything even out there? I'm struggling...

What the hell were they thinking?

Street fighter 2010 the final fight is a top 10 nes game

I miss her

Why is Sony imagesoft and early Western PlayStation so disrespected? >convince the Japanese branch that video games can be profitable >start the PlayStation life right with an amazing E3 1995 press co...

I'm at 99%. All gems, all HuCards. I believe I'm missing a single health pick-up, and I have no idea where it is. If I've combed every level and found every gem and HuCard, but I missed a single healt...

Holy kino

was this the absolute PEAK of gaming? basically if you had ANY system/pc that wasnt a shitturn (lol) you were drowning in timeless classics that would define entire genres for decades to come. not onl...

this game music is more street of rage/yuzo koshiro than 8-bits sonic 1

Is this the worst mainstream next-gen controller ever released?

Why wasn’t Linux seen as a competitor to Windows in the gaming sphere, similar to the console wars during that time? What stopped it from challenging Microsoft’s throne as the de facto OS for PC gamin...

Hey all, I’m looking to build a collection of offline PC FPS games that support multiplayer with bots—whether it’s LAN play, skirmish modes, or just fragging AI in deathmatch arenas.I already know the...

How the fuck was he ever useful to the guy that built him?

Help me /vr/os, which famiclone model does this controller belongs to?

i want to beat the fuck out of whoever designed the final level aboslutely sadistic faggot

What are the longest retro RPGs? Apart from pic related

The snopes verified original name for the IBM PC-AT was the MS-DOS VGA Home Computing DOS-ROM Containment Apparatus.

If this had 6 face buttons you’d call it the greatest controller ever made.

The real name for the Master System is the Sega System and the official name for the Sony PlayStation was the Sony PSX Original Entertainment Home Video Device.

The original name for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was the Nintendo Super System.

Oh shit, look what just dropped: https://nebulous.group/index.php/projects/translations/hybrid-front/#cmtoc_anchor_id_4

The original real name for the Sega Master System was the Sega System.

What's the verdict on this game? I just started playing it and I'm having fun. Im surprised at how deep the mechanics go, its almost impossible to play this without a guide tho

What was it with Sunsoft games and having absurdly good soundtracks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5OMA21uyXE Love this shit.

What the FUCK were they thinking?

25 years in the making, this is what we get.

it's funny how all the best genesis soundtracks don't use GEMS

Well, it's been over a month. When the hell is the 2003 build going to get leaked? Hell, when is the Quake 2 stuff getting leaked? Are we going to be blue balled by hoarders again for another half-dec...

I get most developers want to push the boundry today and only work on the latest models, but it would be so cool if each developer for each console had a dedicated retro team that still works with pre...

How revolutionary was to go from Super Mario World to Super Mario 64 in 1996?

What am I in for? I enjoyed Total Annihilation

The peak of the Sonic franchise?

What was the jump to 3D like in the 90s?

What are the best GameCube games that are either GameCube exclusives, or have no PC or Wii ports? I've bought a 64 GB SD card for my Wii and I want to fill it up with GameCube video games. Is it bette...

Behold, the future of mobile gaming.

Livestream. This tournament has been going for 3 years and lasts as long as 40 days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szKFigqxYO4 https://cosmonarchy.com/ Cosmonarchy is a heavily modded Starcraft gam...

Based

https://youtu.be/bdl6iA6oTfc?si=rD9AmIinmN2lNnep

>be I >tell mom I want Bomberman Tournament for my birthday >get this instead because the tlatire didn't have Bomberman and this "looked similar" >It is gay >Christmas comes >Asks for Bomberman >Mom s...

This is Edea Kramer. Relegated to complete non-entity past the second disc. So misused.

I LOVE PORTS OF DECADE OLD GAMES!!

>game has no names for its level >half the guide call the level "forest temple" >other half call it "catacombs" or "necropolis" I fucking love old games where you have to interpret things.

Who in their right man released this game with this control scheme?

>Tekken 3 >"you see, Ogre has killed all these Tekken 2 characters, absorbed their souls and now uses their signature moves" >later Tekkens >"uh, ackshyally he didn't kill them, they are alive and we'...

Which is the best game?

>the defining PS1 mascot game >gets one spinoff, one sequel, two disappointing anime series, and a handful of mild references >then dead for a quarter-century going What went wrong with the Parappa fr...

I don't get the appeal

What are some specific movie scenes that influenced old games? And I mean specific, not just "anything from 2001 Space Odessey or Alien(s)" I'll start with an easy one: the minecart chase from Temple...

>be a grappler character >can't move while grappling What's the point?

Post videogame songs that go hard for absolutely no reason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCKluC7wzKg

isn't it weird that Mario is like the worst character in his own game (this one being Super Mario Bros. 2) just like Donkey Kong was the worst character in his own series, the DKC trilogy. idk if the ...

I just discovered this game. I've seen it described as a Star Control 2 roguelike. What do you think of it?

Drol whats the point? can you even die if you just keep firing a volley of bullets down the corridor? seems incredibly repetitive and easy but supposedly it was the influence for sega's Flicky

All you need are four buttons, because on thump - four fingers.

These were great.

How mindblowing was to play Metal Gear Solid in 1998?

Previous thread: >>11823645 Rules of the thread are simple: >You can only talk about games and systems made before the US release of the NES (1985). Everything before it from the CRT Amusement Device ...

>Elsewhere, the dynamic camera system is superior, and nearly always gives a sympathetic viewpoint, which is essential when you're trying to dispatch a bunch of mutant undead, although there are a few...

I want to write up something to hopefully be helpful to people new to playing old systems using my own experiences and mistakes, and what I personally own. Including the cost of quality flash carts an...

Video game mysteries. You ever wonder where all those logs came from in Plok!?

Why does nobody talk about the unique and interesting Hitachi hardware in the Saturn and Dreamcast? >Saturn had Hitachi SH-2 >Dreamcast had Hitachi SH-4 and only console ever created that supports a...

Holy Hell you guys! The new updated DOOM for the snes is about to go on sale from our bois over at Limited Run. Check it out, standard gives you a box, game manual and even a cool poster for $100. b...

How do Save States work? How do emulators know to save your exact same position in game?