Retro and New Video Game Picture/Video Thread

Marmac · Jan 2, 2013

Man, I remember the first time I rented Actraiser when the SNES first launched. The graphics and music were so good! I was so hooked on expanding towns.

Grimsark_sl said:

badlok · Jan 2, 2013

Soygen_sl said:
Should be able to play them with DOSBox.

http://www.dosbox.com/

wow man thanks! +1 for you

Valos · Jan 2, 2013

Marmac_sl said:
OMG! I spend hours playing this game with my friends on PC...what was it called again?

Jones in the fast lane.

Here is the Flash version recreation. Pretty sure you can even multiplay it.

http://home.broadpark.no/~kboye/jones/jones.html

Lemmiwinks_sl · Jan 2, 2013

This game was badass

Jait · Jan 2, 2013

Fucking newbies. Here's a screenshot.

ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire
Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Revision 88 / Serial number 840726

West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.

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Mire_sl · Jan 2, 2013

Marmac · Jan 2, 2013

Sword of Vermilion was a hard game.

Joeboo · Jan 2, 2013

Daidraco_sl said:
I dont recall paying 90$ bucks for Phantasy Star 2, but I played the shit out of that and all its sequels. I never got a hold of Phantasy Star 1 because of something like never being released in the US? To lazy to look it up. Shining Force Series took up a shit load of my time as well. Crystalis, too. Before the Genesis, it was all Dragon Warrior 1, 2, 3. Im sad that I just dont find games as addicting as those that I listed, anymore.

Phantasy Star(1) was on the Sega Master System, rather than the Genesis(I never played it either). The Genesis had Phantasy Star 2, 3, and 4. PS 2 and 3 were fairly expensive cartridges at the time, they were like $69.99 as opposed to most Genesis games that were $49.99. When Phantasy Star 4 released it was absolutely ridiculous, it was $99.99 MSRP. I didn't end up getting PS4 until years later when it had been discounted, and never did beat it.

Phantasy Star 3 is probably my favorite console RPG of all time, so many branching paths. Have to choose a spouse, then you have a kid, play as that kid and choose another spouse eventually and play as their offspring. With all the choices of spouses, I think you can end up playing as 1 of 6 different characters at the end, each with their own unique storyline.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/02/th...asy-star-tree/

Not sure why I liked the game more than even Final Fantasy 1-3(2 is the best FF BTW), but for some reason as a kid I liked the heavier sci-fi leanings of the early Phantasy Star games better than Final Fantasy, which didn't have a real heavy sci-fi element in the early games

Szlia · Jan 2, 2013

Sub topic: best cover art for terrible games.

Drop Rock Hora Hora on PC-Engine (Breakout clone... yep)

Curse on Megadrive (terribad shoot-em up)

Crell_sl · Jan 2, 2013

joeboo_sl said:
Phantasy Star(1) was on the Sega Master System, rather than the Genesis(I never played it either). The Genesis had Phantasy Star 2, 3, and 4. PS 2 and 3 were fairly expensive cartridges at the time, they were like $69.99 as opposed to most Genesis games that were $49.99. When Phantasy Star 4 released it was absolutely ridiculous, it was $99.99 MSRP. I didn't end up getting PS4 until years later when it had been discounted, and never did beat it.

Phantasy Star 3 is probably my favorite console RPG of all time, so many branching paths. Have to choose a spouse, then you have a kid, play as that kid and choose another spouse eventually and play as their offspring. With all the choices of spouses, I think you can end up playing as 1 of 6 different characters at the end, each with their own unique storyline.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/02/th...asy-star-tree/

Not sure why I liked the game more than even Final Fantasy 1-3(2 is the best FF BTW), but for some reason as a kid I liked the heavier sci-fi leanings of the early Phantasy Star games better than Final Fantasy, which didn't have a real heavy sci-fi element in the early games

Phantasy Star 1 was my fist RPG as a kid. 2 was also awesome. 3 had great ideas, but the combat system fell flat for me. However Phantasy Star 4 is easily the best in the series. I put Phantasy Star 4 on the same level as final fantasy 7. Also, a Phantasy Star Generation 1 (you know, the Playstation 2 remake of PS1) was fan translated. You can find it at pscave.com

Also sorry no pic.

Dumar_sl · Jan 3, 2013

Szlia_sl said:
Sub topic: best cover art for terrible games.

Worst cover art for great games? More specifically, some of the, if not the, best original cover art ever turned to the worst ever. wtfffff America... seriously...

Marmac · Jan 3, 2013

That's what the American artists are good for....fucking up beautiful Japanese artwork.

Mire_sl · Jan 3, 2013

Phantasy Star(1) was on the Sega Master System, rather than the Genesis(I never played it either). The Genesis had Phantasy Star 2, 3, and 4. PS 2 and 3 were fairly expensive cartridges at the time, they were like $69.99 as opposed to most Genesis games that were $49.99. When Phantasy Star 4 released it was absolutely ridiculous, it was $99.99 MSRP. I didn't end up getting PS4 until years later when it had been discounted, and never did beat it.

My mom bought me Phantasy Star 3 for me at Compucenter for 109.99+ tax back in '91. She said that was the last video game she would ever buy me at a price like that.
Boy, was she wrong... FF3 anyone?

Marmac · Jan 3, 2013

I clearly remember that lol...Compucenter...that place was fucking expensive!

Pagan · Jan 3, 2013

I remember rolling into Babbages at our local mall to find Secret of Mana to be quite pricy during its time, like 69$ or 79$. However I was lucky enough to find a single copy a week later at our local Funcoland for alot less.

McCheese · Jan 3, 2013

Pagan_sl said:
I remember rolling into Babbages at our local mall to find Secret of Mana to be quite pricy during its time, like 69$ or 79$. However I was lucky enough to find a single copy a week later at our local Funcoland for alot less.

Wow I had forgotten about Funcoland. That place was amazing for finding reasonably priced games during the days of 60 - 80 dollar cartridges. Years later, during the time they were going out of business, I drove almost an hour to one to pick up an NES lightgun so I could play Duck Hunt on the NES system I dug out of the attic.