Retro and New Video Game Picture/Video Thread

One free internet to the person who can tell me which video game franchise this image came from.

9th Otaku_sl said:

One free internet to the person who can tell me which video game franchise this image came from.

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Myst! (specifically, Myst 5)

pyksel_sl said:

Myst! (specifically, Myst 5)

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Well played my friend, well played indeed.

The Myst series has been notorious for pissing people off and boggling the minds of intelligent people. It's utter frustration at its best... and when you finally figure out that puzzle you just couldn't get past... the feeling is quite simply, indescribable.

Everyone should play the games in this series at least once.

I love puzzle-adventure games like Myst, except when the puzzles make no fucking sense. It's a fine line to tread between "challenging" and "no fucking way I would have figured that out without a walkthrough". I'm not saying the Myst games were like that, but I remember dropping several puzzle games in my youth because of that. Or maybe it was just because I was a stupid kid.

Speaking of puzzle-adventure games and my youth, here's Noctropolis. This was the first "adult" game I played. FMV titties!!!

I played this game for hours back on my dad's AT&T computer in 1984. Fucking Mimics got me every time. I'll be amazed if anyone has ever heard of this game, and can't believe I found it with a quick google search.

McCheese_sl said:

I love puzzle-adventure games like Myst, except when the puzzles make no fucking sense. It's a fine line to tread between "challenging" and "no fucking way I would have figured that out without a walkthrough". I'm not saying the Myst games were like that, but I remember dropping several puzzle games in my youth because of that. Or maybe it was just because I was a stupid kid.

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Oh you mean like...

Mist_sl said:

You mean nethack? There's an entire thread of nethack clones and other roguealikes in the Other Games forums.

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I think that's Rogue, not nethack, but yeah...not obscure at all.

9th Otaku_sl said:

Oh you mean like...

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or like:




I just ran across thewalkthroughthis morning and it brought back some pretty terrible memories. I always assumed that I never beat this because I was young and stupid, but now I know that my youth and stupidity didn't have a fucking thing to do with it. Made it to the final room a few times (didn't know how close I was to the end), though now that I've watched the walkthrough, I have no fucking idea how I did it.

a c i d.f l y_sl said:

My parents wouldn't let me play this game saying it was too demonic or some fuckin' shit. Two years later they're AOK with me slaughtering Nazi's in Wolfenstein or actual demons in DOOM....

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Was a ton of fun watching my parents toss all my D&D books.

Soygen_sl said:

Yeah, those games were tough in the pre-internet days. I remember Nintendo had a hotline you could call for hints and shit. Kids today got it so easy! Not only are the games easy as shit today, you have the resources of the internet at your fingertips. I'm old. Walked 20 miles to school in snow, etc.

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I definitely called this hot line to figure out how to get the Red Ring in the final dungeon of the original Zelda.

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I still have my music book that came with that game. Loved this game, so much.

Uh oh... looks like activity in the Retro VGT has stopped again... I guess I'll just leave this here....

9th Otaku_sl said:

Uh oh... looks like activity in the Retro VGT has stopped again... I guess I'll just leave this here....

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Faxanadu is 100% win... wonder how much the rights to that game cost and then remake it with HD sprites--- TO KICKSTARTER!