/vr/ - Retro Games

not a retro one

>>10424497
rosy retrospection

>>10424497
Best is subjective. Picrel is definitely my favorite and not because of the Disney license, but because it’s the best non-standard Tetris. I think there is a “regular” mode but in the story mode you are always going against an opponent, and the better you do the more you can fuck them over with retarded shapes and they can do the same to you.
It’s also on PS1 but I had it on N64.
It’s by and away the least appreciated version of Tetris ever. It also has amazing spritework.

>>10424497
NES version.

Original Game Boy, that music is great for such a shit sound chip.

>>10424592
It also has the coolest ending.

Who cares? COLUMNS is superior.

>>10424597
That's it? What did they mean by this?

>>10424613
It's a launch sequence of the Buran, which was the Soviet equivalent of the US's Space Shuttle. Tetris was originally developed in Soviet Russia.

>>10424613
This anon explained it exactly: >>10424628

The Russians saw the proliferation of Tetris fever as a cultural win for them, the ending is quite clever indeed.

Tetris Plus for PS1. Has the usual Tetris gameplay, but the main thing is a puzzle mode where you try and get a guy to the bottom of the stage as quickly as possible, all while the ceiling actively trying to kill the guy in the playing field. Honestly a really fun take on the game.

Not really that big on Tetris, but the main ones are NES/Gameboy (slight differences), TGM1, TGM3, and then guideline (which are basically all the same afaik)

>>10424597
Kek, that's the Buran.

>>10424613
It's peak story telling.
>>10424628
>>10424642
Why were we always told the USSR were backwards on every level yet they managed to make the greatest video game of all time.

>>10424628
>>10424642
>>10424697
I get the symbolism, but not sure how that could be considered a victory celebration? Just going to space at all was the achievement for them?

>>10424715
They had an improved clone of the Space Shuttle, it was a big deal at the time. More payload and cheaper than the heavy launch systems of the day. Plus they shot a nuclear x-ray space laser into space on the same platform. Sucker can fry half a city, WOMP.

>>10424752
>they shot a nuclear x-ray space laser into space on the same platform. Sucker can fry half a cit
nani the fuck

>>10424772
Yeah the claim is it fired its retro booster at the wrong instant or something and it never made it into orbit. But it made it into orbit. The principle is you have special glass rods doped with something or other, and you aim them at the target and then light off a nuclear bomb sitting at the other end of the rods, the pulse of light excites the rods to lase which they do for a tiny instant before they're destroyed by the blast, the energy produced can fry a city.

They were banned by treaty but that didn't stop the USSR.

>>10424697
The West soured on the USSR because all the jews Stalin kicked out were given leadership positions in the west. Because of this, “the west” has a permanent axe to grind with Russia. Don’t call it antisemitism, it’s the truth with historical proof. “The West” worked with Russia during WW2 so far in that Germany was deemed a far larger threat to “the west”. The absolute moment victory in Europe happened, the Cold War started.
Flash forward to 2023 and even though the Cold War ended, absolutely nothing has changed. We are in the third phase of the Cold War and the same exact parties are still in play. See: Ukraine.

In fact, it would be far more scandalous to have a game with an ending that promotes Russian culture in a positive light now in 2023 than it was in 1989.

In short, it’s a very clever ending. A game about stacking the correct building blocks ends with an advanced shuttle launch. Now THAT is narrative done right.

>>10424497
Tetris the grandmaster series.

>>10424836
>A game about stacking the correct building blocks ends with an advanced shuttle launch. Now THAT is narrative done right.
What's the significance of blocks? What's the story?

>>10424896
Not enough cut scenes for ya zoomie?

I'll never understand how people can play the Game Boy version. The controls are awful compared to the NES version.

>>10425015
It was literally perfect for the platform, a short time waster game where you could play while riding in the car or whatever. Longer games were problematic, you might get to wherever it was you were going and your parents would make you shut off the Game Boy when you got there.

Today you can play every version yourself on an emulator, I have one on the PSP that's pretty good actually. I forget what it's called though.

>>10425021
I mean now, not so much back when they didn't have a choice.

>>10424896
It’s a puzzle game about stacking blocks efficiently. Your efficiency in stacking these building blocks is rewarded with a cutscene of the Russian shuttle blasting off. The significance of all of this is that you “built” the rocket. In 1989, the rights to Tetris were owned exclusively by the Soviet Union, meaning your purchase of Tetris funded more of these endeavors.

>>10424643
Something about Tetris Plus just feels bad in my opinion, like it's not responsive enough at least on PS1. It's a really fun concept though so I still enjoyed my time with it.

>>10424497
Tetris Effect

>>10425015
Myself, I don't understand the love for the NES version, it really makes you hammer the controls to place the piece.

That's the issue I have with a majority of retro Tetris titles, is that controlling the piece is laborious, you really had to mash inputs and there was no reliable input buffering.
Tetris DX didn't have this issue, and is my go-to for vanilla retro, though that Rosy Retrospection hack for the original Tetris is really good.

One of the big problems with retro Tetris is that at top speeds, it's not physically possible to move pieces all the way to the left or right. This encourages you to build stacks with a central well for your I-pieces, but effective stack building works better with a 9-wide versus a 4-wide+5-wide.

There's also that modern Tetris uses the 7-bag system to make sure you don't go too long without any specific piece. Retro Tetris is genuinely random with its piece distribution, which can lead to extend periods where you just do not get the piece you need to clear a Tetris.
Even without modern stuff like hold pieces and ghost pieces, or previewing the next 5 pieces, modern Tetris plays a lot better and has consistent rules for the rotation axis, what rotations are possible in certain formations, and even what colors the pieces must be. I love these standards.

If I had any idea how to do it, I'd love a Rosy Retrospection of Tetris DX that adheres to all the modern Tetris guidelines.
https://tetris.wiki/Tetris_Guideline

>>10424497
n-blox

>>10424592
It's also the purest gameplay, none of this holding pieces, infinite spin bullshit.

>>10424497
Find a good portable version. I've always enjoyed Tetris Worlds for the GBA, and Tetris DS. But I used to play the shit out of the Tetris game I bought for my LG Shine.

>>10425259
It looks pretty and is a very smooth single player experience, especially in VR, but I don't think its gameplay gimmick actually improves the formula

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIqSdj6w3qk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dInPsDR90NY
Everything else being the same these two have the best graphics and music to chill out to and 4 player multiplayer
The New Tetris has every line made count to build wonders of the world and they are very cool 3D real time scenes so every game you play counts not only for personal best score but also for unlocking cool stuff

>>10424497
Columns

Best one is probably DS, but that ain't retro
>>10424526
Isn't it one of those made by Arika that's based on Grand Master? Or is that just the CCS one?
>>10424643
I was surprised to see this one was worth absolutely nothing when I bought it at a local video games swapmeet. Does people not like it and/or it somehow sold a shitload but nobody ever talks about it?

Tetris Elements

>>10424497
Not Tetris 2

>Retro
Tetris (GB)
Tetris DX
Tetris Battle Gaiden
Tetris DS
Tetris Effect

>>10425045
Damn, that makes sense now. Thanks for the explanation, comrade.