/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.3971386]

What is that one game you always find yourself going back to despite popular opinion of it?

Psycho Dream for me.

[Anonymous No.3971394]

ActRaiser 2
Final Fight 2
Gargoyles

[Anonymous No.3971395]

>>3971386
None, I guess I only like popular games. Heresy?

[Anonymous No.3971402]

>>3971386
Gex 3D: Enter the Gecko

[Anonymous No.3971407]

Toshinden 3
Street Fighter EX plus alpha
Eretzvaju

All below-average games, but damn if I don't love myself an anime fighter.

[Anonymous No.3971413]

>>3971386
I have 4-player game night about quarterly. The lineup is usually just:
SNES: Micro Machines 2
SNES: NBA Jam
N64: Mario Kart
N64: Smash Bros
N64: Goldeneye

[Anonymous No.3971415]

>>3971394
>ActRaiser 2
Same, it's been my go-to action game for years. I love the controls.

[Anonymous No.3971424]

Bubsy II and Super James Pond on the SNES
Shit's comfy to me

[Anonymous No.3971450]

>>3971386
Gex. I liked it when it was new and I like it now

at least I think it's a game folks generally don't like
that's the impression I've gotten

>>3971402
some places I will not go though

>>3971415
if that fucker only had the cherub city 2 sections it'd probably be my favourite SNES game

[Anonymous No.3971471]

>>3971394
>ActRaiser 2
Damn nice. It's annoying at points, but I really like it.

[Anonymous No.3971798]

I genuinely love the shit out of this.

[Anonymous No.3971808]

>>3971450

Enter The Gecko and Gex 3 are better

[Anonymous No.3971879]

>>3971386
Me and a friend love playing smash TV for SNES whenever he comes over to hang out. We still can't get to the third stage.

>>3971798
Always wanted to play this

[Anonymous No.3971896]

>>3971808
The first Gex was originally a 3DO game, that's why it was so different. And in my opinion, it's much more unique than 2 and 3 because of that.

[Anonymous No.3971909]

Played this shit constantly as a kid and still go back to it a few times a year

[Anonymous No.3971967]

>>3971879
I heard that Super Smash TV was really good on SNES. Never saw someone talking shit about that version, personally.

[Anonymous No.3971986]

>>3971879
>>3971967
Me and my best friend used to play this all the time too, and yeah, we sucked. The game is actually much easier solo, weirdly enough. Easier to keep tabs on the enemies.

The SNES version is extremely good, yeah. The controls are tight and the music and graphics are great. I have a lot of good memories of it.

[Anonymous No.3972009]

>>3971394

Are there other platformers that look as good as ActRaiser 2?

[Anonymous No.3972054]

>>3971386
there's always something new to find on further playthroughs.

[Anonymous No.3972071]

>>3972009
Depends on what you consider "good" but The Misadventures of Flink on Sega Genesis looks really pretty as well.

[Anonymous No.3974158]

Bubsy 1. I grew up with it. I can beat it from level 1 with no problems at this point. It's fucking bad.

[Anonymous No.3974223]

>>3971909
>>3972054
What? These are both considered great games. I think OP meant what games with bad reputations do you return to.
>>3972009
Not sure on snes but adventure of lomax on ps1 is gorgous.

[Anonymous No.3974275]

>>3971386
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
The main reason it gets so much hate is because of AVGN. The music's good, the world is fun to explore (for me at least), and the day/night cycle is fine when you get used to it.
The only problem I have with it is all the cryptic bullshit, but if you have a gameFAQ for it then it's fine

[Anonymous No.3974280]

Sonic Adventure 1, but that's not really retro. Also PaRappa the Rapper, Ecco

[Anonymous No.3974709]

The music always makes me smile

[Anonymous No.3974730]

>>3971386

Fatal Labyrinth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY7OkX2vGuk

[Anonymous No.3974882]

>>3974275
>The only problem I have with it is all the cryptic bullshit, but if you have a gameFAQ for it then it's fine

That's a really major problem though. And if you need to follow an FAQ where does that leave exploration?

[Anonymous No.3974918]

>>3974280
>Sonic Adventure 1
That one IS retro.

[Anonymous No.3975062]

>>3974275
>The main reason it gets so much hate is because of AVGN

You're obviously underage. I played that shit when it came out. It was ALWAYS seen as the worst Castlevania.

[Anonymous No.3975083]

>>3975062
You're the AVGN meme spouting underage here, bub.

[Anonymous No.3975091]

>>3974730
There's something about it, I grant you that, but too many random factors that can fuck you up without it being your own fault in the slightest for most to stick with it.

[Anonymous No.3975230]

>>3971394
Too bad there aren't other games that explore the theme of God-versus-Devil in such a direct manner. All the other games only deal with theme tangentially (i.e., you fight as an agent of God, not as literally God himself).

[Anonymous No.3975247]

>>3971413
>Micro Machines 2
This one was kinda too frenetic with the vehicles too fast in relation to the viewport. I remember fests of cars falling off tables all the time due to that. Also the older emulators had buggy sound with sticking sound samples (quite annoying).

[Anonymous No.3975250]

>>3971415
The game looks very nice, but I remember it to be stupid hard. Also too bad the sim element from the first one is gone.

(Wth is an "actraiser" anyway? Someone who "raises acts" [whatever that would mean]? Or is it just meaningless Engrish that the Japs at Enix happened to like?)

[Anonymous No.3975331]

The atmosphere and music is just incredible, and I adore pretty much all of the different character's gameplay.

[Anonymous No.3975335]

>>3975250
It has a learning curve but isn't that hard. Many bosses and levels are piss easy.