RetroGaming

Oh yeah. It's Genesis time.

Sadly, it was taken down by Nintendo according to this article.

Discovered from this video from Modern Vintage Gamer.

You may not like this fact, but here it is: This remaster of a 1989 game was released in 2013. That's a retro remaster that is, in itself, getting retro!

Picked up this beautiful sansui 27" the other day!

I have a question for y'all though. I was a complete idiot, and had this in my hatch back. I was on a hill and started off and I did not have the TV as stable as I should have and it tipped face forward and hit my back window pretty hard at about 45 degree angle (amazingly nothing broke). I was terrified I broke it but thankfully it works fine, except that when its a cold startup it has horizontal Lines on the top 4" or so. After about 5 minutes they Go away . I'm almost positive this is my fault although maybe it was already doing that, previous owner didn't say ofc. I'm wondering, is there a fix for this or should I leave it? Will it get worse overtime ? I'm not new to electronic work (guitar tube amps, tape machines etc) but in this situation I'm not sure the best way. (Pic is when warmed up)

I can post a pic of the lines tomorrow. Really hope I didn't fuck this thing up :(

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/games/p/1779167/dune-ii-written-in-html5-javascript

https://dune2js.com/

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/29669948

worth reading imo, incredible story

tldr; A budget shooter that goes from tolerable to insufferable real quick

Chaser is a 2003 FPS from Cauldron, who would go on to create all time classics like Secret Service (2008) and Cabella's Dangerous Hunts 2011. Clearly a household name synonymous with quality. This game is also billed as having "A gripping story full of intrigue, plot twists and believable characters."

In this game, you're John Chaser, an amnesiac protagonist who escapes a space station and crash lands back on a futuristic Earth city. Shortly afterwards, you find yourself working for the local mafia because Chaser's too fucking stupid to take a hint. No, seriously, there's this dude in the cutscene that says "If you got any sense, you'll turn around and head as far away from this city as you can" and mr. protagonist goes back to the mafia owned casino. You also get some flashbacks in the first couple missions, but they go away. Don't worry too much about the story, everything done on Earth is like a sidequest until you get back to Mars. Overall, the game can be divided in 3 thirds: shitty city, soviet part, Mars. The latter 2 drag on for-fucking-ever.

For the story, here's a rundown of it:

But it's a first person shooter, so how's the shootin'? Kinda decent, most of the time. Ironically, the futuristic weapons feel like the worst ones when it comes to killing enemies. While a M4 rifle will typically kill an enemy in 1 or 2 shots, the futuristic HK11 might take 10+. Sometimes fucking explosives to the face won't kill enemies outright. Hand grenades are the worst, you don't click and hold to throw, you click and he'll do a fixed distance throw because fuck you. Fucking Quake 2 and Medal of Honor let you hold the grenade to throw it further or drop close by.

One of the main problems of the game is that a lot of the time you won't even know you're losing health. Save for a few situations when you're shot from the front, you'll have a hard time knowing if there's an enemy shooting you from the sides or from behind. There's nothing to indicate you took fall damage, not even a grunt or crunch sound. Savescumming is essential not only because of that, but also due to the likelihood that you might end up stuck somewhere in the scenery. Ladders are one of your biggest enemies, too.

Level design goes from "eh, ok" to "oh, fuck you" - the latter especially on levels like Lighthouse, Submarine, Cosmodrome and the entirety of Mars. Levels become overly long for no reason, with enemies spawning in places carefully designed to piss you off the most, sometimes behind your back and where you already went through: in some situations, you can literally see them popping out of thin air in front of you because now you stepped on the trigger!

The game has multiplayer and I wish I could test it, but I don't wish anyone to suffer through this game. Still, I suspect the multiplayer is leagues better than the singleplayer experience simply because it's not the singleplayer experience.

In all seriousness, if you do decide to check this game out for whatever reason, like morbid curiosity, don't be afraid to put it down and give up for good before you even . It does not get better. It gets more tedious and more groan inducing. There is no fair challenge, nothing that will give you any sense of satisfaction.

I started playing dq8 for 3ds last week, and while I’m just level 7, the game has been really fun.

It is a really charming series. I’ve played dq11 pretty far, but I did not complete it. It’s just a long game.

I think I like the lightheartedness of it. The art style is cute and the dialog does not take itself too seriously.

What are your thoughts on the dragon quest series? What should I play after I finish 8?

Return to Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle are classic Macintosh games from the 80s, and they're getting a bundled definitive edition re-release on Steam.

Winter is coming.

This was what retro gaming was back in the day, in 2011. Very retro. You went backward in time. That was what it meant!

Hey y'all! Absolutely loving my dreamcast. I actually got several of them now for repair. Definitely my favorite system.

My question is, what video cable would you go with for it? Mainly I use it on a CRT with component and s video inputs but it only came with a composite cable. Should I shell out for component or is s video fine ?

I have a retro tink 2x on my crappy insignia as well, but I'll mainly use the DC on CRT.

I mean, I got a portable emulator thingy with Rhythm Tengoku on it, but I don't really know how does one activate the Debug Menu (shown on the image).

Have you all heard of the weekly podcast from Scott Johnson and @BrianDunaway@mastodon.social called Play Retro?

I found the names of lots of Rhythm Tengoku characters, but not the Bon Dancers'.

A review of Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl, two sports games from the late 80s/early 90s that still have a following.

Al Lowe is an American software developer who started making games in the early eighties. His is mostly known for the Leisure Suit Larry games, created with Sierra, but he is also a musical man who loves playing his sax and still plays with his model trains. He has also created lots of other games for Sierra, not only the Larry series.