/vnt/ - Vidya & Tech

>>296
offcourse, because more g2 puts more stress on the tube.
basic logic

>>296
>>292
On the contrary, I tested it on my Nokia monitor, and it seems to be brighter with high G2 and brightness to 0%. However, this was all done by eye, so take it with a grain of salt.

What's a good balance for brightness, g2 and contrast for having a good picture and increasing the longevity of my monitor?
And is there anything I can do to get the best calibration possible?

>>299
dont touch g2, brightness belongs where blacks are pure black and contrast not above 80% if possible.
Anything else is not according to protocol and may decrease the lifespan of you terminal monitor or telivision reciever

>>300
stfu retard

>>23
Really love the Super Mario World arrangement done by Soichi Noriki.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yh-lVFUQ8g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOW-8mIQNUg

Also, while this isn't really an "arranged" soundtrack, I'll include it because it's quite cool. From what I understand since the SNES used samples for the instruments in the music, people found the original uncompressed/unaltered samples/instruments used and "restored" a lot of the music for a few games like Super Metroid and Donkey Kong Country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e12KntT3o7w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riCDOHaaF90

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQemjPDIw3I

Love this remix, even though I don't think it's actually a song from Super Metroid.

>>24
>Super Mario World arrangement done by Soichi Noriki
Good stuff, definitively one of my favorites as well.

>>25
>I don't think it's actually a song from Super Metroid
It's the Ending theme for the original Metroid.

Might as well post a few more picks:

ActRaiser Symphonic Suite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF6YctrQWFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7JsX4U7HuI

Vapor Trail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrQxJiSAEtY

Super Hang-On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sOXziJaPE8

>>21
Oh hey, I bought that game a few years back for no real reason. I only played a bit of it but thought it was interesting nonetheless.

While I do play a lot of vidya in my spare time, I actually don't delve into obscure games as much as the more popular ones, but here are a few I've finished over the past few years/from childhood.

>Metal Max Returns
Found out about this back in 2020, really cool JRPG that mixes the gameplay of the OG Dragon Quests with a world like Mad Max. Had tons of fun exploring the world and going from town to town repairing, upgrading and customizing my Tank, great little soundtrack too. Only suffers from a weak story and even weaker party members, a real shame they lose ALL of their personality the second they join your party. Great game though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI1XqEyVowo

>Phantom Crash
Really unique mech fighter game released on the original Xbox. Fun combat, an okay story, a really cool world but the one thing about this game is that it has an incredibly unique and amazing soundtrack. One of my favourites in gaming. I never finished the game though, despite owning it from when I was a kid. Really should get back to finishing it one day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5otbc54hEg

>Mendel Palace
Really cool puzzle game from before Game Freak made it big. For an NES game it's surprisingly short and easy, would honestly recommend it to anyone despite its age. I actually found out about it by doing a /vr/ gauntlet last year, never finished the gauntlet as I was given fucking Hatris to complete which was impossible for me, but I'm glad I played it just for Mendel Palace. The soundtrack was also composed by the Pokémon composer so a lot of it sounds like lost Gen 1 tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFNmBcIs-Fs

>Battle Mania
Dirty Pair the game, basically. A really cool Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

I have a base ps4 with a databank mod on it which is pretty much just a mod to allow using 3,5" HDDs as internal storage .It's also very cool since the design conforms to the base ps4 design.
That might not sound too retro but I use it to play retro stuff as well and it is a lightly modded console so I think it belongs here.

>>13
the torso spreader thing still creeps me out today lol

>>13
Very nice OP. I went through REmake back in 2014 and really loved it, I was waiting for the eventual REmake 2 so I didn't play RE2 until the last week before the REmake 2 came out. I had a blast going through it in one 8 hour sitting in a cold, dark January afternoon to night (pic related, terrible shader looking back but it's how I played it) just before starting up REmake 2 five days later, both are tied for my favourites in the franchise.

How are you playing them? RE2 and RE3 have A LOT of different versions and changes. RE2 especially. If you're going to play RE3 I'd say look into the Gamecube version as it has an actual zbuffer for all the models so they're not warping (unless you like that), 480p background and some other stuff.

This was also my favourite theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KEHOU3ChN8

>Are you guys planning to play any spooky games on Halloween?
Sadly, no. I only ever did that once back in 2019 when I went through Castlevania Lament of Innocence in one sitting on Halloween literally for that reason. Really good game, felt like DMC1 mixed with a metroidvania and was pretty fun. The start was a bit boring due to how easy all the enemies are but it picks up as you go through it. Had a cool subweapon system, everytime you killed a boss you'd get an orb that you could use to "upgrade" your subweapon to do different things, five different sub weapons along with five different orbs meant you could have around 25 different weapons to use in the game which is quite cool. I stuck with the axe throughout though since it was super powerful. Although the MP system was a bit shit and I never used magic much. I felt Lament was much better than Curse of Darkness which felt incredibly boring to play by comparison due to all the mindless running around you do in that castle.

My favourite theme from that game as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZLRnQqEyt0

>>13
>Are you guys planning to play any spooky games on Halloween?
I don't live in the US but yes!

>Parasite Eve II
I finished the first game a couple of years ago and I loved it.
>...Iru!
A JP exclusive horror adventure game,there's an English patch available since last year.
>Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
One of my favorite games.
I still have my save file from back when I first played it but enough time has passed so I figured now is a good time to revisit it.

>Also feel free to recommend any spooky games in here!
This is a JRPG but since you enjoyed the Resident Evil games I think you might like Koudelka.
Don't let the 4 Discs intimidate you,it's not a very long game.

>>13
The last old horror games I got into were Parasite Eve, Dino Crisis, and Fatal Frame 2. I enjoyed all three a lot. I supposed FF2 is a bit on the newer side, but its almost been 20 years. I love the camera mechanic, really unique game.

>Shadow Man
I've been playing this recently for the first time (the remaster), and I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would (I only played the sequel back in the day which was pretty dull and average from what I remember). I'm "only" about 15-20 hours in, but I can recommend it if you like the sound of a vast, non-linear, labyrinthine, exploration-oriented, horror-themed 3D metroidvania-style platformer. And if the blood and guts don't scare you, getting totally lost in a deep, branching network of disorienting and claustrophobia-inducing corridors and a seemingly-neverending series of interconnected rooms with multiple exits that all seem to lead to completely different areas with a new set of paths will!

>>125
Always wanted to try PSO, as a kid I wanted the Gamecube version so I could get a Tails chao in SA2:B, and now as an adult just to see how it'd run on a Dreamcast in 2022 and if it'd be fun, never played an MMO before so having my first be something like PSO might make me gloss over the outdated aspects of the game.

Will probably have to look into it eventually if I do go through with it one day.

>>125
I've actually set up a private server for this game, although it only lasted around a month and I didn't have a lot of time to play on it. You can set up a local server pretty easily, just download the game off of archive.org.

I have not played it but I definitely will. According to a Twitter post by someone affiliated with the game (can't exactly remember who) it's 100% uncensored. I've heard it contains some freaky shit, really looking forward to playing it. Although I don't think it's a remake, just a remaster.

It's DM-deck16][ without question.
I always liked healpod as well, especially with a lot of players.

>>117
DM-Barricade is one of my favorites, I especially love the soundtrack.

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