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 No.1[Reply]

Welcome to the hub for retro vidya and tech!
Note: This board encompasses the former /vr/ and /tech/ boards.

 No.1525

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All touhou/VN and other similar posts have been moved to the new >>>/djn/ board, since this place was getting cluttered.


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 No.45[Reply]

Anyone wanna talk about any retro vidya they're currently playing?

Currently going through Tales of Destiny on the PS1. I finished Tales of Phantasia (PS1 fan translation) back in March and really enjoyed it (except for the awful encounter rate) and thought I'd start on the next game in the series. Tales of Destiny has been an interesting experience because the encounter rate feels worse and the gameplay also feels like a step down (it's an earlier engine than Phantasia) which makes it a horrible chore to play sometimes but the characters and story are really good.

I like the idea of "Swordians" in the world and find the characters to be quite endearing with some interesting backstories behind them. Learning of the histories and twists of Rutee, Mary and Leon really surprised me. It's a real shame this version didn't translate any of the skits that the characters had in Phantasia (since this is an official translation as opposed to the fan, so they probably had time constraints) since it would be nice to learn more about these characters. Skits also remind you where you're going a lot of the time, so you don't have to mindlessly walk around new locations until you figure out where to go.

The gameplay is honestly boring even when I try. I run from normal fights a majority of the time and cheese boss battles by using magic and interrupting the enemy magic spells. The encounter rate is dreadful and ruinS the game for me a lot of the time. Even with spells that cut it I feel I get into one encounter every 10-15 steps. The visible enemies you can see in some locations that run into you to start battles are even worse, one location in the game was just narrow pathways with enemies running about on them so you're forced into around 40 battles in that one tower alone. I also find the puzzles in this game to be really frustrating sometimes, one puzzle even has the wrong clues to it and I had to check a guide to find this out.

Really close to finishing the game from what I gather, I also discovered that the PS2 remake was pretty much fully translated and I could've played that version instead. A shame, but I guess I can always play it sometime down the line when I wanna give this game another playthrough.
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 No.99

>>95
Buy the steamdeck if you have the money. A turnkey solution which you can take yourself to the sofa will be a joy after all the messy shit you have to do to make programs work programming.

 No.100

>>78
>Monkey Island
I love the first two games so much, even if 2's ending is really weird.
They got a good voice actor for Guybrush in the remasters, he fits the role really well in my opinion.
Anyway, how appropriate, you fight like a cow!

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>>100
>I love the first two games so much, even if 2's ending is really weird.
Yeah, it's a shame we'll never truly see what Big Whoop was in the end, I'm surprised Ron Gilbert was fine with just dropping that series to start his own, I get it made him millions in the process but it wouldn't sit right with me to leave a creation I made to someone else without finishing it off first.

I think after finishing Curse, it might be my favourite of the bunch. I love the idea of this absolute idiot having someone's life in his hands that he was the cause of. The first two games felt quite selfish in that Guybrush wanted to do things for himself (be a pirate, find Big Whoop) but this time around it felt a lot more interesting as there's an actual stake involved in saving Elaine and I was a bit mixed on her falling for him but I think he's earned it by the end. I adored the artstyle by around 2 hours in, it was like watching a Dreamworks movie with how it looked, it's a shame we never got a movie in the 90s, would've been cool to see. The music was fantastic and a huge step up from the Adlib stuff from the DOS versions.

I was able to work the game out without having to rely on a guide *too* much (I think around 10 times) and I was really annoyed at myself and the game for the times I did use the guide since the logic was either 90% there for me (did everything required for the gold tooth puzzle but couldn't figure out that I had to fly it out the window by inhaling helium and blowing a bubble with bubble gum the tooth is attached to) or something I would've never done (putting the portrait in front of a porthole and going on the other side to make Guybrush look like he's a family member). Still, it was a very enjoyable game even when I did have to check a guide and I was able to finish it quite quickly by checking when I was stuck instead of attempting everything possible.

I did find the game had a similar vibe to the first one with how similar the actions you take were, such as finding a crew and the insult sword fighting but that wasn't really a bad thing, rather a "oh, I'm doing this again" feeling. I think it's the funniest Monkey Island game by far and had a similar vibe to Golden-age Simpsons. I can remember laughing incredibly hard whePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

 No.102

>>60
Why can't I get any Digimon besides the poopmon I swear I didn't have any care mistakes

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Not just playing them but finishing an annual run.
Did not bother with clearing all of the wandering troops or even topping up the potential leadership from the sole Raise Control spell for this game. At least I got Clone. Also only one dragon dwelling, only one demon dwelling, only one vampire dwelling. No chance of ever going much further past 50k score in this one. But at least 105 days on the highest difficulty is not that bad even with some mistakes like avoidable losses.
I keep hoping I will get a 3 dragon dwelling game someday again so I can claim Arech's castle without something boring like abusing Raise Control or ghosts.


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 No.2[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

A version of /vr/ without a Doom thread? I don't think so!
Other retro shooters welcome of course.
Post favourite mods, wads, and general discussion.
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>>1742
With the pace of things around here, probably better to leave this to one post a month, if even that. Anyway, I did a little recoloring today, turning the red shells on these shotgun sprites green so they match the pickups in Freedoom/Lotan's Tomb. They're maybe a little bright, but it didn't look right to shift them any darker and the red shells were a little bright relative to the id pickups so it's good enough for me.

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>>1749
Makes me think of both U.S Military loads of 00 Buckshot, and how many years ago, a bright green hull on a commercial shotgun shell would be used to indicate a slug load.

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>>1742
I've been fuckin around with how powering up works. I ditched the two button holding system so now you just power up when you fill up the weapon meter, you can also freely switch between elements now. Also attacking drains mana instead of a timer.

 No.1762

i neglected mapping for like a week to play Organ Trail, but now I have more ideas

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 No.1665[Reply]

Which one's your favorite?

For me, it's Aria of Sorrow. I get why people would prefer SotN over it, but I like the focused, bite-sized nature of it more than SotN's kitchen sink.

(but really, every single one is a good game…except Legends)
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 No.1690

>>1680
>it's a crime in my eyes that those are only in two of those games.
Really surprised there aren't more. Seems like a really obvious thing to add to increase replay value.

>>1680
>I didn't want to deal with the zombie dragons, I didn't want to deal with the waterway.
I died on the Zombie Dragons more than anything other than Drac. I thought I was just bad, but I guess it's a really common issue people have with the game. The waterway was pretty bad too. So many things hitting me from off screen. Actually didn't realize that I needed to go kill Death first, so I kept trying to make my way through the poison water. Thought there was an item I needed deeper in or something.
>I have no idea how I beat that game on an original GBA back in the day.
Isn't it extra hard on an original GBA because the palette is so dark?

 No.1697

>>1667
>If only the card drops were more common.
There's a ROMhack that scatters the cards around the castle as treasure to find instead of random drops from arbitrary enemies. Kind of neat, it lets you get certain combos earlier than you would otherwise and withholds others for longer.

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>>1690
>Isn't it extra hard on an original GBA because the palette is so dark?

Yes. Yes, it is.

The Chapel was a nightmare. Bloody Swords are invisible on an OG GBA. I could only catch a glimpse of them by movement.

I usually played during lunch and one day I got kicked outside for some reason and I was astounded to find out the sprites had color.

And I had to beat Dracula by sound cues, but I think everyone did.

 No.1705

>>1697
I saw that one after I finished the game. Gonna make sure to try it if I ever do a replay.

>>1698
>The Chapel was a nightmare. Bloody Swords are invisible on an OG GBA. I could only catch a glimpse of them by movement.
I can't even imagine. The swords were bad enough as is. Never really found a good way to deal with them, so I'd eventually just try to run past them.
>And I had to beat Dracula by sound cues, but I think everyone did.
Tell me about it. I played it on my DSi, and I still had to do that. The phase where he starts rushing you is kind of bullshit and inconsistent. Had to spam the jump and wait for the sounds to end. Hoping he was done by the time I dropped down. Not to mention the random pattern he'd use to fly around after. I feel like random sums up CotM's enemies and bosses in general. I never want to farm a fallen angel again.

 No.1763

So, new Bloodstained: https://youtu.be/m7t4joBMDQo

Looks…like the old one, maybe a bit nicer in the cutscenes but I don't care about how nice it looks because it's not 2D. Glad to see a dual-character mechanic return, I've been waiting on an iteration on that since Portrait of Ruin.

I'm looking forward to it, though I don't know when I'll actually pick it up.


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 No.1334[Reply]

Testing to see if there's any interest here or if anyone else is taking part.
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 No.1731

I used to love Star Wars too but that all ended the moment The Last Jedi dropped. Now I physically recoil with cringe every time I see anything Star Wars related. I saw this shit on the stream and I immediately stood up and walked away. Seeing people defend such blatant corporate greed just because their nostalgia boners are being tickled a little is truly disturbing.

 No.1732

>>1731
Destiny players are captive addicts, they will eat any trash bungie shits out.
As for starwars, disney tried its very best to kill the franchise, even going as far as adapting tumbler fanfics and hastily sketched fanmade comics in toilet stalls

 No.1758

We can shift this into a "laugh at the current state of the games industry" I suppose.

As for Marathon, it's come out that a lot of their art, including in-game textures, were stolen from a random twitter user. They also had a livestream where they basically showed nothing and dodged pretty much any questions people had. To the point someone asked about proximity chat and they said something along the lines of "We're looking into a version of this that would work for the game".

I said before that this likely won't flop as hard as Concord but I no longer feel confident in saying that. There is the wild hope that they have something crazy that hasn't been shown yet but I highly doubt it. It's obvious this game needs at least another year to become something even passable but I doubt Sony lets them delay it. I think it drops in September and it hits the ground hard. The game will get cut and Sony takes over Bungie. At least we'll finally get Destiny 3.

 No.1760

>>1758
>at least we'll finally get destiny 3
Doubt it, after what happened with psygnosis , sony might just shelf bungie and its games for good.

 No.1761

>>1760
I'm assuming Edge of Fate and Renegades will sell just well enough that when the hammer comes down, Sony will see there's still enough interest to be profitable. It won't be Bungie anymore because Sony will have kicked the executives and taken full control, but I can imagine them seeing the potential of Destiny 3.


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 No.200[Reply]

Who uses Windows XP?
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 No.1754

I built a gaming rig with older parts for the sake of playing games with EAX. It's definitely worth it if you're playing a game like F.E.A.R. or S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

 No.1755

>>1754
I miss my old hardware. Not the giving it to someone part, I'm happy they had something. I regret not preserving it.

 No.1756

>>200
checked, sorry, still on 7

 No.1757

>>348
i feel like the only reason to keep using xp is if you are a turbo autist that writes their own drivers, or has super old hardware/niche hardware that requires you to use their own unsigned drivers.

 No.1759

>>1757
Not him, but the only reason I moved from XP was to get access to that extra RAM without sacrificing too much compatibility with old games (almost all do work). The only reason I installed XP was better stability.


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 No.1015[Reply]

sportschan and 76chan friendos playin xonotic
come play vidya
connect 24.119.59.44
https://xonotic.org/

 No.1747

Downloading now


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 No.546[Reply]

I've seen an old X250 and a X240 both going for about 100 bucks and I thought I'd pick it up. I need a cheap laptop for casual use and school and I'd rather spend money on a desktop than burn a hole in my wallet to get a desktop replacement that's about as portable as an old microcomputer. But is the old Thinkpad craze online legit? I'm always suspicious of trends and fads and nothing is more suspect than China bashing fools circlejerking over old machines. I've never owned a Thinkpad but some basic research online and it seems there is something to the hype train but are old Thinkpads really worth it or just a meme? Should I save to buy a newish model? And what's a good old Thinkpad for my use case? I just want something small (14 inches max), portable, and relatively modern and durable that can emulate some older PSOne games and run Linux.
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 No.1220

>>743
My X230 is still doing pretty well for itself. The main issue it suffers is how low the screen resolution is, it gets difficult to browse some of the more obnoxious site designs out there. Hardware's hanging in there though. I don't know about FreeBSD but on Linux you can even squeeze basic Vulkan support out of the iGPU.

 No.1324

>>546
I had a T420s that I used as my main laptop for some time. It was pretty much perfect, save for the battery life being awful. If you're pretty much always next to an outlet, as I was, it wasn't a problem, but otherwise that would probably be a headache. I believe I got it for 120 bucks CAD.

 No.1588

How old is old, I picked up a P52 on corp clearance. I don't care about the "applized" design because everything in the market is built like that now anyway. It's purely a practical rugged workstation with a decent modern spec and 90% of its use is docked regardless.

There's that whole thing with the very old ones, debates about keyboards, hardware, lenovo and so on. Going down that road is very different than just buying one from the last 5 years that's still pretty modern (but lacks a lot of the classic design). Some people pride themselves on doing as much as they can on something built during Windows 7, but the limitations and shortcomings, especially with things like the screens and the processor - it's strictly for the enthusiast, who's forgotten the reason we did this to begin with was to buy decently built bulk corporate discounted modern spec notebooks.

 No.1626

I use a 440p for my mobile computing needs, it works very well. I run gentoo on it, and after a memory upgrade, it has no problems really. Old games even run smooth.

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Not OP, but I am curious myself. I am thinking of buying a cheap Thinkpad mainly as a temporary solution to my current situation. I am looking for something cheap (100-400 euro range) that can have Linux installed on it, can be used to program and use RPGMaker on and also preferably can run Total War Rome and/or Med 2.
I am fine with anything from the modern era (even from like 5 years ago), just so long as I can install a Linux distro, it'll be my first time using Linux to begin with.
I also don't care much for neither battery life nor upgradability, so long as it can last a few years.


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 No.1692[Reply]

WHAT ARE YOU:
>PLAYAN
>WATCHAN
>LISTENAN
>READAN
>FAPPAN
>EATAN
>DRINKAN
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 No.1738

>>1737
We don't have the right equipment and have to use ancient technology that predates my year of birth, even worse is that my co workers are extremely lazy so we hardly get anything done. And I'm terrified of fucking up, as in I sweat bullets during work, and my boss is going on sick leave for 5 weeks which puts me in charge of all the tards at my workplace. It's all too much for me right now.

 No.1739

>>1738
I'm really sorry to hear that, anon. I wish there was something I could do to help, or some kind of advice I could share. I hope that things turn out for the best. What kind of work are you doing?

 No.1740

>>1739
Thanks for the kind words dear anon, I can't talk about this with anyone IRL as people will lose faith in me if I do, so venting here is the best I can do. Message boards are the only place where I can be honest with people.
I work at a medium sized business that was small up until a few weeks ago. They didn't even have accounting software until today, I just installed it a minute ago. The owner is a fair but strict boomer who has bought out his partners and is now overhauling everything, so he hired me to decrease his workload.I clocked 72 hours last week with a 2 hour commute.I don't mind the work just that I dread fucking up and having angry customers yell at me.

Thing is I dread going to work,but I used to be a Neet for a while (my own choice) and I dread that even more so at least I'm not a neet anymore. It's just a few weeks and afterwards things will calm down.

 No.1741

>>1740
Honestly, that sounds completely miserable. I admire your dedication to your work. The ability to commit like that isn't something a lot of people have. But, I hope you can also find something better for yourself in the future. It just doesn't seem healthy working this way, and so many hours.
>having angry customers yell at me
Yeah, a lot of people are real shit heads. It feels like that's especially true these days. Feels like most people have a lack of patience, lack of empathy, and a general lack of care. They only think of themselves and feel entitled to everyone else's time. It feels more and more like people go out of their way to be like this.
>It's just a few weeks and afterwards things will calm down.
That's true. Any time I'm going through something particularly difficult I always tell myself that it'll be over eventually. All things pass with time. Even if it's not easy. I'm still rooting for you, anon. I'm sure you can make it through this.

 No.1743

>>1741
>It just doesn't seem healthy working this way, and so many hours.
Yeah sometimes i fall sleep as soon as i lay in bed. The work experience is very valuable so I'll stay here till I become a bit more confident.
>Feels like most people have a lack of patience, lack of empathy, and a general lack of care.
I blame social media for this, it has created an epidemic of resentment and envy , which results in people losing empathy for each other. Unfortunately as more and more people gain access to social media, the number of envious resentful people will increase. It's a sad state of affairs.
>I'm still rooting for you, anon. I'm sure you can make it through this
Thank you kind anon, please pray for me as i will do the same for you. I really need this job and can't afford to get canned or laid off. The mere thought of neetdome gives me night terrors.


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 No.516[Reply]

What does your desktop look like? Here's mine..
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Messed up the alignment slightly.

>>1687
The taskbar is Curtains. Media player is Musicbee. The K-On! thing is a cute desktop pet type thing called K-On! Desktop Accessories. The rest is Rainmeter.

 No.1689

>>1688
Oh, and PowerToys lets me snap windows to custom sizes and spaces with shortcuts.

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it's cold outside

 No.1706

>>1691
Looking comfy, anon.

 No.1733

>>550
this looks amazing, i love it


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