(Retro) What have you been playing this week? Vol.2

[fallenangle]

Just finished a minimum damage/no health (obviously)/pistols only/all secrets/glitchless with secondary criteria: all enemy kills and possible pickups run through of PC Tomb Raider 3.

Hard work and frustrating at times but the discipline of this task was often very satisfying particularly because in a game I've played through in full a number of times and favourite levels multiple times, so know very well, it forces a completely new approach in many areas.

[Brad]

Given up on retro. Nostalgia is all it has for me it turns out. There are more than enough modern games that I'd choose to play over any old one. Expect to see me back here in a year, gushing over 3do titles though lol. Have fun peeps!

[Baseley09]

Starting to dig Shinobi III, had played in numerous times in the past and thought little of it compared to Revenge/Super Shinobi but the music is superb and the graphics impress. Excellent in a Megadrive way you wouldnt get on SFC.

[dataDave]

Given up on retro. Nostalgia is all it has for me it turns out. There are more than enough modern games that I'd choose to play over any old one. Expect to see me back here in a year, gushing over 3do titles though lol. Have fun peeps!

I want first dibs on your SD2SNES if you're selling it! I still only have Super Mario World.

[muddy]

Back on Phantasy Star Online (DC & GC) via the Sylverant servers. Still love this game, and it's all I can think about whilst sat at work today…

[S3M]

Played a bit of PaRappa the Rapper 1 & 2, second game greatly improves on the first I'm find nice that they both got a HD release on PS4.

[fallenangle]

Just started a replay of Syberia 2. Originally I did it on the original Xbox but this time on PC and looks even better.

Not perfect, and has its fair share of the usual traditional adventure game puzzle cliches and annoyances. But you can not fail to appreciate its charm and atmosphere when its married to refreshingly simple, quality presentation, above average voice acting (mostly) and writing, likewise with caveats.

[gamelife]

finally nabbed myself a NEOSD with a 1slot MVS and have been paying alot of neo geo lately ...blazing star, mark of the wolves, turf masters, drift out...love it! its a pricey flashcard but worth it to play the whole library via legit hardware

[wakka]

Beat the slump on a replay of Shenmue 2 (replayed the first game before this) on Dreamcast. Still just a tremendous, unique, compelling game. The pace of it is so slow as to be soporific, but there's something lovely about that.

Love it.

I like how it comes on so many discs too. There's a nice feeling about pulling the Shenmue slipcases down off the shelf, pulling out the boxes, extracting the disc. It's like taking out some mighty tome! And you get to change disc quite frequently, which I always find oddly satisfying.

I've just received a NEET VGA -> HDMI converter box today (one that S3M recommended on here at some point), so looking forward to trying that out with Shenmue. I thought about an OSSC, but cheaped out - these are only £30, although they don't support RGB SCART, just VGA and component.

[Leon Retro]

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I've just received a NEET VGA -> HDMI converter box today (one that S3M recommended on here at some point), so looking forward to trying that out with Shenmue.

I have a VGA>HDMI converter that I have used with my Dreamcast and the image looks really nice. Some converters don't like the Dreamcast VGA signal, so I had to send back the first couple I bought.

[Leon Retro]

I've been having a Saturn fest all week after buying another Saturn[Model 1 Japanese] to add to my collection and use in my living room.

The game I've been playing today is Hang-On GP.

Good points:
Really nice music that puts a smile on my face.
It runs quite fast and feels smooth most of the time.

Bad points:
The graphics are very grainy and ugly.
The bikes sound like wasps.
The controls feel clunky and sometimes very strange.
The overall presentation is very bland and uninspiring.
It seems impossible to come 1st - even on 'Easy' mode.

Despite all the bad points, I found myself actually enjoying playing it. It is, in many ways, a terrible monstrosity, but there's also an element of charm that makes me like it. It's just sad that it's so unattractive and clunky next to the majestic Super Hang-On.

[wakka]

I have a VGA>HDMI converter that I have used with my Dreamcast and the image looks really nice. Some converters don't like the Dreamcast VGA signal, so I had to send back the first couple I bought.

I'm glad to say that it works really well too. After playing around with the settings, it gives an excellent picture

[dataDave]

Disgaea (PC)

or

Yoshi's Island (SNES9X 2010 - RetroArch)

Which should I play?

[Zaki]

Yoshi's Island - timeless.

[garrz32]

Recca.. How the hell did they manage to produce this for the NES. Hard as nails though