The Old Skool Cult of Kefka, bitches!

[LocoColt04]

Actually, I've got all of your custom sprites, but I think they're on the other laptop. Of course, I'll know in about ten seconds whether I transferred them here or not.

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No, I don't, but I can easily pull them off the old laptop tomorrow.

[Scorpian]

Hmm, okies LC, you gots a deal, DD can't seem to find abunch of them ( too many folders of Hentai to sort thru me thinks ) so we'll see what you gots and go from there.

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Short Post!!!!

[Setzertrancer]

This looks awesome LocoColt04, from the sprites that ZRO provided I would like the Setzer sprite 5 from the left on the top row, where he is holding a pose. I would like Setzer on the left tip. I would like the Locke where he is looking to the right, looking sad or thinking, Which is the last one on the second row.

In the middle I would like a Pixelized version of Stan from south park, now does anyone have any ideas where that could be found?

[Georg Prime]

Like Loco said, you can choose any sprite you want really, not just ones from FF VI. I have too many custom sprite sheets to name honestly, I'm sure I'll have whatever anyone is looking for in terms of different characters from different games. Even ones you might not be thinking of..like solid snake and osama bin laden!

As for Stan, I'm not sure if you can find a real legit sprite of him out there but i took a few minutes to cook up my own sprite version of Stan which i attatched to this post. Tell me what you think. Kind of bootleg i know..but eh?

[Setzertrancer]

Wow that looks awesome GLC, nice one. I would like to use it if you don't mind. I could probably get some sprites for people, I've got a whole lot of wierd ones from when I was experimenting with RPG maker, I always sucked at it though.

[Georg Prime]

Yeah definitely use it if you like it, I made it so you could have the sprite on your crown. Just thought I'd help out since i figured it might be kinda hard finding a sprite version of stan, and creating south park characters isn't too bad because of their simplicity, i.e. no need to shade or anything.

Anyhoo..eh i'm tired. Just woke up after a long night and about 5 hrs of sleep..i need food asap my stomach is rumblin. I'm gonna b happy to see the rest of these crowns made!

[Jin]

Hello, fellow Old School people. I'm back. Welcome me. Good, good.

Yes, I am back in this dreary frost hole of a city I call home, much to my displeasure, but c'est la vie.

Anyways, what's been happening since I've been gone? Surely, judging by the ammount of posts (that I'm too lazy to read), there's something you can tell me.

Obviously, I haven't really been gaming much since I left. A few Soul Caliber 3 rounds here and there, and I just recieved the new Final Fantasy Finally (/Cheap Joke), so I'll probably start that up soon, old skool or not. Right now I'm far too tired as I didn't get too much sleep last night. It was bloody hot in Tennessee. But yes, I'm back. Rejoice.

CP:
Nothing, too tired.

[Setzertrancer]

Have a Merry 8-bit Christmas everyone, I'm not really being forced to sit and eat with a family I don't get along with isn't my idea of fun. But posting here in a forum full of great people is.

I've been doing a lot more old skool gaming then usual for me lately, been trying to play through every old skool Zelda game.

If I may be so bold as to ask a non old skool question, I'm currently stuck in a dilema about the next game I should get for my Wii, Monster Truck Madness or GT. It apears that MMM comes with a cool steering wheel accessory but I know GT is a more awesome game, at least it's history says so.

That's all I really have to say, please bring this club back to life, I suppose every club has it's quiet moments, but I just want to see another good discussion apear here again.

CP:
Zelda: Oracle of Ages

[LocoColt04]

Happy 8-bit!

Everyone (relatively active at all) gets NESes from me! Hooray!

Oy vey, I've been so freaking busy at work that I haven't had the time for the forums, let alone videogames -- and especially not anything oldschool. I get a bit of Soul Calibur III here and there, and I should probably go back to FFXI sometime soon whenever I have the chance. My Nintendo DS probably gets more playtime out of anything else right now.

Did you all know that Dragon Quest IX is going to be for the NDS? I can't recall if we mentioned that or not, but I know Cain's got a thread about it in General Gaming. Huge slap in the face of Sony by SE on that one. Good call, too.

In any case, just swinging by to say I haven't forgotten about you. Anyone else who was interested in the crowns will get them in the near future. I'll probably ask for a sprite reminder whenever I'm ready to actually put those together. Who knows? It could be as early as tomorrow before work or as late as the weekend -- either way, it'll get done sometime in the near future.

[Tiffany]

I want a tiara! Screw Zro, it's my turn dammit!

Ha ha ha, kidding...kidding.

It's been forever and a day since I posted in here. Probrably because I've been wrapped up in the not-even-in-the-slightest-old skool game of Final Fantasy XII. But that's okay...right?

Hope all are well. Funny enough it took me getting the nintendo as a gift to come back here. Apprantly I do well with bribes. Yee-haw!

[Rasler]

Holy crap, how long has it been since I've posted in here? I blame school.
I had a Christmas that was merry, due to the expensive stuff that I received for free. Heh, I don't even follow that particular religion. Or any at all, for that matter.
Finally got an ipod. Now I just need to create a scenario where I can listen to 180+ hours of music...

In my videogaming news, I have nearly completed FFIII DS and FFXII.
The endgame sequence in FFIII DS is the most brutal videogame experience I have had in some time. No return, 4 uber-bosses followed by the game boss, no save point. How brutally oldschool of S-E.

Does anyone else absolutely LOVE S-E's decision of making Cid a villain? He's just the lovably charismatic mad scientist Final Fantasy needed. FFIV's Lugae was too goofy and FFVII's Hojo was too morally bankrupt.

And now in "I just had a massive nerd-gasm" news:
Final Fantasy Tactics finally receives some love from S-E.
People now have a reason to buy a PSP.
FFT update for PSP. All is right in the world.

CP:
FFIII DS
FFXII
Castlevania: PoR (DS)
Elite Beat Agents (DS)

[Setzertrancer]

Hello Tiffany and Wyatt, good to see some new people that will hopefully be active, I joined the club not long ago and I'm going to be active forever, or until I get sick of it.

That news about FFT coming out on the PSP only makes me sad because I know I won't be able to afford one for a long time and when I finally do I'm going to have a lot of games to catch up on.

I got Children of Mana and I've been quite disapointed, it is hardly an RPG at all it's just some hack n slasher where instead of exploration there is just dungeon after dungeon after dungeon and the only town in the game is the one you start off in. I'm actually going to consider taking it back, but I'm going to play it a little longer to see if it gets any better since I still have 5 days before my time limit for a full refund is availible at the game store.

In other kindof embarrising new I've actually been getting back into the pokemon games, I thought I'd outgrown it but that games are still a lot of fun. Anyway I was wondering if anyone know where I can get a rom of Pokemon Emerald that actually allow you to save so that you can continue the game after beating the Elite Four. It keeps saying the save file is corrupted in the two i've tried. Or maybe I need to change some of the options in the emulator, but my current attempts have had no success. I have my own copy of the game of course, I just like playing it at x3 speed on the emulator.

So that's what been happening lately anyone else played CoM and been disapointed?

[Cloud Strife X]

Alright, looks as though my name was taken off the member list a long time ago (presumably due to my general inactivity), so i'd like to reapply, if that's OK with you folks, as i'm beginning to back into playing older games once again. (Since the last time that I posted in this thread, which was a good 20 pages or so back, i've only been playing gratuitous amounts of Starcraft, Ragnarok Online, Metal Slug 1-5, Rome: Total War, and CounterStrike.) So yeah, would it be okay if I rejoined?

[LocoColt04]

So yeah, would it be okay if I rejoined?

Yeah dude, that is perfectly fine with me. I'd just taken you off because the list was full of people who didn't ever come to the forums any more, and I was cleaning it up a little bit. By all means, now that you're back, feel free to resume posting.



Currently Playing:
• M-06 (NDS) - it's a guitar sim for the DS, hooray!
• Shadow Hearts (PS2)
• Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
• Pokémon LeafGreen (GBA)
• Final Fantasy III (NDS version)

[Rasler]

Loco, I was browsing through Oceaneyes28's wonderful Post Your Picture index (Everybody go give rep for that. Right now.)

I found your pictures. You look nothing like I had expected you to.
The only times I've encountered you describing yourself is in mention of a cane, leg pain, and senility.
I had expected you to be slightly older.

Anyways, uh...I forgot what I was gonna talk about.


CP:
FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus

[Dawezy]

I propose a tribute to our Crimson comrade, psiko.

You all know myself (and ZRO) are quite the FFXI addicts are seldom play it ~ I've been focusing towards my Red Mage for the last few weeks as opposed to my all out slaughter-fest on Dark Knight. My Dark Knight has been 75 (maximum level, like 99 in most titles) for quite a damn long time so now I bring to the table my 2nd mastered job.

Dawezy ~ Reddicus Magus, the second*.
*psiko is the almighty Crimson Lord of D00M and he forever shall be, lol.

Clickie!

Also in that picture is a young lass by the name of Troopa, she lives about an hour north from my area ~ I wanna go say gday to her sometime but meh, lazy.

I cannot bring much towards the table of discussion atm, but for the record Setzer.. this is how we roll, everyday activity is nice but we do have the occasional week-long hiatus because we cant really be assed to post anything.

[ZRO]

Tiffany and Wyatt are actually fairly long-time members of the Cult (I think...ouch, nevermind, no more thinking, it hurts >_< ). As to the FFT update...what exactly is this about it? I've heard about the PSP receiving "official" emulation of PS1 titles or some crap, but that's about it. o.O;

[Georg Prime]

Thanx for the NES! Old school gamers unite for sure! I think that's gonna be two NES consoles for me after MaxPower gives me one for winning the nintendo worshippers sig contest!

It's funny because I was going to do the same thing with gifts..except i couldn't. Maybe Loco would know, but I submitted gifts going on three weeks ago, and I've seen gifts submitted after mine go up (the chocobo, brandmark, nes), but three weeks later still no magicite, ballon animals, or computers. I was going to give magicite to the cult! My only request is that they were up by christmas.

Anywayz, I'm gonna be M.I.A. for a short awhile but i hope to hear good things coming from here when i return..i.e. more crowns and HOPEFULLY my gifts will be up by then.

[maxpower]

First off I would like to appologize for being a posting slacker. I have started my thesis and it takes up all of my time. If I would have been smart I would have done a content analysis of on-line forums and then I could be here all day but my love for all things old-school won out and I am writing about the 8-bit and Atari consoles.

Anyhow did anyone get/buy a new system for christmas? I know that this is an old school club and this question has an old school twist.

I got a Wii for myself for christmas and have been trying to download new games for it. I got a Wi-Fi connector and still can't get the sucker to work. I am just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on games to download once I get it to work? Has anyone played Gunstar Hero or Bonk and if so are they worth buying? Or should I stick to the classic Nintendo games like Mario/Zelda?

[azrafel]

I've been gone for a while myself, but that's because of family, not a thesis.

Lately though, I've been trying to gather partrs for my latest project : NESpc check out the tutorial for it at www.hellalame.com/nes/

I have the power supply and the motherboard and I think I have some RAM, all I need now is the NES

Luckily, the Motherboard I have has video on it already, so I won't have to fool around trying to get a video card that small.

Anywho, outside of that, lately I've been playing Lego Star Wars 2.


Funniest game series ever.

CP:
LSW2

[Setzertrancer]

Bump!

Where's everybody gone , this is meant to be the greatest club on TFF.

Well I'll see what I can to to help get it moving again.

Nothing could fit the old skool theme more then these 2 documentaries and I'm sure anyone here will be interested in these.

BBC: Tetris: From Russia with Love - learn about both Russian modern history and one of the most fought over games in history Tetris. Atari, Nintendo and a variety of third party developers, fight for the the right to one of the greatest selling games in history but have to rescue the game from the clutches of a Communist society.

History of Video games - Despite the title this is actually only about the Atari, Nes and gameboy era, perfect for old skool discussion.

My own gaming has currently involved Civilization III, that is a game I always keep going back to a few months after I get sick of it each time.

So that's about it for my update, enjoy the docos.

[Georg Prime]

Greetings cult, It is I, GLC in the disguise of Dyluck!

Well in old school news, i gave myself a temporary identity change as Dyluck from Secret of Mana! I apologize if you are using IE, and your eyes are bleeding from the crappy white shadows on my username, i tried to make it match with the font from my banner. Now i'm out of money and have no way of making my username/title look better though, oh well. I'm just viewing it in Firefox, so no problems

Haven't done much old school gaming lately. I had a 7 hr Day of Defeat: Source binge today and i feel like i have carpel tunnel. I also am playing Okami, one of the most impressive titles i have played in a VERY long time. If anyone hasn't gotten a chance to play it and owns a PS2, i advise you to. It's like a more original version of Zelda with the most impressive visuals on the PS2 i have ever seen.

@Setzer, cool old school info, i'm gonna have to look that over for sure.

CP:
Okami
Day of Defeat: Source
Grandia (on break)
FF XII (on break)

[Scorpian]

OMG were still here! I woulda posted, but I haven't been comping much lately outside the odd AiM convo with other members Not much on the gaming front either. My PC controller is dusty and my PS2 is rusting lol I did play Tie Fighter last week. But eh, not much else.

CP:
nada

[Jin]

Scorp, your "on AIM" status leaves much to be desired. You're logged on, but never actually on when I actually log on myself.

Anywho, gaming. I haven't done a lot of actual gaming lately. FFXII fairly frequently, but I haven't gotten into it as much as other Final Fantasies; not sure why. I decided to give my computer a near wipe and repaired windows, so I can once again install things on it, hurray. I still have a presisting problem with odd lines and dashes just appearing randomly on the screen though; I thought it was a problem with windows, but if the repair didn't fix it, I have no clue what it is. Anyways, I've actually, believe it or not, been amusing myself with the games over on the Homestar runner site. Have you ever sat down and played some of those things? They're great. They have those Dungeonman games and Peasant's Quest, which are made up like some really old school adventure games. You know, like the ones where you type: "Get potion" or "talk ugly man" to do things. Oh, and they're halarious of course.

All hail Trogdar!

CP:
Peasant's Quest
FFXII

[LocoColt04]

I love that Troopa kid. You should go chillax with her, bro.

Yeah, sometimes we have non-posting hiatuses because we're busy... and sometimes we have non-posting hiatuses because we're playing videogames.



Currently Playing:
Soul Calibur III (PS2)
All of those RPGs listed above... in moderation, that is
...and today, I'm logging into FFXI for the first time in a while. Huzzah!

[Tiffany]

I tend to have quite the long hiatuses

Although I was shocked to see Dawz post in here, was going to take a screenshot of my 666th post for him, but got lazy.... heh. Just know I was thinking of you my dear


Currently Playing

Finishing up loose ends in FFXII... other than that, nada.

[Georg Prime]

Yeah, i have no problem with hiatuses, i think my n00b rush is kinda over and now i'm just pretty lazy when it comes to posting.

Also, due to the holiday drama at my household (aka the neverending battle between me and the rest of my family, which could result soon in me getting kicked out of the house), i haven't been around the computer as much. Plus, i got Okami . I'm sure I'll be more active once this holiday season is over, got about another week but then I'm starting my new job.

Anywayz, in light of my recent Secret of Mana makeover, I've pondered the question: What game is better Secret of Mana or Seiken Densetsu 3?

Seiken Densetsu 3 seems to be the obvious choice considering it's basically Secret of Mana on steroids. Improved gameplay with a freakin awesome class system, multiple characters each with their own story, overhauled graphics, better dialogue (secret of mana's was way compressed) it's got it all! Then I take in the fact that Secret of Mana was one of the first rpgs I played, and even though it does seem to lack in comparison with SD3, it's got a bit of a "smalltown" charm with it's characters and story. I think if i had played SD3 on a tv with a real snes controller (instead of a keyboard because my gamepad was out of commission at the time) my vote may be different, but Secret of Mana FTW!!

@Maxpower, didn't notice you question about gunstar heroes and bonk. I've played Bonk's Adventure, I have the game on my gameboy (and i've played the original), and I'd say it's definitely a classic platformer and worthy of your collection, especially at such a cheap price. I haven't played gunstar heroes though.

[Psiko]

@ Dawezy: You sexy pimp. Now you can be considered a worthy end game player, because you've got a decent job up there. =P

@ Dyluck: SD3 FTW all the way, man. Nostalgia has its place, but seriously. SD3 is to Secret of Mana like FFVI is to FFV. No comparison whatsoever, even though they are all good games. It takes one hell of a game to shake up my Top 5, and that game did just that. Seriously, it moved games that had been solidly in place for over a decade. What can top that?

[LocoColt04]

Okami can top it.


...oh wait, you were being rhetorical? My apologies.

In other news, I ripped my hand open, and it hasn't stopped me from continuing to play Soul Calibur III. Now THAT'S what I call dedication.

[Georg Prime]

Yeah, that's a good point. I guess It'd be better for me to use the term "favorite" game rather than "best", because even though I may have enjoyed SoM more, it's easy to tell that SD3 is a better game on just about every level. Though i do enjoy SoM's opening theme more than SD3's..er i can't think of it's opening theme , but that's a very small point, and overall both have great soundtracks. SD3 floored me the first time I played it, and it definitely shook my list up as well.

Just think what that original team could have done with a SD 4 if they upgraded THAT much between Secret of Mana and SD3. Hey, you never know though, Dawn of Mana might be..ok..but any hopes for it improving upon SD 3? No hope there, sorry.

An interesting rumor that was stated in the "rumors" thread that Cain recently created was that Square might be selling some of their old franchises including Seiken Densetsu. I wouldn't mind seeing it land in the hands of Brownie Brown, seeing as they worked on the original games. There could still be hope for a worthy successor to the throne of the action rpg of the gods, Seiken Densetsu!

All this Mana talk makes me want to replay the games. Especially SD3, seeing as there are a few characters I have yet to play with. Definitely gonna have to buy a new gamepad if I do though. And Secret of Mana has been AWHILE, but a friend is borrowing my power cord for my SNES so no luck there unless i went the emu route.

EDIT: , likin the okami comment loco. That sux about your hand though! You don't seem to have the best of luck when it comes to injuring yourself. You really are a trooper though, and that deserves some props, talk about hardcore gaming! You should just wear some kind of protective suit (and mask) at all times to protect yourself