The Old Skool Cult of Kefka, bitches!

[Jin]

Anybody else confused about that new OnLive thing that was shown at GDC yesterday (or early this morning, whichever)? It's complicated, so I don't want to go into details on it (check IGN or G4 or really any gaming site for details), but I don't even know what to think honestly. It will either flop massively or completely change the gaming industry. I'm scared.

Anywho, to return from the cutting edge of technology to stuff this club is more about, I finally decide to buy myself something to play NES games (that isn't a Wii). It's nothing official, just some cheap after market product (and I mean cheap, part of it broke within an hour, but it still functions), but It's nice to have something to play ye old classics. I wanted one of those NES/SNES players, but they have SNES controller ports only (and even then I haven't heard that the SNES controllers work well) and I wanted to have the feeling of that painfully squared controller in my hand. The only thing I'm sad about is that my copy of Castlevania 3 doesn't seem to work. It somewhat works actually, which makes me think it just needs a cleaning, but I've cleaned it so rigorously already that short of opening it up and cleaning it from there (which I don't have a proper screw driver for), there's nothing I can do. Too bad.

Also, anyone who owns a Sega CD or has an emulator for it owes it to themselves to play Snatcher. I just finished it and it is without a doubt one of the best games I've ever played. It's a Hideo Kojima production and runs similar to adventure games like Monkey Island or Blade Runner. It's pure awesome, honestly and I highly recommend trying it out if you're into those kind of games.

Oh and I bought a Game Gear for shits and giggles. Cheers.

CP:
Resident Evil 5 (PS3)
Killzone 2 (PS3)
The game of deciding which old school game to start up next.

[LocoColt04]

I found of copy of Battletoads on the Game Gear at a GameStop in New Jersey.

I am not even joking. Now I just need a Game Gear. And a trip to Jersey.



Currently Playing:
• Suikoden Tierkreis (NDS)

Everything else stopped for Suiki. ^^

[Jin]

I didn't even know they made Battletoads for Game Gear. I'll have to be on the lookout for that. You can get Game Gears pretty cheap off Ebay, Cesar.

On a barely related note and so as to possibly stimulate conversation, I was wondering peoples opinions: do you think it's worth it investing in old consoles? By that I mean, if you already own a re-done or simply re-released golden oldie, do you think it worthwhile to buy the original for the original console anyways (which often may mean buying said console)? Do you need to experience as it was meant to be played, or is the experience of the game itself enough for you? Not you specifically, Cesar, but any cult member.

[Furore]

I prefer to play on the original console where possible. NES games like older Marios feel absolutely wrong with the Wii Classic controller, and though it could have been fixed by different control schemes like in Super Mario All-Stars, even then it seems not as right as it does on the proper system.

Even where it's done right and perfectly comfortable on a newer console, it's still not the same and I doubt it ever will be. The one exception is playing SNES games via the Wii's VC and using the SUper Famicom controller addon. I greatly recommend finding one before the damn things all disappear.

[Dawezy]

I prefer to play on the original console where possible. NES games like older Marios feel absolutely wrong with the Wii Classic controller, and though it could have been fixed by different control schemes like in Super Mario All-Stars, even then it seems not as right as it does on the proper system.

Even where it's done right and perfectly comfortable on a newer console, it's still not the same and I doubt it ever will be. The one exception is playing SNES games via the Wii's VC and using the SUper Famicom controller addon. I greatly recommend finding one before the damn things all disappear.

This~

Well put, where-as loading up ROMs is a hell of alot easier then putting in the effort to walk over to my TV to power stuff up.. it really lacks that authenticity that you get when you get your hands around a control pad and button bash like a retard vs drums. A while back I purchased nearly all (maybe it was all of them?) of the retro compilations for the PS2 for Midway/Capcom/Taito but, it still feels like theres something missing.

The old Atari controller was like.. a stick, with a button next to it.

Trying to play H.E.R.O using a PS2 controller is awkward..

When I was like, 10, or less, I finished all the levels in that game within an hour - now I cant get past level 1 lol. >_< (note: I'm 25 now lol)

Still, I got me a original copy of Bubsy for my Mega Drive a couple years ago and it works like a charm still.. power it up every so often and try ace it. I'm still a bit sketchy around the edges but its fun all the same~

CP: A fair amount of Final Fantasy 8 actually, skilling up GF's for most part.. my first playthrough saw me a complete nub and dumbfack to the Junction system, so I've overwritten those old files with these new ones. Omnom.

Oh.. and FF11.

[Cain Highwind]

I prefer to play on the original console where possible. NES games like older Marios feel absolutely wrong with the Wii Classic controller, and though it could have been fixed by different control schemes like in Super Mario All-Stars, even then it seems not as right as it does on the proper system.

Even where it's done right and perfectly comfortable on a newer console, it's still not the same and I doubt it ever will be. The one exception is playing SNES games via the Wii's VC and using the SUper Famicom controller addon. I greatly recommend finding one before the damn things all disappear.

Have you tried using the Sideways Wii-mote, feels like a natural fit to me.

As for the topic, well I can respect someone pulling out an old system and playing it on their TV. However if a game is legitly available as some kind of collection or digital download and it looks and plays as it should, then I can live. I personally hate having to deal with too many connections to a TV.

As for emulation, I don't understand why people like the SAI filter, you know the option to blur the pixels together in a garbled mess. I prefer seeing my pixels in games.

Currently Playing

FFV Advance
Samurai Shodown Anthology on Wii (Complicated with a tough learning curve, but DAMN! does it have one stylish atmosphere)

Speaking of SNK, I pretty much gave up on SFIV after a while. It's still an all right game, but it reminds me of why I migrated over to SNK games (namely KoF) in the first place. Flat characters, strict combo timing, too easy to rely on Specials. Damn I can't wait for KoF XII. It's just mouth-watering gorgeous!

[Jin]

I agree completely. Emulators bother me. A lot. It's nice that it's free and all, but blah. It's just too bad that old consoles these days can be ridiculously expensive. Shipping costs should be banned.

Anywho, I have some interesting news.

On WiiWare, you can expect Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, an RPG that continues the story that began in 1991's Final Fantasy IV. In Japan, this game was released as a downloadable cellular phone application in February 2008. While it's not exactly breaking news, unless you're a Japanese cell phone fan, it'll probably is for you. The second WiiWare title is Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord. Darklord was released as a cell title in Japan, as well and according to Square, it has been downloaded over 3 million times!

Pay particular attention to the portion in bold. FTW.

[Dawezy]

As you mentioned Snatchers some posts ago I dug around and found me the ROM, as contradictory as it may be after my post. I do not have a Mega CD to play it on so I got no real choice but to ROM it lol, but dude, its a frickin awesome game. As per denoted by this screenie~

(note: its pretty gruesome lol)




Was up till about 2am playing it and I'm still not remotely near 1/4 the way through.. the awesome part about it tho, theres voice acting on a regular basis. Sorry if I spoiled anything, lol. ^^;

[Jin]

You did spoil it, way to go.

It's just too bad that it's so short. It clocks in at around 10 hours, which I guess is to be expected of a game that's completely narrative driven, but that's the affect the game has on you. You just don't want it to be over. As usual, Kojima's characters are amazing and you really get involved with them. Gillian and Metal Gear are hilarious together.

There's a particularly hilarious part that talks about censorship in the game. If you spend long enough in the square examining the people, you'll find the number. It's great fun. It's too bad that they had to censor some stuff when they ported it out of Japan though. Originally, there were brief scenes of nudity involving Katrina and the tit of a downed snatcher, but in the case of the former, maybe it was for the best as she was originally 14, not 18. Those Japs...

[Furore]

I did try that Cain, but it felt too long and not boxy enough.
It does beat using the Classic Controller at any rate though. Made Mario 3 a lot more playable.

What I find somewhat amusing is that the classic controller seemed best for SNES games and yet I prefer to use the Super Famicom controller plugin as it's exactly like the older SNES controllers I know and love.

CP:
Chrono Trigger DS
New Super Mario Bros.

[Cain Highwind]

So just thought I'd share this info in here

Get ready to re-enter the New Age of Heroes on Xbox 360 and PS3 this summer | Marvel.com News | Marvel.com

Anyone else excited? I know it's not the end-all, be-all of fighting games, but it sure is fun. Oh and for added measure:
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2..._Shoryuken.jpg

[Scorpian]

So much new skool talk on my Cult of kefka, for shame for shame on all of you ;p

-vanish-

Ps: oh look my sig is borked

[LocoColt04]

Ps: oh look my sig is borked

Clearly you don't know what you're talking about.

No, I didn't fix that for you at all. Nope. Not a chance.

You want more oldskool?

Everyone in my apartment just started a fresh FFI save file.

[Jin]

So much new skool talk on my Cult of kefka, for shame for shame on all of you ;p

-vanish-

Ps: oh look my sig is borked

Maybe if you were here more often, we'd stay on track. =P

Hey Xbox people. Gunstar Heroes for XBLA coming or is out. Get it.

CP:
FF7
Harvest Moon 64
MadWorld

[ZRO]

So much new skool talk on my Cult of kefka, for shame for shame on all of you ;p

-vanish-

Ps: oh look my sig is borked

Your sig looks fine to me.

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>.>

/hide

[Scorpian]

Your sig looks fine to me.

<.<
>.>

/hide

ehhh i'll kill ya later =p



Well at least i keep track of cesar sorta on facebook...and why behold it to me to get old skool rerolling...what about the aussie eh? or JIn? yeah that's the ticket shift blame mehehehehehe

[GRIM REAPER]

Oldskool? I just bought a new PSP with all the classic FF games. Replaying FF Tactics is great with the new anime cutscenes and new characters to recruit. Im still trying to unlock the new job class Dark Knight. Crises Core is good aswell, playing as Zack and finding out about the events that took place before FFVII (Cloud was a wimp).

Tonight I am going to the midnight showing of the new terminator movie. Hopefully it doesn't suck.

CP:
FFT War of the lions (PSP)
FF1 (PSP)
Lost Odyssey(360)

[Jin]

Woah. You're all coming out of the woodwork.

Shadow of the Colossus, ftw.

[Jin]

What about me? I had the last post in over a month, you newb.

Cesar's getting his Blue Blazing I see. Har har.

CP:
Nothing. I'm in a slump. =(

[Dawezy]

CP:
Nothing. I'm in a slump. =(

Whats this!?

Blasphemer~

My old save-file of Oblivion got corrupted so I started a new one, in tribute of Jin's favorite game . Made me a Breton this time and just managed to turn him into a Vampire ~ fun business biting necks.

But in un-related news I was sad to see one of my usual DS ROM depot go offline.. looks like I'll need to find a new source of DS ROM-ness, having fun with ye'ol FFIV on the DS but it needs moar! I got Settlers and FFIII a while ago and they are pretty fun to tinker with.

Work work work work work.. my back is sore ;_; gettin old like Scorp.

[LocoColt04]

Scorp:
Ha! Keeping track of me on Facebook when I haven't even touched the internet in a week? (Twitter via phone... everything's mobile these days!)


Jin:
And yes, I have been BlazBlue-ing. WE NEED TO PLAY ONLINE TOGETHER.


Dawezy:
Told you FFIII was good times on the DS. Glad you're liking it thus far. I could recommend a whole ****ton of games on the DS that you'd probably enjoy. Just say the word and I'll come up with the perfect list for the old-school enthusiast.

[Jin]

Playing BlazBlue with you would require me to get a copy of the game which isn't likely to happen. =P

Whats this!?

Blasphemer~

I know, for shame. I've just been kind of...blah lately. I start playing one game, get bored of it in about 10 minutes, have a desire to play another game, get bored of it in another 10 minutes and repeat. I think I'm just tired. I need a vacation.

A glimmer of hope though as yesterday LucasArts released some of their classics via Steam. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, baby. So many memories with that one. In non-old school news, I finally got my platinum trophy on Infamous, so I'm happy about that and I'm kind of sort of playing through my second file on Uncharted.

CP:
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Uncharted

[Furore]

I've been playing Namco Museum Virtual Arcade on the 360.
And I think it might be what I need to sharpen my skills again as most of the games aren't too forgiving on the default settings.
I'm addicted to Dragon Spirit in particular...

CP: Namco Museum Virtual Arcade
Assorted other arcade games

[Ponk]

Hey hey, folks! This is Ponk, making his semi-annual stop at TFF. Will see about sticking around a while, but we know how that usually goes. Nevertheless: Optimism!

So I recently did a 'spring clean' which involved swapping out a bunch of furniture in addition to throwing out maybe six month's worth of accumulated shit. I now have twice as much wall space and need something to occupy it. I already have these big 1-foot square canvas prints of friends and pets and stuff so I wanna do more of that type of thing, but slightly different.

Here's the challenge to you: I want to do a giant canvas print, A3 size or probably even bigger, that's just an enormosized sprite image/game image. Mostly because the problem with big canvas is image quality, and vector images or vectored sprites don't have to worry about upsize quality. I'm not sure what to go with though! Of course, you lot are the foremost experts that come to mind with all retro gaming issues so I present the question to you. Who/what to go with?

My top two at the moment are:
- Mario, probably mid-jump on a coloured background
- One of the vector style images (or one I build myself from references) from the Katamari games - I'm imagining a landscape canvas with the prince pushing a giant katamari that takes up most of the frame. Nice and colourful, pastelly or at least bright.

Any other suggestions? I welcome all comers. As for FF/Square Enix characters, who would you say is the most distinct or interesting in the Sprite Age?

CP:
Splosion Man (360 Arcade)
The Maw (360 Arcade)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (360)
Crisis Core: FF7 (PSP)

Desperately awaiting:
Scribblenauts (DS)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3)

[GRIM REAPER]

My top two at the moment are:
- Mario, probably mid-jump on a coloured background
- One of the vector style images (or one I build myself from references) from the Katamari games - I'm imagining a landscape canvas with the prince pushing a giant katamari that takes up most of the frame. Nice and colourful, pastelly or at least bright.

Ah Katamari, just hearing that name gives me flashbacks of when I played the Simpsons game not too long ago. Gives me the shivers. Anyway I would go with the Mario print but with a better background than random colors. I say add one of those small castles with the flagpole in the background with several of the fireworks going off.

Now you’re getting me thinking of updating my walls. Anime wall scrolls are nice but prints look much better. There is an art school here in town somewhere maybe I'll commission one of the art majors there for one.

Any other suggestions? I welcome all comers. As for FF/Square Enix characters, who would you say is the most distinct or interesting in the Sprite Age?

The sprite age I would say most of the characters from FFVI. Edgar, Mog, Shadow and of course the chocobo. With Enix I would go with the slime from the Dragonquest series.

CP:

Dragon Quest VII (PS2)
Star Ocean (PSP)

Edit: I just now went and read my emails and found out that SU finally shut down. It wasn't the same without DSH.

[Dawezy]

Edit: I just now went and read my emails and found out that SU finally shut down. It wasn't the same without DSH.

Bwu hah hah~

Yeah, soon as DSH scooted off and gave it to me it slowly decayed but I got the hell away from that place, not long after the DSH leaving / dumb**** Hobbes drama. Dont feel bad about it tho as this was long overdue.. how many mindless drones were there now you think? several thousand? lol

Also - draw me some Sonic if your in the mood, the old school style not this modern GBA/DS/360 human looking nonsense.. man that style makes me sick, despite the amount of content in those games (due to updated hardware storage, etc) they really make me frown ; ;

Been mediating my time between work / FFXI / Supreme Commander / FF3 DS / FF4 DS / alcohol / Hentai / Porn. Ah peaceful times in Australia :3.

[nix]

alcohol / Hentai / Porn. Ah peaceful times in Australia :3.

No change i see

What is this? Can i join and talk about games? I think i have the evil thing covered >=)

[LocoColt04]

Oh fuck me, I disappear and KC comes back and posts?

Too much going on to really catch everyone up at once, so let's just look at some games.

I also like KC's "desperately awaiting" segment and might steal that for a moment.

This is mostly a post informing you of my existence.


Currently Playing, in reverse system age:
PC/PS3 • Final Fantasy XI
PS3 • BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Wii • Animal Crossing: City Folk
XB360 • Left 4 Dead
PSP • Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite
PSP • Dissidia: Final Fantasy (demo)
N64 • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
N64 • Mario Tennis
N64 • Dr. Mario 64
PSX • Wild ARMs 2 (via PSN download onto PSP)
PSX • Valkyrie Profile (via PS3 with original discs)
PSX • Tales of Destiny II (via PS3 with original discs)
SNES • Uniracers
SNES • Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars
SNES • Final Fantasy VI (NA III cartridge)
SNES • NBA Jam
NES • Crystalis
NES • Super Mario Bros. 3
NES • Super Mario Bros.

If you didn't notice... lots of multiplayer stuff on that list. Rebecca and I moved all of my retro consoles out of my parents' house, and she's been wanting to play everything lately. Works for me, a girl after my own heart. ^_^

Also, gratuitous amounts of Dungeons & Dragons, as well as Magic: The Gathering.

It's almost ironic... almost all of my systems are getting the love right now EXCEPT for my DS, which is probably my favorite device out of all of them. Strange, isn't it?

And I suppose I do have a quick story to tell... that copy of Tales of Destiny II I'm playing? A customer of mine gave it to me the other week. For free. No strings attached. I was so helpful with her sale/purchase that she up and gave me the game even after I told her I couldn't take it into my inventory. Said it was for me, not the store, and then traipsed off to go sell the other old merchandise elsewhere. WIN.


Anxiously Awaiting, in release order:
PS3 • Madden NFL 2010, 14 August (SHUT UP I KNOW)
PS3 • Batman: Arkham Asylum, 25 August
PSP • Dissidia: Final Fantasy, 25 August
XB360 • Rock Band: Beatles, 09 September
XB360 • Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, 15 September

This list could go on through mid-2010, but I figured my next month's purchases would suffice.

[nix]

Fine then, ignore me. Your off my "super awesome people" list Mr Loco of colts

[Scorpian]

Fine then, ignore me. Your off my "super awesome people" list Mr Loco of colts

Yeah but he's always been that way cause his brain is on autopilot or something else deragragatory ;p