BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Just start gluing googly eyes to inanimate objects around your house and it'll be like Rareware never left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 13 hours ago, BloodBoal said: When it comes to platformers, I've always been more of a Donkey Kong Country guy. I find every aspect of those games to be more satisfying: the graphics, the music, the universe, the humour... That's not to say the Mario games are not fine games, because they definitely are, but still... I miss the old Rareware... The three DK Country games are immaculate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 The most recent DKC, Tropical Freeze, is pretty great too I think. Obviously not Rareware, but the Retro DKC games are their own different kind of good. They're also much harder than the Rare ones ever were. Fun though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 9 hours ago, Koray Savas said: The three DK Country games are immaculate. Isn't the third one widely considered a step down from the first two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Speaking of DK, does anyone have any insight on the music for those three SNES games? The other day I saw CDs on sale for each score on eBay, with the seller saying he got them from Nintendo Power. They sold for hundreds of dollars each and the nostalgia in me almost made me purchase them. I thought they only existed as game rips on YouTube. Any other official releases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 There were official CDs released through Nintendo Power, yes http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/59696/ http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/59690/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 26 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: I think it got that reputation because the universe feels (even) more kiddie-oriented than the first two, but I personally find it to be just as good as the other two. Yes! I love DKC3! The world map especially is a definite step up from the previous, lots of interesting stuff. And there were some really cool level design idea there. My personal ranking of the Rare DKCs: 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Rare, what a thoroughly disappointing company they turned out to be. Sea of Thieves needs to be fabulous if their dignity is to be restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Games which are completely designed around online co-op play do not appeal to me, so Sea of Thieves has never looked like a Rareware return like some people want it to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Is there any software developer that maintains brilliance over more than 2 decades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Eight letters, starts with N..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Touche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 It's subjective but I could probably think of a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 12 hours ago, Lonnegan said: Rare, what a thoroughly disappointing company they turned out to be. Sea of Thieves needs to be fabulous if their dignity is to be restored. None of the original staff is even there anymore. They were superb in the 90s. Microsoft bought them and had them do crappy Kinect games for years. Had no respect for the IPs they had in their possession with that developer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Happy 25th birthday to the SNES, still my favorite console. Quintus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 20 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Happy 25th birthday to the SNES, still my favorite console. Mine too! Wow, I somehow never heard of this Illusion of Gaia game before that you posted a screenshot of - I must check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 The second best game's console ever, I swapped my Amiga 500 for my next door neighbour's SNES in 1992 and immediately bought my most played 2D multiplayer for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SzPeti42 49 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 My favourite console was the Gameboy emulator for the PC, those long nights of Pokémon on a big monitor in a small window resting my legs on the table are precious memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat were amazing back in the day! Endless hours played with neighborhood friends after school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 55 minutes ago, Jay said: Wow, I somehow never heard of this Illusion of Gaia game before that you posted a screenshot of - I must check it out! It's one of my favorite SNES games and is criminally underplayed. It actually attempts some pretty ambitious things narratively, at least for an SNES action-RPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 If its half as good as Final Fantasy IV or Chrono Trigger, I'll love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 The SNES still has maybe the greatest library of any single console. So many absolute classics on that system from a wide variety of genres. Platformers, RPG's, fighters, racing games, shooters; it had it all. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 It was quite rare for someone over here to own a SNES. The Sega Genesis (called Sega Mega Drive in here) was by far the most popular console. I still have mine up and running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Romão said: It was quite rare for someone over here to own a SNES. The Sega Genesis (called Sega Mega Drive in here) was by far the most popular console. And that's why you guys will always be the poor man's Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Genesis was pretty good if you were into sports games and shitty platformers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The Genesis/Mega Drive had some fun games, but overall, it can't hold a candle to the SNES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 We had both NES and Genesis and I agree with the above statements. The Sonic games could not hold a candle to the Mario games. Fortunately some of the better SNES platformers were also on Genesis, like The Lion King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Sports games and arcade ports are really the only advantage the Genesis had over SNES, and since those are genres I largely don't care about, I didn't care about Genesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I didn't really have any input over the game systems my family bought when I was a child. I enjoyed my Game Boy very much, as I consider its Donkey Kong to be one of the finest platformers ever made. A pity my cartridge's internal memory no longer remembers save progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Donkey Kong '94 is awesome! And led to a nice series of spin-off games (Mario Vs DK) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 2 hours ago, Jay said: Donkey Kong '94 is awesome! And led to a nice series of spin-off games (Mario Vs DK) I like the Mario vs DK games but the whole "minis" thing, guiding characters you don't have direct control of, has gotten old at this point. After this many games in the series, it's time for a shakeup. I'd love another honest-to-goodness puzzle platformer like '94 and the first MvDK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Agreed, I haven't played all the latest in the minis series, but DK94, Mario vs DK, and March of the Minis are all excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,340 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 On 8/23/2016 at 1:38 PM, Disco Stu said: Happy 25th birthday to the SNES, still my favorite console. The lack of Super Metroid on this list makes me sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I love Super Metroid! Not really meant to be a list, just a random collection of SNES gifs I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,626 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 these games were good 20 years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Star Wars music was good twenty years ago, too, why do people still listen to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 8 hours ago, king mark said: these games were good 20 years ago... And are still great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 Nintendo has developed a Mario game for mobile Drops this December Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 Gonna try to finish up Link Between Worlds and Chrono Trigger this weekend, maybe start Wind Waker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 I started a Metroid Zero Mission file a couple of weeks ago that I really need to get back to and finish. Great game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 Yup I played that one last year and really liked it a lot. I might try to play the fan-made Metroid 2 color remake before delving into Super Metroid and then replaying Metrorid Fusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 12 hours ago, Jay said: Gonna try to finish up Link Between Worlds and Chrono Trigger this weekend, maybe start Wind Waker That is one exemplary lineup. Chrono Trigger is one of those few games that I'd consider to be essentially flawless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,340 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Playing my #1 GameCube game: Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Better than Wind Waker and Metroid Prime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,340 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Perhaps a Holy Trinity then? I just find it immensely replayable, with memorable music, cool atmosphere, funny in-jokes and dialogue, a fun take on the turn based format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 1. Wind Waker 2. Super Mario Sunshine 3. Metroid Prime 4. Luigi's Mansion 5. Paper Mario Yes, I like the original Luigi's Mansion much more than most (and I don't particularly like the 3DS sequel) and, no, I'm not a big Smash Bros. fan. EDIT: Twilight Princess would probably edge Paper Mario out but I've always thought of that as more of a Wii game, since that's where I played it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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