Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action > #46660

Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024

Show all headers | View raw

H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> wrote at 11:36 this Thursday (GMT):
> candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> Dang. The only "hd pixel art" game I can think of would be like
>> Octopath Traveller.
>
> I mean HD Pixel in a way similar to The Iconoclasts. It's more detailed
> that the usual low res pixel, scales perfectly and looks good at 1080p,
> and the level of detail can't be appreciated in a small screen like the
> Deck's 7 inches.

Oh. Never heard of it..

>>> - Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers (NES, PS4 Disney Afternoon
>>> Collection): One of those games that I had been wanting to beat for
>>> some time. Biggest difficulty comes from the lack of an instruction
>>> booklet. I was struggling with the final stages until I downloaded
>>> a scan and fount there's a mechanic I did not know about.
>> 
>> Huh, why did you want to beat it?
>
> It's one of the Capcom Disney licensed classic games and the one I never
> had. I played Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Snes Aladdin... This
> is the one that got away. I just never found the time to sit and play.

Neat.

>>> - Quake Remastered (PC, Base game) The freebie you would receive if
>>> you already owned Quake on Steam. It's KEX engine rather than ID
>>> tech, but it plays nicely and you don't need to have the CD inside
>>> to hear the music. I spend 2 days playing non stop untill In
>>> finished the 4 episodes of the original retail release. Scourge of
>>> Armaggon in July
>> 
>> Neat! I've never beaten Quake.
>
> Playing vanilla Quake may be a bit painful, specially with the enemies
> moving as if it was a slideshow (animation interpolation came with GL
> Quake). Although there are great source ports, the remaster is a great
> version if you want to play it without complications, go online fast or
> need accesibility options.
> BTW, Quake in normal difficulty could be considered easy with modern
> controls. It's like they toned it down a bit for cursor controls. Except
> for the dreaded tar babies in the later episodes, it's  a well balanced
> game.

Alright, is Quakespasm any good? I might as well not pay for it if
there's a free remaster.

>>> - Kirby and The Forgotten Land (Switch)
>
>> Wait, really? Even Star Allies had a day one patch, I think..
> Yep. This game only has local play, though. I guess with Star Allies it
> would make more sense.

Oh, that kinda explains it.

>>> Other games that I played a bit, but dropped or postponed: - God of
>>> War Ragnarok (PS5)
>> 
>> Maybe the game is cuurrrsseseedddd
> Either that, or Sony hates me for all those pirated PSX games in the
> nineties

I don't think Sony would be /that/ petty. Nintendo, on the other hand..

>>> -Classics: I got one of those fake Nintendo NES consoles, the
>>> horrible nes on a chip type that is missing the triangle sound
>>> channel. Sitll had a blast with it playing Blue Shadow (Shadow of
>>> the Ninja, but at that time there was a problem with the brits and
>>> the word "ninja"), Darkwing Duck, Adventure Island 3... I need to
>>> play a few of those in the Mesen core.
>> 
>> 
>> Why?
>
> Why what? Using a famiclone is way of reliving the real experience many
> people had as kids with very cheap parents (I'm a sucker for era
> accurate gameplay but some times I take it too far), and I never had the
> experience of multicarts with very weird unexpected hacks to dodge the
> copyright. Still laughting at that version of Super Mario Bros with
> Alice Cooper instead of Mario.
>
> If you mean why I am using Mesen to emulate, it's the most accurate Nes
> core at the moment.


Why are you using like a knockoff NES on a chip if you have an emulator?
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

Back to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-01 17:03 +0000
  Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-01 17:20 +0000
  Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-01 15:40 -0700
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-02 18:47 +0000
  Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-07-01 18:21 -0700
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-02 14:50 +0000
      Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-07-02 18:28 -0700
        Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-03 14:30 +0000
  Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge) - 2024-07-02 18:09 +0000
    EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-02 18:58 +0000
      Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-07-03 11:00 -0400
        Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-03 16:38 +0000
          Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-07-03 17:43 -0400
            Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-03 22:18 +0000
              Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-18 14:02 +0000
        Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-07-04 11:25 -0400
      Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-15 18:30 +0000
        Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-15 15:17 -0500
        Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-07-16 08:58 -0400
          Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-16 18:01 +0000
            Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-07-16 20:14 -0400
              Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-07-17 08:58 -0400
                Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-17 16:10 +0000
                Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-07-17 13:33 -0400
                Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-18 14:01 +0000
          Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-24 08:17 -0700
            Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-07-25 07:38 -0400
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-07-03 10:56 -0400
  Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> - 2024-07-02 17:16 -0600
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-03 07:54 -0700
  Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-06 06:32 -0500
  Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> - 2024-07-09 09:01 +0200
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-07-09 06:56 -0700
      Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-07-10 09:54 +0100
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-10 13:50 +0000
      Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> - 2024-07-11 13:36 +0200
        Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-13 16:30 +0000
          Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> - 2024-07-13 20:10 -0600
          Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> - 2024-07-15 09:39 +0200
            Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-16 15:10 +0000

csiph-web