/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6723581
Cave Story is both literally retro and since it's been ported to Genesis, retro according to the board rules as well which is pretty cool. Also the Genesis port was surprisingly good.

I really liked the game the first time I played it but subsequent runs were a little dull. I wish there were more ways to challenge yourself.

>>6586717
The rules don't go by game release date, they go by platform release date. This is extremely clear.

>>6540962
Ohh lol. The picture you provided just proved that it is allowed here. Try actually reading the rules, they're idiotic but this game being available on Dreamcast makes it 100% acceptable for discussion on this board.

>>6341121
As for how the rules are written, absolutely yes.

>>6226048
Wrong wrong wrong. You console gatekeepers are fucking retarded and don't even know what you're talking about.

Yes the rules here are dumb. It should be for games from 1999 and before, but it's not. The same way that makes some idiotic console projects being technically allowed here, it also applies to computer games. Windows 9X is a PLATFORM in every meaningful way that this board cares about.

If you aren't trolling (you are) and want computer games to go solely on hardware then get ready for Fortnight threads. Because people have been able to run it, not in Windows 9X but with a GeForce 256 which by your retarded definition should be what counts.

Fuck you, you ignorant little shit and stop trying to pretend computer games don't follow the same stupid rules as everything else on this crazy board.

>>6218484
>>6218512
The rules being retarded aren't my problem. If you go by OP's definition, google around and you can see someone got fortnight running on a Geforce 256. So even by his rules it's now random.

Simply put, the rules here are stupid and stupid workarounds can be made but it's not in the spirit of the board. Just keep it old and don't troll other old gane threads because it's not a platform you like.
Grow up.

>>5984601
Okay. Since we're talking about the board rules not the meaning of the word I will.
The rules for what fits don't describe anything about how a game looks, plays, what influenced it or what video output they have. All the rules lay out and care about is what system a game is on.

Pier Solar has later influences but can be played on Genesis so it fits the board rules. Dreamcast, being one of the "retro" systems follows the same rules as everything else. Thus any game made for it would be "retro" according to this board's rules. Even if someone made a Dreamcast clone of Fortnight or Flappy Bird, those would be "retro" in the sense that they would be within the rules here.

Any way you want to slice it Cave Story is /vr/ material because there's a genesis port.

>>5224794
Lol
I'm not one of the guys from /vg, I'm just saying it might be better for the board from them to make it a general rather than have five different roguelike threads up at a time.

>>5224792
Usually yes. That's the case with the Doom general. I.V.A.N. For example is fair game and we've had a number of threads about it over the years. New games back ported to run on old hardware are also fair. The rules here are weird.

>>5132148
Remasters yes, but full remakes (DQ on DS, Twin Snakes etc) tend to get axed, rightly in my thinking. And I'm not necessarily against the Dreamcast being here, I just think the whole set up of the rules going by system rather than the dates of individual games is ass backwards.

In my opinion it should go game by game and be either 15 or 20 years.

>>5113850
>if it wasn't released before the cutoff it's still not fucking retro

Someone doesn't know how to read the rules lol. Nice meltdown though.

>>4966789
Cry me a river

>>4966798
What are they ported to?

>>4887143
>>4887132

Pier Solar us 100% accepted under our board's rules of what counts as retro.

>>4874773
>To me, 15-20 years -per game- is good enough. Fuck basing it off what year the hardware was made.

I'm with this guy. The rules as is are retarded.

Does Genesis Cave Story have the hard mode? Might be an option.

>>4096082
Yup. The rules here are pretty dumb. It should go by the year of game's release in my opinion, but whatever.

>>4084601
>So Deus Ex and Diablo 2 should fuck right off.

Remember though that our rules don't go by date of the game's release, they go by what platform the game runs on. That's why stuff like Pier Solar and Cave Story on Genesis are fine for discussion here.

And by extension, because Diablo 2, Deus Ex etc ran on Windows9X and NT it makes them "retro" by the definition of the board.

It's only PC games released for XP and later that don't belong.

>>3971478
Going by our rules here, that's not true though. It was released in 2000, but our rules don't go by game release dates, they go by hardware.

And because it's possible to run Diablo 2 on hardware from 1999 it makes it retro according to this boards rules.

It's the same as why Pier Solar or Cave Story Genesis are okay for discussion here. It doesn't matter when a game was made. All that matters is what hardware it runs on.

>>3880427
It should be for both, old games on old hardware. New games have their own places for discussion.