/vr/ - Retro Games

The Game Boy slowly kept eating away at their relevance, and once they became backlit too that was pretty much their death knell. Smartphones pilled twelve feet of dirt atop their coffin.

LCD/ LSI games are always relevant to my interests

>>5894156
>how did a company responsible for some of the most memorable IPs in game go out of fashion?
Tiger Electronics is not responsible for the Sonic IP, the Double Dragon IP, nor Battletoads.
Sonic the Hedgehog was created by Sega, Battletoads by Rare, and Double Dragon by Technōs.

>>5894180
Ah yes, when applying some pressure to the liquid crystal revealed endgame spoilers. Simpler times.

>>5894185
I'm sad this style of game went out of style. More "retro" styled games should do this.

>>5894182
Be that as it may, they chose Tiger Electronics as their platform to give the world these creations. That counts for something.

>>5894198
More like Tiger came to them with a fat wad of cash to pay for licensing and they took it.

>>5894198
Correct, but this is the Internets and when one nerd in incorrect or gets his nomenclature wrong, another nerd must step in and correct him.
I don't make the rules, I just enforce them.

>>5894205
That... Isn't how it works. Developers worked closely with Electronics to bring these games to life. The amount of passion that goes into making a piece of hardware like Sonic or Watchcraft doesn't come from greed. It takes heart.

>>5894225
If this is trolling, it's working.

So which games did you guys like a lot?

Best?

>>5894270
Never played it. How does it play?

>>5894156
I really hope you're trolling and not actually a retarded 3rd worlder who's old enough to have actually had that shit, liked it, and known other kids who liked it and thinks Tiger was "responsible for some of the most memorable IPs"

>>5894198
>I'm wrong. Let me show you just how wrong I can be

>>5894225
>That... is exactly how it works but I'm retarded so I'm going to say it's not

>>5894276
what are you trying to make fun of me and I'm just trying to make a good thread on some of my favorite video games there's no way that you think that this is a good use of your time

>>5894295
>what are you trying to make fun of me
Dude this is 4 channel dot org. Lurk more.

>>5894295
I'm legitimately curious. Some LCD games are really interesting in how they play.

Most however-- not so much.

>>5894365
U only mean

>>5894295
Okay paranoid schizophrenic have fun with your fucking calculator game. That other motherfucker was just asking a goddamned question, no need to cry like a baby bitch about it on a website notorious for roasting the shit out of pathetic crybabies like you. Go back to Facebook to have your little hug box fluffy fingers fun fest cause while you're here I will absolutely shit down your neck about your gay little calculator game thread. Play a real fucking video game jesus christ.

>>5894709
Lol, you’re gay.

>>5894742
A nigga mad haha

>>5894228
>>5894205
>>5894182
>>5894285
So are you guys actually falling for a super obvious troll, or are you all also that same troll?

What video game console of the 90's do you recommend for me?

> i hate nintendo
> i hate pokemon
> I hate the legend of zelda
> I hate RPG games
> I only play video games Rated E for Everyone (KA, Kids to Adults) in the ESRB
> hate Sonic
> I don't like fighting games
> I hate violent games

>>5894156
tiger games were shit, I'm born '81 so right in the middle of their target market and I never wanted them

hey op. go fuck yourself

>>5895382
Game Boy. Has lots of inoffensive puzzle games.

>>5894709
A person that makes me think that and be so mean how can such cruelty exist or wonder while I try to play my tiger games ... Is this the right place, I wonder. The right place to discuss my love for Tiger Games? My heart is broken.

>>5894156
>>5895405
>>5895395
Seriously. These were little more than a way to sell a portable/novelty version of a popular title to suckers and poor people.

>>5895931
They weren't THAT shit, you could play and enjoy some of them for an hour or more, like many LCD games.

The real joke here, of course, is on OP and the other dumbasses eating up meme youtubers' bullshit They are getting paid to have an opinion that will get the most views, usually this means being as dramatic as possible. They are really one of the worst things to have ever happened to retro gaming.

>>5895947
I think there's some art to LCD games, being able to cram all the graphics necessary for a game onto a single screen where no elements can overlap.

Kill all trannys.

I wish I had a better resolution version of this screen.

>>5894156
I had “Space Fight” used to play it all the time.

>>5894156
i had that double dragon game. the way the characters were drawn and animated disgusted me even as a little kid. i also owned the donkey kong jr. game & watch which looked beautiful and still does.

>>5894365
The screenshot you posted here is a VFD game

Only chads will remember this.

>>5897787
Generally LCD is used as the generic for the genre, whether they're actually LSI or VFD or whatever.

>>5897393
where are you pulling these hi res captures of the screens with all the elements visible? I think they're actually real wonderful to look at

>>5897970
I respectfully disagree and bid you a good day or night

>>5897991
From the virtual versions hosted on archive.org

>>5894156
I remember getting this power rangers fighting one from the family dollar by my house for like 10 bucks. I can't remember if it was tiger brand or not. It had these cards you could swipe to change what ranger you played as.

What the hell? They have virtual versions of these games? They were super crappy but whoever's said that they would pull one out and everyone was their friend was right. I was 83 and these things were everywhere for a few years. I had double dragon, ninja gaiden, I remember the batman one was cool. Man I bet the gameplay on these things has aged HORRIBLY

>>5898285
Yeah, I haven't checked in a while to see if they added any more, but there was a pretty decent selection when I snagged these.

>>5898125
no fuckin way, every day I'm surprised by something new and bizarre being hosted there. thanks man

>>5898316
Well gee now I gotta check it out. Thanks for the heads up

>>5898357
Is there any retro gaming-related content that archive.org doesn't have? I get lost on that site all the time.

>>5898516
Oh nice, definitely looks like some new stuff, I should grab more full screens

now this is my kinda threaD! WATCH N PLAY VERSUS TIGER?

>OP is trolling!
He was clearly just making a lighthearted joke.

every single one i played i fucking hated. the one exception was when i somehow acquired a blackjack one. that is something that actually WORKS on this shit platform. cuz it simply shows the cards and you can hit or pass. simple but effective. some awful shit like megaman2 or castlevania makes me wanna jump into traffic. theyre HORRIBLE. i'd rather just scribble on a piece of paper.

I don't think I've played any decent Tiger games. They don't have good controls, they don't have clear objectives and they don't keep you playing. It's a shame because there's many unusual licenses on it. But I think the Nintendo LCD games still games hold up well. How about the Konami games, were there any good ones and was Turtles the best?

>>5894196
This looks amazing....

>>5900861
Unfortunately it was only for apple devices and I think has been de-listed.

Veritas (pictured here) is smaller in scope and on the Android store, but still good in its own right.

Sonic the Hedgehog is the Dark Souls of Tiger handhelds. Can any of you faggots even get past stage three? I doubt it lmao

https://archive.org/details/hh_tsonic

Does anyone know what this is?

>>5901681
Dunno. One of my fleshlights came with that but I never figured out what it does or how to use it.

>>5894156
Beyond the iron curtain it was the same. But with russian (http://www.pica-pic.com/#/nu_pogodi/)) and other eastern block (and probably chinese manufactured) LCD-games. Those were all the rage on east german school yards.

It looks like many of those game are playable online now too:
http://www.pica-pic.com

had double dragon 2 and enjoyed it cause it was simple and intuitive (move forward, baddie/s appear, beat them, move forward to next bunch of baddies etc etc)
if they had just kept to this basic method they might not have been so notorious (not good, but not as bad as they became). instead they kept putting out games that were undecipherable for no good reason

>>5901681
Looks fun man!

okay let's discuss what games could actually get well made adaptations on LCD instead of whatever abominations Tiger was making

>space invaders, nuff said.
>dungeon crawler type of game with walls turning off and on to simulate "3d" and inventory/stats listed on the sides of screen

>>5902273
Im from Russia and i have a shit ton of those russian ones

>>5901681
Ask /mu/ or the audiophile threads on /g/, those are audio-boosting crystals under the band.
http://www.adventuresinhifiaudio.com/26/01/2018/audiophile-rocks-down-the-rabbit-hole-once-again/

>>5901681
It's a Fapbit

>>5903662
Literally batshit insane

>>5894270
>Best?
I have this and Spiderman. The crystal doesn't appear any more but I know it's there