/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7341647
I never got into that thing. I remember they tried putting e reader barcodes on Pokemon cards.

>>7341662
Nobody got into it bro

>>7341647
>omg i'm literally retarded
You really need to subscribe to better youtoube channels, and learn what words mean.

>>7341662
From what I've heard it wasn't very popular in the US and I think a lot of cards were Japan only. It's kind of convoluted and a pain int the ass to use but is interesting and useful, in particular for the Japan version of pokemon. The emulators are also pretty cool.

>>7341724
Was reasonably popular here. Nearly everyone I know had one or knew someone who did. Was basically a requirement if you were a pokemon autist.

>>7341734
I have one and still have my cards in a binder somewhere, thought it was pretty neat and really liked the stuff like getting the Eon Ticket for Pokemon.

Lots of the cards actually had real content on them. The NES games for examples. They weren't just paywall unlockers.

>>7342085
>They weren't just paywall unlockers.

>>7342094
Lots of them. Not all of them.

>>7341647
Does anybody remember when people actually opposed kids gambling when the NES Gambling Machine was proposed?

Not retro

>>7341647
>microtransactions
There was a Capcom game on the PS2 by 2003 that was going to be the first free-to-play game with microtransactions and online play to make it work, but it didn't release because they didn't figure out a good enough monetization model.
If you want to go back, the arcade version of Double Dragon 3.

>DLC
the sole gameboy color release with the MBC6 memory controller had this for the mobile game adapter (2000, Konami release) + DreamCast already had this by 1998 for stuff like Sonic Adventure 1.

>Online Virtual Console
DreamCast did this for select megadrive, master system, and PC Engine titles, but only in Japan. US equivalent was their very last american release, retail only, and infamous for a readme file left in the cart

>officially licensed malware rootkit
Some Atelier game on the DreamCast did this too in 1999.

>>7342085
>>7342094
>>7342106
Err... the DLC for Fire Emblem Sealed Sword, Super Mario Advance 4, trainer data for the Pokemon Gen 3 e-reader exclusives, Mario Party e... were all physically on the cards. They were downloaded in the save file.

>>7342094
Looks like your reading comprehension is locked behind a paywall

>>7342372
>Some Atelier game on the DreamCast did this too in 1999.
Details?

>>7341647
Arcade machines almost everywhere have been changed to slot machines. Why did it take people this long to realize that they are basically the same things but for different ages?

SMB3 with SMB2 vegetables was fun desu.

>>7342658
I never figured out how to get this on my flashcart without I guess just trying to get the real card

(free) DLC on game boy.

>>7343068
>k k kiss link!?

>>7341734
>Was reasonably popular here
where's "here"?

>>7343115
it uses infrared to link two game boys together. I think the idea is that the game boys have to be "kissing" to work.

This was before Nintendo did the same thing for GBA.

And then, they made that modem so you can connect to the internet and share content.
For instance you could get new official maps for Nectaris GB from Hudson's website.

Jap only of course.

>>7343132
This thing didn't have many uses but it's super cool to think it was compatible with the 1989 game boy

I rly wish the game&watch series got released. I hate random card packs but would be cool to have a collection of small gba titles that could have been stored on a single card.

>>7342094
Actually, this isn't so bad. At least you can STILL physically get the card.

Now, the event for the DS Pokémon games? There is no official servers anymore, no legit way to do it except to use fan made servers.

>>7343132
>boys kissing
Faggotry.

>>7343132
Pokémon Pikachu 2 (little Tamagotchi-like device, glorified pedometer really) could *kiss* with Pokémon G/S/C and you’d get extra items through the Mystery Gift option in-game. Works on US and EU releases as well.

>>7343124
Kekistan

can't you just print off scans of these cards?

>>7343420
Got a problem with that, bigot?

Wow GBAs are considered retro now.
I'm getting old.

>>7342405
https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2017/07/atelier-dreamcast-game-that-could.html?m=1

>>7343124
A place where the e-reader was not actually popular at all, so the location will not be revealed so as to keep up the larp.

>>7342421
>i'm literally insane and pulling shit out of my ass

>>7343124
Your moms house. She loves it when I stick my e-peen in her e-reader.

>>7342094
there is always some cherrypicking virgin on here who is in the mood to argue purely to argue. there were many cards with entire minigames on them. pokemon has always had bullshit event crap as far back as mew or celebi. unironically have sex.

>>7342658
I despise how the Virtual Console release activated all the e-World levels (which I heard was impossible to do all at once in original) but left switchable main game extras like this out, so close yet so far.

>>7343778
Yeah, boys are not men, asshat.

>>7342372
>There was a Capcom game on the PS2 by 2003 that was going to be the first free-to-play game with microtransactions and online play to make it work, but it didn't release because they didn't figure out a good enough monetization model.
>If you want to go back, the arcade version of Double Dragon 3.
GTI Club also has this thing where you could insert additional coin(s) to play as a mish-mash of Bugatti EB110 and McLaren F1.

>>7346270
Two complete games that can be combined as a bonus. There's nothing wrong with this.

>>7346335
>Two complete games
Keep telling yourself that.

>>7344787
you shouldn't be allowed to exist.

>>7346503
*braaaaaap*

>>7346270
It was basically an expansion pack that could be played seperately.

>>7341647
And arcades where microtransations. What's your point?

>>7341647
Old fashioned money grubbing