/vr/ - Retro Games

If you ask me, only phantasmagoria of dim dream is worthwhile.

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>>883310
I've played 1 - 5 and really enjoyed them all. 1 in particular for whatever reason.

>>883310
LLS and MS are good, PoDD is alright too. MS also has one of my favourite final bosses in the series, and some pretty cute characters.

>>883365
As I forgot to bump, I'll add that HRtP is worth checking quickly if only because it's completely different from the rest of the series.

I did a play of Lotus Land Story recently, realized Reimu has and always will be my most hated character to fight against.

Anyway, the games themselves are good, bar Touhou 1, since it kind of lacks of a lot of stuff..

blue bullets on blue backgrounds

>>883386
That doesn't sound like fun.

>>883386
>random white explosions on black and white backgrounds

>>883390
>>883392
it's mostly stage 4 and extra in MS

Oh yeah I forgot, the PC-98 games are worth looking at solely for the music. It's disappointing how little remixes there are of them.

>>883386
Ah, good ol' stage 4 MS.

>>883392
Ah, good ol' stage 2 MS.

anyone know how to get a gamepad to work with the older games? EoSD and onward have spoiled me with the convenience.

>>883402
I second this, I booted up Lotus Land Story the other day and loved the themes. Its a pity how the touhou fandom only look at EoSD and beyond.

>>883405
NEXT should have gamepad support, otherwise, joy2key?

>>883410
I've been using Anex86, seeing how I can't find an english patch of any 1-5 roms.

Thanks for the suggestions thou, I'll look em up and try them out.

>>883417
NEXT is overall superior to anex, but it won't run on a toaster

>>883421
This should work I think, but then again I'm an idiot when it comes to emulators.

Could I have a link to NEXT? I get a shitload of hits on google and want to make sure I grab the right version.
polite sage for not retro

Inb4 /jp/

>>883428
I'd rather have /jp/ than /v/ here.

>>883421
Wasn't NP2-fmgen the new thing? I haven't actually played these for a while.

>>883428
You're too laaaate.

>>883392
who are you quoting?

>>883430
/v/ isn't here.
You're safe here.

>>883426
my version was included with the rompack. Just get this, looks good
http://www.zophar.net/download_file/2141
>>883434
never tried it
>>883428
the J is around, which is why I'm here

>mfw i thought the older games would look better

>>883443
Anex86 came with my rompack, but I'll try NEXT out, thank you anon!

>>883450
I dunno, I actually really liked (and prefer) the pixel art they had going. Thou it was hard to dodge bullets sometimes due to the colors mixing with the background.

>>883450
who are you greening?

>>883456
Don't start

>>883463
epic meme /b/ro

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/who-are-you-quoting

>>883463
For future reference, don't respond to obvious trolls. Just report and move on.

sage for off topic and future deletion..

>>883476
I would if i could

Could be better

Goddamn they show their age

>>883310
Yes, and the music is fucking awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnyH-V6PuYs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMm44X1wsj4

>>883310
It's much less forgiving than the modern Touhous. Pickups fall lightning fast, there's no POC, and the power meter takes forever to fill. The patterns have a lower bullet count but are also more challenging than artistic.

They are still good games with great music as you would expect from Zun. I always preferred his older music.

>>883347
those balls are on fire

>>883310
They're far better than the Windows ones

>>883665
They were made by a bunch of college students for a computer that could barely do action games. For what they were, and what the creators had to work with, they're actually pretty fucking good.

>>883310
*pets Orin*

>>884645
What what to say about the music, FM synth is the best

Mystic Square has some total bullshit same-color-bullets-as-background issues going on that make it insanely hard at times, and Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream is a total assault on the fingers in the harder modes, but darn if I wouldn't love to see Windows remakes of the PC-98 games that fixed old issues. Not being able to see your hit box is a pain sometimes and not being able to focus in Story of Eastern Wonderland can be annoying, especially against Marisa.

But, that'll never happen, aside from some Windows character themed fan remakes that just aren't as good. Feels bad man.

>touhou
>good

>>884762
EoSD doesn't have hitboxes either, but most of the time this is all you need to know, and as with EoSD There's usually some distinctive feature on the character that shows where it is.