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Renaissance2K

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Retro Talkshop Thread

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Let's Play Together! Game of the Month
Every month, RTT gets together and brainstorms choices to vote as the Let's Play Together! Game of the Month.
Upon completion of the GotM, you will be rewarded with an Achievement Icon!
Let's play some awesome games together!

Game of the Month Captain: Renaissance2K

Retro Talkshop Thread Founder & CEO: Lunar

February 2023

Final Fantasy VI

Final Fantasy VI - released as Final Fantasy III in North America - was originally released for the

Super Famicom and

Super Nintendo. The game's legacy as the last old-guard Final Fantasy game is massive, and it's still celebrated for its memorable characters, unique antagonist, and robust soundtrack.

Play it on

Super Nintendo

PlayStation (Final Fantasy Anthology)

Game Boy Advance (Final Fantasy VI Advance)

Wii Virtual Console

SNES Classic Mini

Android

iOS

PC

Play the Pixel Remaster on

Android

iOS

PC

Beat Final Fantasy VI or any of its re-releases to earn the Kefka badge.

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Monthly Leaderboard

You open the chest and find nothing. Perhaps you should have waited until the World of Ruin.

2023 Annual Franchise Challenge

Shining

Shining is a Sega role-playing game franchise that originated back in 1991 on the Sega Genesis & Mega Drive. Over the years, the games have adopted different modalities and mechanics - including turn-based RPG, strategy, and dungeon crawler - though many games share common character threads and a fantasy aesthetic. Most Shining games take an average of about 20 hours to complete, with later generation titles being longer and portable titles being shorter.

Suggested Games

Shining in the Darkness

Shining Force

Shining Force II

Shining Force CD

Shining Force III

Shining Wisdom

Shining the Holy Ark

Shining Force Gaiden

Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya

Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict

Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon

Shining Soul

Shining Soul II

Shining Force Neo

Shining Force Exa

Shining Tears

Shining Wind

Beat any game in the Shining franchise in 2023 to earn the {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/... 15 18{imgt} Max icon which will appear to your username everywhere in the Retro Talkshop Thread.

2023 Recap

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Yoshi

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January 2023 Edition - Doom 64

Doom 64 was released as a brand new Doom campaign for the

Nintendo 64, set after the events of Final Doom. While not extremely successful or lauded upon its release, the game has become somewhat of a cult classic over the years for its difficulty and atmosphere, in part due to a spooky ambient soundtrack from Aubrey Hodges. The game's sleeper status peaked in recent years when Bethesda dropped a remaster of the game in 2020 for modern platforms at a bargain price.

Beat Doom 64 or its remaster to earn a badge.

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Who's On?

Switch Friend Codes

Lunar

SW-7373-6931-1610

2022 Recap

January

Another World / Out of this World
February

Banjo-Kazooie
March

NBA Jam
April

Kirby Super Star
May

Alien Soldier
June

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
July

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
August

Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
September

Dynamite Cop
October

Castlevania franchise
November

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins &

Robo Aleste
December

Mega Man 7
Annual Franchise Challenge

Lunar

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December 2022 Edition - Mega Man 7

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November 2022 Edition - Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins & Robo Aleste

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October 2022 Edition - Castlevania franchise

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Beat Castlevania: Bloodlines to earn either the John Morris badge and/or the Eric Lecarde badge - both of which first debuted in June 2019.

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Beat Castlevania: Rondo of Blood to earn the Grand Cross badge, debuting this month for the first time.

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September 2002 Edition - Dynamite Cop

Beat Mission 1 of Dynamite Cop to earn the Pool Jump badge.

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Beat Mission 2 of Dynamite Cop to earn the Flying Kick badge.

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Beat Mission 3 of Dynamite Cop to earn the "Pardon Me" badge.

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August 2002 Edition - Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts

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July 2002 Edition - Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos

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June 2022 Edition - Valis: The Fantasm Soldier

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May 2022 Edition - Alien Soldier

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April 2022 Edition - Kirby Super Star

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March 2022 Edition - NBA Jam

Beat any release of NBA Jam on any platform before to earn a roster badge for each team you use.

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Complete the NBA Jam: Tournament Edition challenge and beat every available team to earn the Jam-pionship Badge.

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February 2022 Edition - Banjo-Kazooie

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January 2022 Edition - Another World / Out of this World

Beat Another World on any platform to earn the Lester badge.
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Beat Another World on a second platform to earn the This F###ing Worm badge.
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Leaderboard

benstylus

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BleedingViolet

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BloodPuppetX

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ErickRPG

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Foxhack

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Kommie

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razeak

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Renaissance2K

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Slickriven

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SupremeSarna

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2021 Recap

January

Jackal
February

Super Turrican
March

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
April

Metal Slug X
May

Strider
June

Darkstalkers 3
July

Shantae
August

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
September

Super Mario Kart
October

Splatterhouse &

Silent Hill
November

Yoshi's Story
December

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

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December 2021 Edition - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

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November 2021 Edition - Yoshi's Story

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October 2021 Edition - Splatterhouse & Silent Hill

Beat Splatterhouse on any platform to earn the Rick badge.
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Beat Silent Hill or its fogless remaster to earn the Silent Hill badge.
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September 2021 Edition - Super Mario Kart

Beat the 100GP or 150GP Special Cup in the original Super Mario Kart to roll the
credits before October 1 to earn the Mario Kart badge.
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Beat the 100GP or 150GP Extra Special Cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit to earn
the Yoshi Kart badge.
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August 2021 Edition - Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2

Play through Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2's career with any of its releases, ports, or remasters to earn a badge for the character you used.

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July 2021 Edition -

Shantae

Play through the original Shantae on any platform to earn the 8-Bit
Shantae badge.
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Play through Shantae: Risky's Revenge - or its Director's Cut - on any platform
to earn the More Than 8-Bit Shantae badge.
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June 2021 Edition - Darkstalkers 3

Play through Darkstalkers 3 on any platform to earn a badge for the
character you used. The game has 18 playable characters, plus two secret characters
in some ports. Gotta catch 'em all!

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May 2021 Edition - Strider

Play through Strider on any platform to earn the Strider, standing
still and looking cool badge.
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Play it on two platforms to earn the Strider, vertical slash badge.
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Play it on three platforms to earn the Strider, legion badge.
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April 2021 Edition - Metal Slug X

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March 2021 Edition - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time

Play through Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV on one platform - the arcade original,
the famed Super Nintendo port, one of the maligned 3D remakes, or another version
I've missed - to earn the Leonardo badge.
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Play through the game on an additional platform before the deadline to earn the
Donatello badge.
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February 2021 Edition - Super Turrican

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January 2021 Edition - Jackal

Play through Jackal on one platform to earn the Jackal Squad
badge.
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If you decide to play through a second time on a different platform, you'll also
earn the Medium Tank badge.
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For each platform you play through beyond the second (third, fourth, etc.), you'll earn a Heavy Tank badge.
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Leaderboard

Antipop

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benstylus

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BleedingViolet

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ErickRPG

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Foxhack

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Kommie

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Lunar

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Renaissance2K

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Scott

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Slickriven

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2020 Recap

January

Sunset Riders
February

Strikers 1945
March

Super Mario Bros.
April

Super Dodge Ball
May

Metal Slug
June

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
July

Renegade
August

Metroid Fusion
September

Super Metroid
October

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
November

Sonic CD
December

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

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2019 Recap

Games

January

The Adventures of Lolo
February

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
March

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
April

Blaster Master
May

Beyond Oasis
June

Castlevania: Bloodlines
July

Onimusha: Warlords
August

Ico
September

Ninja Gaiden
October

Super Mario 64
November

Final Fight
December

Altered Beast

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December 2019 Edition

Altered Beast

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November 2019 Edition

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Bonus:

Final Fight 2

Final Fight 3

October 2019 Edition

Super Mario 64

September 2019 Edition

Ninja Gaiden

August 2019 Edition

Ico

July 2019 Edition

Onimusha: Warlords image

June 2019 Edition

Castlevania: Bloodlines image image

May 2019 Edition

Beyond Oasis image

April 2019 Edition

Blaster Master image

March 2019 Edition

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening image

February 2019 Edition

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
image - Beat the game
image - Beat RR1 with a buddy OR Beat RR2

January 2019 Edition

The Adventures of Lolo image
Bonus:

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2018 Recap

Games

January

Streets of Rage
February

Neutopia
March

Galactic Attack
April

Astyanax
May

Maniac Mansion
June

Arrow Flash
July

Sonic the Hedgehog 3
August

Popful Mail
September

Crash Bandicoot
October

Resident Evil 2
November

Mega Man 3
December

Outrun

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January 2018 Edition - Streets of Rage

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Skipping Messages Here

28-Oct-22 9:59am
#141

BleedingViolet

Renaissance2K wrote:
BleedingViolet wrote:> Renaissance2K wrote: |>> Me and my three chest hairs are fine with our current growth rate, thank you very |>> much. |>> |>> Still waiting on two more nominations for November's GOTM, if anyone has any ideas.> > Are we doing six nominations this month?> That would be pretty cool. I missed the Robo Aleste post. We only need one more.
Why not 6 though? More people have been participating anyways,
The more the merrier 😃

28-Oct-22 10:12am
#142

Scott

I'll nominate Pokemon X/Y.

28-Oct-22 10:24am
#143

Renaissance2K

Scott wrote:
I'll nominate Pokemon X/Y.
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28-Oct-22 10:30am
#144

Scott

28-Oct-22 1:44pm
#145

Renaissance2K

BleedingViolet wrote:
Renaissance2K wrote:> BleedingViolet wrote: |>> Renaissance2K wrote:> |>> Me and my three chest hairs are fine with our current growth rate, thank you> very> |>> much.> |>> > |>> Still waiting on two more nominations for November's GOTM, if anyone has any> ideas. |>> |>> Are we doing six nominations this month? |>> That would be pretty cool.> > I missed the Robo Aleste post. We only need one more.> > Why not 6 though? More people have been participating anyways, The more the merrier 😃
I mean, sure, we can do six, if you want. But we need to hit five first, lol

28-Oct-22 2:38pm
#146

Scott

I guess Pokemon X/Y isn't quite as old as I was thinking. What is the cut off for this thread anyway? You could have just told me that, instead of an unclear gif and then mocking it in another post.

28-Oct-22 3:26pm
#147

Renaissance2K

Scott wrote:
I guess Pokemon X/Y isn't quite as old as I was thinking. What is the cut off for this thread anyway? You could have just told me that, instead of an unclear gif and then mocking it in another post.
Was just trying to be silly. I'm not sure what post sounded like mocking, but the GIF is the only response I intended to be for the Pokemon suggestion. Sorry, either way.

Generally Speaking™, I've been treating the 360/PS3/DS/PSP generation as the first non-retro consoles. Exceptionally, we've played two DS games - The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and Shantae: Risky's Revenge (bonus game for Shantae month) - and allowed modern remakes of retro games (the N-Sane Trilogy version of Crash Bandicoot, Turtles in Time Re-shelled, The Dracula X Chronicles, etc.). There's also the Lords of Shadow discussion we had earlier in the month.

I've said this before, but just to reiterate: I'm less in favor of strict rules and more in favor of anything that makes people want to play along. Historically, that seems to be short (4 hours or less) games that are easily accessible, especially for modern hardware, with no restrictions on things like cheats, save states, walkthroughs, etc. We have nominations and voting to boost the games that more people are interested in, but there's not much correlation between a vote of "5" yielding an actual playthrough, and two of the more "popular" or successful months we've had were this month and Darkstalkers 3 month, where I just said, "Screw it, we're playing X." That could be a badge thing, though, since both months potentially offered dozens of different badges.

But if expanding things to the 360/PS3 era would get more people to play along, I'd be fine with it, "true retro" or otherwise.

28-Oct-22 8:40pm
#148

SupremeSarna

I beat Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

(originally

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Game looks and sounds great, with plenty of secrets and strong enemies to keep you on your toes. I found the journey a little too hard with Richter, with stages 4 and 5 being a serious pain. But you gain satisfaction through hardship, and blazing through such frustrating stages as Maria afterward is cathartic. Love the inclusion of her—she really adds some weird quirkiness to the Castlevania universe, with her cute animal companions and modern candy power-ups.

I’d still say Castlevania III or maybe Bloodlines are the best in the series, but this one’s definitely in the top 5.

28-Oct-22 11:34pm
#149

razeak

I just finished Super Castlevania IV less than an hour a go. It was pretty good and the score got to kicking the last few levels.

Castlevania III is my pick for best of the series.

Also, I finished Simons Quest when I was 9 or 10, about 1990. It was grueling. I had a friend that also had it and we shared discoveries and eventually I figured it out.

29-Oct-22 1:07am
#150

Renaissance2K

We're running out of November, so let's start voting.

Here are our five six nominees, including one from me and one that's wearing a red hoodie and saying, "Hello, fellow retro games!":

Nominees
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

SOS

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Robo Aleste

Battletoads

Pokemon X/Y

Either publicly in this thread or privately in a PM to me, give each nominee 0-5 points. Omitting a nominee is equivalent to giving it a vote of 0. The game with the highest score by the end of the month will be the November 2022 GOTM.

Here are my votes:

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins - 5
SOS - 2
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 3
Robo Aleste - 4
Battletoads - 3
Pokemon X/Y - 2

Vote!

29-Oct-22 8:29am
#151

BloodPuppetX

Robo Aleste 5

29-Oct-22 11:15am
#152

SupremeSarna

Super Mario Land 2 - 5
Not really interested in emulating the others or starting another RPG.

29-Oct-22 5:23pm
#153

Snappy

SOS - 5
Battletoads - 4

30-Oct-22 12:07am
#154

Foxhack

GTA San Andreas 5
Maril Land 2 4

30-Oct-22 2:48pm
#155

Scott

Renaissance2K wrote:
Was just trying to be silly. I'm not sure what post sounded like mocking, but the GIF is the only response I intended to be for the Pokemon suggestion. Sorry, either way.
I guess I was just being too sensitive the other day, sorry about that. Thanks for clearing it up

30-Oct-22 2:49pm
#156

Scott

Pokemon X/Y - 5

30-Oct-22 5:00pm
#157

Slickriven

Robo Alest - 5
SOS - 5
BattleToads - 2

30-Oct-22 5:17pm
#158

Renaissance2K

Probably the last one of the month, but I finished Castlevania Chronicles on PlayStation.

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This plays like Rondo of Blood with the 8-bit Castlevanias' sensibilities, or an 8-bit Castlevania with Rondo of Blood's aesthetics. Either way, it was a lot better than I expected and a lot closer to what I was expecting/wanting from Super Castlevania.

31-Oct-22 10:08am
#159

Renaissance2K

Last day to vote! Get your votes in, if you haven't already.

31-Oct-22 11:51am
#160

BleedingViolet

GTA San Andreas - 5

31-Oct-22 12:16pm
#161

benstylus

Everything except GTA - 5
GTA - 0

Retro Talkshop Thread - Game of the Month *snes* Final Fantasy VI

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