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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

May 2023

Daytona USA

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DAYYY-TOOOO-NAAAAAAAAAAAH USA is one of the highest-grossing

arcade games of all time, praised for its advanced graphics, its realistic physics, and of course, its unforgettable original soundtrack. The game - and its enhanced follow-up - ended up being a flagship launch-window title for the

before finding a home on

3D-accelerated PCs shortly after.

Play it on

Arcade

Saturn

Windows

PlayStation 3

Xbox 360

Play Daytona USA Deluxe on

Windows

Play Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition on

Saturn

Play Daytona USA 2001 on

Dreamcast

Finish the Beginner Circuit on any version of Daytona USA earn the Beginner Circuit badge:

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Finish the Advanced Circuit on any version of Daytona USA to earn the Advanced Circuit badge:

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Finish the Expert Circuit on any version of Daytona USA to earn the Expert Circuit badge:

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Monthly Leaderboard

Lunar

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Renaissance2K

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Slickriven

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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

Leaderboard

BloodPuppetX

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Kommie

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Lunar

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Renaissance2K

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SupremeSarna

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Yoshi

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May 2023 Edition - Rayman

Rayman launched an empire of cartoonish platformers, became one of Ubisoft's first unofficial mascots, and spawned a race of parasites so vile, they even threatened the Mushroom Kingdom. The hand-drawn hero made up for a lack of a body with excellent animations, psychadelic level design, and an incredible amount of detail to distract you from some brutal platforming and bosses. Originally intended to be a

Jaguar exclusive, the first Rayman adventure fell onto the scene in 1995 for the

PlayStation,

Saturn, and

PC, eventually being ported to a variety of handhelds as the horsepower became available.

Beat Rayman or any of its ports to earn the Rayman badge:

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April 2023 Edition - Golden Sun

Golden Sun was published by Nintendo in 2001, shortly after the launch of the

Game Boy Advance. Calling back to the best RPGs of the 16-bit era, it was at the time one of the largest RPGs to ever launch for a handheld. The game is remembered years later for its unique magic system which uses spells not just for battle but for navigating the world and solving puzzles.

Beat Golden Sun to earn the Isaac badge:

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March 2023 Edition - Virtua Fighter

Virtua Fighter released in

arcades in 1993 and is widely-considered the first 3D fighting game ever. Its character designs and fighting mechanics have gone on to inspire numerous other fighting games that followed. Sega developed home ports of the game for its

Saturn and

32X consoles, and followed up with a Virtua Fighter Remix re-release that improved the graphics.

Beat Virtua Fighter or any of its re-releases to earn a badge for the character you used:

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February 2023 Edition - 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.

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

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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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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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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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August 2020 Edition

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January 2020 Edition

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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
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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

Icons

January 2018 Edition - Streets of Rage

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Skipping Messages Here

1-Mar-23 6:34pm
#101

Renaissance2K

SupremeSarna wrote:
Is the Cultist Tower mandatory? I already recovered the old guy and beat the dragon, just haven't scaled it.
From what I understand, everything after you get the airship back after It happens is optional, but you're going to have a hard time with the final dungeon and boss with your party in such a state.

1-Mar-23 6:50pm
#102

Scott

Renaissance2K wrote:
SupremeSarna wrote:> Is the Cultist Tower mandatory? I already recovered the old guy and beat the dragon,> just haven't scaled it. From what I understand, everything after you get the airship back after It happens is optional, but you're going to have a hard time with the final dungeon and boss with your party in such a state.
This is correct. You definitely want to do most of the world of ruin sidequests. You technically could skip the tower, but you'll miss out on some things. Some good treasures (a strong piece of armor, and a powerful relic specifically), but you'll also miss

one of the 8 dragons

2-Mar-23 12:21am
#103

Slickriven

So is the original VF the only title in play for this month? I was thinking maybe 2 would also count or even the majority of the series. IIRC there isn't a story mode in the original, nor 2 actually. I got both titles packed into my Saturn (thanks MTV promotion!) when I got it for Christmas of '96, both are good but I put a ton more time into VF2 and played as Leon.
So we just need to run the arcade version? Would you consider opening up the badge to the whole series? I've been thinking of playing 4, 4evo or 5 recently.

2-Mar-23 1:15am
#104

Renaissance2K

You can play the original arcade version (which MAME oddly doesn't support) or any of the ports or re-releases. It's three different titles (Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter Remix, and Virtua Fighter: 10th Anniversary) across five platforms (arcade, Saturn, 32X, PC, and PS2). You'll get a badge for each character with which you beat it.

2-Mar-23 1:52pm
#105

Renaissance2K

Broke my GOTM dry spell and finished the arcade release of Virtua Fighter on my Astro City Mini. I used Akira.

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I knew that I was going to have a hard time with this. I've barely played any Virtua Fighter, and the one time I did, I got my butt handed to me on the third stage. I'm still not quite sure how I made it through this time, other than dumb luck. Like getting two consecutive simultaneous ring outs against Lau that the game somehow decided to hand to me.

The final boss is optional, I guess. I fought her/it once and lost handily, then tried again and won, but I didn't get a different ending or anything. Maybe in the console version.

Speaking of, I'm going to play the Saturn version next. Or maybe the Windows 95 version, if I can get that working on my retro PC.

Also, the arcade character portraits are cleaner, so I'm going to remake the Akira badge using arcade assets before I give it to myself.

3-Mar-23 10:51am
#106

Renaissance2K

Changed my mind. I beat it on the 32X next using Pai.

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I still can't believe there's a 32X core for the MiSTer.

4-Mar-23 2:24pm
#107

Kommie

Almost done with FF6. Totally cheesed the Cultist Tower with Gog/no random battles and nuking everything with Ultima.

4-Mar-23 8:22pm
#108

SupremeSarna

I’m using the Genji Glove-Offering strategy to obliterate my enemies. Doesn’t work in the Cultist Tower, though.

And hey, I even got to rename the king of Figaro. Xives wasn’t working for me, so his new name is Trige. Had Shadow (named Icqong) survived into the World of Ruin, I’d give him the name Xives.

4-Mar-23 11:23pm
#109

Renaissance2K

Some combination of swords with Genji + Offering killed the final boss with one command in one of my playthroughs. It's a beast of a combo from FF5 onward.

5-Mar-23 7:43pm
#110

Kommie

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6-Mar-23 10:59am
#111

Renaissance2K

Nice job, @Kommie. You've got your badge.

I just finished the Saturn version of Virtua Fighter with Lau. I definitely prefer playing this game with the Saturn controller over the other options.

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7-Mar-23 11:05am
#112

Renaissance2K

Beat Virtua Fighter PC with Wolf. Got a lot of ring outs with him this playthrough because of all his thrust moves. Aooooooo!

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Man, Akira wrecked me. I spent more time on him than I did on the rest of the game. His elbow jab counters are so frustrating.

8-Mar-23 2:09pm
#113

Renaissance2K

Another day, another character, another release. I beat Virtua Fighter Remix on Saturn with Jeffry, who is in dire need of a shave and a vowel.

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Dare I say, as much of a Tekken-head as I am, this version of the game looks way better than the original Tekken did, especially the PlayStation port.

I can't figure out how to emulate the native arcade version of Virtua Fighter Remix, so my last platform is the 10th Anniversary release on PS2. Let's see if I have time to play through that one tomorrow.

8-Mar-23 4:53pm
#114

benstylus

Renaissance2K wrote:
Another day, another character, another release. I beat Virtua Fighter Remix on Saturn with Jeffry, who is in dire need of a shave and a vowel.
Jeffry McWilde just doesn't look right though

9-Mar-23 1:22am
#115

SupremeSarna

After 52 hours and almost a month and a half, I finally finished Final Fantasy VI. #BeatIt
I will now share my thoughts using the funny names I made up for my party members.

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It was a harrowing journey and certainly a memorable one, but I think this’ll be a one-and-done for me. I enjoyed a good 80% of it, and there are some brilliant moments peppered throughout—the ghost train that you fight while outrunning it, only to see Aeomon’s departed family board it; the opera scene in its entirety; “Uncle” Ultros having a brief identity crisis after seeing Sejess’ portrait of him; and everything involving the blossoming romance between Fiffey the thief and Ieeyii the general. Wonderful moments! The characters are lovable and the score is excellent. There’s a versatile combat system, too!

But man, when it’s aggravating, it’s really aggravating. The quality dipped significantly after the Imperial armada attacks, followed by the Floating Continent. The game then opens up and becomes refreshingly nonlinear, but a little aimless. Then there’s Aeomon’s Dream, Mt. Zozo, Kefka’s Tower, and the dreadful Cultists’ Tower. I’ve got nothing positive to say about the latter, and the former three all overstay their welcome. I probably would’ve resorted to grinding if not for the Genji Glove strategy I found online. It trivialized several bosses and areas, but I was so mentally exhausted by then that I don’t care. I recommend every player research this trick from the start.

Here’s a fun fact for you: During the fight with Kefka where you have to distract him long enough for the esper Hintah to open the sealed gate, the fight has a hidden timer that begins ticking down as soon as the characters appear on screen. It runs during Kefka’s dialogue boxes at the start of the fight, so if you sit on his speech for a few minutes, Hintah will open the gate before he can even attack you. I learned this when I began the fight and my dad walked into my room to tell me something important, so I put down the controller and talked with him for about five minutes. When I resumed, I won instantly.

So to conclude, FFVI is a good RPG with lots of charm and intrigue, but the first half is far more fun IMO than the second. I doubt I’ll play another FF game beyond the Chocobo subseries (Chocobo’s Dungeon is surprisingly good, tbh), and I’ve earned a break from hard games. But hey, that’s a part of stepping outside one’s comfort zone to experience something new. I greatly enjoyed 80% of the game like I said, but that bad 20% really hurt my overall view of it.

Cid’s costume made him look like a duck.

9-Mar-23 10:37am
#116

Renaissance2K

I can't really decide if I like the first half or the second half of the game better. Linear games don't bother me, so I appreciate the character development and slow burn of the early game. On the other hand, jumping from one big setpiece quest to another - with most having a big reward at the end - is fun, but does make things feel a little rushed and disorganized.

In any case, congratulations, thanks for sticking it out. Kefka is now giggling next to your name on the leaderboard.

On the Virtua Fighter front, I've exhausted my options and finally played Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary on the PS2 with Kage.

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Much easier than the original games because of the larger moveset. Well, except for Dural. She didn't really give me a chance and just pounded me into oblivion.

I need to catch up on badges and figure out which platform I'll use for the last few characters.

13-Mar-23 11:05am
#117

Renaissance2K

I went back to Virtua Fighter PC to see if I could get a higher quality capture through DVI (and yes, I did) and finish the game with Sarah.

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This time, Pai was the bottleneck. I managed to stave off Akira's charging elbow enough so that he only kicked my ass a reasonable number of times.

All the character badges except for Dural are ready to go and in the OP.

18-Mar-23 4:12am
#118

Renaissance2K

I'm still plugging away at Final Fantasy VI. I've heard a lot about this game's bugs and crashes over the years, but I never managed to make it crash myself until tonight in the Cave of the Veldt. Instead of the boss' second form appearing on schedule, it was just a blank sprite, like I had cast Vanish on it. Once I hit it with a spell, the whole screen went black, and I had to restart.

I still need to do my last runs of Virtua Fighter with Jacky and Dural, too.

18-Mar-23 12:46pm
#119

SupremeSarna

I recall trying out Relm’s Sketch skill, only to have all my party members vanish, then the enemies vanished, and my button inputs wouldn’t register. I never tried Sketch again after that.

18-Mar-23 3:09pm
#120

BleedingViolet

I was playing Doom 64 yesterday and got a cool 100 point achievement for killing a CyberDemon.
Only at level 18 but I hadn’t played it since the beginning of February. Already stuck again since
it seems like I’m missing some weird secret or trigger. Lol @ the designers for these types of
shenanigans.

19-Mar-23 2:23am
#121

Foxhack

SupremeSarna wrote:
I recall trying out Relm’s Sketch skill, only to have all my party members vanish, then the enemies vanished, and my button inputs wouldn’t register. I never tried Sketch again after that.
Sketch was always a Russian Roulette move. Will it affect the enemies? Will it affect you? Will it wipe your save? Good luck!

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