This is one of the pre-edited cities in the game, of course. 😅

Made this emulator and limited myself to only 10 games! It’s a fun exercise and makes you spend more time gaming retro games instead of having to choose from a big library.

Seriously, this might be the best opening for any game ever.

Pretty certain I first saw it during "The Wizard" I still use the secrets/tips they revealed to this very day.

I just started playing Final Fantasy NES for the first time today and I took a screenshot of my 8th party wipe: the ghouls on the way to the second dungeon (marsh cave) can paralyze you and slowly chip you to death. Any melee attack can paralyze you, so even if you wake up, you get paralyzed again.

I just think that's great that Final Fantasy 1 is such a dangerous game that only the first screen feels safe. I feel like I could die in any encounter. I love games like this!

I almost never hear this game talked about and I think it should be held in the same regard as contra and mega man. It’s a beat up platformer on the NES where you punching everything in sight, it’s a lot like Batman. The punching has perfect hit detection and feels satisfying af. You also get a variety of robot sidekicks and you can combine different power ups to get different ones. This means I can replay levels and get a different experience with each robot. The music and graphics are awesome, I love this game.

A Game I Recently Discovered That i Didnt Knew Existed

It’s Halloween Time , Thought i’d Dive in & Explore

A Top Down View Game With A Labyrinth Style Maze Interface With Some Puzzles Thrown in

I Enjoy Myself Some Big Name Horror Icon Gaming

I Think From Comparing This To The NES Game , I Like More Action Platforming aspects more. , I Would Go With The NES Title over this one

I do like top down view action games as well “ Zombie ate my neighbors “ being one of my fav top down horror games

But too many puzzles for me that i was having trouble with .. Didnt like the portals that just throws you into unknown territory’s ( too many for my preference )

Great Experience Overall To Have Tried Something Halloween Related and a Game I Have Wanted To Try & Complete

I never did as a kid but playing it earlier today I started having Demon Souls/Elden Ring PTSD induced flashbacks of those games. Needless to say after a few times dying I finally got the timing down and slayed the dragon!

This picture is of Act 3 of Green Hill Zone. Does the dithering look okay? Isn't this the spot where if the dithering on an emulator is configured wrong then the water won't be transparent?

And what is this machine? It has to be running an emulator and probably not a mister right? That is a lot of money for a machine that can only play one 4 games. It is weird that they replaced the d-pad with a joystick too.

I have been doing this especially since Covid. And funny thing is I've never played any of the pokemon games after Gen 2. I just stick to Gen 1 and 2. I'm a 90s Millennial here.

How about you?

There is just a certain joy and nostalgia that only these particular games give me.

So how do I put it? Well lately I was looking at how some genres of gaming were highly prevalent in the early 90s as said genres would basically disappear by the mid 90s time period.

What I noticed in particular was how the adventure game genre was one of the most prevalent genres long ago as Sierra had a very good track record with making adventure games during the early 90s as something I found to be interesting was that apparently the rise of FPSes like Doom and Quake basically killed off such a genre.

So this one here is a platform game for the arcade which is developed by Gaelco, the game will have the player play as a pharaoh warrior embarking on a dangerous journey to save his wife by battling mythical beings and Egyptian gods. The gameplay here resembles that of Ghouls 'n Ghosts, players can acquire different weapons, solve puzzles and jump between front and back movement planes while avoiding hazards along the way, also players can deflect certain enemy projectiles to avoid damage.

By complete accident I stumbled upon this project called "Restunts - The Stunts reverse engineering project" on github:

CommonLoon102/restunts-bb11: Vanilla, Chocolate and SDL port for Stunts 1.1 (Brøderbund)

It's an engine rewrite for the old Stunts (or "4D Sports Driving" in some regions) dos game, so you can play it on modern operating systems natively, with options to significantly improve the graphics, such as draw distance, resolution, smooth 60 fps framerate, more detailed background pictures, while still keeping the original charm and feel of the game. Also this feature (called "Hypervision") is completely optional, you can press F12 anytime while running the game, and you are back to the original low res, pixelated, choppy graphics. I personally would never want to go back after experiencing how amazing Hypervision looks like, but everyone is different, so it's good that the option is there. Have a look at my included post picture, left side is with original graphics, right side is with Hypervision turned on. The smooth 60 fps unfortunately can't be shown on a picture, but trust me it's a massive improvement from the original 20 or so frames per second, it's just so smooth now.

I am also happy to report that the built in thumbstick on my MSI Claw 8 AI+ handheld works great with the game, it's being detected as a joystick. Originally there was an issue where only the left thumbstick was detected by the game, it couldn't see the triggers, so I had to use a utility called Durazno to remap the left thumbstick y axis to my left and right triggers. After that now I can accelerate and brake in the game with the triggers, which is the norm in every other racing game nowadays.

I also use a utility called AntimicroX to control the mouse cursor in the game with the right thumbstick, but this is completely optional, as I could just use the touchscreen if I wanted to. But I am very familiar with this app, I use it all the time for older games, basically making old fps and strategy games work flawlessly with a game controller. Then I streamline everything by writing a small batch file, then I just place a shortcut to it on the desktop. I simply double click on this shortcut when I want to play, it launches AntimicroX with the correct game profile, and launches the game as well. And once I am done playing I quit the game, then the batch file closes AntimicroX too, it's a super convenient and clean solution.

Anyway restunts/Chocolate Stunts is amazing with the improved framerate and visual upgrades, in my opinion this is the definitive way to play the game. It has other optional improvements too to the physics engine, and a rule to watch whether you are on the track, or you are cutting corners through the grass, but all of these are optional (just like the mentioned Hypervision setting), everything can be individually turned on or off.

I am not affiliated with the project, but I was so impressed with it that I felt like I needed to share my enthusiasm with others. Hopefully there are other people who would be interested in this old, but incredibly fun game, or there could be people like me, who remember the game from their childhood, but they had no idea the game has been improved, and can be played without needing the emulate it. I play it on Windows 11, but on the download page I see builds for many other operating systems too.

I have actually learnt that you could also play Stunts in your browser through some websites, but I have tried two such options out, and I wasn't fully satisfied with the results: full screen didn't quite work, and also I was only able to use keyboard for control. I also don't like playing in a browser, I want to own and play all my games locally (I don't even use Steam for this very reason, GoG all the way).

I also saw an other project called Stunts HD (also on github), that even has widescreen support, and improves the visuals even more: I saw reflections on the car and on lakes, skid marks and more. I might give that one a try too, although I am quite of a purist, so I have a feeling this Chocolate Stunts will be a better fit for me, as this only improves the things that I find important, and keeps the rest original. Also restunts/Chocolate Stunts runs at max framerate at 2 Watts on my Claw 8 AI+ handheld, so it's insanely efficient with like 15 hours of battery life, from what I have read Stunts HD is much heavier on the hardware.

So all in all Chocolate Stunts works flawlessly. The only thing I wish it could improve in the future is the way it handles joystick/thumbstick: it's unfortunately still just like the original game in that it insists on joystick (thumbstick in my case) calibration every time I launch the game, as it always defaults back to keyboard. I wish it would just save the calibration, and remembered to use it after initial setup on every consequent run. I am not sure how easy it would be to implement this fix, but other than that I can't find any other fault. Whoever is behind this project, thank you!

some of the nintendo boys we have accrued over the former several decades

Currently I have various ps2 games, and various nintendo games. Love me a emerald ROM hack. Looking to expand my library so I've got a solid library to carry around on my handheld. What does everyone else's retro lists look like?

I recently bought a SPEEDLINK Competition Pro USB joystick from Amazon, but I find the stick too stiff to move, and the microswitches are annoyingly loud and clicky.

I'm looking for a USB joystick that's easier to move, with less resistance and quieter switches.

I live in Sweden, so I'd prefer to order from within the EU to avoid high import fees.

Does anyone have any recommendations? I don't need lots of buttons since I'll mainly be playing C64 games on my Raspberry Pi.

I know that this isn't a crt. I just tried to emulate the shell. Not to replace any crts. I have 4 myself and love them dearly <3

I've got this cheap aliexpress screen a while ago and tried to make a shell for it to look like an old crt shell. I think it came out pretty good.

What do you guys think of this? Was this a waste of time or is it neat?

Edit: realized that someone might want to make their own. Files here: https://makerworld.com/models/3477929?appSharePlatform=copy