The Retrogaming Thread! [8-bit/16-bit/32-bit/64-bit]



As a HUGE fan of the Ghosts N' Goblins/Ghouls N' Ghosts series, I'm surprised I had never heard of this one: Ultimate Ghosts N' Goblins for the PSP! Can't really comment on it much since I've ONLY just started playing, but it really retains a lot of the spirit of the older games (in a way, it seems like a combination of the 16 bit and GnG resurrection)! Can't wait to dive into this. :) Something about the GnG franchise is just really satisfying for me, despite the difficulty, the visuals, gameplay, and overall style of this series is amongst my favorite of all time.
 
millossobek said:


As a HUGE fan of the Ghosts N' Goblins/Ghouls N' Ghosts series, I'm surprised I had never heard of this one: Ultimate Ghosts N' Goblins for the PSP! Can't really comment on it much since I've ONLY just started playing, but it really retains a lot of the spirit of the older games (in a way, it seems like a combination of the 16 bit and GnG resurrection)! Can't wait to dive into this. :) Something about the GnG franchise is just really satisfying for me, despite the difficulty, the visuals, gameplay, and overall style of this series is amongst my favorite of all time.
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I really didn't like it when I played it many years ago. I really wanted to like it and this may sound bizarre but I think the graphics style hinders the gameplay. If you play an 8bit or 16bit version it just seems a lot tighter in the gameplay. The accuracy of movement is way better in the 8bit and 16bit versions. I was disappointed with it when I payed it.

@Juventino32 Castlevania is great on PSP purely because of the unlockable games.
 
PES4eva said:
I really didn't like it when I played it many years ago. I really wanted to like it and this may sound bizarre but I think the graphics style hinders the gameplay. If you play an 8bit or 16bit version it just seems a lot tighter in the gameplay. The accuracy of movement is way better in the 8bit and 16bit versions. I was disappointed with it when I payed it.

@Juventino32 Castlevania is great on PSP purely because of the unlockable games.
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The 2023-2024 Ghost'n'Goblins resurrection is closer to the controls and overall game's mix of humor and darkness but if you try it on hard, so with only 2 chance before dying like the true version, it's really too hard : it's way more dynamic than the 16bits arcade versions already hard.

But i like Ultimate Ghost'n'Goblins but i tried it on PPSSPP, never owned a PsP so... There's a special version called in jap Ultimate Gng revision / Goku Makaimurai Kai (Kai is often added on games or series/movies to say it's the max version) with the same difficulty as the Arcade version. No idea if it was out in our language.

It's not even because i'm used to play Ghost'n'Gobling/Ghouls'n'ghosts/Super GnG, but the Resurrection version is litteraly more than twice time Harder than both old versions.
Monsters Patterns are far less predictable, all is going too fast. Every stage looks like a Final stage.
 
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NeoRetro said:
The 2023-2024 Ghost'n'Goblins resurrection is closer to the controls and overall game's mix of humor and darkness but if you try it on hard, so with only 2 chance before dying like the true version, it's really too hard : it's way more dynamic than the 16bits arcade versions already hard.

But i like Ultimate Ghost'n'Goblins but i tried it on PPSSPP, never owned a PsP so... There's a special version called in jap Ultimate Gng revision / Goku Makaimurai Kai (Kai is often added on games or series/movies to say it's the max version) with the same difficulty as the Arcade version. No idea if it was out in our language.

It's not even because i'm used to play Ghost'n'Gobling/Ghouls'n'ghosts/Super GnG, but the Resurrection version is litteraly more than twice time Harder than both old versions.
Monsters Patterns are far less predictable, all is going too fast. Every stage looks like a Final stage.
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That sounds much better but I don't really play new games anymore. The newest system I own is a switch lite but I haven't used it for about a year. I just lack interest in new games for some reason. Probably getting old 😄
 
I also really prefer retrogaming in general (with the exception of strategy and sports games, which I like all generations), but I do think that a lot of the games like GnG resurrection have a retro quality to them.. "Metroidvania" platformers with more modern graphics, but more importantly, with the spirit of the 8/16/32 bit era. For example, Streets of Rage 4, and GnG.(Also Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze and the newest Contra for the Switch) IMO, these games, even though are more recent, maintain the overall things that made platforming games great, and I think they are great in the sense that they follow what we retrogamers like :)

 
millossobek said:
This looks and feels like RC Pro Am! (a successor to it). Looks really fun! :TU:
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Check it out when you get chance. There's quite a few exclusive games on the Jaguar which are very good. It's a bit of a niche system but there's definitely some gems in that library.
 
@PES4eva there's Power Drive on Snes, but i believe that the Jaguar one is probably the sequel (didn't searched i suppose).

I love too the racing games in Isometric 3D or sky view like Micromachines and the way to turn like if you drived a buggy with remote control.



There's also "1000 miglia" a pretty intersting one on Arcade and i just discovered they're a sequel 1000 miglia 2, Neo drift out for NeoGeo etc. i tried all of those as i found the controls pretty fun.



 
NeoRetro said:
@PES4eva there's Power Drive on Snes, but i believe that the Jaguar one is probably the sequel (didn't searched i suppose).

I love too the racing games in Isometric 3D or sky view like Micromachines and the way to turn like if you drived a buggy with remote control.



There's also "1000 miglia" a pretty intersting one on Arcade and i just discovered they're a sequel 1000 miglia 2, Neo drift out for NeoGeo etc. i tried all of those as i found the controls pretty fun.



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Yeah I'm a fan of Neo drift out but I haven't heard of 1000 Milglia.. that's a new one on me. Looks pretty decent.

@Juventino32 Yeah Off-road is a great game. I really do like the top down style of the older racing games. I prefer them to head on racing the road view which is used in most driving games, especially these days.
 
I found a basic controller more adapted for that type of racing games. Now i like the two styles with the cockpit or top down view but with a gamepad....
For having true fun with you need the whole package : Wheel, pedals and a racing chair....

Also a gearbox even if whatever the game direction (sim or cade) for those game, i don't mind and prefers driving already bores me i always choose automatic speed change.

There was only one game i played on Arcade with the gears, Ridge Racer. It wasn't as beautiful as Daytona or Sega Rally (out in the same time on my country) i remind that the controlling the car was far easier so i could focus on gears change.
 
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