Prof. Bloom - Retro Vtuber 💈 Twitch Partner

Announcing: MAKE ME PLAY IT MAY Want me to play a specific game? Now's your chance! I'm running an event all May where you can do just that using subs, donations, or channel points. There are some limitations, but I will try to accommodate as best I can. Request away!

Afternoon, class! I think I'm coming down with a bit of a cold, so I'm going to pass on stream tonight and rest up. I'll have a schedule up tomorrow. Expect streams on at least Wednesday and Friday!

(1/2) I've got a variable-width font working in our work-in-progress English translation patch for "Love Hina: Surprise Engagement" on the Dreamcast. Looking great so far, if you ask me!

Tons of great games tonight! TetraStar is now one of my favorite NES shooters, Out of this World's 3DO port is fantastic, Crusader: No Remorse is kickass, and the Aleck64 is neat...and Getter Love is wild. Thank you for watching!

Four very different games on four very different hardware standards, all viewer requested, all getting 90-120 minutes of play each, live now! These are some amazing games, you don't want to miss it! twitch.tv/profbloomvtuber

@RingoUsvala Super Burnout for the Atari Jaguar! When I had a Jag, this was one of my favorites. Blazing fast motorcycle racing in the style of a Sega Super Scaler arcade game, and it's silky smooth and looks amazing. Give it a try!

@ProfBloomVtuber Racing.

Want to explore retro games outside of the popular titles you may already know? Reply to this post with a genre you enjoy and I'll give you a recommendation. Think of it as retro game homework from your professor!

@Nanashi61696 @DJAmamiya Managing your rows poorly on both attack and defense will get you killed quickly, yes. The game's developer, Sting, always makes interesting games, like Baroque, Riviera, Yggrda Union, and all very different from one another

@ProfBloomVtuber @DJAmamiya So I'm not just doing DPS and healing? Will not managing my grid get me killed?

The world is full of RPGs you may never even have imagined. Get out there and start exploring!

@Nanashi61696 @DJAmamiya Your party and the enemies are arrayed in rows on a 3x3 grid, and your attacks can target specific rows/shapes. Skills are tied to gear, and you have control over when you choose to learn a skill, which can be used tactically. If all you do is mash attack you'll lose quickly

@ProfBloomVtuber @DJAmamiya So how does the combat stand out from other JRPGs?

@karinrin_ch Congratulations!!!

oh! ogey

@Nanashi61696 @DJAmamiya Not quite a roguelike, but rather the dungeon layouts aren't fixed. You don't start the game over when you die, and things like levels and skills remain after a failure. The game's core premise is getting out of debt, and you encounter a fun cast of characters on that adventure

@DJAmamiya @ProfBloomVtuber ...of course; the first JRPG you think of that isn't repetitive is from roguelikes, the genre that says "fuck you, you use what we give you, figure it out" rather than "here's the move Kit you used for the 100+ JRPGs you played."

Afternoon, class! Tonight I'm playing more viewer requested games, and we've got some exciting ones. TetraStar for Famicom, Out of this World for 3DO, Crusader: No Remorse for Saturn, and...Aleck64? What the heck is an Aleck64? Come find out starting at 6pm EDT!

@onorisoft I understand 👍 Sorry to keep asking questions, but is the intended aspect ratio of the game 4:3 or 16:9? The screenshots on the website are 4:3, but many of your videos are 16:9, so I'm curious if it supports an anamorphic widescreen option similar to Virtua Fighter 32X

@ProfBloomVtuber yeah, that's about half of the money I will get from selling my game, so, no thank you. I won't spend $80 to please 2 or 3 people owning this hardware.

Elansar, a "Myst like" game for the #SegaGenesis #Megadrive Featuring stunning graphics! Buy the physical edition at Homebrew Factory => homebrew-factory.com/megadrive-gene…

@onorisoft That's a shame! I didn't realize how expensive they were these days. Your best bet if you want one is the Wacky Worlds Creativity Studio, that includes a Mega Mouse and can be found for $60-80

@ProfBloomVtuber no, and seeing how much cost a mega mouse on ebay, I doubt I can ever test this.

I just won a copy of Der Langrisser FX for a really great price, and have open auctions going for a few more PC-FX games. I feel so lucky to get to share games like this with you all!

@Mawg_VT Chaos Legion for the PS2 dares to ask "what if DMC was a bit more like Pikmin?" and the answer is it's dope

@ProfBloomVtuber Hack and slash ala dmc 1 and 3, or RPG classics!

@BMittzzz Yes. Read the manual and you'll be off to a great start. It even includes a partially filled out map that you can add to while you play. Don't listen to anyone telling you to play with a guide the whole time. It's fun discovering secrets and gratifying to figure them out.

is zelda 1 even worth playing

@_deceptionfalls You've probably played it, but TriggerHeart Exelica's Dreamcast port just got a fan translation recently, that's as good a reason as any to give it a play. I was testing it out on my Dreamcast and it works great!

@ProfBloomVtuber oh yeah ive played that one last year, super good stuff!! i loved the last couple levels and how triumphant they felt

@_deceptionfalls Many shmups! Check out Choujin Heiki Zeroigar on the NEC PC-FX. It's got a leveling system, very nice visuals, and what feels like an entire season of anime crammed in there with very high quality FMV. It's even got an English patch! It's a shame this was the only PC-FX shmup

@ProfBloomVtuber any shmups?

@Nanashi61696 @DJAmamiya Dungeons are procedurally generated and strike that addictive knife edge balance between "I can keep pushing on" and "I should turn back before I'm wiped out" and I absolutely love that. Any RPG by that game's developer is worth a look, games by Sting are always unique

@Nanashi61696 @DJAmamiya Evolution: World of Sacred Device on Dreamcast might scratch the itch! While the gameplay is pretty simple, there's a good amount of variety in how you build and equip your party, and even regular encounters can be challenging, requiring you to think carefully.