I’m looking for recommendations for games to get for my retroid picket 3. I like platfirmers, metroidvania, turn based games and driving games.
Any suggestions gratefully received!
Thanks in advance.
Edit: thanks for all the replies - so many more than I expected! Plenty for me to take a look at. :-)
The best driving game on the Atari 2600 - Enduro
Not sure what they have available, but Advance Wars and Tactics Ogre I both had fun with. I heard good things about the Disgaea games (the fourth one in particular), too, but never played them.
Here’s a mostly forgotten one: Phantom 2040 for SNES
Not truly a metroidvania, but an interesting platformer shooter with branching paths and many different endings.
Chrono Trigger is really a must if you like JRPGs.
IDK what games are actually compatible with your device, but I do have opinions about cool older games.
turn based:
Civilization
Master of Magic
Champions of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn, and Dark Queen of Krynn
Shadowrun Returns, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, and Shadowrun: Hong Kong
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscuraplatformers:
Noita
Dead Cellsdriving:
Gran Turismo 4I’ve been going through the old Final Fantasies. I finished FF5 and FF6 last year and recommend both. They have great pacing (They change things up before it gets too stale) and if you keep an online guide handy, it’s not as frustrating as it was when I was 10.
Earthbound on SNES is a timeless one. Advance Wars is an excellent turn-based series. I played it on GBA, but there are a bunch of versions.
Earthbound ♥️
It’s a top-scrolling shooter, but give Tyrian 2000 a go. It’s free on GOG.
Raptor: Call of the Shadows is another nice one by Epic Games’ then competitor Apogee.
Colin McRae Rally 1 & 2 for driving games.
How are you liking the RP3? I don’t own a handheld myself but I’m always tempted to get one.
I realised after posting that it’s actually the rp3+, but I love it. It’s really versatile in terms of gaming and will play lots of games.
My RP3 is how I got completely absorbed into the trails series. Starting with Trails in the Sky and Trails in the Sky Second Chapter on PSP.
God Medicine on GameBoy is a massively underrated RPG. Best one on GB imo, and well worth anyone’s time. You’ll be constantly surprised they did so much with a GB game and the theme and story is relatively unique even to this day.
As an MSDOS and platformer fan:
- Dangerous Dave (1990 version)
- Prince of Persia 1 & 2
- Crystal Caves
- Bio Menace
- Commander Keen series (keen 4 being the best)
- Jazz Jackrabbit series
- Jill of the Jungle
- Aladdin
My favorite from the above would be Bio Menace, followed by Dangerous Dave, Prince of Persia 1 and Jazz Jackrabbit.
Most of these games should be available on GOG, if not, search for “eXoDOS”.
Crystal Caves is such an iconic DOS era game. I boot it up occasionally just to enjoy the design and sound effects.
Haha I completely forgot about Jazz Jackrabbit!
I hope you didn’t forget that banger of a soundtrack!
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Back when game music was good!
Bio Menace is good, but hard. Common in that era!
Alley cat
Some of my favorite platformers from the 16-bit era: RangerX, Dynamite Headdy, Rocket Knight Adventures, Vector Man, Gunstar Heroes, Metal Slug.
Lost Vikings is a classic. Go for DOS or SNES.
