Are they the ‘epics’ of their time, or some things that are less well known?
The Pokemon games on all of Nintendo’s handheld consoles emulate really cleanly on a smartphone.
I’m a sucker for the Gen 1 nostalgia every now and then.
Yoshis island
Super mario world
DKC 1, 2 & 3 Pokemon gen 1&2
Banjo kazooie & tooiee TLoZ A link to the Past, Ocarina of time & Majoras mask
Warcraft 3 + frozen throne
Command & conquer 2 + yuris revengeAge of Empires
Age of Mythology too <3
I’ve still got my Nintendo 64, and I sometimes boot up Goldeneye for old time’s sake.
Currently replaying the Sly Cooper series, it will always be a favorite of mine
Nfs hot pursuit 2 holds up insanely well. Ahead of its time. Gt2, ff12, musashi, crash bandicoot. Lot of ps2. Still play all my 2600 and nes and n64 games too
Fallout 1 & 2, Final Fantasy 9, Elite
Less Pokémon here than I thought there would be, though it does make a showing. I do gen 2 and 3 now and again. Gen 1, I think I’ve wrung out completely, and gen 4+ (DS and onward) just doesn’t emulate as cleanly in my experience.
And I guess I’m approaching my 2nd decade of still playing certain MUDs: Achaea/Aetolia, Discworld, Lost Souls.
I don’t really game much these days, though; certainly not like I used to.
Every final fantasy game i seem to play over and over again on loop, bunch of different iterations. Played the nes ff1, then the ps1 remake, then the GBA remake, and then the pixel remaster. Currently playing thr pixel remaster of 2. GBA was the only other version I played of that.
Every time Final Fantasy Tactics comes out again, I’m all over it.
I’ll still crack open any one of the Age of Empires series from time to time.
You just reminded me I have the first version of that game around somewhere, I might dig it back out one of these days soon.
The original and Rise of Rome are great. If you don’t have Rise of Rome it’s almost mandatory, it runs a lot better and has a lot of quality of life improvements, like a higher population cap.
Here goes:
pc:
- duke nukem 3d pc version
- blood
- redneck rampage (so funny!)
- cannon fodder
- day of the tentacle
megadrive:
- streets of rage 2
- road rash 2
- ea hockey 2
Wow Cannon Fodder. I felt so bad for the guys that got wounded and just stayed there suffering.
I actually felt real sadness when I’d been progressing with a name for several levels and then they get blown up by my own doing. When their name appears in the roll of honour!
Wow Cannon Fodder. I felt so bad for the guys that got wounded and just stayed there suffering.
You can shoot them, and shoot them, and shoot them and their body bounces around!
What’s special about EA hockey 2?
Guild wars 1. I don’t play it often but every once in a while I get the itch. It’s honestly still really compelling.
Wasn’t that all online? How is that still going? Ya, I spent a lot of time in guild wars back in the day. Running people to the next stop.
Because they have ai controlled party members (and have since the beginning), it’s actually completely playable solo to this day.
You might be surprised how many people still play though.
That was a pre-steam purchase. One of the few old games I no longer have. I could see playing it again.
I kept one chacter in the intro area and leveled him way beyond normal by letting the monsters kill me, which I guess leveled them up, so I could get poinst from killing them again. Dood was like level 17 in the intro map.I remember people doing that! I never did it myself (way too grindy for me), but it’s pretty crazy the game let you do it
Oh yeah. That was grinding for the sake of grinding. No point, other than bending the game. Its not like the extra levels helped all that much. But I was king of the newbs.
17 is impressive. I think the furthest i got was 14.
I had a buddy who got to 20, before there was a title iirc
I was in a phase. A stay home and drink and play video games till I pass out phase. Plus, I like breaking stuff. That motivates me.
Fired it back up recently and went to one of the main hubs. There was a few other people running around, but it was pretty dead.
But yeah, the pre-cataclysm area was gorgeous at the time. The soundtrack is AMAZING. One of my favorite gaming experiences.
I sunk hours into NetHack, and I still occasionally dive into the dungeons. I also have a NES emulator on my phone, but it’s just not the same. I’ll play Zelda or Metroid for the nostalgia, but it’s not the same as sitting on the couch with friends.
not the same as sitting on the couch with friends.
That’s the biggie that the young kids of today just will never experience!
I’m midway through Oblivion Remastered and holy shit is inner 20s me ever happy about this raytracing thing
