my Retroid Flip came in yesterday and I’m already a big fan of it. got RetroArch and Daijisho so it’s good to go.

so give me your retro game reps! This thing can play games on Android, and the following consoles (that I care about)

  • NES

  • SNES

  • N64

  • Sega Master System

  • Sega CD

  • Sega 32X

  • Sega Saturn

  • Sega Dreamcast

  • Neo-Geo

  • PS1

  • Game Boy

  • Game Boy Color

  • Game Boy Advance

  • Nintendo DS

  • Playstation Portable

It can also play every Arcade System (MAME, etc) and home computer (amiga, the C64 i guess lol)

it plays some stuff on the GameCube and PS2, but not very well.

throw whatever at me, doesn’t matter how obscure! the only caveat is that for DS games, stuff that rarely uses touch controls is preferred unless it has a dpad patch like the zelda games.

  •  scribblemacher   ( @scribblemacher@beehaw.org ) 
    5•1 year ago

    You mentioned liking RPGs and I’m sure you can find “top ten” whatever for any system with a quick search, so I want to recommend something off the beaten path: Cave Noire for Game Boy. It has a translation patch, but it is perfectly playable without one (which is actually the only way I’ve played it).

    It’s one of the first console rogue-likes, but it has some things that make it really stand out. It has multiple dungeons with different difficulties, so a play session only needs to be 5-10 minutes or most of the time (harder difficulties will take longer) so it’s not a significant time investment if you die. It also inverts move-attack order, making the puzzle of moving around enemies work better on a small screen. It doesn’t have a lot of moving parts, so what it does have feels very well thought out.