Thought I would start a thread and get some traction for this community. What are some of your favorite retro games? My favorite is Super Mario Bros 3.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I grew up in the 80s as a big fan so of course I had to own this.
Super Mario Bros 3 This game is peak Mario, every 2d Mario game past it just makes me want to go back to this one.
The Legend of Zelda It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this.
T&C Surf Designs Odd game but my brother and I would always try to out do each other on how far we could get.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Arcade Game One of the best beat em up coop games on the NES.
Now these are just some of my NES favorites. I could make another list of my OG Gameboy favorites.
Recently I discovered Rare games, and Banjo and Kazooie is definitely up there at the top.
More than it’s worth counting, but I’ve probably replayed Ocarina of Time more than the rest. I’ve also replayed the early Final Fantasy games quite a few times.
How fast are you able to get through the Final Fantasy games? I stay away from them, I can’t commit a lot of time to a game. But they are so big in the industry, I really need to pick one and get through it.
For 1-3 (NES/Famicom), it took me just around a week to platinum the pixel remasters on the PlayStation. I boosted my experience and Gil gain to 2x to speed things up, and you can boost those to 4x as well if you want to move even faster. It doesn’t affect trophies. There are some missable items, so if you want to get a platinum like me, just have a missable guide handy as you play through.
FF4 (SNES/Super Famicom) took me over a week to platinum, and I assume 5 & 6 will as well, but progress on those have been postponed for Tears of the Kingdom and probably FF16 as well.
Favorite game ever is Final Fantasy 6 (FF3 in the states). It’s got that steampunk vibe, the BEST character development, worst villain, and the music SLAPS. Don’t even look at original cartridge prices though, it’ll make you sick.
My favourites are mostly old 80s 90s JAMMA arcade titles:
[Great games to 1CC]
Black Tiger
Wonderboy in Monsterland
Hyper Olympics
Slap Fight
Willow
Wardner
Heavy Barrel
RoboCop
[Also excellent gameplay, with some increased difficulty]
Bubble Bobble
Bank Panic
Rush ‘n’ Crash
APB
Karate Champ
Smash TV
Oh, and possibly the greatest game ever, Wipeout 2097(Wipeout XL) on the PSX.
-----++++++//+++++±----
Also some FLOSS retro games that are quality:
Fillets-ng (sokoban puzzler)
Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection (sgt-puzzles)
Sauerbraten (FPS)
0 A.D. (RTS)
Holotz Castle (platformer)
Xmoto (motorbike trials riding)
Kobodeluxe (shmup)
Neverputt (minigolf)
Idk if it’s considered “retro” yet but I do love me some Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
@MetalAirship @jonmardyla THPS3 is retro and excellent
Every couple of years I kick up the original Diablo game. The game didn’t have all the features of Diablo 2, but it had an amazing creepy atmosphere with an awesome theme… and I had to pull it up. Haunting.
I love the original diablo game! That brings back some good childhood memories!