I've been playing some retro games recently (PS1 and prior) and I've been discovering a lot of games that I never thought I would enjoy. Particularly 90s arcade shmups and arcade style sports games.

What are some of your favorite retro games that you always find yourself coming back to?

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[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Earthbound, gotta play that at least once in your life.

Chrono trigger, still one of the greatest games of all time.

Final Fantasy 6(US 3) there is debate, but widely regarded as the best one overall still. 7 is the other strongest contender, but if you are gonna play that one, don't play the retro one, as one of the very first polygonal games, it's hard to look at now.

Zelda (3), a link to the past.

There are certainly more, but those'll last you a few months.

Edit: Suppose I can't really get by without saying Rock n' Roll Racing.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Huh......Despite being true, I've never heard anyone refer to LoZ:LttP as "Zelda 3".

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Hehe yeah, I figured with them having no context, that might make it easier to figure out which zelda it was quicker. There are a few kind of similarly named ones now if someone is coming in fresh.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Chrono Trigger is one of the greatest games ever made.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Third for Chrono Trigger. I didn't get to play that one when I was a kid so I played it for the first time in 2020. Holy shit what a game. The original definitely still holds up today.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I played it back in the 90s when it came out. What surprised me almost immediately was the ren fair scene. I forget exactly how they worded it, but the guards had kept track of everything I did at the fair. Which was mind blowing to me in a time when all games npcs would literally unload when off screen, and reload when onscreen. Completely forgetting anything you'd previously said/done.

Then THIS game remembers what I did 30 minutes ago.

Was that still startling in 2020, or did you not even realize how mind blowing that was since you're in 2020 and not 1996?

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

It definitely still caught me by surprise. Not like it might have in 1996 - I just played Baldur's Gate 3 within the past year, after all - but the first time I played I definitely managed to get almost every single piece of bad evidence against me that I could rack up without even meaning to.