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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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's not strictly a 90s schmup but I got the original XIII (2003) on sale on GOG last month and played through it. I never played it back then and always thought it looked cool. It's a shame it wasn't a big success, the art direction and concept of playing in the panels of a comic strip was really cool and still holds up. I love the typed out sound effects like TAP TAP TAP on footsteps and BOOOM on explosions. So I guess that's my retro recommendation.

Next for me will be No One Lives Forever, which I also missed back in the day but heard was amazing. It's been unavailable to purchase for decades but I just recently found out the game is made available to download for free by some fans.

I guess I'm on a bit of an old school spy game kick lately.

[–] vorpuni@jlai.lu 4 points 1 day ago

The split screen multiplayer in XIII on consoles was a lot of fun.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

XIII was (and still is) a fucking awesome game. Such a breath of fresh air back then trying something entirely new in terms of art direction on an FPS and nailing it!