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I just hit 10 hours in Earthbound on my Anbernic RG280V. I'm looking forward to trying some more SNES games once I'm finished (Super Mario World, Street Fighter Turbo II, Zelda: Link to the Past, etc.).

Interested to hear what you all are playing? Or, what retro games are on your "to do" list?

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Deus Ex and System Shock.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Jumped back into Yoshi's Island recently. So good.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pokemon Ruby, I'm planning on buying a 3ds to mod but for now I'm just playing on my computer. I missed this generation of games and the speed up option on the emulator makes it better although some of the dialogue gets repetitive.

[–] MufinMcFlufin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure the difference, but I'm doing the standard mod to allow emulated games and changing the language because the Japanese ones are so much cheaper

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[–] clearleaf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm playing Zelda Link's Awakening DX. There's a fan made patch that fixes annoying things like those text boxes popping up every time you pick up an acorn, or when you touch a rock without wearing the strength bracelet. And I was able to continue playing the same save file.

I really didn't think the game would be all that good but it's great. The whole island feels very alive and every screen has something special about it. I wouldn't mind the next generation of Zelda being a little bit like this.

[–] icermiga@lemmy.today 1 points 11 months ago

On the remote chance you don't already know - definitely check out Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages. They have the same engine but have much cleverer gameplay and dungeons and much deeper stories.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Would X3TC count as retro? It's from like 2005. I tried playing X4 because fans said it was like X3 but better... But it's not. It's so much more convoluted in all the wrong ways. The menus are trash. The RNG sucks. The AI economy is even worse. X3 is still a way better game.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I started Phantasy Star on my Odroid GO Ultra. Was looking for the game on my Master System but the pricing is a little over the top. Purely priced for "collectors" and not gamers.

[–] the16bitgamer@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was playing super star wars. But the lava kept killing me

[–] Lunar@lemmy.wtf 0 points 11 months ago

Yeah, that part is stupidly hard.

[–] Todd_cross@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I was playing Donkey Kong for Gameboy, but save got corrupted when I was near the final level. Then I was playing Pokemon Pinball for Gameboy Color, and Pokemon: Fire Red and Warioware Inc. for Gameboy Advance.

[–] korny@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Picked up a Wii recently for Gamecube and Wii games I missed out on, just started Paper Mario TTYD.

[–] sour@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

World of Warcraft: Retail.

[–] Hazmatastic@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In my Steam backlog:

  • KOTOR II
  • Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
  • Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire
  • Deus Ex
  • System Shock 2
  • Devil May Cry Collection
  • Styx series
  • Resident Evil 1-4
  • Okami
  • Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
  • Star Wars Pod Racer (just for kicks)

None of them are super retro, but you can definitely tell when I was a kid. These are either games I enjoyed or games I wanted as a kid but never got.

Also need to play through a few Gamecube games for the same reason. Viewtiful Joe is first on the list

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Re-playing Shadows of the Empire on 64 right now. Always loved it as a kid, reading reviews as an adult and I'm shocked to find out it was never highly regarded outside of the opening Hoth level. It felt like a real gamer's game, hardcore difficulty growing up. The ship levels were so good.

[–] hamburglar26@wilbo.tech 1 points 1 year ago

Resident Evil on DC Parasite Eve on PSX

[–] Lunar@lemmy.wtf 0 points 11 months ago

Fallout 3 on my Xbox 360 and having a blast with it.

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