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Are they the 'epics' of their time, or some things that are less well known?

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[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I've been on a Doom kick for a bit, although it's modified to retain some more current gen flair. Just finished Going Down Turbo with Project Brutality. Is it faithful to the OG? Not quite, but it's truly amazing how far the the engine has come despite being heavily modified in its own right.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

They're all well-known: Pac-Man (first game I ever played), Super Mario games, Metroid games. Anything past SNES I feel like I was too old to consider it my "youth."

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Rogue, Hack, Nethack. Basically nethack, but it built on those before it. Occaisonally Larn. Amiga Larn.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Angband was my jam for a while, and of course that parlayed directly into Dwarf Fortress

[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Crash Bandicoot 2: Wrath of Cortex. Original hardware, Muscle memory from childhood. Still a banger 27 years after my first time.

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I played lightbike a variation of armagetron (that imo was honestly superior, it had jumping, boosting, maps that took advantage of that, skins back when they were cheap) but I still play armagettron on ocassion, agains the ai for the most part. Loved that ipod game. I wish it was still popular, think they got scared of licensing disputes with disney and a bit greedy with the microtransactions towards the end, started to effect gameplay through boosts.

I wish some of the changes like jumping and maps that were more than just one grid made it over to armagettron or another pc version but those stayed simple sadly.

I would eat up a modern cross platform tron lightbike game with maps like the ipodgame, jumping, boosts, etc. and cosmetics like rocketleague as long as they don't give you a leg up. It would be all I play.

[–] So_zetta_slowpoke@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Morrowind, Shenmue, Earthbound, all the the Mega Mans, Starcraft

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I'm midway through Oblivion Remastered and holy shit is inner 20s me ever happy about this raytracing thing

[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Less Pokémon here than I thought there would be, though it does make a showing. I do gen 2 and 3 now and again. Gen 1, I think I've wrung out completely, and gen 4+ (DS and onward) just doesn't emulate as cleanly in my experience.

And I guess I'm approaching my 2nd decade of still playing certain MUDs: Achaea/Aetolia, Discworld, Lost Souls.

I don't really game much these days, though; certainly not like I used to.

[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 2 points 4 months ago

Currently replaying the Sly Cooper series, it will always be a favorite of mine

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 2 points 4 months ago

HL2 still holds up after 10+ playthroughs.

Last time I played it was when the commentary track was added. Played 80% of the game in one sitting because I was so hooked.

[–] foster@lemmy.hangdaan.com 2 points 4 months ago

I still play some of my old school Pokemon games from time-to-time such as Red, Silver, Ruby, and Platinum.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thunder force 4 or lightning force in my youth was a really fun game. Played it to death on the Genesis. It still holds up. I still play it from time to time.

[–] mfbatz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm so happy to see this mentioned. It also has an incredible OST.

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[–] Wrdlbrmpfd@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago

Hat-Trick Hockey, World Games etc.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Most of them! Well, not regularly. But I love going back to the games and consoles of my earlier days.

My favourites are the 16-bit and early 32-bit eras

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago

I've still got my Nintendo 64, and I sometimes boot up Goldeneye for old time's sake.

[–] AWizard_ATrueStar@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Every so often I will fire up my copy of Mega Man 2 and run through it.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Still playing Call of Duty: United Offensive multiplayer on PC nearly every day

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Quite a bunch, but the ones I come more often to my mind (and that are not DS titles, if not it would be Jump Ultimate Stars, Metroid Prime Hunters or Mario Kart DS) are:

Jackie Chan Stutmaster and Toy Story 2, both PS1 games (among other PS1 titles).

[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Dungeon master and Dungeon master chaos strikes back

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

• Rollercoaster Tycoon 3. Hate it or love it, I still think it's an amazing game.

• Chuzzle Deluxe. Recently got back into it after purchasing it a few months ago.

• Zuma Deluxe. Same thing applies.

• Sonic Unleashed. Went from playing on PS2 to 360 to now Steam Deck. The 360/PS3 version is absolutely superior, though.

Any others I can think of are all things I started playing closer to when I was a teen, so I'm not counting them.

[–] razzazzika@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Every final fantasy game i seem to play over and over again on loop, bunch of different iterations. Played the nes ff1, then the ps1 remake, then the GBA remake, and then the pixel remaster. Currently playing thr pixel remaster of 2. GBA was the only other version I played of that.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago

uhhhStar citizen

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