Are they the ‘epics’ of their time, or some things that are less well known?
Yoshis island
Super mario world
DKC 1, 2 & 3 Pokemon gen 1&2
Banjo kazooie & tooiee TLoZ A link to the Past, Ocarina of time & Majoras mask
Warcraft 3 + frozen throne
Command & conquer 2 + yuris revengeI’ve still got my Nintendo 64, and I sometimes boot up Goldeneye for old time’s sake.
Every time Final Fantasy Tactics comes out again, I’m all over it.
Final Fantasy 6 but, back in my day, it was called Final Fantasy 3.
Nfs hot pursuit 2 holds up insanely well. Ahead of its time. Gt2, ff12, musashi, crash bandicoot. Lot of ps2. Still play all my 2600 and nes and n64 games too
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.
Currently replaying the Sly Cooper series, it will always be a favorite of mine
Master of Orion.
MOO2
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.
I’m midway through Oblivion Remastered and holy shit is inner 20s me ever happy about this raytracing thing
Morrowind, Shenmue, Earthbound, all the the Mega Mans, Starcraft
I’m interested in trying Shenmue after it was (to me rather surprisingly) awarded the “Most Influential Game of All Time” award by BAFTA.
How do you play it there’s days? Physical Dreamcast? Can you play it on PC? Emulator?
I have my Dreamcast still so I could theoretically boot it up any time and get the “authentic” experience. However they released it digitally for playstation and I think Xbox, along with the sequel.
I will say, it might be less accessible if you haven’t played anything like it previously. Game design sensibilities were different back then and it was the first real attempt at an open world game, to say nothing of the awkward English voice acting. But the narrative is still fantastic and I can’t think of many games that have ever been so ambitious in their scope. It’s part Virtua Fighter, part RPG, and part narrative walking simulator. I discovered it by chance at a formative time in my life and those first awkward steps into it with no idea what I was about to experience are still a core memory from my teenage years.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk, I guess haha
I wish it was on Steam or GOG. I guess I’ll keep an eye on the Playstation store, I do still have my old PS4.
Half-Life 1 (and expansions)
SimCity 3000, SimCity 4
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Deus Ex
Zoo Tycoon
Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail
Morrowind
Industry Giant 2
Fallout 1/2
Arcanum
SimTower
The Pokemon games on all of Nintendo’s handheld consoles emulate really cleanly on a smartphone.
I’m a sucker for the Gen 1 nostalgia every now and then.
• 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.
Rayman’s saga Especially Rayman 3 and Rayman 2, I am so excited for the upcomming fan-remake Rayman 2: Redreamed
