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

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[–] guy_threepwood@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I bloody loved Harry The Handsome Executive. It was an Ambrosia Software shareware game from the 90s and was surprisingly underrated. Will probably run on Infinite Mac but it never got an OS X port or anything

I have an old iBook which it still runs great on

[–] catty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

shareware gave rise to some truly original and awe-inspiring games, some like this: https://mattyongames.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/grandad-quest/

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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks 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."

[–] pasdechance@jlai.lu 2 points 2 weeks ago

Quite a few, but the one that I've played the most is Super Metroid. I do like to play through the different Mega Man games too and a few others, but they are almost all well known games.

I have rediscovered other games that I totally overlooked because I thought they were too kiddy or too hard like The NewZealand Story, Gimmick and so many shmups.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 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.

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

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

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Toes@ani.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Does chess count?

Probably Sims and SimCity, I go back to them fairly often.

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

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

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[–] dil@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

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

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[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week 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.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

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

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks 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 1 week ago

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

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

uhhhStar citizen

[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

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

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week 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).

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

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

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