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?
I just started a playthrough of the SNES version of Super Mario RPG. I’ve gotten pretty far but have never actually completed it, so I aim to this time around.
Replaying Super Mario World for SNES with my five-year-old. First time for him, he loves Yoshi. I haven’t really played it all the way through in about a decade; my wife and I did it together when we were engaged, was the last time.
It holds up SO WELL!
Sometime’s you go back to an old favorite and you can’t figure out how you played it for so long back in the day. But Mario World, despite being the first game for it, is still one of, if not THE best SNES game.
Fuck those ghost houses though.
I can’t wait to do this with my kid, he’s currently 12 months so I’ve still got a while to go. Super Mario world is a must, and the donkey Kong country games too 😁
With the 25th anniversary update out, I’ve been loving playing through the original Half Life again.
TFW you’re old enough that a game you bought on release becomes “retro”
“A” game? v.v creaky old person noises
Same, but I have never gotten more than a third of the way through… and I’ve owned it for 20+ years.
this.
If you missed it, the game was free until the 20th. It’s only ¢99 right now.
I have the PS2 port which I have never completed. I think it comes with Blue Shift as well, so that will be my next game on the backlog once I finish Zelda II
I had just started it again on Dreamcast which is a similar port with Blue Shift included, immediately switched to the new anniversary PC update.
I might try Blue Shift on DC just for fun though, the load times are really rough though.
Built an arcade machine running MAME. We have been playing a lot of Boogie Wings and Windjammers.
Cool build. Thanks for sharing it!
We also had fun playing through Leisure Suit Larry 1 a couple of weeks ago :)
ooooo if you enjoyed Earthbound, may I recommend Undertale next? Not exactly retro, but similar vibes (and there’s some fun fan theories about these two universes)
I didn’t realize they are similar, but yeah I’ll give Undertale a go!
eeeeeee if you do, please try not to google anything about it
Ha ha! OK! Funny thing is I actually already own it. My boys (teenagers) got it at some point, but I don’t know much about it.
google
nothing
It’s easily my favorite game. Hell, better than any book, movie or story I’ve ever experienced. Undertale messed me up. In the best way
Well, I did it! I played through Undertale start-to-finish last weekend! The ending was awesome! Thanks for the recommendation!
Earthbound - never played this so I’m looking forward to it for my next retro play through after recently finishing a replay of both A Link to the Past and Golden Sun 1 & 2.
Afterward, it’s the Soul Blazer trilogy. I’ve only played Illusion of Gaia, and perhaps an hour of Terranigma. I loved Gaia, and remember really liking the bit I’ve played of Terranigma.
I played it long ago in emulations in the 2000s it had anti piracy thing where it prevents you from progressing. How do I know it’s a patched version?
I just rage quit Abe’s Oddysee because despite checking a walkthrough for possible missed Mudokons, I managed to miss 3 by the time I got back to Rupture Farms
Ha, I went thru that too a while ago.
I was intending to play through that soon, I’ll have to keep that in mind before I do.
If you haven’t played it before and planning on a 100% run, at least find a walkthrough that tells you how many you need to save per level and then do your best to keep count as you progress.
I haven’t started but I really want to play through Golden Sun again.
I did this last year. And finally for the first time started my extended file on Golden Sun TLA.
Golden Sun is top 5 all time game for me.
I recently beat the PC port of Chrono Trigger, which was my first time beating it. It held up better than I expected.
Currently I’m switching off between Megaman Battle Network 2, Half Life, and Lost Odyssey. It’s my first time playing Lost Odyssey and I’m a little surprised how much I’m enjoying it. It helps that the localization has been really good so far.
Zelda II, I’ve never beaten before so I’m trying to do it with out looking up a guide or using save states. That last one is really hard
If my mom could do it, so could you! I believe in you.
I started a run a while ago and got stuck in Death Mountain. That game is MUCH harder than the first Zelda.
As a kid I could never figure out how to get the river man to let me cross so I couldn’t even get to death mountain. At least I’ve gotten that far this time!
Pretty sure I learned about Bagu’s hut in Nintendo Power! 😂
That games goes great with a real NES controller, so you can throw it across the room after dying.
I did this - on the Zelda Collectors’ Edition on GameCube, so save States weren’t available. I did have to use an emulator to practice the final boss without the 10 min runback 🙄 , but after practicing I repeated the feat back on the official hardware.
I did the whole game without any guide. It was SO satisfying. On both the NES games, if you can read the context clues, every required secret is fairly clear. And the game is really fair! It is hard, it’s true, but it’s very fair! It felt very good to master the combat. This was a great gaming experience.
Later in life I felt that Dark Souls had very similar vibes except in 3D (and except for a bad feeling from having a heavy story that it’s hostile to telling you what it is 🙄)
About half way through Mother/Earthbound Zero on my NES flashcart. I’ll have to pick Earthbound up after. I got about half way through years ago but never finished it.
Most recently finished Crystalis.
I’m still playing Baulders Gate 3 a bit but I also started South Park the Fractured but Whole and I’m really enjoying the easy game play and basically watching an episode of the show.
Cool! Speaking of South Park I surprised to read recently that Earthbound was an inspiration for Trey Parker when creating South Park. Or, at least, one of the South Park games. I see the connection though, a bunch of cute kids in a quaint little town who wind up dealing with epic monsters, aliens, piles of puke, insane adults, etc :D
The first Sims game! Good times
I’ve started Earthbound maybe three times, and I’ve enjoyed it each time, but for whatever reason, I’d forget about it for a few years and start it over.
Right now I’m in the final stages of Final Fantasy V (Translated Super Famicom ROM). So far it’s one of my favorite old RPGs. The pacing is perfect for me. When I get to a new area, I’m leveled enough to hold my own without grinding, but the bosses usually require a few attempts as I learn their weaknesses and tweak my strategy. The Jobs system is pretty neat because you can mix and match abilities.
I recently got sick and decided to play through ff2 (iv). I’ve owned it since I was a kid but never beat it.
I finished it in less than 24 real world hours.
I was astonished at the difference being an adult makes with regard to gaming.
Ultima Runes of Virtue 1 & 2 for the Game Boy. Great action-adventure-puzzle games. But very unforgiving, every dungeon is filled with fatal errors. I couldn’t get to the end when I was young!
