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

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[–] sonalder@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Rayman's saga Especially Rayman 3 and Rayman 2, I am so excited for the upcomming fan-remake Rayman 2: Redreamed

[–] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

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 revenge

[–] 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.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] 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.

[–] 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.

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

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

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The fan stuff is excellent as well: Heavy Instrumental Metal:

Into: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnLAC5AJPuM

End: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvCs12UqWvU

Im looking forward to Eartheon !!

[–] 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.

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

Does chess count?

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

[–] 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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

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

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks 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

[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks 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 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Wrdlbrmpfd@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hat-Trick Hockey, World Games etc.

[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

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