/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10126932
>games that aged well
I foresee great turmoil and strife in the thread past this point.

>>10126932
First you have to play Game Boy Tetris, it's mandatory on one of those. (Half-joking)

Try the rest of the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, Super Mario All-Stars + World, Mega Man X, the Kirby games, and Sonic on Genesis. Then you can work your way through the rest of the SNES and Genesis library.

My advice: try not to worry about "aging" too much, or you might end up giving yourself endless excuses to keep dropping games because something about it aged too badly to you. You like SNES games? Google a list of the best SNES games and play what looks good to you. Find a game, stick with it to the end, and you will begin to adapt to the standards of the time and appreciate the games that exceeded them.

>>10126932
>Retro Games That Aged well
>>>/v/

>>10126932
Just pull from one of the many "top x games for y" lists on the internet. Your criteria is so generic that you're not going to get any answers that aren't in those.

>>10126932
so you want easy games?

"aged well" is a term that only exists in contrast to modern games that basically play themselves. Is there are way a game can age outside of difficulty/power fantasy violations?

>>10127028
try answering that question for yourself instead of subjecting everybody else to your psyvamp obtuse bullshit faggot.
>>10126932
mega man and mega man x games are pretty pure platformer experiences. i think everything after the first one aged pretty well. idk about the gameboy versions. i think i tried one of them and it sucked balls, but gameboy games in general tend to suck balls (link's awakening being one exception).

basically atari is a gold mine of games that have aged like fine wine. just download them all and give them a few hours each. if you can't enjoy classics like beat em and eat em or custer's revenge for hours on end then video games probably aren't for you.

>>10127028

Hard games from modern times tend to at least be hard because of thoughtful design, not hard because they're trying to cheat players who merely rented the game rather than bought it.

>>10127082
modern hard games are typically more enemies that take more damage. there's nothing thoughtful about it.

>>10126932
>but doesn't emulate N64
it does, kinda: https://vid.priv.au/watch?v=0DdUnv8UH98
playing N64 games on something that doesn't have an analog stick is extremely stupid though, even if it's fast enough to emulate it

>>10126932
Donkey Kong '94 (Super Gameboy)
Tetris (Gameboy)
any Wario Land
all 2d Zelda
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
any 2d F-Zero
Neo Turf Masters (cellphone)
Super Metroid
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Pokemon Trading Card Game

I wish FOMO wasn't a thing

>>10127027
I agree with this. If you don't know where to begin, I would just go back as far as you care to and try the games that are generally regarded to be the best from that era, and then if you don't like any of them then move forward in time a bit. Unless you just have incredibly specific tastes in games then eventually you will reach a point where the games become appealing and then you know what your limit is.

Regardless of whether games can "age" or not, I find the vast majority of pre-4th gen games to be completely unenjoyable for me, even many of the ones regarded as classics. SNES, Genesis, and TG16 is about as far back as I can go and still enjoy most of their libraries; there's only really six or so NES games I've ever tried that I could stomach.

>>10126932
How can you know if they aged if you didnt even play them? Just try stuff without looking at the date and see what you like.

>>10127082
That's really just assuming intent.
I could just as easily say that old games are hard because of thoughtful design and new games are only hard to try and get you to buy microtransactions.

If you are 30 you probably know the most famous ones.
Start with a couple of systems, maybe try Gameboy a SNES. Skim through top games lists and build yourself a small rom collection to start with.

GBA/GBC:

•Castlevania Aria, Mega Man Zero 1-4, Metroid Zero & Fusion [Special hack], Sonic Advance, Wario Land 2/3

•Donkey Kong GB, Frogger Adventure 2, Game Watch Gallery 1-4, Mr Driller 2, Tetris DX,

•DQ Rocket Slime, For Whom The Frog Tolls, Legend River King 1&2, Mole Mania, Sword Mana [+Quick Menu], Zelda Minish

•Battle Network 2/3/5/6, Mario Luigi Superstar, Pokemon Emerald Alter/Gaia/Sienna/Unbound

•Advance Wars 1&2, Fire Emblem 6+/7+/8+, Shining Force 1,

SNES:
•Sidescrolling Action: Axelay, Black Thorne, Castlevania 4, Demon Crest, Majuu Ou, Mega Man 7 [Refit], MM X1 [Capsule], MM X2, MM X3 [Zero Project], Metroid [Redux], Skyblazer, Great Battle 4-5

•Top Down Action: Bomberman, Gunman's Proof, Illusion of Gaia, Secret Mana [Turbo], Soul Blazer, Terranigma [NTSC hack], Firemen [NTSC], Trials of Mana [Sin of Mana hack], Zelda [Redux], ZAMN

•Platform: Do Re Mi, Holy Umbrella, Magical Popn, Mario World [DX], Ninji Land, Sicari 1&2, Sparkster, Yoshi's Island [+No Crying]

•RPG: Chrono Trigger [Schala Edition], FF4 [Ultima], FF5 [Void], FF6 Divergent Paths, FF6 Brave New World, FF6 T Edition, Front Mission, Ihatovo, Live a Live, Lufia 2, Lodoss War, Robotrek, Last Bible III, Mario RPG

PS1:

•Gamera 2000, Omega Boost, Tempest X3, Vanark

•Bloody Roar 2, Ehrgeiz, Tekken 3, Rival Schools

•Crash 2&3, Spyro

•Alundra [Un-Worked], Brave Fencer Musashi, Brave Prove, Community Pom, Dragon Valor, Legend of Mana,

•MGS 1+VR

•Castlevania Symphony, Goemon Akogingu, Mega Man 8, Oddworld Oddysee/Exodus, Strider 2

•Breath Fire 3&4, FF 7[Retranslation]/8/9, Grandia, Koudelka, Lunar 1&2 [Un-Worked], Parasite Eve 1, Rhapsody 1&2, Saga Frontier 2, Star Ocean 2, Tales of Phantasia, Suikoden 1&2, Thousand Arms, Valkyrie Profile, Wild Arms 1, Xenogears [2.0]

•Brigandine Grand, FF Tactics Lion War, Front Mission 3, Langrisser 4, Saiyuki, Master of Monsters, Nectaris, Tearring Saga, Vandal Hearts 1, Vanguard Bandits

•Devil Dice, Frogger 2 Swampy, Mr Domino, Incredible Crisis,

•CTR, Wipeout 2&3, N-Gen, Rollcage 1&2, Twisted Metal 2, Vigilante 8 2nd

•Aconcagua, Mizzurna Falls, Policenauts

•Res Evil 2&3, Silent Hill, Chaos Break, TRAG

Sega Genesis/Mega Drive + CD:

•Langrisser 1&2, Lunar 1&2*, Phantasy Star 2&4, Pier Solar, Rise of the Dragon, Shadowrun Genesis, Shining Force 1/2/CD, Snatcher, Space Adventure Cobra, Ys III [Relocalized]

•Castlevania Bloodlines, Cave Story, Earthworm Jim 1 & 2, Exile, Gunstar Heroes, Mega Man Wily Wars [weapon master hack], Mega Turrican [Directors Cut], Popful Mail*, Pulseman, Rocket Knight 1&2, Shinobi 2/3, Twinkle Tale, Monster World 3&4

•Animaniacs, Ecco 1 CD & 2 CD, Flashback, Out of This World, Generations Lost, Mickey Mania CD, Castle of Illusion, World of Illusion, Pantufa, Ristar, Sonic Classic Heroes, Sonic 3 Complete, Sonic Mega Mix CD, S-Factor, Mobius Evolution

•MUSHA, Robo Aleste, Panorama Cotton, Thunder Force 2/3/4, Trouble Shooter 1&2, Zero Wing

•Beyond Oasis, Crusader of Centy, The Chaos Engine, True Lies, Xenocrisis

•Columns, Marble Madness, Mean Bean, Rock N Roll Racing

*= Un-Worked Design Hack

>>10127028
>Is there are way a game can age outside of difficulty/power fantasy violations?
Aging is a term used to describe how the design principles of a game measure up against how design principles have changed and ended up over time. It's not inherently bad, but certain visual and mechanical conventions used in the past are heavily representative of their specific point in time, and this means that the presence of those conventions inherently associates that game with the era it was made. Some conventions directly influenced where design principles ended up in the modern age, which means games using those conventions may have "aged well" in the eyes of some people. Some conventions may have detracted from the experience, or been a holdover from previous generations where they served some now-obsolete function. Games with these mechanics may have "aged poorly" to some people.

It's all semantics, and it's all relative. Getting bent out of shape over people describing games as having aged is absolute autistic salt though.

Super Mario Advance 1 and 4.
Keeping it real, SMB 2 and 3 are probably two of the best Super Mario games you can get.

you must be 18 to post

Oh, might as well grab Pokemon: Unbound.
That'll keep you busy for some time.

>>10128578
>you must be 18 to post
Who are you responding to?
Or do you not know where you are right now?
It's okay, kid.

>>10126932
>aged
You're a faggot, but the game did hold up very well.
I've been enjoying playing off and on lately. It really nailed being able to pick up and play for a few minutes that so many handheld games forgot.

>>10126932
>but doesn't emulate N64
trash

>>10126932
Google "Tiny Best Set Go" if you don't already have a ROM set and use that. It's a great start and specifically made for the RG35XX and/or the Miyoo Mini.

>>10126932
https://vsrecommendedgames.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page