I just bought a handheld emulator (Anbernic RG35XX) and I’m now overwhelmed with options.
I’m also expecting to be destroyed by the games some of you were playing as children, but whatever. Anything PS1 and older is appreciated.
Literally none of them. I go back to visit my old blast from the past games and boy do they suck.
Except Left4Dead 2
I just played Super Mario World again. Great game!
With DevilutionX you can also play the original Diablo with gamepad controls.
Starfox 64 is also awesome.
And the original Tomb Raider is always great.
Not a childhood game, but the Japan-only SNES strategy RPG Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is a great handheld emulator game! There’s English patches for it.
Some random games from the mid 90s and earlier that I enjoyed when I was younger:
PS1: Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy 9, Lego Racing
SNES: Final Fantasy 4, Super Mario World
GBA (not of this era, but they’ll probably run on your Anbernic): Fire Emblem (any of the GBA games, but Blazing Blade aka just Fire Emblem is a great starting point), Metroid Fusion
GBC: Link’s Awakening DX
Edit: GB: Donkey Kong 94
These are made for X86, so I’m not sure they technically count as “old games”, but I’ve had a blast with recompiled+ported versions of TLoZ:OoT and Perfect Dark.
Ship Of Harkinian in particular adds so many features and improvements, that I’m not sure I would enjoy the original OoT played on an actual N64.
They may still hold up when emulated, though…
The real camera controls in Ship of Harkinian are a game changer. It suddenly feels like a modern game.
I’m going to be honest, that’s the one improvement I’ve never used - the original pseudo tank controls are fine to me, at least on a X360 controller
Interesting, the camera is almost always the weakest link in early 3D games for me.
The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness was a fun one I played growing up
