Recently purchased a Retroid Pocket 3+ and have the chance to play all the games I didn’t grow up with. Which ones are a must?
Super Metroid and Chrono Trigger are the first two I think of personally. Just historically great games with legacies that are still felt today.
Are there still wars being fought over which version of Chrono Trigger is best to play? I’ve always heard mixed opinions about the steam release but that one seems easiest to setup and play.
Are there still wars being fought over which version of Chrono Trigger is best to play?
Those kinda died out as Square kept patching the PC port (last one I heard of was last year!) to get it to an acceptable state.
Personally, I always try to go for the closest possible version to the original as much as I can. While the PC port is probably the most feature-rich and has extra content, if emulators are in the equation then I go that route.
Both of these suggestions rock! Definitely some of the best games in the genre period.
I’m currently replaying SoTN for the 6th time right now. I can’t recommended it enough.
I will saying playing it on a handheld like the Rg35xx or the RP3+ is made drastically better by applying the Qhack mod. It fixes the resolution scaling for 4:3 during the main gameplay giving you substantially more screen size.
It unfortunately does open a passage earlier than intended, but I can’t go back to the original on my pocket. It’s easy enough to ignore until you’d normally open it.
MYST, and if you enjoyed that, Riven and Myst 3
I’d start with those games;
- Donkey Kong (Arcade), because the arcade game made Nintendo what it is today.
- Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64), one of the Nintendo 64’s first ever games, my cousin introduced me to it and I loved it as a kid.
- DOOM 64 (Nintendo 64), a port to the N64, it is the grandfather of FPS.
- Goldeneye 007 (Nintendo 64), the father of FPS, and it started the era of the modern FPS you usually see from AAA publishers nowadays.
- Metal Gear Solid (Playstation), if you had a Playstation back then, then you have probably heard of this game, which is considered one of the greatest games of all-time.
- Any of the Spyro the Dragon games on Playstation, I actually never played them myself, but it’s undoubtedly a classic to play.
- The Crash Bandicoot games on Playstation, again, I never played them, but it’s also a cult classic.
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64), one of the greatest games of all-time, also defined the N64 too.
- Perfect Dark (Nintendo 64), the spiritual successor to Goldeneye 007. A very good game to play, that also pushed the N64 to its limits too, as the N64 was at its EOL.
- F-ZERO GX (GameCube), you don’t usually see this game recommend to anyone looking to play some retro games, but this, my opinion, is the best F-Zero game in the franchise. It’s very difficult, but once you get used to it, it’s rewarding.
The most important part about playing, is to have fun! I hope you enjoy the games you play!
GOG makes it super easy to find retro games (e.g. pre-2000: https://www.gog.com/en/games?releaseDateRange=1980,2000), some very good games like Deus Ex and Sam & Max are all available on there.