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?
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.
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 😁
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.
Built an arcade machine running MAME. We have been playing a lot of Boogie Wings and Windjammers.
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.
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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!
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
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.
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 am playing the Gameboy 3DS and also the laptop with a duckstation
I started Phantasy Star on my Odroid GO Ultra. Was looking for the game on my Master System but the pricing is a little over the top. Purely priced for “collectors” and not gamers.
Finished playing Summon Night Swordcraft Story GBA, playing Ghost Trick Phantom Detective NDS, and started yet again Final Fantasy IV this time on the GBA, all emulated in my Android phone thanks to Lemuroid.
Also started playing Resident Evil 3 PSX on my Android tablet (also Lemuroid).
Deus Ex and System Shock.
Jumped back into Yoshi’s Island recently. So good.
I haven’t started but I really want to play through Golden Sun again.
After a pause of several years, I gifted myself all the DLC and went back to playing Dead Cells. I´m also still pretty addicted to Nova Drift, which is on sale atm.
I’m playing Zelda Link’s Awakening DX. There’s a fan made patch that fixes annoying things like those text boxes popping up every time you pick up an acorn, or when you touch a rock without wearing the strength bracelet. And I was able to continue playing the same save file.
I really didn’t think the game would be all that good but it’s great. The whole island feels very alive and every screen has something special about it. I wouldn’t mind the next generation of Zelda being a little bit like this.
On the remote chance you don’t already know - definitely check out Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages. They have the same engine but have much cleverer gameplay and dungeons and much deeper stories.
