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Looking for retro game recommendations (lemmy.world)
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I'm looking for recommendations for games to get for my retroid picket 3. I like platfirmers, metroidvania, turn based games and driving games.

Any suggestions gratefully received!

Thanks in advance.

Edit: thanks for all the replies - so many more than I expected! Plenty for me to take a look at. :-)

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[–] the16bitgamer@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (6 children)

The device looks like it'll be good to play most games upto the PSP. While I can suggest the usual suspects, Super Metroid, Metroid 4, SotN, Pokemon I'm going to suggest odd-ball games which I like

Game Boy

  • Super Mario Bros Deluxe (NES Mario 1 & JP Mario 2 with saves and bonus features)
  • Harry Potter 1,2,&3 (Turn Based RPGs, bit rough but an excellent sound track)
  • Mickey's Speedway USA (made by Rare, fantastic soundtrack, top down racer, GBC game so controls are wonky)

GBA

  • Crash Nitro Kart (smoother and plays better IMHO than Super Circuit, controls require some patience to master)
  • Spongebob Squarepants the Movie the Game (Made by Wayforward, and is better than I'd expect a license game to be)
  • Jurassic Park Operation Genesis (Zoo tycoon with Dinos on GBA)

Genesis

  • Ren & Stimpy Stimpy's Invention (beautiful and painful platformer)
  • TMNT Hyperstone Heist (Turtles in Time, but legally distinct so Nintendo didn't sue)
  • Scooby-Doo Mystery (A point and click adventure on the Genesis, yes they made one)

SNES

PlayStation

  • Pac-Man World 20th Anniversary (3D Platformer that's aged well)
  • Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase (A 3D Platformer that hasn't)
  • Harry Potter 1&2 (We have the Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time at home)
  • Rugrats Search for Reptar (if you like the show you'll like the game, otherwise it makes PS1 Hagrid look like the monalisa)
  • The Emperor's New Groove (3D Platformer that's aged a lot better than it should've)

PSP

  • Star Wars Battlefront II, Renegade Squadron, & Elite Squadron (same concept, 3 different implementations, all have their pros and cons)
  • Modnation Racers (yes they ported a PS3 game to a portable with less power than a PS2, and it's not half bad)
  • LittleBigPlanet (same deal, just with a platformer)
  • LEGO Star Wars II/LEGO Indiana Jones (PS2 games ported to PSP)
[–] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I got a retroid pocket 3+ for Christmas. Loaded it up with JRPGs, but this list seems like some fun games to play when I finish one so I don't burn out on that genre. Thanks a lot!

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

so I don't burn out on that genre.

This is the way.

I feel most games we have today are just reskins of open world/action rpg lol.

I am in the middle of a game session of Breath Of The Wild and I wanted something fresher and more action packed (and with a badass soundtrack) and I picked up almost blindly Nier Automata, it is kinda what I was looking but still open world and action RPG haha, my bad for not doing the proper research though.

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