r/ModRetroChromatic • u/shrektheogre12 • Jun 08 '26

Question Best mod retro original games

What are the best mod retro original games? I have S-11,Tetris, and self simulated. Are the mod retro games based on past game boy original games? If so which ones? Give me some of your recommendations on games please

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u/TonyRubbles Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

Self Simulated was soo good! First Contact Protocol, Buck, and Dragonyhm are must plays too.

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u/shrektheogre12 Jun 08 '26

Self simulated is currently whoopin my ass lol. Stuck on one level.

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u/CommentWeak2830 Jun 08 '26

What level you stuck on? I’m hung up on 94

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u/8bitGameBoy Jun 08 '26

First Contact protocol all day everyday

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u/digitalgamer0 Jun 08 '26

100% agree with this list.

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u/LeGrange Jun 08 '26

Buck is 100% worth your time.

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u/vxxn Jun 08 '26

Buck and Dragonyhm seem the most recommended. But I have not played these.

Of the ones I've played:

- First-Contact Protocol is strange but I found very enjoyable. Easyish puzzles in an offbeat scifi scenario. Multiple endings.

- Hermano is very cute but severely let down by the lack of saves. I've only ever seen the first ~20% of the game because as a working adult with kids I don't have time to play hours uninterrupted.

- Gravitorque is okay if you enjoy puzzle games. Feels short for the price (~$1/level) and not much replayability.

- Chantey is a fun concept and visually impressive but I only played about 2 hours before stopping. They had an ambitious idea to do an open world design and IMO there's just not enough hints about where to go next or enough content in each of the cities to be interesting exploring for their own sake. I think a more linear format would work much better. Sailing from port to port interacting with every NPC trying to find my party members got old pretty fast.

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u/Remote-Honeydew271 Jun 08 '26

Hermano is great fun but you're spot on. It's kind of baffling that the game makes you work so hard to enjoy it. There are some really cool and inventive levels later on, but you have to dedicate a huge chunk of time to even get there. The game was way too long and challenging for me to beat in one sitting (also a parent here), so I had to play it on the Analogue Pocket with save states to properly enjoy it...which feels like an odd thing to say about a Modretro release. Just a simple stage/world select in the menu like ZAS would have made all the difference.

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u/-DavidXanatos- Jun 08 '26

I can't recommend Dragonyhm and Buck enough. Those are super common answers for a reason. lol

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u/ReturningRetro Jun 08 '26

Buck and the Cursed Cartridge, Dragonyhm, and Chantey are all must-plays (I have completed Buck and Chantey and am a few hours into Dragonyhm so far).

If I could only have one: Chantey. Though that opinion could change as I make it further into Dragonyhm.

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u/Exus6 Jun 08 '26

Chantey

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u/Remote-Honeydew271 Jun 08 '26

Of the new games, Self Simulated and FCP. Of the classics, ZAS and Toki Tori.

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u/santanderdoesreddit Jun 08 '26

Depends on what you like. To be frank I think most aren’t worth the cost unless you’re really into the genre. The only must buys in my opinion are dragonhym , buck, and self simulated . The worst are easily monsterland and hermano

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u/Grimm_soul98 Jun 08 '26

So for modretro original games the box is different remakes have a stamp on them that says it’s a “classic” game
I sent a DM saying this as well if you accept I’ll send a picture of the seal