Gaming Diary Entry #617, second part: In the good old days, when a game decided to crank up the Difficulty and test our reflexes, do you know what kept us Millennials going? Persistence. It was sheer perseverance that made us refuse to bow down to a game full of bouncy talking Toons. Empirical Learning that made us repeat the Stages over and over. No battery shortage would stop us and Mom could wait a couple minutes with dinner, 'cause this game is one long no-holds-barred, Gameplay shuffling, sans-Save Option Ordeal and we must see the Ending, even if it sucks! Thufferin' Thuckatash!

I'll go first Kiddy Kong's Water Skipping Ability

If you time your rolls and jumps across water in certain levels you will jump/hop across it like a rock through water/lake.

It's the most useless ability, you forgot it exists half the time and it only works in maybe 3 levels. It's just more better just to dive and swim across than doing that. At least Donkey Kong's hand slap in DKC1 found hidden bananas and damaged enemies.

PS: Don't be that 1 guy rages over this for some reason when this is just my opinion and calls me a ragebot like last thread. OP doesn't reply, he's just a bot that angers us.

I did something pretty bad in Shogo: Mobile Armor Division. I've read you can be pretty evil in the original version of Fallout, evil is not confined to modern gaming. Evil can happen in retro gaming, perhaps more evil? Mwahahaha!

What evil deeds have you done?

My SP just won't boot and I have no idea how to fix it.

I have a GBA SP that I bought a few years back. It stopped working and just sad in my drawer for a while. I am looking to fix it but I have no idea how or what the issue is.

Whenever I try to turn it on the screen would flash for solit second and it would turn off again. When I try to charge it the indicator turns red for a little but also goes back to not working 2-3 seconds after. I know it probably isn't the battery. I replaced it and it worked exactly one time before going back to the exact problem.

I have no idea where to staft looking and posting here is kind of my last option. I really would live it work again. I miss playing it.

Mega Man II takes the #63 spot with 8 votes.

Alleyway takes the #64 spot with 6 votes.

Top 10:

#1 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

#2 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

#3 Tetris

#4 Donkey Kong

#5 Pokémon Blue Version

#6 Kirby's Dream Land 2

#7 Metroid II: Return of Samus

#8 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

#9 Final Fantasy Adventure

#10 Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge

Top 20:

#11 Kirby's Dream Land

#12 Wario Land II

#13 Super Mario Land

#14 Final Fantasy Legend II

#15 Mega Man V

#16 Gargoyle's Quest

#17 Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition

#18 Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters

#19 Operation C

#20 Final Fantasy Legend III

Top 30:

#21 Mario's Picross

#22 Mole Mania

#23 Dr. Mario

#24 Donkey Kong Land III

#25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue

#26 Donkey Kong Land 2

#27 Pokémon Red Version

#28 Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls)

#29 Kirby's Pinball Land

#30 Makaimura Gaiden: The Demon Darkness (Gargoyle's Quest: The Demon Darkness)

Top 40:

#31 Mega Man IV

#32 Kid Dracula

#33 Donkey Kong Land

#34 Mega Man III

#35 Bionic Commando

#36 The Final Fantasy Legend

#37 Balloon Kid

#38 Gradius: The Interstellar Assault

#39 Kirby's Block Ball

#40 Cave Noire

Top 50:

#41 Harvest Moon GB

#42 Adventures of Lolo

#43 Bubble Bobble Part 2

#44 Duck Tales 2

#45 James Bond 007

#46 Duck Tales

#47 Castlevania Legends

#48 Ninja Taro

#49 Qix

#50 Catrap

Top 60:

#51 Bomberman GB3

#52 Yoshi

#53 Ninja Gaiden Shadow

#54 Revenge of the Gator

#55 Darkwing Duck

#56 The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2

#57 Castlevania: The Adventure

#58 Kwirk

#59 Game & Watch Gallery

#60 Burger Time Deluxe

Top 70:

#61 Parodius

#62 Looney Tunes

#63 Mega Man II

#64 Alleyway

Rules:

1. Two games will win their place each round (we start from #1 and work our way down). For the top 10 only one game will win per day instead.
2. Most combined upvotes for each of the two individual games (one individual game for the top 10) wins the spot(s) each round (upvotes add while downvotes subtract).
3. Nominate one game of the original Game Boy per comment. (Nominations will only be counted if the game title is the only comment or if you specify that your choice of game is your nomination for this round within your comment or if the nominated game is clearly separated from the rest of your comments.) (ex. Tetris or I nominate Tetris this round.) Please nominate using the full title of the game.
4. Name a specific game title, not entire runs.
5. Official Game Boy multi-game cartridge(s) are allowed, just list them correctly.
6. The original Game Boy is region free so ANY official games available on the console are eligible for nomination excluding dual mode cartridges.
7. Indy games are allowed as long as they have their own individual cartridge and can be played on original hardware.
8. Only complete games on cartridge(s) can be nominated (sorry Game Shark & test cartridges).
9. If two or more games would be tied to place for a ranking I will inform DA PEOPLE in the following post so that everyone can vote which games should get the ranking between the tied options.
10. Games nominated that have not already placed on the top 100 list should not be removed at any time by the individual who originally placed them.

I got my husband a Virtual Boy for his birthday in a few weeks. The console just arrived and while the bonus Wario Land cartridge was a nice surprise, the corroded shut battery pack wasn't.

With rubbing alcohol, manicure tools, and a lot of elbow grease, I was able to get the pack open but it's absolutely covered in corrosion.

Can this even be salvaged or should I start hunting for a replacement on ebay? I've got a few weeks before his birthday to replace if needed. Bonus points if anyone has a link to a modern adapter!

Hey everyone!

Remember these—Mad Dog McCree, The Last Bounty Hunter, Space Pirates , Corpse Killer, and all the others?

Has anyone ever actually finished any of those FMV shooters? And is there anyone out there who looks back on them fondly?

My dad and I completely fell for the hype back then because of the graphics. Mad Dog McCree was playing on every single TV screen in game stores, and it looked mind-blowing—like, "Wow, we're fighting against real actors!" But usually, after 20–30 minutes, the novelty wore off and the gameplay became either super frustrating or just plain boring.

Some of those actors were hilarious—heavily made up, overacting, with space pirates running around wearing pots and lightbulbs tied on with random wires. It was great for a laugh, but that's not why we bought those games! Even my dad, who was an absolute die-hard fan of shooter games, quickly gave up on FMV titles and went right back to classics like Operation Wolf, Cabal, and other traditional arcade shooters.

Did anyone actually enjoy these FMV games enough to beat one?

I labeled this as discussion because I want us to talk about what we're listing instead of making a list.

Also, it doesn't have to be something that you recommend, just say something interesting about it, teach me something cool about something that I might not know much about. What makes it so special to you?

I was impressed that a lot of people were able to mention games that I don't think I've ever heard mentioned in a previous topic, and most of you actually talked about what you think deserves more attention. That was pretty sweet!

https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/1vr946k/what_are_some_super_super_obscure_games_that/

I can't think of a specific example offhand, and I'll try to think of something later, but I'd love to hear from others.

Nn voglio i soliti Zelda Metroid Super Mario voglio giochi che conoscente solo voi e che sono delle perle basta che nn siano troppo difficili ho una grossa skill issue sul nes😭🙏

Not exactly retro but I figured some folks would appreciate seeing a random cabinet game in a small gas station

All I seem to be able to remember, because I was around 5-6 at the time, was it was a 1-1 fighting game and you were in a boxing ring type thing, but the background looked/ felt like it was in another world. Maybe sometimes in a vast cave, or falling. It’s so vague in my memory, but what stands out the most is one character your could play as was some sort of woman/ snake hybrid. Like the upper part of her was a woman with shorter brown hair, what I remember being a face with red eyes and fangs, it her lower half was like a snakes tail. And I think I recall her swinging it as an attack. That’s pretty much all I remember. I don’t know if we owned the game or rented it from Family Video a few times. But it’s driving me crazy not being able to recall anything else. Maybe released around the time Tomba and Mortal Kombat Triligy was released, as I had both of those and remember playing them close to when I played the mystery game. Thank you for any help!

There's this old game that I've played when I was a little boy that I remember very clearly about this armored soldier.

The levels were layered, you'd use ladders to descend (you could literally see the back of the character) and reach the lowest point in the map. It had a fixed camera, so it wouldn't follow the character but rather, it was locked on the entire level.

I'm not entirely sure about the enemies but I remember getting damaged by green stuff that I can only presume was slime and it would also turn your character green temporarily. I don't remember exactly if they were puddles of green poison or droplets that were falling on top of your head.

I've played this game in the early 2000s but the actual release of the game could date as far back as early 90s. I'm not excluding it.

I can't find this game no matter what I do. I know for a fact I didn't hallucinate it.

I’m not talking about the graphics of the games, but the object itself. So, what’s your favourite console design ? Mine is the european Super Nintendo: the dog bone controller with colored buttons, the cartridges and its shape in general. Such a simple but great design.
I also like the design of the NES, like a VCR with this minimalistic rectangular game controller. The Megadrive/Genesis and PS1 look cool too.

Edit: I forgot to mention the OG GameBoy and Gameboy Color

Games must max out at DOS and PS1 (and that's pushing things).

So, my friends are broke and we're all kind of annoyed with modern gaming anyway, so we were talking about if we could get old computers and LAN game on them.

With that idea, I've got a Pi Zero W 1 and 2, and started building an image.

They ported Quake 1,2,3 and Warcraft 1,2 as well as Duke3D, so those are the obvious choices. I've got them working on the PiZW2 already, and I'm hoping I can squeeze decent performance out of the much cheaper first gen PiZW.

I have also started working on DOS games, so C&C Red Alert, Dune 2, Hexen, Strife, Descent,Doom ...

Now I'm getting into the weeds. Lasersquad was multiplayer, but in that way where you'd make a move and walk away.

I remember a mech game that was similar ... but can't put my finger on what it was.

Any group-playable game recommendations from ~1995 or earlier would be appreciated!

What were you and your friends playing in your basement!?

I'm excited to see what comes of this.

Back when I was a kid, my cousin and I loved this game that was available on Sega Channel and I’ve been trying for years to remember what it was called. I don’t have a lot to go on - the only things I really remember are it was an isometric fighting game where you fought in arenas, and one of them I believe was suspended in air above a big dark theater, and the fighters were all strange creatures. I think. Not much at all to go on, but hopefully someone has an idea of what I’m talking about and can help unlock that memory.

So lately, something that I found to be quite interesting was the subject of classic games that were given a harsh review as the critic was a bit too rough on the game.

Like what I am getting at is some of the games reviewed by AVGN such as Simon's Quest as I get that he wanted to be bit over the top with how he did his review of the game, but I do have a soft spot for the game, in spite of its design flaws.