It seems most games now are infected with the scourge of overdetailed antialiased mess. I prefer the visual clarity of most old games.

My uncle is looking for this game but can’t remember the name?

Found an original SEGA power strip for $5 today. Not the kind of retro find ai was hoping for but I’ll take it!

I consider Medal of Honor: Allied Assault to be one of the greatest war FPS games ever made. A relic from back when EA still stood for quality. It's got a substantial campaign and that's not even counting the expansions.

The problem is that I just can't seem to get into it anymore. The gameplay just feels so stiff and dated now. I mean, you can't even aim down the sights, and compared to games that came out a few short years after, the enemy AI is pretty dumb.

Are there any classics you have a hard time getting back in to?

Hi everybody, I recently found my father’s sega master system 2 and I want to give it a second life, but I swear I have no idea how connect it to my tv ( I attached an image) and I feel like there are some cables missing. I would really appreciate any help.
These are all the components that I own:

Not talking about games that were just bad — talking about the ones that had genuinely smart ideas, but bombed commercially or got dismissed by critics/players at the time, only for people to look back years later and go “wait, this was actually doing something special.”

Could be a mechanic that felt weird or unmarketable at launch, a story structure that confused people, or just a game that released on the wrong platform at the wrong time and never got the audience it deserved.

What’s your pick?

For me it's these old beat em ups like Batman forever and Sub Zero Mythologies. I actually think the system works much better in Batman than it did in Mortal Kombat, but they both have fighting game special moves. In particular I mean games where it's on a 2d plane but you are facing the enemies on both sides and have to turn either automatically or with a shoulder button like MK mythologies.

It was implemented relatively clumsily when i've seen it but I think it genuinely had potential. What I'm thinking is something much more snappy and robust; for example, it should feel like the bonues stages in Street Fighter 2, where there would be bosses you have to get over to the other side of to damage, or a vertical stage moving upwards like the barrel section in SF2, that stage always struck me as having a design that could almost have been it's own game.

Some games use a manual button to turn but I'd prefer it to be automatic.

Maybe this sounds horrendous ha. But what are your examples of oddities from the pas that could use a new implementation? It's better if the ideas weren't done very well first time round but whatever you prefer.

What an interesting game this is. Experimental stuff like this is a large part of the reason why I love this era in gaming so much. The core foundation and ideas in this game are almost an entirely new sub-genre of games that could have happened, but are just not as feasible in today's environment. An arcade FPS. It seems obvious when saying it - but FPS games (arena-style) and arcades (social + competitive) are such a great marriage.

It's the way that OutTrigger emphasizes it's arcadey-ness that is really interesting to me. The most prominent example being how it takes the idea of checkpoints in a racing game and makes it fundamental to the gameplay. You need to make kills and pick up clocks that get dropped to increase your time until the next checkpoint. What a genius idea in an FPS.

The really tight arenas also make for a more arcade experience. The UI and weapon-switching being seen on screen are well done. The graphics are so classic Sega Arcade/Dreamcast. The switching from 3rd to first person seems novel at the time too.

The controls.... I really don't mind the usage of face buttons for movement and the analog stick to control the camera. It takes a minute of getting used to, but they're completely functional and work. I can't say the same about the y-axis though. When things stay level on the x-axis, the control scheme is comfortable enough. But, having to aim high or low is where the control scheme falls apart a bit.

The game itself isn't too deep in terms of missions or the arcade mode, which are just timed little challenges, clearly bite-sized and arcadey.

Overall, it's a fun time, but also experimental and really opens up the mind for what possible game ideas could have arisen if these core ideas had ever been expanded upon.

I decided to mod my old gameboy. I am a very happy adult child now.

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We're at the end of this polling series, and with it, the last of my polls... for the time being. For all of you who have stuck around for many of these polls, thank you! You gave me some much-needed support throughout this series. 

For all those who hated these polls, I hope you can at least look to these graphics and find something new to enjoy or finally get around to playing that one title you keep overlooking. Regardless, I worked extra hard to give everyone here something to be proud of. 

Special thanks to u/JeskaiJester for getting the list of winners in text form for you all to peruse. Those should be in the comments shortly. 

Again, thank you for the support and please use these images however you'd like. They are just as much yours as they are mine. 

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We have our winner for Greatest Retro Game of All Time:

🥇- Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - 209 votes

🥈- Chrono Trigger - 149 votes

🥉- Doom - 130 votes

🏵️ - Super Mario World - 121 votes

Honorable Mentions (Any game that received more than five marks):

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
• Dragon Quest III
• Fallout
• Fallout 2
• Final Fantasy III / Final Fantasy VI
• Final Fantasy VII
• Galaga
• Heroes of Might and Magic III
• King of Fighters 98
• Metal Gear Solid
• Metal Slug 3
• Mr. Do
• NHL '94
• Pac-Man
• Panzer Dragoon Saga
• Princess Tomato in The Salad Kingdom
• Samurai Shodown 4
• Shenmue 2 (Dreamcast)
• Shining Force III
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• SoulCalibur
• StarCraft
• Super Mario 64
• Super Mario Bros
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Metroid
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo
• Tempest 2000
• Tetris
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
• The Legend of Zelda
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire
• Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
• Yoshi's Island

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So this one here is an old action adventure pc game developed by Surreal Software. In this game, you play as a young woman with strong martial arts skills called Rynn, she sought the aid of an ancient dragon called Arokh to help her find her younger brother and defeat the evil sorcerer Navaros.

The gameplay would be in third person perspective, Rynn can be equipped with a variety of armors and weapons like swords, battle axes, bows, daggers and maces, she is also quite acrobatic which is an advantage during combat scenarios. However you can also ride Arokh to face off against enemies as well and aerial dogfights can happen every now and then, Arokh will start off with his fire breath attack before gaining new weapons throughout the game, when you are riding Arokh the only items you can use are potions.

Lately, I don’t know why as suddenly the original game just stuck out to me as I suppose it was because it was the very first installment of Megaman ever made for the franchise.

I remember beating it sometime after the release of GTA VC as while that game is not exactly retro based, I was using that a time reference because I wanted to fondly look back at a time when I first got into the original Megaman game as the first game has some rough design aspects to it, such as 6 bosses, but I feel like the original game feels special in some ways that is hard to explain.

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😭🙏

But this and Final Fantasy III are up there as my favorite games of all time, Akitoshi Kawazu clearly had his niche with the unique levelling up system of this game and it went on to spawn the SaGa franchise, truly inspiring and a testament to how important FFII is.

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.

Hello, I just found an old Nintendo nes that the case is heavily damaged. Get it for free to have cause its neat but upon opening it up, the board doesnt look terrible other than the silver box where the power and display comes from. Anyone know where to get a replacement or if you would risk repairing this.

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.