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I've essentially only emulated Pokemon games from my childhood and their romhacks previously. But now I'm looking to play things I just completely missed because I was too young, not born, or didn't have the system then.

So what are your favorites?

Emulating on Android with Lemuroid btw.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Play Gunstar Heroes right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Gyruss - NES.

Avenging Spirit - Nintendo Gameboy (B&W)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've finished it a couple of times as a kid, but playing Golden Axe II again (and again) never gets old.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My favorites are The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Yoshi's Island. I also like the classic Mario games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Super Metroid on SNES. Amazing, great game. My absolute favorite. And if it interests you, there are a lot of good ROM hacks for the game, giving you near infinite replay-ability.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and more recently Link's Awakening. Also the older Pokemon gameboy titles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So I've never played a single Zelda game. Which one do I start on?

I did play like 2 hours of BoTW on switch and just never got back to it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A Link to the Past is the one you want to start on. It'll get you right to the heart of what makes the classic Zelda games so good. If that's too retro for you, play Ocarina of Time, you can't go wrong with that masterpiece.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Should I do the SNES version or GBA?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you're doing emulation, just go SNES. GBA is only worth playing if you're going to play it on an actual GBA.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There are exceptions, but for most games, given a choice between SNES and GBA versions, the SNES one is better. Usually sound is severely compressed on the GBA and the visuals are washed out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Some of the GBA remakes also added in voice tracks, like Mario saying "Just what I needed!" whenever you get a mushroom, or Link doing his grunts and "hii-yahs" whenever you swing the sword. I guess I could see how some people might think those were neat, but I mostly found them annoying, especially given the quality of the GBA audio.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Going to show my age here… Fool’s errand and Dark Castle. Mac games of much nostalgia.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Fool's Errand was such a good puzzler with a great sense of humour. Come to think of it, so was DC and BDC(beyond).

Play Fool's Errand online here for: Mac and DOS

Dark Castle is Here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Already got them, thanks! Must admit to being deeply disappointed by 3s in 3. Didn’t live up to Errand at all.