Nostalgic games
5 years ago
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Even before this whole quarantine craziness, I always take some time to replay some of my favorite childhood games.
Obviously if you’ve seen my recent gallery you can assume I’ve been playing super Mario world 😂 Subconsciously got through almost the entire game without dying once, until I wasn’t paying attention and got hit by a fire ball. SMW was my first game I ever played so it’s one I hold very close to my heart, despite not playing many other Mario games.
Also been revisiting age of empires II (I need to get the remastered steam version so I can finally play it multiplayer) which I revisit probably annually along with roller coaster tycoon 1.
What are the top games you seem to revisit the most? Whether it’s nostalgia or the game is just too good to put down?
(PS I read all comments but don’t often have the energy to respond to them all, but I appreciate every response I get!)
Obviously if you’ve seen my recent gallery you can assume I’ve been playing super Mario world 😂 Subconsciously got through almost the entire game without dying once, until I wasn’t paying attention and got hit by a fire ball. SMW was my first game I ever played so it’s one I hold very close to my heart, despite not playing many other Mario games.
Also been revisiting age of empires II (I need to get the remastered steam version so I can finally play it multiplayer) which I revisit probably annually along with roller coaster tycoon 1.
What are the top games you seem to revisit the most? Whether it’s nostalgia or the game is just too good to put down?
(PS I read all comments but don’t often have the energy to respond to them all, but I appreciate every response I get!)
Super Mario Sunshine
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time + Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Toss The Turtle
I love that game!! Finding all the cool secret chao areas was really exciting as a kid
I keep saying we need Chao stuff to come back. To this day it's so relaxing and enjoyable nurturing a little cute creature.
Turtles in Time will always be a favorite of mine, because it's fast paced and fun.
Sorta playing into this, I recently got the Trials of Mana remake - I played the fan translated rom a lot in the early 2000's and since I loved the predecessor Secret of Mana. The remake is surprisingly faithful to the original and does not try to be a modern game as many of the current remakes are.
I also tend to play some of the older Mega Man games (2 and 3 in particular) as well as the first Mega Man X every now and then. Still such great games. :D
And yeah, they were most definitely heavily inspired by the Alien franchise.
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And hey, as long as I have that ps2, I will always be ready to boot it up and play God Hand.
Oh, and almost any Nintendo 64 game. Some good gems there. Mario 64 was pretty much my real first game.
The longer time passes the more I realize just how good these games were. Most times I play old games I'm reminded how much better things have become. But these games hit a level of complexity (and relative polish) that is still good to this day. And the reboots take away some of the core things that made the games feel the way they do so I just feel like there's no game like them that's better...
It's a romhack of the original title that changes up all the item locations in the game using a logic system that prevents any given seed from being unclearable. You might have the Master Sword and 8 hearts before you take Zelda to the Sanctuary; you might have to clear several bosses with nothing but a magic hammer and a few bottles to speak of!
Doom
Duke
Shadow Warrior
Custom Robo
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Jets 'n Guns (which has a sequel in early access that is amazing)
Need to figure out how to set up a guitar hero rom or "Clone Hero" as it were, and get a guitar to use and play
Big SNES fan here.
Quite good.
Zelda A Link To The Past
Chrono Trigger
Pretty much most the early Final Fantasy Games
The older Harvest Moon games I'll always remeber playing Harvest Moon Back To Nature for the first time.....good times
And a few others i cant think off top my head
Quake 2
Unreal Tournament
Unreal
SSX tricky
007 Goldeneye
Red Alert
MechCommander Gold
Unreal
Ground Control
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
And many more.
Any of the DS era pokemon games. Black and White 2 are god tier and some of the best in the series.
The older Harvest moon games, especially 3 on gb
Command and Conquer Series (Excluding 4, for reasons that become obvious with only a cursory glance)
MechCommander Series
MechWarrior Series
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Super Metroid
These especially resonate with me and I revisit them often:
Xenogears
Chrono Trigger
Suikoden I & II
Final Fantasy IV, VI
Homeworld
System Shock 2
Quintet / Enix SNES games (Actraiser, Soulblazer, Illusion of Gaia)
Vagrant Story
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Ogre Battle
Metroid GBA games (Fusion, Zero Mission)
Homeworld Cataclysm
and some obscure 90s games lost to time
Super Mario Sunshine
RE3 original ps1
Breath of fire 3
Zelda: a link to the past
hmmm i cant think of anything else but im still waking up x3
Star War Battlefront I & II (2004/2005)
Total Annihilation
C&C Generals
Red Alert (1996)
F-Zero GX
Pokemon Stadium
3rd Strike
Vampire Savior
RE Outbreak
There's a lot more I play but those are just some of the ones I played recently. Expect SF, I play that all the time lol
Wish there was a decent way to run Zoo Tycoon 1 & 2 on Windows 10... and that I can play Jet Set Radio Future on newer platforms.
Jak 2 & Jak 3 💕
Spyro
Wildlife Park
Sly 2 & Sly 3
Elder Scroll's: Morrowind
Monster Hunter World
Zelda: Windwaker
had I not lost my playstation 2, then I would definetly have played more ratchet and clank for sure.
Decsent
Transport tycoon - can be downloaded as it's now open source!
Half Life 1 and 2
F Zero X
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
The N64 Zelda games
Crusader on the PC, if anyone remembers that!
To name but a few
I don't know many people who played this game but it was a gem that I had growing up and I've revisited over the years. Very fun fighting robots as a little smart-mouthed yellow tank.
Warzone 2100
C&C series
Yoshi's Island
Man, fond memories of those. Also am supremely excited for C&C Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert to soon have their remastered versions come out! I've een wanting to re-play them and it's gonna be better than ever when they're finally here.
Also, Nintendo games are just love.
Prince of Persia
and Arc the Lad haha
I also recently found my roller coaster tycoon cd rom!
Warcraft 3... at least before Blizzard killed it.
MediEvil is a constant favorite
Thanks to GoG I've gotten back into Majesty and Dungeon Keeper
Gran Turismo 4
Kirby's Air Ride
Burnout 3
Sim City 4
Racing games made up a lot of my childhood so they revitalize a lot of good memories but while I might have had more PS2 games than Gamecube games, My gamecube has the highest concentration of favorites of any console I could just say when I turn on my Gamecube I know I'm always going to have a good nostalgia trip.
All versions of Counter-Strike, depending on my mood, are fun to go back to. That was the definition of FPS for me.
Tons of old, random consoles as well, less now since not at many have traveled with me in recent moves.
Kirby Super Star,
Addams Family (snes),
Bomberman Hero,
Mario All Stars.
that's my main 5
Armored Core: Master of Arena
Biometal
Contra: Hard Corps/Probotector
Crusader: No Remorse/No Regret
Die by the Sword
Hellfire (MegaDrive)
Legend of Dragoon
Master of Orion 2
Omega Boost
Punisher (PS2)
Perfect Dark
Aoe II
I highly suggest Open RCT2 if you love roller coaster tycoon : https://openrct2.org/
world of warcraft
roblox
minecraft
a few mario games
right now i'm revisiting sadx and that's been p fun! i'm planning to revisit other games but idk which
king's quest 5...loom...demon's crest...
princess tomato in the salad kingdom...
willow on the NES...
diablo 1 and warcraft 2...
digimon world and digimon world 2003 for ps1
kingdom hearts 1 and 2
super metriod
super mario 3 super mario world paper mario the thousand year door and the best of them super mario RPG
any and all old school LOZ games
pokemon yellow
and sevral sevral more
- Dark Souls 1-3
- Bloodborne
- World of Warcraft
- Dota 2
i'm sure there's more that i can think of (and i don't think the soulsborne games count as 'nostalgic games' yet lmao) but im certain i can think of a few games i enjoy later on that i would love to revisit 😊
Other than that, Resident Evil, in general.
And then Metroid, I'd say.
Super Mario 64
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1
Tetris
Pokemon Puzzle League or Planet Puzzle League. (Same game different asthetics)
Also planing to revisit "Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising" at some point
I can barely remember the first game I ever played since I was 3 years old, it was on a kindergarten computer and it was a... windows 95 I believe. But the first memorable game I've played has to be Nanosaur, which I played when I was 5/6 years old way back in 1998 and 1999.
Hey, if you ever want to play a co-op game of Age of Empires II Definitive against the AI or something then hit me up on Steam. Name is Tattorack, just like on here.
Starfox assault
heroes might and magic 3
age of empires 2 the remastered version
Another one would be morrowind.
and tho not that old as the other ones, cave story is always worth a revisit
Old School RuneScape, the ressurection of my first MMO. I loved RuneScape 2 which was back in 2007 ish era. Old School RuneScape is just more of the same and I love it. There is an interesting video by J1mmy called: "Why People Still Play Runescape in 2020" it's an interesting, though rambly, look into why people (like me) still play RuneScape.
Dwarf Fortress, by far the most complex and interesting game I've played. This game just makes memory and memory, story after story, all because of the crazy shit that can happen.
Monster Hunter series. I love grinding, if you couldn't tell that by RuneScape being on my list. Monster Hunter is literally just a game about grinding bosses, and that just scratches some itch I get. I may take long breaks but I always keep coming around.
The most nostalgic game for me is Mischief Makers. There is so much odd charm to it; the ost is unforgettable. Unfortunately there will probably never be another game as it was owned by Enix.