Retro games and emulation - Discuss retro shit in case you're stuck in the past or a hipster

[Judge Dredd]

Out of curiosity, are their any oldhats here that were around when OoT came out? Outside of journalists and magazine scores, what'd you think of it and was the consensus like in highschool, college or among coworkers for you?

As others said, it was well liked. One thing that's lost in modern versions is the discovery. I remember a lot of rumours about a light blue/silver tunic at the bottom of Kakariko well. People finding obscure secrets like the invisible gem at the top of the drawbridge chain. Goldeneye was much the same. These days it's all been datamined.

I've seen a lot of posts for years claiming it was the GOAT of all GOATs and nothing else compared to it at the time or even today, but to me it comes off like they may be exaggerating a bit? Maybe even a little hint of pretetiousess?

Accurate. A lot of the overhype comes from nostalgia, but also people like Moviebob (and I assume EgoRaptor?) who never really grew up and the story of a boy who loses his childhood and then gets it back hit them square in the feels.

Things like having to keep messing around with boots in the water temple are largely handwaved today, but were hated back then. I also vaguely remember the giant fish dungeon and one of the lava dungeons being sticking points for people.

 

[Coolio55]

If you liked Nightshade on NES*, err maybe look away... ?
*Or Shadowrun on SNES

https://www.mobygames.com/game/20038/nightshade/

https://www.mobygames.com/person/22193/pauli-kidd/

https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Crowbar

https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Paul_Kidd

Spoiler: Viewer beware! You're in for a scare!

 

[GeorgeFloydFentanylStash]

I have a flight coming up at the end of May to Hawaii. Would like to take my Steamdeck but I want to try to lug around as little as possible on my carry-on.

In that case, I’m looking at using my iPhone to play some emulators while I kill some time on an 8 hour flight. What games that I can easily emulate would you recommend on a long flight?

 

[Samuel Fuller]

I have a flight coming up at the end of May to Hawaii. Would like to take my Steamdeck but I want to try to lug around as little as possible on my carry-on.

In that case, I’m looking at using my iPhone to play some emulators while I kill some time in an 8 hour flight. What games that I can easily emulate would you recommend on the flight?

All of these are Famicom/NES and would be perfect for the sort of person who asks to be told what to play:

Takeshi's Challenge
A Week of Garfield
Transformers: Convoy no Nazo
Total Recall
1942 (Headphones recommended!)
Dragon Ball: Shenron no Nazo
Hydlide
M.U.S.C.L.E.

 

[Two Dollars]

I have a flight coming up at the end of May to Hawaii. Would like to take my Steamdeck but I want to try to lug around as little as possible on my carry-on.

In that case, I’m looking at using my iPhone to play some emulators while I kill some time on an 8 hour flight. What games that I can easily emulate would you recommend on a long flight?

If you have that much time until the flight, just order a smaller handheld. ~$60 + an SD card will get you something that can emulate up through PS1 and GBA just fine, and if you’re feeling more creative, you can install Portmaster and throw some very-low-spec PC games on there as well.

 

[GreenTips]

I have a flight coming up at the end of May to Hawaii. Would like to take my Steamdeck but I want to try to lug around as little as possible on my carry-on.

In that case, I’m looking at using my iPhone to play some emulators while I kill some time on an 8 hour flight. What games that I can easily emulate would you recommend on a long flight?

If you have a Bluetooth controller, you can play any GBA title on it comfortably. If you are using touch inputs, then stick to turn-based RPGs. Here is what I've been playing on my GBA emulator on my Pixel 10 Pro without a controller:

Advance Wars
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Final Fantasy 1 & 2: Dawn of Souls
Final Fantasy VI Advance
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
Golden Sun
Golden Sun: Lost Age
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald
Tactics Ogre: The Knights of Lodis

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

I have a flight coming up at the end of May to Hawaii. Would like to take my Steamdeck but I want to try to lug around as little as possible on my carry-on.

In that case, I’m looking at using my iPhone to play some emulators while I kill some time on an 8 hour flight. What games that I can easily emulate would you recommend on a long flight?

Arcade emulator with beat 'em ups like The Punisher or Alien vs Predator. Game Boy emulator with TMNT Back From The Sewers, Bionic Commando, Donkey Kong Land, Mega Man 2, and Wario Land 1-3.

 

[A Allan Adventure]

All of these are Famicom/NES and would be perfect for the sort of person who asks to be told what to play:

Takeshi's Challenge
A Week of Garfield
Transformers: Convoy no Nazo
Total Recall
1942 (Headphones recommended!)
Dragon Ball: Shenron no Nazo
Hydlide
M.U.S.C.L.E.

Hoshi wo Miru Hito
Ganso Saiyuki: Super Monkey Daibouken
Hana no Star Kaidou
Super Pitfall
The Last Ninja

 

[Big Dick CEO]

Yeah, but...the Dark World is sort of the same thing. You can't access most of the Dark World until you get the Hammer, and the enemies massively scale up so even the Master Sword feels cheap. You could swat at those bomb-wielding cyclops dudes for a while before they give and even those pigs take a few hits.

I disagree that the Dark World is the same as becoming adult Link in OoT. You're right that most of the Dark World is closed off, but all your items still work just fine when you get there (assuming you have the Moon Pearl anyway). I don't need to find a replacement for the bow the same way you have to replace the slingshot. You never even get a replacement for the boomerang's ability to hit multiple targets unless my memory is failing me.

It's okay that child Link can't use adult items, since it's reasonable he doesn't have the strength to wield the hammer or the draw the bow. What would have been really cool though is if the slingshot shot in an arc while the bow shot straight, since now both items can serve a practical purpose for puzzle solving. It would also make the bow feel like a more powerful item since you'd objectively see it fires farther than your original ranged weapon.

 

[Calandrino]

I have a flight coming up at the end of May to Hawaii. Would like to take my Steamdeck but I want to try to lug around as little as possible on my carry-on.

In that case, I’m looking at using my iPhone to play some emulators while I kill some time on an 8 hour flight. What games that I can easily emulate would you recommend on a long flight?

Having endured similar hardships, I concluded that there's not actually a single retro game I would want to play on a phone with an emulator and I'm better off with an actual phone game. Sounds grim, but you know what I like, Slayaway Camp.

 

[Baraka Obama]

I have a flight coming up at the end of May to Hawaii. Would like to take my Steamdeck but I want to try to lug around as little as possible on my carry-on.

In that case, I’m looking at using my iPhone to play some emulators while I kill some time on an 8 hour flight. What games that I can easily emulate would you recommend on a long flight?

The last long flight I did I brought a DS Lite and a flash cart. Had plenty of options to play. Glad I kept it simple, the flight is a very short part of a vacation and personally I didn't want to play vidya the rest of the trip.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

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If you liked Nightshade on NES*, err maybe look away... ?
*Or Shadowrun on SNES

https://www.mobygames.com/game/20038/nightshade/

https://www.mobygames.com/person/22193/pauli-kidd/

https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Crowbar

https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Paul_Kidd

Spoiler: Viewer beware! You're in for a scare!

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>One of the devs of Nightshade is a tranny and a furry

 

[GeorgeFloydFentanylStash]

Glad I kept it simple, the flight is a very short part of a vacation and personally I didn't want to play vidya the rest of the trip.

Yeah. I only want to play on the plane and for a few minutes before bed. SD isn’t something I want to lug around with me in my carry-on.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole 2]

The last long flight I did I brought a DS Lite and a flash cart. Had plenty of options to play. Glad I kept it simple, the flight is a very short part of a vacation and personally I didn't want to play vidya the rest of the trip.

I still have my old GBA that I play Castlevanias/Metroid on when I travel. Great battery life, small enough, doesn't weigh much.

 

[A Allan Adventure]

Hoshi wo Miru Hito
Ganso Saiyuki: Super Monkey Daibouken
Hana no Star Kaidou
Super Pitfall
The Last Ninja

Oops, still forgot some.
Indora no Hikari
Bokosuka Wars
Atlantis no Nazo
Superman
Spelunker
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

 

[Stasi]

Yeah. I only want to play on the plane and for a few minutes before bed. SD isn’t something I want to lug around with me in my carry-on.

Like other have suggested, go with a cheap handheld if you don't mind spending a bit of cash. I got an anbernic RG35XX for a similar long haul trip a while ago and it did the job. Small and fits in a pocket, good build quality, emulates everything up to PS1 and is cheap.

I played through some long ass strategy RPGs and didn't have any issues with the device.

 

[Samuel Fuller]

Like other have suggested, go with a cheap handheld if you don't mind spending a bit of cash. I got an anbernic RG35XX for a similar long haul trip a while ago and it did the job. Small and fits in a pocket, good build quality, emulates everything up to PS1 and is cheap.

I played through some long ass strategy RPGs and didn't have any issues with the device.

I haven't encountered an Ass Strategy game before, how is it different from a Grand Strategy?

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

>One of the devs of Nightshade is a tranny and a furry
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[Never Scored]

I have a flight coming up at the end of May to Hawaii. Would like to take my Steamdeck but I want to try to lug around as little as possible on my carry-on.

In that case, I’m looking at using my iPhone to play some emulators while I kill some time on an 8 hour flight. What games that I can easily emulate would you recommend on a long flight?

Yeah. I only want to play on the plane and for a few minutes before bed. SD isn’t something I want to lug around with me in my carry-on.

If you're not packing a bluetooth controller or seperate little handhelds, just play some native IOS shit. Playing 30-40 year old games with touch screen controls is almost universally a shit experience. Play fucking Stardew Valley or KOTOR or Titan Quest or some shit. It's one flight. There's lots of time to play old Nintendo games when you get home.

 

[Two Dollars]

If you're not packing a bluetooth controller or seperate little handhelds, just play some native IOS shit. Playing 30-40 year old games with touch screen controls is almost universally a shit experience. Play fucking Stardew Valley or KOTOR or Titan Quest or some shit. It's one flight. There's lots of time to play old Nintendo games when you get home.

This works too. Some that don’t have microtransactions, or they’re at least out of the way:

• Balatro
• Bejeweled Classic (a mobile port of Bejeweled 3 minus the Quest mode)
• Cook Serve Delicious
• Human Resource Machine / 7 Billion Humans
• Super Hexagon
• World of Goo
• The classic Backyard Sports games are like a dollar each if you can deal with the controls
• Bloons TD 5/6 (these both have microtransactions to unlock stuff faster, but no timers IIRC)
• Plants vs. Zombies (one microtransaction gets rid of ads, the rest can be ignored)