I've been playing some retro games recently (PS1 and prior) and I've been discovering a lot of games that I never thought I would enjoy. Particularly 90s arcade shmups and arcade style sports games.

What are some of your favorite retro games that you always find yourself coming back to?

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[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Third for Chrono Trigger. I didn't get to play that one when I was a kid so I played it for the first time in 2020. Holy shit what a game. The original definitely still holds up today.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I played it back in the 90s when it came out. What surprised me almost immediately was the ren fair scene. I forget exactly how they worded it, but the guards had kept track of everything I did at the fair. Which was mind blowing to me in a time when all games npcs would literally unload when off screen, and reload when onscreen. Completely forgetting anything you'd previously said/done.

Then THIS game remembers what I did 30 minutes ago.

Was that still startling in 2020, or did you not even realize how mind blowing that was since you're in 2020 and not 1996?

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago

It definitely still caught me by surprise. Not like it might have in 1996 - I just played Baldur's Gate 3 within the past year, after all - but the first time I played I definitely managed to get almost every single piece of bad evidence against me that I could rack up without even meaning to.