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[–] meathorse@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Psymonkee@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Hell yeah! Never thought I'd see this mentioned anywhere. I'd love a modern take on this.

[–] RampageDon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Kingdom Under Fire. Still one of my all time favorite army battler games

[–] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I don't even remember the name but the game where you run around a weird post apocalyptic world dueling with decks of cards. I would love a modern remake.

Edit: Phantom Dust!

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh, that game looks amazing to play PvP. You can get it for free on the microsoft store, too.

[–] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

I never beat it but I played it a bunch. Didn't get to try PVP though.

[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Sexy Parodius is a bit sketchy, yes. But, it's easily the most-fun shmup I've ever played. The music is fantastic, too. I've managed to 1cc the game, but I've never beaten the bonus stage which is just so ridiculously difficult, I question whether it's even possible without a very specific strategy or something.

Unfortunately, the best version is the arcade one, and MAME doesn't do the best job with it. Still playable, though.

[–] SuperApples@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Operation: Inner Space

[–] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Magic carpet 2, the Netherworlds is one I played a ton and think of from time to time. I wonder what I modern remake would be like.

It's the first game I remember playing with deformable terrain.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I'd love a new, bigger Darwinia game, loved that back in the day.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

I was gonna say I was still waiting for a seaman 2, but apparently it existed in Japan. Still, with AI bullshit being all the rage I could see it make a comeback.

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Bit of a deep cut, but Tobal #2. TOTALLY ahead of its time as far as 3d fighters were concerned; and chock full of Toriyama design.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Speaking of 3D fighters, Power Stone and that Spawn game on the Dreamcast, we could use more stuff like that

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Power Stone, fond memories right there. I didn't even know there was a Spawn game on Dreamcast; the only Spawn game I knew of was Armageddon on the OG Xbox

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Darkstar One. And it is just now getting rereleased, so it doesn't count.

So instead, I'll pick The Legend of Dragoon on PSX. Such a fun RPG that really needs revisited.

Flying dragon for the N64

Apparently it's very rare but I have a cartridge of it

The music from it was awesome very 1990s

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Rock Manager. It was very limited in scope and quite short, but it was a really fun game with tons of potential.

I've been unsuccessfully looking for games like it that are as good as it could have been or even as good as it was for over 20 years now.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mega Man Legends. Fuck you, Capcom, for killing the blue boy.

A new Command and Conquer Generals. It was a big departure from the classical C&C formula of stuff being built on the UI on the right and more like every other RTS, but it was fun nonetheless. Zero Hour bringing the specialized generals was also a nice idea.

Dunno if it counts as a game, but something like MTV Music Generator on PS1 and PS2 would be awesome, especially with the ease of sharing stuff around nowadays.

There are many Star Wars games that deserve a second chance, but I think Republic Commando could really use the sequels "Imperial Commando" and "Rebel Commando" first. I'd personally love a sequel to Jedi Academy

With all the "boomer shooters" making a comeback, Heretic and Hexen could receive their respective 3rd installments.

Lastly, Virtual On Cyber Troopers. Something that plays like the very first game of 1995, that'd be πŸ˜—πŸ‘Œ. I think that game is what paved the way for the many Gundam games that play a lot like it - On PC, you can get a taste of that gameplay with Bootfighter Windom XP

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago

With all the β€œboomer shooters” making a comeback, Heretic and Hexen could receive their respective 3rd installments.

And Strife 2 while we're at it; I genuinely loved Strife.

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Seibu Kaihatsu's Dynamite Duke (1989), a pretty novel hybrid Cabal-like/Beat-'em-up with a lot of love put into it. The arcade version's got a pretty slick art direction, the environmental destruction vfx rock, and the animation's pretty slick. The whole thing's got that passion project charm to it. Unfortunately, Cabal clones were only really in vogue in that late '80s/early '90s space, and the beat 'em up gameplay isn't fleshed out or consistently applied enough to be satisfying in a post-Final Fight, post-Streets of Rage world. I'd like to see something like it, but there's no way to bring Duke into the world of modern game design practices without drastic reformulation at a minimum.

Notably, Seibu had really high hopes for Duke, being a passion project and a intended magnum opus. Unfortunately, lukewarm reception brought in poor returns, the company slipped into dire straits, and they were forced to make something simpler and lower stakes as a hail mary. That title - a simple, Toaplan-esque shooter nobody had any real faith in - turned out to be Raiden, which would become a darling in arcades, pushing 17,000 units solds worldwide in the first year after release, and becoming the fifth highest grosser on the Japanese market in 1991. (Beating out some offerings from much bigger players like Konami)

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago
[–] GunValkyrie@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Burning Rangers from sonic team on the Sega Saturn. Such a unique concept.

[–] Junkhead@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i want another midnight club

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[–] fpslem@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain. Quite a learning curve, but I loved the different ways you can win (conquest, trade, black ops) and how much you could customize your ships or pick unique races with tolerances for different planets.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 2 points 5 months ago

Legend of Kage for NES was an awesome minimalistic beautiful game and I’ve never met anyone else who thinks so

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