Just as with books, movies, plays etc the past holds a treasure trove of amazing experiences. Unless you have a lot more free time than I do it’s unlikely you’ve played anywhere near the majority of the classics. Let’s get out those pink sunnies and compare notes on some of our favourite releases.

I’ve recently been going back in time a little on the retro pi and looking at console games I never had.

  • I have to say Chrono Trigger blew me away with it’s stunning art, puzzles with surprisingly little moon logic, and beautiful music.

  • Mario golf on the SNES is very simple but for tired evenings cuddling on the couch it’s been a winner in our household.

  • The n64 Zelda games are surprisingly great too although that awkward period of 3d had some unusual controls. Even the gameboy ones are a blast although the water temple in oracle of ages it a bit frustrating.

  • Heroes of might and magic 2 and 3 hold a special place in my heart and I can still dump hours into skirmishing with those (32167 for when hom2 gets too frustrating amiright?)

  • I loved neverwinter knights as a kid but recently tried to check it out again and just… idk the magic wasn’t there. I think now I’d rather just play some actual ttrpgs instead of sprawling CRPGs

PS1 is a mystery box to me so I’d love to hear some recommendations from that old thing. All I ever played on it was time crisis at my mates house (which was and is soooo coool, RIP lightguns).

What about you folks? What games hold a special place in your heart? or what have you checked out for the first time recently and found it’s actually pretty good?

  • Macaroni LoveEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    For me it will always be Zelda: A Link to the Past. Possibly due to nostalgia more than anything else.

    (Also, unrelated but if you liked Chrono Trigger, look into Sea of Stars, an indie game heavily inspired from it. It should release this summer and Yasunori Mitsuda even composed some music tracks for that game!)

    Edit : Another game, this one bad, holds a special place in my heart… Final Fantasy Mystic Quest on the SNES as well. The music is great, but the rest, meh. What’s special about it is one of my aunt shown me this game when I was a kid and it is what introduced me to the world of Final Fantasy. Unfortunately that aunt died many years ago.