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?

  • Stillhart
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    1 year ago

    You want to go WAY back, the old Sierra games back when you still had to type in your commands.

    I remember getting a copy of “Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards” from a cousin when I was very young. Much too young for that game! It was on 2x low density 5.25" floppys (320KB storage each!) and labeled “Larry Lizard”. It had an age check at the beginning: you had to answer several multiple choice questions that anyone over 18 at the time would know easily. My best friend and I would spend huge amounts of time brute forcing and memorizing the answers so we could play. The game came out in 1987 so I was probably 10-12 years old at this point.

    Anyways, yeah, that game was hilarious and led to a long-lasting love of Larry Laffer. It was also a gateway into all the Quest games (Kings Quest, Police Quest, Space Quest, etc). No idea if those games are still available but they hold a special place in my heart.

    I know “Day of the Tentacle” and “Grim Fandango” are both available in remastered forms (and possibly on Game Pass, IIRC). Slightly later time frame but similar style games and both very good!

    EDIT - Oh for PS1 games: Final Fantasy Tactics is sublime, FF7 (the best FF game of all time), Tony Hawk 2, original Tomb Raider. And I never played it, but I’ve heard great things about PaRappa the Rapper.