Tell me

the game everybody must try .. doesn't have to be new . .


for instance :



Planescape : Torment

 

Gunstar Heroes - Genesis (Treasure)
Battletoads - Arcade (Rare)
Qix - Arcade/Gameboy/Genesis (Taito)
Ikaruga - Dreamcast/GC (Don't know who made it)
River City Ransom - NES (Technos)
Kirby's Adventure - NES (Nintendo/Hal)
Tetris - Arcade/Original NES version (Atari/Tengen)

Just off the top of my head.

 

Oh yeah, and of course,

Castlevania - Nocturne in the Moonlight

(Japanese Sega Saturn version of the PSX game 'Symphony of the Night')

Framerate is slightly worse than the PSX version (which is odd, as the Saturn was supposed to do better than the PSX on 2-D games, and vice-versa), but you had the ability to play as Alucard, Richter, or Maria right off the bat.

And, it had a built-in sound test on the title screen. You could still test sounds in the US version, but you'd have to visit the librarian and bullshit with him for a while to get to a menu that would play the songs from the places you'd already been.

Wow, haven't played that game in nearly a decade and I still remember all that shit. The true sign of a damn fine game.

 

I loved that Simpsons arcade game. Marge was lethal with that vacuum.

 

Hmmm... You could have some real fun with that Xbox, four controllers, and that Simpsons ROM.

 

If you want to come over dude, just ask.

 

You got cacti in that desert of yours?

 

Yeah, but we probably won't find any peyotte.

 

Castlevania kicked serious butt. . got to 99,9 % percent once, before the disk failed . .

 

Speak the of Symphony of the Night? I've got my eye on the GBA double pack.

 

Dunno bout that man, the older versions aren't nearly as playable. .

 

I'm old school, I can dig it. Did you play through Metroid Zero Mission? The remake of the orginal Metroid? In fact, I'll throw that on the list.


EVERYONE play Metroid Zero Mission.

You are compelled. Go forth. Secure games!

 

My Sony Ericsson mobile (cellphone to you Americans) has an annoyingly addictive puzzle game on it called "Path".

I play it on the train all the time.

 

I might actually have to get that Zero Mission game...

Had no idea they did all that in it...

 

More suggestions anyone . . any decent abandonware I haven't tried yet ?. (slim chance .. but give it a try .. ) . .


Like this one ? FlashBack

 

I remember that one... Semi-Sequel to Out of this World...

I loved those games, but try getting someone nowadays to play it... They just don't get it, I tell ya...

 

Yeah. its a goddamn shame I tell you . . It don't sell if it don't have fiddly cent in it . . Ask someone bout Giana sisters and they look at you as if you've been extinct for a coupla million years. .

 

Heh, just saw some unfortunate bastard buy the 5-disc set of "Riven: the sequel to Myst" for six bucks recently... I just thought to myself, 'you poor slob, you'

 

Since this is now the Techno Arcade , how bout putting up a sticky with links to our favourite oldies? You know .. for the . .ahem.. reeducation of our fellow man .. .

 

Hmmm, that's something to think about... I would like a thread at the top of the list that gives the newcomer info. As soon as I sober up (at present rate, 43.8 days), I'm on it!