Topic: What (retro) game are you currently playing?

I snagged a CIB copy of Flashback for the genesis for only $12! Even though that appears to be the going rate for a CIB, it felt like a steal for such a great game. After about 5 hours, I feel like I have a grasp on the controls and can play fluidly. Reached Death Tower last night which is the farthest I ever got when I tried the game on handheld years ago.

While the controls take a bit to get used to, the vibe of the world and fluidity of motion keep me so engaged in the game. It’s just beautiful.

Played Batman Returns on my Super NT a few days ago. I always have to do a playthrough of that game this time if the year mainly cause of the setting, but it is one great game. It's probably my favorite game based off of a movie and it's just alot of fun to play.

Just got a Haute42 M16 controller, so I've been playing a lot of Battle Tycoon on the SNES. Mostly messing around in adventure mode, and betting on CPU fights for gold 🪙

@PlusPlusNegative I played through this to 101% completion for the first time two years ago, and I had a blast. I felt the difficulty was overblown, the only part that really annoyed me was one of the minigames later on where you herd beavers.

Been playing through Sonic Adventure for the first time since playing it on Gamecube back in 2004. While the game is enjoyable, I feel like it shows its age and doesn't hold up as well compared to its competitors of the time. Graphically it surpasses them, but in terms of design, I think this game leaned a bit too heavy into cinematics for a platformer title, which slows the pace down more than it should. It plays fine, although the camera can get annoying during the really speedy segments.

I plan to finish it since I never managed to the first time, and I'll probably hop right on Sonic Adventure 2 right after.

Recently got a loose copy of Jump Ultimate Stars for the Nintendo DS. A friend went to Japan on December ad got it for me on a Book-Off.

As of now, I'm playing it for fun. The former Japanese owner had everything unlocked already and I'm not sure if I want to delete the save file and everything it has, including decks from other Japanese players, the Nintendo Wi-FI Connection Friend Code (as useless as it is now), etc.

Oh come on now is the DS really retro??? 🙄

It's been 20 years already, it's now as old as the Donkey Kong arcade when the Gamecube came out, which is now 23 years old.

I'd say it is retro by how much time has passed since its launch, not much it's technology or power.

Guess I have to state my criteria for a system to be retro, which may or may not align with other people's opinion.
I consider something retro when the first 2 conditions are met, the third one is a consequence of them.

-Be 10 years old.
-Not getting active first-party support, including online services.
-Physical games for it are getting incresingly harder to find locally (be it from retailers or second-hand sellers) and are getting more expensive.

For the DS, these 3 conditions are met.

I'm playing SSX3 (xbox), still just as awesome as I remember it.
...and "Batman the video game" on gameboy, a lot more fun than it looked at first.

it's metal slug week... with my analogizes on crt using the pocket... and amiga games, since they're now supported on the crt-analogizer too... helped the maker with some bugs

@HammerGalladeBro ah will gry that via 3ds emulation..

Played Space Spartans for Intellivison with the Intellivoice Voice Synthesizer Module. I am thoroughly blown away by how advanced this game was, made possible with the voice module AND the 12-key number pad on the controller.
Gameplay is simple, fly to sectors with aliens, shoot them down in a cockpit view, fly to another sector, repeat as needed.
What makes it so interesting is that your ship has 5 systems (Battle computer, impulse drive, shields, tracking computer, and hyper drive) that can be turned on/off, damaged, and slowly repaired (if you turn the repair system on).
The cockpit HUD is a green border indicating shields are on, and a reticle. All other stats are delivered by voice when the button is pressed (energy level, number of aliens in sector, and status for all systems or just a selected system).
After 3 games, I got into the groove and got sucked in. Impressive stuff for 1981!

If I can figure out how to post pictures, I’ll share the Intellivision sideways tower of power and keypad overlay.

@HoyeBoye Nice, many of us cannot retro game that further, I jope you enjoy it.Only reason I know of the Intellivoice Voice Synthesis Module is thanks to AVGN.

By the way,...

If I can figure out how to post pictures, I’ll share the Intellivision sideways tower of power and keypad overlay.

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@romanista definitely, it's a good alternative to Smash Bros., and unlike Jump Super Stars, Jump Ultimate Stars is more import friendly by streamlining the koma unlock process to an evolution tree instead of figuring out which characters (up to 3 at times) fill an empty panel.

As for myself, I got a CIB copy of Jump Super Stars I bought from a Facebook group in March and I just received it last Thursday. I beat the Dragon Ball battle on J Adventure and watched the credits, but I still need to unlock all the koma.

I'm actually surprised at how different both Super Stars and Ultimate Stars are, kind of like in a Smash Bros. Melee/Brawl way.

These were incredibly fun. Really tight platformers. I like wrath of cortex too. I’m taking a break from crash though and will try to play some Zelda for the first time.

@Yousef-

I should give Crash a go. Been years since I’ve played. What Zelda did you play?

Currently on a Gamecube roll thanks to some games i bought from a friend.

Luigi's Mansion: Beat the game.

Star Fox: Assault: Getting the hang of the controls, but the gameplay feels like something I could enjoy.

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean: Still getting the hang of the Magnus mechanics, but I already defeated the Thunderfish, the 3rd major boss of the game.

Mario Party 6: Have had this one since 2010, but I never played enough to determine if I like it or not. Now I'm back to answer that question and get everything I'm missing from the Star Bank. I need about 300 or 350 Stars for everything.

Pac-Man World 2: Have had this game since 2018 but didn't play much. Now that I beat Pac-Man World Re-PAC on the Switch I have no excuses to leave this unplayed.

I also got Tales of Symphonia from my friend. Unfotunately I don't have time for 2 simultaneous JRPGs and I had more interest in Baten Kaitos. Once I finish it, I promise I'll play Tales.

Also, soon I'll get a copy of Fight Night Round 2, which features SNES Little Mac and includes an emulated version of SNES Super Punch-Out!!.

I'm playing a new release for NES called Alwa's Awakening The 8-Bit Edition. I'm currently stuck.

Also playing Gargoyle's Quest for Game Boy. I beat this as a kid and now I find it frustratingly difficult.

Heroes of Might and Magic III on the PC. One of my favorite games of all time, I was finally able to get and check out the Horn of the Abyss mod which is just awesome. It adds a whole new campaign as well as two new towns, the cove and the foundry and some back end improvements like HD upgrades and bug fixes and such.

I definitely recommend it if you are a fan of Heroes of Might and Magic III and best of all the Horn of the Abyss mod is free on GoG if you own the Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete.

Playing this game has brought back memories as I said its one of my favorite game. I just started the first campaign and about two hours into it.

Right now I am playing every level of SMB3!