Demons Crest on the SNES was an absolute blast, don't know why it isn't talked about these days. I think its better than the SNES castlevanias, and close to Metroid.
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#32The original Deus Ex (with a high res texture pack).
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can easily play them on GeForce Now, for what it's worth. It just streams to a browser window (or an app if you prefer). There's a free plan, or the higher-quality monthly plans are under $20. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/ You might also the enjoy the Talos Principle games, which are also on GFN. And the first Dungeon Defenders game has a Portal Gun tie-in (it's tower defense, not a puzzle game, but y…
Oh, the thought didn’t even occur. Pretty wild that these days one can stream 3D games. Gotta try it some day!
Yeah, it's pretty crazy how far we've come. A decade ago, we had OnLive and it wasn't a very good experience, Stadia failed, etc., but these days there are a whole bunch of game streaming services (GFN is by far the best, for the games it supports).
Anyway, have fun! I wish I could play through Portal again for the first time.
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#34NES Castlevania. It's tough but satisfying to slowly master an increasing number of stages that seemed impossible initially. I can beat the first 3/4 of the game pretty much any time without dying now.
Last year I finished NES Super Mario Bros 1 and Zelda 1 for the first time. I grew up with later generation games, so the difficulty was quite a shock. But it made mastering them more rewarding.
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#35I'm replaying it, but haven't in years, the original Command and Conquer
Years ago I got "command and conquer: the first decade" and of course went back and played the original command and conquer.
Everything was low-res. Things moved so slow. shooting lobbed pixels across the screen.
and it was still challenging and fun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_The_First...
(that said, I play red alert 3 single player for fun from time to time)
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#36Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. I was addicted to point-and-click adventure games during the late 80's / early 90's. So much nostalgia.
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#37I replayed Loom some years ago. It is a unique old Lucasarts game with wonderful music.
I played Loom quite young (not sure I made it very far into the game) and haven't revisited it yet. It occupies this mystical otherworldly place in my mind.
Monkey Island 2 was a personal favorite that I did replay somewhat recently. There's something special about those old Lucasarts games.
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#38Just beat Doom last week and I'm now playing through Doom 2. It's still amazing. It brought me back some memories I had completely forgotten about me playing with my cousins. Also, remembering some old map layouts gave me a very weird feeling like I've been visiting a real place I've been when I was a child. 10/10 would recommend.
On PC or on PSX? The version on PSX had a very different feel to it, partly due to very different kind of soundtrack. Both are good though.
On a PS4, from the PS store.
I had originally played both the PC and the Playstation 1 port.
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#39StarControl 2
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#40I regularly replay FFX, I recently replayed the Battle Realms remaster, and now I'm once again on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.