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Re: Ask HN: What older games are you playing through?

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Play a few missions of Red Alert 2. Imo best single player RTS of all time

Not to mention the soundtrack and FMVs.

That's a big part of what set's it apart. 8 Bit armies is effectively the same game, by much of the same team, but it doesn't have a story at all.

Dying Breed looks like a homage to Red Alert https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088550/Dying_Breed/

Re: Ask HN: What older games are you playing through?

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I was playing thru the original Zelda game on an original NES for a bit. How to do some parts of the game came back instantly but then I needed to start looking up strategies and tips, much like I did back in the day, and I haven't played it much since. Nothing is pulling me back to play it, which I find is how my brain works with most video games that have a "solved" state that I reach. Replaying to the solved state…

A Link to the Past remains one of my favorite games to this day. I consider pretty close to a perfect 2D adventure game.

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STALKER trilogy is immortal masterpiece :)

Check out the STALKER modding scene, it appears to be going through a renaissance right now, with lots of standalones being made. And then there is STALKER GAMMA, which gives even modern AAA games a run for their money with its gameplay, features and even visuals.

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post #31

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.

There was a related game to Demons Crest, the Gargoyle's Quest on the Game Boy. It mixes several genres. If you have access to it (or an emulator) give it an eye because it's worth it.

Re: Ask HN: What older games are you playing through?

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I was playing thru the original Zelda game on an original NES for a bit. How to do some parts of the game came back instantly but then I needed to start looking up strategies and tips, much like I did back in the day, and I haven't played it much since. Nothing is pulling me back to play it, which I find is how my brain works with most video games that have a "solved" state that I reach. Replaying to the solved state…

A Link to the Past remains one of my favorite games to this day. I consider pretty close to a perfect 2D adventure game.

Today's graphics capabilities and therefore game physics capabilities are really wild but also there are trade-offs with 3D gaming and little nuances of the physics can creep into gameplay and cause issues. Having a character get stuck on a small step or rock or whatever leftover physics model can be really frustrating. That mostly didn't exist in old school 2D games, from what I recall.

The mechanics were much simpler but also didn't have massive room for errors/odd conditions to manifest like modern games.

Re: Ask HN: What older games are you playing through?

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Lords of midnight and its sequel Doomdark’s revenge. I still think its one of the best strategy games ever made and it was released 40 years ago on the ZX Spectrum.

You can get the modern version for free at https://www.icemark.com

There is also a multiplayer version playable in the browser at https://www.midnightmu.com/games_home.php

Re: Ask HN: What older games are you playing through?

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Played through GoldenEye 64 and Perfect Dark semi-recently. Although the more recent releases available on Xbox rather than N64. I'd played GoldenEye 64 a lot as a kid but not Perfect Dark. Both are pretty great and still kinda unique in the FPS space. I've also been playing Persona 3 Reload, which is technically a new game but a pretty faithful remake of an older one with some great quality of life improvements. I d…

I've tried replaying GoldenEye and I found it laborious to aim without dual analog sticks. It's one of the few classic games I think has aged especially poorly just due to the controls.

You could play the original GoldenEye with two N64 controllers (one in each hand) to get dual analogue. Highly Recommended.
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