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

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Post by goosedragons »

cableshaft wrote: post #56
goosedragons wrote: post #52

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.

That's one thing the Xbox version fixes (not the Switch version unfortunately). The Xbox port has pretty much the same control scheme as a modern console FPS.

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

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Post by stevekemp »

I've been working on a CP/M emulator for the past few weeks, and it reached a point where I can play ZORK 1, 2 & 3, along with the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - so I've spent a good few hours recently doing just that.

CP/M, and early games, has been a recurring interest for a few years. I've also promised my son that if/when we complete Super Mario Bros, on the original NES, we'll buy a Switch so we can "upgrade" to Mario Kart. So it's not just text-based games I enjoy.

(We can consistently get to 8-2, but neither of us has finished the game yet. I'm resisting the temptation to play outwith his observations and practice, would feel unfair!)

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

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Post by ChoGGi »

999900000999 wrote: post #63
ChoGGi wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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/

Thanks, looks interesting.
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