>0 ecjonas @ 2026/04/10 21:09
It can be retro-styled too. Mine: LOVE by Fred Wood
>1 chirioz @ 2026/04/11 03:26
>>OP LOVE looks awesome!, I want to give it a try later... How long is it? I know it's a bit mainstream but Dwarf Fortress is my retro-styled --also a little retro right now-- favorite game! Have you played before?
>2 ecjonas @ 2026/04/11 12:19
>>1 LOVE is I think 15 levels for the main part. It has 5 'Remix' levels and includes 3 levels from LOVE 2:kuso
>3 ecjonas @ 2026/04/11 12:22
>>1 I haven't tried Dwarf Fortress, but I'll look into it. If you buy LOVE, get it on itch.io rather than Steam. That way you get the Android apk version (Android 4.1 and up!) and a Steam key for Steam. You get the best of both worlds!
>4 cartwright @ 2026/04/12 16:55
>>3 The Need For Speed Special Edition (1996) for MSDOS.
>5 Albatross @ 2026/04/27 19:22
>>4 ...NetHack? I don't know if it's retro or what, I've simply been playing it for 40 years and finally beat it a couple months ago. If you like retro games you can check out ssh -p2233 muinet@muinet.com password muinet create a free account, log in, and find a bunch of old games from the 1970s and 1980s.
>6 ~willow @ 2026/06/09 21:03
Mine HAS to be The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. There's a lot of things nowadays that breathes new life into the game, such as speedrunning, randomizers, and more. The entire codebase for the game has been reverse engineered by the ZeldaRET (https://github.com/zeldaret) team, and another group called Harbor Masters has made a PC port of the game called Ship of Harkinian (https://www.shipofharkinian.com/). I highly recommend checking it out. SoH also has a built in randomizer.>>OP
>7 pnppl @ 2026/06/13 17:42
>>OP It's tough to beat a [Ms.] Pac-Man arcade machine. It's such simple gameplay but surprisingly compelling. Something about that industrial-strength joystick that you can slam around really adds to the experience. For retro-style, I have to go with Celeste.
>8 ecjonas @ 2026/07/02 22:11
>>5 NetHack definitely counts!
>9 im @ 2026/09/15 04:19
If I could have one arcade machine in my home I would have Missile Command. Not sure what it is about it. Maybe it's the way the trackball makes it unlike anything else in the arcade, maybe it's just that the bleak theme matches my disposition, who knows? Whatever it is it's my favorite of that era.
>10 threatcat @ 2026/09/15 20:07
>>OP we found a Game Boy Color at my in-laws. It had the original Tetris, which was my wife's jam -- until I got her Tetris DX, the color version. Same order I picked up Super Mario Deluxe. That's my answer. I don't think I need anything else for the GBC, household faves locked in, we're good.
>11 threatcat @ 2026/09/15 20:09
>>10 shit. an oh-no-second after sending that the holy grail popped in my head. IF ONLY. If only Game Boy Color had Super Pang. Gaming would be complete for me.
>12 detritus @ 2026/09/16 17:02
Colossal Cave Adventure! And MUDs. Discworld mud being my favorite. I've been meaning to give Angband a try, and perhaps DCSS, though the latter is fairly recent? Still counts as retro-style for sure... And also all classic jRPGs, such as the whole Final Fantasy collection, old Dragon Quest games, Ys, the Mana series (Children of Mana, Legend of Mana, etc), Grandia (my favorite!) and of course: Chrono Trigger!
>13 tomasino @ 2026/10/04 02:44
>>OP Oh boy! I would say Quest for Glory I: So you want to be a hero Fabulous game with tons of humor and depth. I really love all the old Sierra games. I think that was my sweet spot. I recently restored an old Chromebook and turned it into a Dosbox machine so I can play through them all. I just started Space Quest.
>14 dustman @ 2026/10/04 15:19
Sim City on the SNES or Secret of Mana. I was also a big fan of Sim City 2000 and still play it occasionally on my Windows 3.1 machine. I've always been a big fan of the "Sim" type games. Sim City, Sim Earth, Sim Ant, etc... Maxis was a powerhouse for me back in the day!
>15 luna @ 2026/10/09 15:43
>>14 Have you heard of or played dwarf fortress or rimworld? They're both quite sophisticated, complex simulations. Rimworld is the one that's easier to get into, but the steam version of dwarf fortress and its GUI interface does lower the learning curve somewhat. ... they're also the sort of game you can sink a weekend (or a week) into without realizing, so be mindful of that :P
>16 dustman @ 2026/10/09 16:42
>>14 I've heard of Rimworld and Dwarf Fortress. However, I don't have a PC good enough to run Rimworld :) I will have to look into Dwarf Fortress. I wasn't aware it was on Steam!