I'm gifting my friend's child a handheld emulator and loading it up with games. It's capable of playing things pretty much up to Nintendo GameCube (It's even running Twilight Princess, though it studders in some areas).

I've got pretty much everything that exists for NES, SNES, N64, as well as a couple dozen games for Genesis. I never had a Sega Saturn or a PS / PS2 growing up though and I'm wondering what I should grab for those, as well as some more obscure GameCube titles if there are any I should know about.

Here's your chance to wax nostalgic about some old games and help ensure they make it into a kid's present. Even if I have the game already, I can still throw suggestions into the "favorites" list and make them easier to find.

  • nemmybun [she/her, sae/saer]
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    11 months ago

    Depends on the child's age, but some safer ones for younger kids might be:

    PS1 - Ape Escape, Mega Man X4, Mega Man Legends 1 & 2, Parappa the Rapper, Um Jammer Lammy, Tomba!, Klonoa, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Harvest Moon Back to Nature

    Depending if cartoon-ish horror is okay, then MediEvil 1 & 2

    PS2 - Dark Cloud, Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2, Klonoa 2, Parappa 2, Super Monkey Ball Deluxe

    Saturn - Burning Rangers, Guardian Heroes, Saturn Bomberman

    GC - Billy Hatcher, Chibi-Robo, Cubivore, also don't sleep on Kirby Air Ride or Wario World. I also liked Lost Kingdoms 1 & 2