This will be a series that I'm doing. I'll try to hit all of the decades and all of the consoles so that we can have a coherent recommendation list in case someone wants it.
Tetris brought in so many people who weren't gamers. My parents would have to take turns with who got the Gameboy each night. Neither of them game.
Yes! They released a similar game but it's the original Mario. I consistently finish in the top 5. Usually 1st or 2nd. It's amazing haha these kids have no chance against old dudes like me.
Gotta agree on that one. I still play tetris. sometimes i challenge my friends to 1v1 me at tetris.
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haha no worries, it sounds like the kind of mistake ive made plenty of times in other games. i guess if you've never played tetris before there's not really any indication that you should be able to rotate the pieces, it would just kinda be assumed that you have played tetris before.
I used to dominate at Tetris before this disease hit my mind. No one could touch me. I think I'll try it again since you mentioned it.
Super Mario 3. Advanced platforming like nothing since. Solidified Mario as the most iconic game franchise of all time. Still fun as hell over 30 years later. It's the greatest ever in my opinion.
Definitely my favorite! Worth looking up warp whistles so you can try all the different worlds without having to beat each one.
I will have to get a rom of it. Shadow of Mordor has me loving gaming again after many years.
I think I have that in my steam library from a sale years ago. Maybe I'll give it a go after Cyberpunk.
Shadow of Mordor is super fun, but I also haven't played the Batman style of combat yet, which is why it feels so fluid. Its got its flaws, but I like it.
I can't remember if I've played anything with that kind of combat. I remember the game getting outstanding reviews though.
Get it if you can find it for cheap. I think the publisher abandoned it after the sequel got OK reviews
A lot of these are both favorites and just important as well. A lot may have aged a bit rough but they were the foundation that generations of games are based on and deserve to at least be tried.
Super Mario Bros. THE classic 2d platformer. Changed gaming forever and it's still fun as hell to this day.
Legend of Zelda - First open world console game. Exploration is rote trial and errors bit too much of the time. At least use a map and don't feel bad about looking things up and you'll still have fun.
Metroid- Aged terribly. Really needs a map but worth playing regardless. If anything check it out for an hour or so and see what you think.
Castlevania- Not as hard as it's known to be if you just take your time and play slow and deliberately. It's dark souls basically.
Contra - Shoot.
Donkey Kong (arcade)- Still fun as hell. Physics take getting used to, but if you get into a groove it's great.
Super Mario Bros 3- Straight up a generation ahead of its console. Just an amazing game that still holds strong as hell to this day.
I think if you prioritized your project in terms of "hardware eras" rather than "decades" it would be much more fruitful.
The 80s encapsulates the end of the first generation, every NES game, and most launch SNES, Genesis, and Gameboy games.
I think most people here didn't grow up in the 80s. It's all a blur to them. (Myself included) I think most people conceptualize shit like this in terms of decades. I'll try to do processor generations when we hit 2000.
SNES came out in the 90s, Gameboy and Genesis were both 89. They're basically all 90s systems.
M.U.L.E. One of the most interesting and unique games, especially for it's time. It taught an 8-year-old AncomCosmonaut basic economic concepts, though not exactly anti-capitalist. It was also created by a trans woman.
10 isn't super grindy like the first 2 games, but I do recall getting stuck on Seymour a couple times because I didn't level up enough.
i have the legacy collection on switch, and you can literally rewind any mistake you made instantly. kinda feels like cheating tho
well in other games they let you save your progress at literally any point and go back to that save file, but mega man takes it to an extreme where you can also hold a button and it will reverse all your actions in opposite time. like using a remote to rewind your tv, but only up to like 20 seconds back max at a time. i think this isn't the case for the second collection tho, from what ive heard?
i'm going to throw out a title that I haven't even played and say "a mind forever voyaging"
I have a bootleg of this but have never been able to focus long enough to be able to get anywhere.
Work on it right now to best him 40 years later. Show him whose boss.
Gaming is the most important thing you can do. Nothing else can compare.
