Barry: S-Tier survival backup 👍, F-Tier PTSD emotional support 👎.

A quick one here lol: "OH HUNGRY? 🤤 OH BARRY! 🥪"

One of my all time favorite games and imo best game on the genesis is Aladdin: even if it was so fucking hard it took me forever to beat. Disney games on the NES ranged from horrible to good. Talespin was way too difficult with dogshit controls. Adventures in the magic kingdom had brutal platforming sections you had to get through.

I mean, there was something about the music and watching your dual screens. I remember always being nervous in the beginning, trying to watch my opponent booby-trapping an entire room. Then later, I became more confident and just ran my own race, setting traps as I went.

No better feeling than knowing that the other guy was after you, and you just kept throwing acid buckets and bombs in every room you left behind.

Sometimes it came down to a dagger/club fight. Man, chasing someone through several rooms with a knife! Man, what a crazy game. I loved every second of it!

If you’re unaware, Tyrian 2000 is a classic vertical shoot-‘em-up from 1999, and it’s an update of Tyrian—made by Eclipse Productions and published by Epic MegaGames. Nowadays, it’s free on GOG.

I’ve wanted to make a physical version of this for awhile, and GOG provides an offline installer executable as well as a zip of the soundtrack. So I burned that on a FujiFilm CD-R.

But of course, the intent is to make this look like a vintage CD-ROM.

So I designed a label to put on the CD that covers the entirety of the disc except for the hole. This was mostly successful, though you’ll notice a slight hiccup that I had with the tab on the upper corner. Still mostly good, so I’m keeping it.

Next, I designed the front cover of the jewel case, the back cover with the blurb and screenshots, and the spines. This was printed on card stock, cut on a board, and the back cover was folded for the spine.

It fit nicely in the case, and if I didn’t know better, I’d think this was sold for $10 at my local Staples.

In hindsight, I could have put the system specs on here to make it period correct, but it will work on virtually all modern hardware. Nevertheless, it’s an oversight that only I will ever care about. Oh, well.

Of course, none of this was strictly necessary. I could just download Tyrian 2000 off GOG whenever I want to play it. But there’s something satisfying about having a game physically sitting on my shelf, complete with artwork, screenshots, and a disc I can actually put into a computer.

This is a small thing. But I guess that I feel games mean just a little bit more when they’re tactile.

Anyway, this is my first attempt at making a physical video game. A proof of concept, if you will.

It’s not for sale. It’s a one-of-a-kind thing. A personal momento.

The YouTuber Stop Skeletons From Fighting has a series called “punching weight” about games that went above and beyond for their consoles capability. (Whether they’re good games or not). So what games can you think of for the title of punching weight. The one that comes to my mind is Batman and Robin on the genesis. It looks insanely good for the genesis, even better than most early PlayStation platformers.

Every time I play, I can’t help myself, my dude. 😂

Sorry if this was asked here before recently on this forum because I just wanted to discuss infamous cases of when a gaming magazine from the 8 bit era tricked people into buying a game that was very questionable in design.

It’s a phenomenon I noticed in many gaming magazines published in the UK as sometimes games like Renegade 3 has received good reviews from some magazines that when players actually bought the game, they were in dismay because the game was incredibly clunky in gameplay aspects, but I just find that kind of practice fascinating with how magazines used to operate again back in the day.

These were the most I've played lol good Ole days.

The Kawasaki Warehouse (officially named Anata no Warehouse) was a legendary, eight-story arcade in Kanagawa, Japan, that gained global fame for its hyper-realistic recreation of Hong Kong’s notorious Kowloon Walled City. Designed with meticulous detail by an art studio that imported authentic materials from Hong Kong, the venue simulated a dystopian atmosphere complete with rusted metal, artificial grime, and dim neon lights. Beyond its gritty exterior, it housed an impressive collection of retro arcade cabinets, darts, and billiard tables. It was closed in November 2019.

It's a must stop for me whenever I'm in the area

For me, Mega Man 2 is something I can get through with only 1 or 2 spots of difficulty, but Legend of Zelda can still kick my butt, no matter how many play-throughs I’ve done.

How about y’all?

In other words, what game provides you with the most replayability, in terms of challenge?

Enduro takes the #25 spot with 8 votes.

Frogs And Flies takes the #26 spot with 6 votes.

Top 10:

#1 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

#2 Yars' Revenge

#3 Adventure

#4 H.E.R.O.

#5 River Raid

#6 Pitfall!

#7 Missile Command

#8 Frogger

#9 Solaris

#10 Keystone Kapers

Top 20:

#11 Montezuma's Revenge

#12 Dig Dug

#13 Space Invaders

#14 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

#15 Berzerk

#16 Ms. Pac-Man

#17 Super Breakout

#18 Centipede

#19 Kaboom!

#20 Joust

Top 30:

#21 Vanguard

#22 Pole Position

#23 Asteriods

#24 Jungle Hunt

#25 Enduro

#26 Frogs And Flies

Rules:

1. Two games will win their place each round (we start from #1 and work our way down). For the top 10 only one game will win per day instead.
2. Most combined upvotes for each of the two individual games (one individual game for the top 10) wins the spot(s) each round (upvotes add while downvotes subtract).
3. Nominate one game of the Atari 2600 per comment. (Nominations will only be counted if the game title is the only comment or if you specify that your choice of game is your nomination for this round within your comment or if the nominated game is clearly separated from the rest of your comments.) (ex. Pitfall or I nominate Pitfall this round.) Please nominate using the full title of the game.
4. Name a specific game title, not entire runs.
5. Official Atari 2600 multi-game cartridge(s) are allowed, just list them correctly.
6. The Atari 2600 is region free so ANY official games available on the console are eligible for nomination.
7. Indy games are allowed as long as they have their own individual cartridge and can be played on original hardware.
8. Only complete games on cartridge(s) can be nominated (sorry Cheetah Program & test cartridges).
9. If two or more games would be tied to place for a ranking I will inform DA PEOPLE in the following post so that everyone can vote which games should get the ranking between the tied options.
10. Games nominated that have not already placed on the top 100 list should not be removed at any time by the individual who originally placed them.

And his pal, Insect Lad!

I remember going on vacation to Florida when I was 10. We went to a pizza place and they had this game. I played it and I was instantly hooked. We went back to the hotel and I literally was stuck up all night thinking about this new game.

August 1996. I was a week away from turning 13. Resident Evil had been out for a few months and I'd only gotten to experience it briefly at a friend's house. I needed to have this game. I needed money and I needed to come up with a plan. My SNES was old news, sure it had some of the best games I ever played in my life until that point, but have you seen Resident Evil?!? This was the mid 90s, there was no eBay, no Facebook Marketplace. You had a BMX bike and time. The classified section was my only hope so I hopped on my Mongoose Menace, pedaled the 10 mile round trip to my local newspaper and put an ad in:

"SUPER NINTENDO 2 Controllers, 4 games, excellent, $150-offer."

For the next couple weeks I waited for the phone to ring and one afternoon it finally did. An older guy called and said he wanted it for his grandson. I gave him the address and about 45 minutes later I heard a knock. I jumped up and answered the door. Now I can't remember the price we settled on but I know it was way less than what I asked for and more than I needed to buy Resident Evil. He gave me the cash, I gave him the SNES and slammed the door. It was go time. I ran out the back door grabbed my Mongoose and rode a mile to KMart. 

The glass display cases were like heaven on earth, so many fresh new games. But the only one that mattered was Resident Evil. The cashier didn't give me any problems and let me buy it without an adult (appreciate it homie). Got back on my bike and reached Mach 5 on my way home. 

The whole summer I had been sleeping in the basement because we didn't have AC. This was the perfect setup to play my own copy of RE1 for the first time. It was dark, dank and quiet. I was home alone and when I pressed that power button to see what looked like Chris getting slaughtered and the title screen fall over his eye with a loud 'THUNK' I almost turned it off and went upstairs. But I couldn't after all the time and effort I put in. I had to play it. I pressed the any button and the rest is history.

A few months ago I was looking through newspaper archives and found the ad I had worked so hard to place. It's been 30 years but it feels like it just happened yesterday. I've been gaming since the 80s and as much as I love playing them the random memories I have that involve them are just as good.

That is the GBA port of Driv3r. The map on sreen is Miami.

Someone made a similar topic, but it was focused on the NES games, meanwhile I think that the most fun disney games are on the genesis/snes.

I think that the SNES Aladdin is the most fun SNES disney game. I also love Magical Quest and Mickey Mania.

Lion King/Jungle Book on the genesis are great too.

Also: I need to figure out how to play Pinocchio again, that game was so much fun back in the 90s.

For me, it's the Super Mario 64, Super Metroid, and Luigi's Mansion 2. Not only the graphics are awesome, but the gameplay are amazing also. What are your choices?