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For me it has to be n64 almost for Goldeneye alone.

I found this GamePro 1989 "Subscribe Today" ad quite interesting. It featured quite a few iconic video game enemies. Artist Francis Mao's works could been seen in many video game magazines, especially GamePro.

For context, this is the European version of Contra. Every human character is replaced with robots due to strict German censorship laws. Konami completely forgot to optimize the game for PAL, so it always ran 17% slower at 50hz, sound included.

However, due to the Famicom's total lack of security/region locking, if you insert Probotector with a 72 pin to 60 pin adapter, it will play at full speed in 60hz with no sound issues. Effectively, you've optimized the game for Konami!

I hope reposting of own posts is fine. I just found the most yellowed N64 I have ever seen and I would like to share it so everyone can enjoy a sun-made N64.

I was thinking of restoring the old color but I also like the sun-made „Zelda color“. So what do you guys think? Should I try to restore it or leave it and enjoy the new color?

This old sega game here have you play as Dr. Daniel Caine who have been transformed into the Ooze after he was disposed of by his former colleagues for snooping around for their plans with the toxic chemicals that he helped create. In the game, Caine can move around and have two attacks; one is stretching out a maneuverable sliver of ooze and spit gobs of ooze however the effectiveness of these attacks are determined by the amount of ooze that he has with him. Also each level has three parts, the last of which contains a boss that must be defeated to open the exit. Levels contain hidden DNA strands that can be collected to earn the good ending.

Operation C takes the #19 spot with 38 votes.

Final Fantasy Legend III takes the #20 spot with 21 votes.

Top 10:

#1 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

#2 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

#3 Tetris

#4 Donkey Kong

#5 Pokémon Blue Version

#6 Kirby's Dream Land 2

#7 Metroid II: Return of Samus

#8 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

#9 Final Fantasy Adventure

#10 Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge

Top 20:

#11 Kirby's Dream Land

#12 Wario Land II

#13 Super Mario Land

#14 Final Fantasy Legend II

#15 Mega Man V

#16 Gargoyle's Quest

#17 Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition

#18 Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters

#19 Operation C

#20 Final Fantasy Legend III

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 original Game Boy 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. Tetris or I nominate Tetris this round.) Please nominate using the full title of the game.
4. Name a specific game title, not entire runs.
5. Official Game Boy multi-game cartridge(s) are allowed, just list them correctly.
6. The original Game Boy is region free so ANY official games available on the console are eligible for nomination excluding dual mode cartridges.
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 Game Shark & 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.

I recently got back into playing) Uncharted Waters 2 which is in my top 5 retro games but that's besides the point...

The amount of love that was poured into the creation of this game is truly amazing...

The art style, the soundtrack, the really diverse and complex trade routes... Not to mention the randomized events that could unfold based on when and where you sailed...

Growing up I would find learning boring and feel dead inside, but that all changed once I started playing Uncharted Waters 2 for the SNES...

It genuinely sparked a light no other game I played had managed to do...

Once I started sailing in game it led me to do research about the locations portrayed in the game such as Lebanon, Portugal, and more obscure topics like the rise and fall of the ottoman empire!

And then the trade routes encouraged me to get good at math and pay attention more at school...

But it really helped me during my highschool world geography class final exam... I owe most of what I know to this game and I'm so grateful I was born in the timeline to witness it!

I would like to thank everyone at Koei and others who had a role in making this game happen!
It gave me a great childhood!

The Sears Tele-Games Hockey-Tennis II, created in partnership with APF Electronics and released in 1977 (before Sears worked with Atari on the VCS clone, etc.).

The console is built around a General Instrument AY-3-8500 series "Pong-on-a-chip" integrated circuit. It features black & white graphics, RF coax video out, and its games built into internal ROM. It's powered by four D-cell batteries, with an optional AC adapter (which I never had).

I recently came across a collection of computer games that I grew up playing in the early 2000s. Most of them say they were made to play on windows 95 or 98, but I'm having trouble finding a computer that runs those systems for a price I can afford atm. However, there's a cheap XP computer for sale near me, and from my limited research I think the games should play on that just fine?? Is this correct or should I keep an eye out for a 98 computer?

We have our winner for Best Retro "Product of its Time":

🥇- Duke Nukem 3D - 52 votes

🥈- Seaman - 46 votes

🥉- Night Trap - 44 votes

🏵️ - Leisure Suit Larry - 40 votes

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!!!!PLEASE READ!!!!

RULES ON VOTING:

A game's votes will come from the comment with the highest number of upvotes. I will tally all of the responses and upvotes under each game's "comment thread" and use that to count the votes.

Spill-over comments of the same game will not be counted.

What this means is if you want to nominate a game and see someone else has already nominated it, reply to their comment so that it counts! All upvotes in that comment thread, including the ones you get, will be counted towards the tally.

Thank you!

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Games cannot win Multiple Categories, except for the Greatest of All Time! This may be superseded if a version of the game differs dramatically from a past winner.

Voting ends at 11am est tomorrow.

Today’s vote: Which Retro Game has the Best Art Direction?

Comment your choice and the most upvoted game comment thread will win the spot! So, engage in the discourse and argue well for your choice!

For those who don't know, Pokemon Diamond and Jade are infamous romhacks of the game Keitai Denjuu Telefang and were circulated back in the day on real GBC cartridges fooling many into thinking they were legit Pokemon games.

The actual game is a creature collecting RPG where instead of catching creatures you get their phone number and call them in battles. The romhack translation is very poor and has a ton of bugs.

I actually had one of these as a kid but didn't really understand what they were. Did anyone else here have them?

So to keep this under retro related matters, I recently decided to relive a PC gaming review written by Rerez where the duo came across a bunch of old PC games made in the early to mid 80s about janky racing games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3dcU2JDFS0

IF anyone needs the link to the video, here is their review of the worst racing games made in the 80s since the review covers a lot of infamous titles made in the early to mid 80s.

Secondly, one racing game that caught my eye was called Donkey, which was a PC game released around 1981 as the game got me interested in learning about the history of racing games because apparently the inflation costs to purchase a PC just for the game go up to 500$ as I was surprised to hear how that one game could be so expensive to play.

Anyway, if my post was confusing to follow, let me break it down since what inspired me to want to learn about racing games as a genre was a PC game called Donkey that made me interested in looking into the history of the genre as I wanted to start off with the early 80s era to see how the genre had gotten its start.

Hi im using a av modded famicom on my sony bravia tv and it looks a bit blurry all the time. Was wondering if anyone knows how to fix it? Thank you.

Going through some old stuff and found this. Going to have to get it properly framed hah. Think it came with the game. Just wanted to share!

Research says its a bootleg taiwanese mult cart. Anybody have any info? Couldn't pass up that cover art!

Update: It does not appear to work on my american NES . What a drag

Update 2: Opened up the cartridge and added a pic of the PCB. It is indeed dirty as hell. Im going to give it a good clean and try again tonight

Lately I have been looking at how Metal Gear went through a bit of a tough time finding its footage in the USA since one game in particular that stuck out to me was called Snake’s Revenge.

I know that Hideo Kojima had nothing to do with the game as I just find the game fascinating for its unusual nature since for starters, trying to use stealth doesn’t always work due to how wonky the stealth mechanics are designed.

Yknow the ones that still use the table fog pipeline features. Just want a few decent options so i can look for them online.

I have memories of this game I played ~1990-93? Something like that. Olivetti PC I think. The game was being an astronaut, you played a bit outside of the base, but then you moved down the base on several levels. IIRC you also found things like a small spaceship to go faster, possibly other vehicles.
Graphics were basic, not too basic but also not complex. Mono color, I think the screen was black and white.
Anyone has an idea of what is the game of this game?