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    What are the top 5 games you currently enjoy playing the most on your Pi and why?

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      sonicsheppard
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      This was a tough list to make!

      1 - Final Fantasy VII (PS1) - It's my favourite game (don't judge me :p) and I always tend to give it a playthrough every year or so. Finished it again last month, all level 4 limit brakes, ruby and Emerald Weapon beat, never gets boring :)

      2 - Streets of Rage Remake (ports) - Streets of Rage 1 and 2 are 2 of my favourite games on the Mega Drive and the fan remake was simply phenomenal. Was soooo happy when I found @zerojay 's RetroPie-Extras script with sorr, and it works amazingly. Best side scrolling beat'em up!

      3 - X-Com Enemy Unknown/Terror From The Deep/openxcom (ports) - Another of @zerojay 's Extra scripts, openxcom works great and it's an awesome port of Xcom. I'd never got through TFTD before so was thankful of the opportunity to try it.

      4 - Earthbound (snes) - Being a Brit I missed Earthbound way back in the day, so finally got round to trying it earlier in the year; couldn't stop playing it for weeks and have gone through it 3 times now. It deserves all it's praise!

      5 - Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Mega Drive) - Ok I know it's technically 2 games, but who the hell plays these separately!? My personal favourite Sonic game(s) and I keep going back to them time and time again.

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      • BobHarrisB
        BobHarris @sonicsheppard
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        @sonicsheppard Final fantasy VII will definitely be on my list soon. Since 1997 I only finished it twice. I beat all the Weapons on my second playthrough and I really want to do it all over again.

        Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

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        • pjftP
          pjft
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          The 5 games I've been consistently playing these past 5 months, trying to finish them in a single credit without much success are:

          Outrun
          Contra
          Dodonpachi
          Final Fight
          Sly Spy

          All on the arcade, Outrun and Sly Spy on AdvMame, the others in lr-mame2003.

          These aren't the best games by any stretch, but certainly a fun selection for my limited free time.

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            zerojay @sonicsheppard
            last edited by

            @sonicsheppard said in What are the top 5 games you currently enjoy playing the most on your Pi and why?:

            2 - Streets of Rage Remake (ports) - Streets of Rage 1 and 2 are 2 of my favourite games on the Mega Drive and the fan remake was simply phenomenal. Was soooo happy when I found @zerojay 's RetroPie-Extras script with sorr, and it works amazingly. Best side scrolling beat'em up!

            Seeing stuff like this makes it all worthwhile. Thank you.

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              Grid21
              last edited by herb_fargus

              Could someone point me to a site where I can get some of these great games for my RetroPi? I've tried read the forum rules! but that doesn't always have games that work with RetroPi.

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                EctoOne @Grid21
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                @grid21 No, because it's against the rules!

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                • spruce_m00seS
                  spruce_m00se
                  last edited by

                  My Pi is used to mainly play:
                  Pretty soldier Sailor moon (mame)
                  R-type (mame)
                  Puzzle bobble (mame)
                  Gallop (mame)

                  Since discovering mame, the console versions of games arent doing it for me anymore, my console gaming has moved to a Wii, with the hope that it will play Wii, gamcube and N64 as well as the other pi capable systems. heres to hoping.

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                  • jwbmonkJ
                    jwbmonk
                    last edited by

                    1. Super Mario Bros. 3 - Greatest game of all time imo
                    2. Donkey Kong Country
                    3. Street Fighter III Third Strike
                    4. Sonic 3 and Knuckles - This is my son's fave so its pretty much always in the top 5
                    5. Super Smash T.V. - This game is so damn hard but so fun
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                      motleypixel
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                      • SuperFromNDS
                        SuperFromND
                        last edited by

                        1. Super Mario World - specifically the GBA port because widescreen
                        2. Super Mario 64 - I don't think this needs explanation
                        3. Pepsiman - For the memes, of course!
                        4. WindJammers - obscure, but awesome Neo Geo game
                        5. Mighty Bomb Jack - legendarily hard game

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                        • MileSaculM
                          MileSacul
                          last edited by

                          Coding for RetroPie (all): Love the high from completing a feature!
                          Earthbound (snes): Got a hacked version with new game plus. The battle system is unique.
                          Super Mario RPG (snes): Mario + RPG is awesome. Plus bowser can throw Mario at enemies.
                          Castlevania Symphony of the Night (psx): Friend recommended it. Love the Medusa shield!
                          Chrono Trigger (snes): It has new game plus, great storyline, and cool combo moves.

                          Lucas Showerman
                          The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. -Albert Einstein

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                          • sirhenrythe5thS
                            sirhenrythe5th @MileSacul
                            last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                            1. Medievil 1 for PSX. Great game, never played it before.
                            2. Darius G also for PSX.
                            3. Dodonpachi (MAME) IMO the best Shmup of all time. Greatest scoring-system ever. As all Arcade Games i play without continues and reach Level 6.
                            4. and 5): Paperboy (reach Friday) and Outrun (played through the easy route last week). Simply because i love these games since decades.

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                            • RichardBrR
                              RichardBr
                              last edited by

                              1. Mario 1
                              2. Sonic 3 and Knuckles
                              3. Donkey Kong
                              4. Super Mario World
                              5. Sly Spy
                                I think the guys mentioned reasons why above :D

                              It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.

                              Sydney Smith

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                              • retroprogrammerR
                                retroprogrammer
                                last edited by

                                Honestly, and this is a bit embarrassing I am actually quite into the Pokémon series after I got Retropie hooked up a year ago, Don't judge :-)

                                Here is me converting the original Xbox for a case:
                                https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15232/converting-original-xbox-into-case-for-raspberrypi/15
                                Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/retro-programmer

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                                • jwbmonkJ
                                  jwbmonk
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                                  Everyone loves pokemon ;)

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                                  • DD-IndeedD
                                    DD-Indeed
                                    last edited by DD-Indeed

                                    1. Spyro The Dragon (PS1) Almost played this through, been a fun game.
                                    2. Dino Crisis (PS1) Got a bit stuck in it couple days ago, but still highly enjoyable and challenging game.
                                    3. Super Mario All-Stars + SMW (SNES) Do this need any words ? Propably the coolest collection package of all time.
                                    4. Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (PS1) Maybe a bit of an oddball to you, but this is a forgotten gem.
                                    5. Metal Slug X (PS1) If you ever need to play something with simple gameplay mechanics and just jump into it, this is it.

                                    My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                                    • retroprogrammerR
                                      retroprogrammer
                                      last edited by

                                      1.Pokemon Emerald (see my above post)
                                      2.Super Mario 64 (always loved Mario and his adventures)
                                      3.Super Mario Bros (best Mario game!)
                                      4.Sly Spy(just a fun game overall)
                                      5.Street fighter series(just how the gameplay looks to me, I never did get to play street fighter a kid :-)

                                      Here is me converting the original Xbox for a case:
                                      https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15232/converting-original-xbox-into-case-for-raspberrypi/15
                                      Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/retro-programmer

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                                      • pjftP
                                        pjft @retroprogrammer
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                                        @retroprogrammer @RichardBr so many Sly Spy fans! :) I'm overjoyed!

                                        @DD-Indeed question: why Metal Slug X on the PS1 instead of on FBA? Any specific reason? Just curious. I love the game on the arcade.

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                                        • DD-IndeedD
                                          DD-Indeed @pjft
                                          last edited by

                                          @pjft

                                          Why bother putting another emulator for it, when it can be played alongside other PS1 titles I have ? :) Doesn't really matter, as it it 2D sprited game anyway.

                                          My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                                          • pjftP
                                            pjft @DD-Indeed
                                            last edited by

                                            @dd-indeed that's fair, it was an honest question as it could be that it had any particularly different modes, performed better, etc.

                                            Thanks!

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