Wife friendly games?

wetriner

My wife enjoys playing ToeJam & Earl on genesis quite a bit.

Clyde

Centipede was made by a woman..thus why maybe so popular with them.
She made it because she didn't like space invaders..."it was boring and had no purpose."

Thanks for that, it made me research a little myself. Actually, Centipede was made by a man and a woman. According to Wikipedia, Ed Logg (co-author of Asteroids) was the supervisor/designer and the Dona Bailey was the programmer. She liked the pastel colours, so that fits to what I've heard before, and "[I]t didn't seem bad to shoot a bug", that fits to your comment about them. :)

I really like learning about the history of (not only arcade) games. It makes you understand why the games you play are the way they are, and you get to know the people behind them.

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I spend more time tweaking it than playing

Don't we all. ;)

Clyde

@clyde said in Wife friendly games?:

Actually, Centipede was made by a man and a woman.

And maybe two other people whose names didn't make it into the history books: "She was the software engineer on the four-person team."

Just mentioned for completeness, I don't want to hijack this thread. O:)

thelostsoul

Found some new Arcade games for this thread, while searching for new games to add to my RetroPie:

mame2003

bangball Bang Bang Ball (v1.05)
blocken Blocken (Japan)
cachat Cachat (Japan)

I think you can ignore the Japanese language on those titles here, because the games don't need the language here. They are some sort of Match Block or puzzlish games, but in a unique way I never saw before and they have 2 player options. I didn't play them for long, just checked for 2 minutes if they are working.
(tested on non overclocked Raspberry Pi 3)

pjft

Yesterday I was trying to think of a game I played several years ago - maybe 10-15+ years ago - that I think would fit the bill, but I can't seem to find the name or the system for it, though I find plenty of clones.

I'm fairly sure I played it on the PC at least, and it was a competitive multiplayer snake-like game, also kind of like Tron light cycles or something.

I'm not sure if there's anything like that on the arcade or on a console as well, but that's one my wife would likely enjoy. Thought I'd mention in case it does ring a bell to anyone else.

thelostsoul

@pjft yesterday, I was looking out for some new games and saw such a game. Later this day, I could find it back maybe. It was on Mame, eventually starting with c or d letter. In facty I was looking alphabetically through the compatibility list of mame2003 and was just picking up randomly.

SgtJimmyRustles

I can't remember, but was Mean Bean Machine brought up yet? Did I bring it up yet?

drake999

@andershp My fiancee and I really enjoy the original Road Rash for PSX. We've been known to stay up most of the night taking turns playing it, seeing who can get the farthest before wiping out and doing shots, lol. It's a good time.

quicksilver

@drake999 "original" road roash on PSX? Blasphemy! ;)

If you enjoy road rash, you should check out Road Rash 64. It actually plays very nicely on the pi (menus are choppy). The game is a steaming pile of crap, and the crash physics are poorly done. But it does make for some hilarious situations!

drake999

@quicksilver I respect your opinion, but I have seen Road Rash 64 and I like the PSX version better. To me Road Rash 64 just looks so ugly. Textures are worse than the PSX version, the only advantage being that they are filtered on N64. Unfiltered, blocky, and twitchy textures are part of the charm of the PSX though. Plus I just find the PSX Road Rash just funner to play. Hey if you like the N64 version, I'm not going to disrespect you for it, but it's not for me.

quicksilver

@drake999 Oh Im sure the PSX version is better. I was mainly being facetious. =)

The N64 version is awful, but sometimes its just fun to laugh at something awful. Know what I mean?

Sano

@quicksilver said in Wife friendly games?:

@drake999 "original" road roash on PSX? Blasphemy! ;)

If you enjoy road rash, you should check out Road Rash 64.

Real road rash is on sega megadrive (aka genesis). Period. ;)

drake999

@quicksilver Lol, ok I get you. Yeah I'm that way with bad movies. If you like to laugh at something awful, watch Samurai Cop, lol. That makes for a good movie night with beers, lol. Me and the fiancee watched that as well.

quicksilver

@sano Yea thats what I was implying. The N64 comment was supposed to be a seperate idea.

drake999

@sano I've played the Sega CD version, which is a watered down version of the PSX game. Yeah I've heard good things about the genesis version. Need to try it.

quicksilver

@drake999 There is a great interview on youtube with the main actor in that movie. It was done by the guys from Red Letter Media. Really funny!

drake999

@quicksilver Thanks, I'll check that out next time i'm on YouTube. To keep from derailing the thread here's another game suggestion that girlfriends and wives might enjoy. Devil's Crush for the TG16 / PC Engine. It's probably one of the best retro pinball games out there in my opinion. Don't know if this one's been mentioned already, but I doubt it.

quicksilver

@drake999 I love that game. I grew up with a TG16 and I played the heck out of devils crush! It was actually one of my moms favorite games too.

drake999

@quicksilver Yeah every once in a while I fire it up. The chiptune theme music is some of the best I've heard in that generation hands down too. The music alone makes you want to keep playing I find. My fiancee loves that game as well, but not as much as Road Rash PSX lol.

Sano

@quicksilver
Now we have to open a "Mom friendly games ?" topic :)