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

mediamogul

I'm on a major 2600 kick at the moment.

Stargate
Millipede
Pressure Cooker
H.E.R.O.
River Raid

Lurker

Currently? In that case the set would be;

Xmen Children of the Atom (FBA). I was never into Street Fighter or Mortal Combat but this one for some reason calls to me.
Night Stalker (Intellivision) Because I finally got around to mapping the intellivision controls in a way that I can play the first games I had as a kid. Later I will build a more Intellivision friendly controller but I shoe horned in what I need for now.
Lock & Chase (FBA) As a kid I only knew of the Intellivision version but the arcade is that much better. It had been so long since I played this that I had thought my memories of the game were taken from the old movie "Cloak and Dagger" and I started to think the Lock & Chase game wasn't real.
Puzzle Bobble (AKA in the U.S. Bust-A-Move) (FBA) I loved this puzzle game and I was always pretty good at it. My 5 year old can do pretty well on his own and in VS mode, if I slow my shots down to one shot every 5 count.
I am saving this last spot for "New Tetris" (N64) may it one day be playable. I've seen people get other N64 games to work or mostly work but nothing for New Tetris. It grinds to a halt when the first silver or gold block is made. I want this version in particular because even my wife likes to play this game and she is not a fan of video games. So I will wait and hope Note the subtle plea for someone to find and post a walk through solution for this one game

Honorable mention to:
Legend of Zelda (Nes) Funny that I remember were almost ever secret is still after decades. My younger brother would erase my guy everytime I got to the last dungeon, so now that I don't have to worry about that and and have breezed through all the game I am at Ganon's dungeon and have only a vague idea of where to go. Maybe I should just reset my guy for old times sake

Ecks

Arcade
Ninja Baseball Batman and Dungeons & Dragons
PS1
Legend of Dragoon, Front Mission 3 and Xenogears
One word for all of them is "Amazing".
can't really give an opinion for each one since they all have excellent replay-ability.

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street hoop
ultimate mortal combat 3
metal slug 5
Super Mario Brothers
Contra

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SunnyMo

@ecks
hi, is your Ninja Baseball Batman runs well in lr-mame2003 or lr-fba? as my test result, the sound seems shutter and framerate is around 47fps, not good. i use 3b+ and the latest version of retropie image.

pjft

@sunnymo use AdvMame for that one.

SunnyMo

@pjft thanks, it works, advmame1.4 is a better version for this game. the speed is quite fast.

Ecks

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

@ecks
hi, is your Ninja Baseball Batman runs well in lr-mame2003 or lr-fba? as my test result, the sound seems shutter and framerate is around 47fps, not good. i use 3b+ and the latest version of retropie image.

I am playing using FBA and forgot if it is the 2012 one or not and i get flawless 60 fps with no stutters and i haven't overclocked my Pi yet and i am using the 3B+ as well.

Ecks

@sunnymo When i have time if you want i will record to show which one i use exactly and show that there is no stutters as well.

SunnyMo

@ecks yes, please. i tested advmame1.4, it runs well with 60fps and no shutters, but the sound delays, then i tried advmame3.8, the speed and sound are ok, but it's hard to map my ps3 wireless controller, and my bezel is missing. after google quite a long time, i found advmame is not driven by retroarch, so controller mapping and bezel setting no longer work. what a pity. if lr-fbalpha can run this game well, that would be nice.

Ecks

@sunnymo So i am not able to record at the moment cause my phone is not working well but i am using lr-fbalpha to confirm and found out i was getting on average instead 55 fps but i am also going to overclock my Pi to at least 1.5GHz which it should improve the framerate which from a guide i found i am going to have my Pi run at these clocks "1.5Ghz CPU 500Mhz gpu Overclock profile" which might improve any game and if your Pi has heatsinks and a fan that would be very good for overclocking.

SunnyMo

@ecks thanks for the reply, i don't have a heatsink, so i not gonna overclock my pi 3b+. i tried advmame3.8 which may be the best emulator for Ninja Baseball Batman, no overclock needed and runs at 60fps, very smoothy. however, advmame3.8 is based on mame 0.106, the bezel can't be at high resolution, it is scaled from the game resolution which is pretty bad. i wonder if there is any solution to this.

Ecks

Honestly you should have a heatsink by default so your Pi doesn't overheat especially on the bottom where your memory is or just use a case like this one as an example which will cool down the system pretty good

thelostsoul

@ecks Or get a similar cooling and much cheaper (in price) case like from BiQu.

Ecks

@thelostsoul Yes but cheaper doesn't always mean better cause yes the Flirc case is nice but look at the results

You can see it is a lot cooler and honestly i find being in the 40's better than being in the 60's and think when overclocking as well cause that does bring more heat as well.

thelostsoul

@ecks I didnt say its better. But it can be good enough. Btw, I was talking about the BiQU. I use the BiQU case on my RP3B and overclocked all 3 parts a lot and it stays under 50 C while gaming. Even while stress testing it with high load much for many hours, it never reaches the throttling temperatures.

Don't misunderstand me. I just gave an alternative recommendation.

Ecks

@thelostsoul See here is the thing we're using the 3B+ which is slightly different.

thelostsoul

@ecks omg you are right! Damn, sorry I just didn't pay attention to it.

Adlibirel

WindJammers (FBA)
Dr. Mario (NES)
Spiderman (PS1)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
Ice Climber (NES)

The five games I'm randomly enjoying at the moment.

VictimRLSH

MechForce (Amiga) - When I had an Amiga I'd either be playing this or Pinball Fantasies AGA. The greatest Battletech game ever made. The lack of a definitive campaign is its only flaw.

Advance Wars (GBA) - Simple to learn but very difficult to puzzle your way through to the 'S' rank solutions. The War Room maps give hundreds of hours of gameplay.

Street Fighter II Champion Edition (Arcade) - I wasted much of my 20's and a lot of my money on this game.

Wizardry (Apple ][) One of the first turn based RPG dungeon crawl series ever, and still one of the most difficult.

Bubble Bobble (NES) Me and my wife would sit down with a giant bowl of popcorn and spend entire nights playing this completely through. A great partner game.