Important mainstream games in history you missed

VictimRLSH

@thelostsoul The local barcade has Pac-Man Battle Royale, a 4 player version where you can eat each other with various levels of power pills. There are other assorted powerups as well.

thelostsoul

@victimrlsh Wow that is awesome!

VictimRLSH

@thelostsoul It's the go-to game once everyone gets blitzed off PBR.

thelostsoul

@mattrixk @Clyde
You two said you want play Metroid once. Super Metroid on the SNES is the ultimate experience, period. If you still want try out the original Metroid on the NES, I suggest to play it with a romhack/mod. Unlike its superior SNES version, it misses a save function (instead it uses passwords and the health bar starts low each time) and don't have a map. I found this hack today: Metroid + Saving

Clyde

@thelostsoul Is there an advantage of a hack over RetroArch's saving system other than immersion?

thelostsoul

@clyde What do you mean by RetroArch's saving system? The game does not have a battery and there is no saving. Do you mean save states? If so, I think save states are still the way to go if you want have an original feel without typing passwords. The hack also gives you a map (while pause) and saves the lifes bar, which is not the original experience, but still the game will not really change. Normally the life bar will always start at low, every time you start the game, even when you use passwords.

mitu

@clyde Not really. You might accidentally press the wrong shortcut and rewrite your save instead of loading, it happened to me in the heat of battle a few times :).
For a modern re-make of the original Metroid, I've seen people recommending Metroid Zero Mission, on the GBA. It has a map and save points, so you get that besides all the other goodies.

Clyde

@thelostsoul Yes, I meant the save states, and with "immersion" I meant that what you called "original feel". :) The other features of the hack are nice, too. I may look into it, thanks!

@mitu Yes, though it didn't happen to me yet, I am very cautious when I use safe states for exactly that reason. Thanks for the tip about MZM, I may look into that too, although I don't have any GBA games as of now.

ruckage

@mitu said in Important mainstream games in history you missed:

Metroid Zero Mission, on the GBA. It has a map and save points, so you get that besides all the other goodies.

Metroid zero mission is an amazing remake, admittedly I have no nostalgic connection to the original Metroid as I didn't own a NES but I can't see any reason to play the NES version over the GBA remake. Metroid fusion (also on the GBA) is another great entry in the series. There is also 'Metroid: Samus Returns' for the 3DS which is a remake of 'Metroid 2' for the gameboy.

@mattrixk I highly recommend giving some of the Metroid games a try (skip the nes/gameboy versions and go straight to the SNES/GBA games), they really are great games.

mattrixk

Thanks for the Metroid information guys (and girls?). I'll add them to my (very long) to-do list

thelostsoul

@ruckage said in Important mainstream games in history you missed:

Metroid zero mission is an amazing remake, admittedly I have no nostalgic connection to the original Metroid as I didn't own a NES but I can't see any reason to play the NES version over the GBA remake.

While the GBA remake really looks great on video and paper, there is still the charme of original old games. Like with Super Mario Bros., later versions/remakes are superior in most cases, plus save feature, there is still reason to play the original one. If nostalgia is not the reason, maybe the curiosity could be. This is at least the game it started at all. I think the original is harder and the new one also have some new mechanics and features.

After all this was said, I still recommend playing GBA remake version over the original NES. xD

thelostsoul

@braiden While both are RPGs, the focus and gameplay, practically everything in the game is different. Like if you would compare Overwatch to Call of Duty, both FPS genre, but drastically different mechanics. Said that, Final Fantasy games live from its atmosphere, characters and epic single player story. And the game mechanics are often very interestingly done. PokeMon is more like a multiplayer game. First, it does not have a epic story or characters like a Final Fantasy game. The main focus more like searching, collection, training your monsters. And also fighting and trading with others is integral part of the series. Probably everyone knew it already, but I just feel like bringing it up here.

@beyonslay I am a bit suprised you mention this game, because I thought of retro only. But you are absolutely right, this Zelda game is probably one of the most important games to play. I still did not, as I don't own a Switch. But I will play it for sure, maybe this year.