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

jamrom2

@victimrlsh no, just purely nostalgia. Once I got the A800 emulator working as it should, and looking correct, it brought back a lot of fun memories.

But I agree, the C64/128 versions of many of these games were a lot better for sound and graphics.

IanDaemon

@molokkoplus Popful Mail was one of the very few "RPGs/action RPGs" that I didn't get a chance to play on the Sega CD during its original release. I was a big follower of Working Designs.

Emulatre71

@iandaemon There is a ROM hack of Popful Mail which is supposed to fix the changes they made for the USA version.

No particular Order

Keio Flying Squadron (horizontal-scrolling shooter) [Sega CD]
Mega Man Powerd Up (platformer) [PSP] The Roll dlc for it is neat and was free back then
Carrier (survival horror) [Dreamcast]
Pocket Fighter (Fighting) (PSX version)
Melty Blood Act Cadenza (Fighting) (Sega Naomi) via Flycast

Melty Blood Act Cadenza

Keio Flying Squadron (there is a part 2 on sega saturn)
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Pocket Fighter
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IanDaemon

@emulatre71 I REALLY dig Super Gem Fighters: Mini Mix (Pocket Fighters). The animations for the attacks are hilarious.

retropieuser555

Pretty absolutely loving VVVVV recently, it works very nicely on my retroflag gpi/pi zero setup. It fits perfectly on a gameboy type handheld

Genos98

Mvc2 (Naomi)
Tekken 3 (Ps1) (Would have been tekken tag easily if it actually runs well on the p4)
FF VII (Ps1)
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Mame)
Mario 3 (Nes)

dodonpachi

@emulatre71 Why Melty Blood Act Cadenza and not Actress Again?

EDIT: To contribute to the topic, it's hard to narrow down 5 but the ones I play the most are, in no particular order:

Dodonpachi Daioujou Black Label (lr-fbneo)
Capcom VS SNK 2 (Naomi, lr-flycast)
Blazblue: Continuum Shift Extend (lr-ppsspp)
Ketsui (lr-fbneo)
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (lr-fbneo)

Lister of Smeg

I spend more time tinkering than actually playing - but

Doom Master Edition (PSX) - fan made "This project has the purpose of incorporing the "missing" levels from the PC versions: (Ultimate Doom, Doom II, Master Levels, TNT and PLutonia) according to the PSX limitations."
Lords of Thunder (SegaCD) - a little bit easier than the pcengine version
Galaga (FBNeo) - who doesn't like galaga??
Repton (BBC Micro) - boulderdash with puzzles. Repton 3 is probably the one I play the most, but they're all great
MaioKart (N64) - I reserve the right to change to the game cube double dash version some time in the future

dankcushions

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

Repton (BBC Micro) - boulderdash with puzzles. Repton 3 is probably the one I play the most, but they're all great

i love repton! we had a BBC in the house when I was a kid (a key middle class symbol of the 1980s, apparently), and it was one of the first videogames i ever played. more like a puzzle game than a test of skill - it's got a following in the chess community, which makes total sense to me as puzzles often feel like planning chess moves.

i did find the non-linear setup of repton 2 to be impenetrable, though. maybe i should try it again. never tried 3!

Lister of Smeg

@dankcushions
'i did find the non-linear setup of repton 2 to be impenetrable, though. maybe i should try it again.'

definitely!
save states are your best friend - something we didn't have in the 80s ;p

Emulatre71

@dodonpachi I did not play Melty Blood Actress Again long enough for a verdict, it was more of me testing that one out with Flycast to emulate. Atomiswave and Sega Naomi is a bit underrated and not discussed often which is a bummer. I was going to list "The Rumble Fish 2" (Atomiswave)(Fighting). If Retropie had EasyRPG for RPG Maker 2003 & 2000 games I would have listed one.

@Lister-of-Smeg How about the way Save States were done in the Nintendo Wii U, I kinda liked it but I can not remember if it allowed for more than 1 save state for a game.

Lister of Smeg

@emulatre71
I haven't actually played a Wii U, but I remember being surprised that the original Wii created a save state for VC games so you could start where you left off (maybe not so good if you rage quit) - a feature I hadn't really seen before with a console

hawkes_84

1. Cannon Fodder (megadrive) - just a great war game
2. Flashback (megadrive) classic game and this is the best port IMO
3. Super Mario Bros (nes) had plans to be a master speed runner at this game but it's insane. Needless to say it didn't pan out
4. Goldeneye 007 (n64) have played so often the first 3/4 levels I find very therapeutic to just glide through
5. Impossible Mission II (zx spectrum) remember loving this game as a kid. The game box shows a man with a huge 44 Magnum Revolver and yet they let you do somersaults in the game!

retropieuser555

@hawkes_84 silly question but how do you find the analogue controls on the train level? I probably need to play around with the dead zone settings and such but it's basically impossible to shoot the floor in time I find as the control is so different to the n64

hawkes_84

@retropieuser555 I don't find them any different to any of the other levels really. The aim function is not as precise as it was with n64 controller but you adjust. I'm using an 8bitdo sn30 Pro for my n64 games and except for the c buttons being mapped to the right analogue stick the rest of it is pretty decent. What are you using?

retropieuser555

@hawkes_84 just lr-parallel and a 3rd party PS3 controller. The controller isn't the best so it's maybe the issue in fairness. But I can't beat the train at all. Probably should try it with a better controller ha

pjft

@hawkes_84 Wow, strong selection there.

I loved Cannon Fodder on the PC, but I can't imagine how it'd play with the controller. How does it compare?

I seem to remember similar struggles with Syndicate, another favorite of mine on the PC. But Syndicate Wars on the PSX is a reasonable compromise.

hawkes_84

@pjft thanks dude, I actually have only played Cannon Fodder on the Megadrive and recently on the Amiga so using the controller is really all I know and can't imagine using a mouse for it even though it's cursor based. Same with Command & Conquer series on PSX as opposed to PC. The only obvious advantages I can see for a mouse for a game would be an FPS for precision shooting

hawkes_84

@retropieuser555 I strongly suggest 8bitdo controllers for Pi usage. Their Sn30 Pro for n64, Playstation and Dreamcast and M30 for Megadrive and SNES and anything else lower down. Such quality products. They actually did their own version of an n64 Bluetooth controller about 4 years back but they were limited in supply and are a bit of a collectors item now going for silly prices

retropieuser555

@hawkes_84 oh yeah i have a nes30, sfc30 and megadrive controller of there's. I might get one with analogs but it's hard to justify having so many controllers ha