Finishing my first game on retropie

hooperre

Just finished Quackshot for the Genesis. Grew up loving that game, but was never able to beat it in a single sitting. Satisfying.

drake999

I'm on kind of a Sega CD trip lately. Some really good hidden and overlooked gems on that system. I beat Snatcher, Sonic CD (the good ending with all time stones), and Road Avenger.

backstander

@drake999
One of my friends had a Sega CD and he had several cool games for it but I remember this one called "Mansion of Hidden Souls" that was actually pretty good but I never heard of it before or heard of it since. He also had the infamous Night Trap before they pulled it and edited it to re-release it in 1994.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Trap

drake999

@backstander Yeah I owned a Sega Genesis CDX growing up and still have most of my games. I've never tried Night Trap but I'm well aware that there were a lot of government officials that had a conniption fit over it. The funny thing is the game is quite tame, even by the standards of the time. I own Double Switch, which is a spiritual sequel of sorts and that's the one I played until I beat. I've heard of Mansion of Hidden Souls but never actually played, not even sure what it's about, but if it's good I might have to check it out.

drake999

@backstander I should say I've never played Night Trap for more than 5 minutes, lol. It's like one of those hilariously bad horror movies so I do want to see more of the game one day. I've seen plenty of Youtube videos on it though.

Arcuza

Ah, I forgot The 7th Guest on ScummVM... Awesome game.

backstander

@drake999

I've never tried Night Trap but I'm well aware that there were a lot of government officials that had a conniption fit over it. The funny thing is the game is quite tame, even by the standards of the time.

Yeah, Night Trap was quite tame and I think the people trying to ban it had never actually played it. I never played Double Switch but maybe I'll give it a try now.

Mansion of Hidden Souls is a point-n-click adventure puzzle games similar to Myst, Uninvited and D.

I just remember another good game my friend had, "Dracula Unleashed" which was kind of like a Sherlock Holmes game but you are after a vampire. I tried it on RetroPie but it had some weird sounds issues (or I have a bad rip).

mediamogul

@backstander

It's like one of those hilariously bad horror movies so I do want to see more of the game one day.

I love hilariously bad horror movies and I agree that 'Night Trap' is right there with them. I've gotten pretty close to beating it in the past, but it's tough. The main flaw is that it expects you to be killing augers left, right and center at the same time valuable information is being discussed in other rooms that is needed to keep the game going.

I have the director's cut that I run through DOSBox and it comes with a short documentary about the senate hearings where 'Mortal Kombat', 'Carmageddon' and 'Night Trap' are raked across the coals in service of instituting the video game rating system that we now know. Listening to them describe the events of the game, you can tell they never played it. They state several times that it's the job of the player to stalk and murder the girls in the game, rather than protect them from the augers using the traps.

Edit: Here's the documentary for anyone interested.

strife23

So far I've beaten

Castlevania
Contra
Super Mario World
Altered Beast
Illusion of Gaia

Now just starting Chrono Trigger...I love my retropie system.

PetroRie

My list:

Army Men Air Attack (PSX)
Metal Gear Solid (PSX)
Donkey Kong Country 1 (SNES)
Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)
Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES)
Super Chase HQ (SNES)
Super Mario All-Stars (I finished Super Mario The lost Levels and Bros. 1) (SNES)
Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Super Punch Out (SNES)
Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega Megadrive/Genesis)

I have beaten a couple MAME/NEOGEO games but I didn't include them here since you always have unlimited quarters aka unlimited lives so they're very easy to beat.

Capeman

I've completed Castlevania 4 and Super Ghouls'n Ghosts for SNES, as well as a bunch of various NES games on the pi so far, i only used save states to come back later... though it was tempting in SGNG, that game is hard as hell.

hooperre

@Capeman Man I wish I had the mental fortitude to not use save states instead of allowing myself to lose lives. I want to beat a myriad of things on here and instead of taking my time, I'm kind of rushing through them just to do it. Mega Man 1 for example and Yellow Devil, I died so many times I just used save states for unlimited lives essentially. I finally got his pattern down, but I would have hated to go through the level to face him enough times to figure out how to defeat him.