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Looking for retro game recommendations (lemmy.world)
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I'm looking for recommendations for games to get for my retroid picket 3. I like platfirmers, metroidvania, turn based games and driving games.

Any suggestions gratefully received!

Thanks in advance.

Edit: thanks for all the replies - so many more than I expected! Plenty for me to take a look at. :-)

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[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

As an MSDOS and platformer fan:

  • Dangerous Dave (1990 version)
  • Prince of Persia 1 & 2
  • Crystal Caves
  • Bio Menace
  • Commander Keen series (keen 4 being the best)
  • Jazz Jackrabbit series
  • Jill of the Jungle
  • Aladdin

My favorite from the above would be Bio Menace, followed by Dangerous Dave, Prince of Persia 1 and Jazz Jackrabbit.

Most of these games should be available on GOG, if not, search for "eXoDOS".

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Haha I completely forgot about Jazz Jackrabbit!

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I hope you didn't forget that banger of a soundtrack!

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Back when game music was good!

[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Crystal Caves is such an iconic DOS era game. I boot it up occasionally just to enjoy the design and sound effects.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Bio Menace is good, but hard. Common in that era!