What Retro Games Are You Currently Playing?

[phatboy]

I splashed out £50 for a Guitar Hero guitar (for 360) and man it may have been nearly 20 years but it’s like riding a bike!

Have a few friends who were amazing at it, but for me it was like riding a bike with one broken pedal, flat tyre and the seat taken off just leaving the pole lol

I have one very funny memory of band hero on drunken new year's eve doing lead vocals for Livin on a Prayer

 

[JoeBoi]

I splashed out £50 for a Guitar Hero guitar (for 360) and man it may have been nearly 20 years but it’s like riding a bike!

Ah man, the memories of that! I cannot believe how expensive some of the guitars are now days. I would love to pick that and Rockband up again.

 

[Vinno]

I decided that it's time to play Max Payne again. Oh yes let's go.

 

[Adam_101]

Giving gta2 another go. Been so long!

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

I completed carmageddon 2, was good fun! Found it harder now than I did in my early teens!

 

[JoeBoi]

I completed carmageddon 2, was good fun! Found it harder now than I did in my early teens!

Slower reaction time and no CRT?

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

Slower reaction time and no CRT?

Ha! Reaction time is very true! Was using a CRT tho, a Silicon Graphics 17” (basically a Sony Triniton with a badge lol)

 

[KraniX]

Playing PS2 Burnout 3, such a great game!

 

[almoststew1990]

I’ve been on holiday with a fair bit of down time so I’ve been playing Driver 1, Destruction Derby, THPS4 ps1 and Crash Team racing on my handheld. Also Deus Ex Human Revolution on my Steam Deck, definitely one I’m going to continue on my big tv when I get home.

 

[Hugest_UK]

Picked up a ps3 and Wii u so been playing some Killzone 2, puppeteer and donkey kong tropical freeze.

 

[m4cc45]

Started going through my C64 games and going on a Dizzy binge at the moment (well that and Nodes of Yesod) just finished Dizzy now on to Treasure Island Dizzy (thank god for save states!)


M.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

I finished Treasure island dizzy on the Amiga. I can still hear the bloody theme tune in my head…. Lol

 

[Scott C]

Started going through my C64 games and going on a Dizzy binge at the moment (well that and Nodes of Yesod) just finished Dizzy now on to Treasure Island Dizzy (thank god for save states!)


M.

I broke the rewind key on one of my Spectrums playing Treasure Island Dizzy

Also, was it just me, or was the title screen for the original Dizzy quite creepy...with the angel and that demon...egg...thing...

 

[m4cc45]

I can certainly understand the rewind button - those blooming traps and the inventory system (whereby they just dropped on rotation) caused me all kinds of issues when I first played it - especially in the underwater part.

Yeah I know what you mean on the 'press fire to play' screen it was a bit odd to say the least. I think they got far more cartoony after that.

Still good games to play, even now!



M.

 

[Scott C]

I can certainly understand the rewind button - those blooming traps and the inventory system (whereby they just dropped on rotation) caused me all kinds of issues when I first played it - especially in the underwater part.

Yeah I know what you mean on the 'press fire to play' screen it was a bit odd to say the least. I think they got far more cartoony after that.

Still good games to play, even now!



M.

I think it was indeed the underwater part that kept getting me! Still loved playing them though Fantasy World Dizzy was my favourite I believe and also the last one to be wholly developed by the Oliver twins (if memory serves)

You've inspired me to play through them again!

 

[m4cc45]

Amazing! Good luck with them, some are quite sneaky! If you want a slightly different experience then play the Amiga variants, the graphics are better and there's some extra puzzles (and you can go inside the whale by the air pocket in Treasure Island Dizzy amongst other things) if you haven't already played them. I'm still on the C64 versions I'll be on Fantasy World Dizzy soon! Got to find those blooming missing coins!


M.

 

[Scott C]

That's a good shout on the Amiga versions as I only ever played them on the Spectrum

 

[Armageus]

That's a good shout on the Amiga versions as I only ever played them on the Spectrum

Spectrum versions are the true versions though

 

[m4cc45]

You could say Spectrum and Amstrad were the true originals. I prefer the C64 as there was less graphical 'issues' but then I played the majority on the C64 and Amiga. Amigas probably a better experience now just because of the graphics. On to Fantasy World Dizzy now!


M.

 

[Scott C]

Amazing! Good luck with them, some are quite sneaky! If you want a slightly different experience then play the Amiga variants, the graphics are better and there's some extra puzzles (and you can go inside the whale by the air pocket in Treasure Island Dizzy amongst other things) if you haven't already played them. I'm still on the C64 versions I'll be on Fantasy World Dizzy soon! Got to find those blooming missing coins!


M.

Ah, mistiming a jump and rolling to your doom never gets old! I actually think I'm worse now than when I was young Good fun though