r/retrogames

I'm talking about like maybe you don't like a popular game that everyone else loved. For me there's two examples that come to mind I didn't love I don't hate it either but it's my least favorite Mario game is Super Mario Bros 2 that we got here in the US that was Doki Doki Panic across the ocean. My other hard take is I don't like Halo never could get into that game back when it was super popular on the original Xbox.

My heart take about retro video games is I'm super glad there are rom sites out there because when I found out about ROMs and emulator it's like somebody just opened up a video game store and said take whatever you want we have it all and it's yours if you want it. I also believe without those kind of sites doing that we wouldn't have access to the Retro games that we have access to today where I can find out about a game on YouTube that I never heard of for the Game Boy and I can be playing it within 2 minutes. Also it's how video games are going to be preserved because in time all of the hardware that they have been put on like cartridges and CD ROMs will die.

I know most people don't share that opinion and think the hardware is better and finding more legal ways to preserve video games are better Avenues so it's a controversial hot take on how I think the best way to preserve the past of video gaming should be.

hello everyone,

I'm writing a deep-dive article for retrolike.net about one of the most prolific — yet least documented — players in NES history: **Sachen** (聖謙企業 / Thin Chen Enterprise) from Taiwan.

In the late 80s and 90s they pumped out over 70 unlicensed NES/Famicom titles, from originals to wild ports. Games like *Metal Fighter*, *Little Red Hood*, *Jurassic Boy* and many more. Yet almost nothing is known about the actual people who made them.

I'm especially searching for:
- Former developers or employees who worked at Sachen or Joy Van
- Anyone connected to Ei-How Yang (楊逸豪 / E.H.Y.)
- Stories about how these games were developed in that wild unlicensed era

This part of NES history is slowly disappearing. I want to preserve it properly before it's too late.

If you have any information, worked there, or know someone who did — please DM me or comment. Every detail helps. All contributions will be credited.

Thank you!

#NES #Famicom #RetroGaming #Sachen #Unlicensed

我是 retrolike.net 的作者，正在撰寫一篇關於台灣老廠商 SACHEN（聖謙企業 / Thin Chen Enterprise）的深度文章。

這家公司曾在80-90年代發行了大量未授權的 NES / Famicom 遊戲，但關於公司背後的人員資訊非常少。

特別尋找：
- 曾在 Sachen 或 Joy Van 工作過的前員工、開發者
- 認識 楊逸豪（Ei-How Yang / E.H.Y.）的人
- 任何開發過程的故事或資訊

希望能在這些歷史消失前記錄下來，所有貢獻都會妥善致謝。

如果您曾在那裡工作、認識相關人士，或有任何線索，歡迎私訊或留言。非常感謝！

On a journey to experience the "golden age"of games. I'd appreciate if yall can recommend some great old games to play.

Hey guys I want to sell this copy of Pokémon emerald in very good condition it’s esrb and wanted to know how much it’s worth in Japan because I’m going there soon and want to sell it there so I can get some yen to buy a ps2 3Ds and maybe a game boy

Game from the early 2000s was big in Korea, China and had good following in Europe.

Old School grind fest, currently still up and running with a recent update and a lot of returning players.

Build your warrior/mage or craft.

https://myth-of-soma.com

Anyone else have memories of this game?

I'm beginning with Contra, but I'd love suggestions for future!

I was never an arcade gamer even though I was around when arcades were still properly a thing. Most of the classics I only came across through home ports or clones.

Recently though I've been diving full-on into the arcade world, and have been having a good time with it! But the number of arcade games that exist is incredible.

Everyone knows the big obvious classics. But now I'm on the lookout for your deep cuts - lesser known stuff that's either high quality, has quirky or clever gameplay ideas, or is worth putting a spotlight on for basically any reason.

Don't stress too much about what does and doesn't qualify, I'm just curious what comes to mind!

EDIT: thanks for all the suggestions so far! A whole bunch I'd never even heard of.

What are some good retro games for children 7 years old and younger?

I'm particularly looking right now for legal games I can run with an emulator. Free is better while we experiment. So far the MAME games I've tried seem hard for me let alone a younger child.

I've got an old RPi set up with RetroPie (batocera wouldn't work), but if we get more into this I can see about getting a more capable machine or even a console (old or new) that can play cartridges.

Bonus points for anything intellivision which was a system I had.

Now I got some nice consoles I got the Xbox 360, Wii and Switch OLED and I have only 2 games right now those being Mario party 8 for the Wii ( it's CIB) and Luigi's Mansion 3 ( also CIB) and last but not least Destiny for the Xbox 360 ( Is also CIB). And what other games should I collect for my journey?

Hii, I need recommendations for Gameboy games, Any DMG/Pocket, Color, Advance works for me.

Tell me your favorites and hidden gems so I can try them pls!

(Please avoid Pokémon, since I've played them all, I want to check out some new games)

My brother and I have some old video games we want to sell, but we are not sure of the right approach on how to do that. Most of the value in our old games is several classic Nintendo 64 games. We did a basic price evaluation of everything we have and just want to get the most value out these old games. If there any good search engines to lookup businesses, that would help too.

Hello, everyone, well... i can tell Im an indie developer (or trying xD) planning to build a new browser game, but instead of spending months creating something nobody asked for... I want to start by listening to players :)

Im not asking which old game should be remade or copied.

I want to know:

What specific feeling, mechanic or experience from your childhood games seems to have disappeared?

Maybe it was:

• Coming home from school and entering a small online world where everyone knew each other
• Raising creatures and becoming genuinely attached to them
• Building a town that slowly grew over several weeks
• Discovering secrets without tutorials or markers everywhere
• Playing simple browser games that were immediately fun
• Trading, competing or cooperating with a small community
• A game that felt mysterious, lonely, cosy or slightly unsettling
• Something completely different

Please mention:

1. The game or era that gave you that feeling
2. What made it special
3. What a modern version should keep or improve

I will collect the most repeated and interesting answers, turn them into a few realistic game concepts and return with prototypes for the community to test.

The final game would be playable in a browser with no download required.

So: what game experience from your childhood are you still waiting for someone to recreate properly? :D

Been replaying classic games lately, curious which old titles you still come back to regularly.

What is it?

If this is not allowed I understand, I just want to preface this by saying I am not making any money from this question nor is my job directly making money from this question!

I work at a used game store and we get a booth at conventions a lot (I won’t say which game store or what booth or what conventions or even what region I am from)

But obviously we pull retro/used games from our stores to put in the booths at these conventions and I wanted to know: what games (both expensive and cheap, new and old, across all consoles) do you all hope to find? I want to pull as many things that I think people would enjoy as I can but I find myself overwhelmed with choice.

I guess this question can be extended to things like accessories too, like those Pokémon step counters people had for Pokémon go back in the day and so on. Like what do you guys consider a gold mine and a lucky day to find at a convention?

Just recently found a girl who can basically find me any old game on these two systems, and I want some old faves that are notoriously hard to find.

Any recommendations/something you think I may be forgetting based off of this list?

Parappa the Rapper

Um Jammer Lammy

Tomba

Tales of Destiny 2

Arc the Lad

.Hack//G.U.

Suikoden

Bully