cRazi_man

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What emulated games hold up in 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s the current list I have that I’ve played/playing/plan to play through.

  3DS: New Super Mario Bros 2, Kirby Planet Robobot, Super Mario 3D Land.

  Gamecube: Legend of Zelda, The - The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine

  GBA: Advance Wars (1+2), Super Mario Advance 4, Kirby - Nightmare in Dream Land

  Mega Drive: Earthworm Jim (1+2), Streets of Rage 2, Lost Vikings, Micro Machines 2, Sonic and knuckles, Jungle Strike

  N64: Golden Eye 007, Super Mario 64

  PS1: Castlevania - Symphony of the Night, Grand Theft Auto 2, Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver, Final Fantasy 7+8+9

  PS2: Crazy Taxi, GranTurismo 4, Metal Gear Solid 2+3, Okami, Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal (all the Ratchet and Clank games actually), Shadow of the Colossus, Tony Hawks Underground 2, Sly Cooper, Jak and Daxter

  PS3: Everybodys Golf 6, Ratchet & Clank Future - A Crack in Time

  PSP: Rock Band Unplugged, Blast Off, Disgaea - Afternoon Of Darkness, Final Fantasy Tactics - The War of the Lions, Grand Theft Auto - Chinatown Wars, Half-Minute Hero, Hotshots Tennis, LittleBigPlanet, Lumines 2, Mega Man - Powered Up, Mercury Meltdown, Patapon, PixelJunk Monsters - Deluxe, Puzzle Quest - Challenge of the Warlords, Space Invaders Extreme, Wipeout (Pulse+Pure), Daxter

  SNES: Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World, Tetris Attack.

  PS Vita: Gravity Rush, Wipeout 2048, Geometry Wars 3

  Wii: Bully, Cave Story, Donky Kong Country Returns, Geometry Wars Galaxies, Kirby’s Epic Yarn, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Rhythm Heaven Fever, Super Mario Galaxy (1+2), Super Paper Mario, Tetris Party Deluxe, Zack and Wiki

  Arguably one of the best genres that retro games excelled at were longdrawn RPGs and I haven’t even started with those…if that’s your thing then I’ve missed off that entire genre here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What emulated games hold up in 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a world of options out there and you need to be more specific with what sorts of games you enjoy. I’ve been emulating on my Switch for a while, but also recently bought a dedicated retro emulation console so I have quite a few recommendations.

  For games that are literally still up to modern standards, you can go back to Wii, 3DS, PS Vita, PS3 and beyond and you’ve basically got games that will still hold up just fine.

  For older games: PSP, PS2, SNES and GBA are gold mines of content.

  I’ve found it difficult to get into PS1, N64 and Dreamcast gaming. This was a time when 3D graphics were just starting to be widely used and are so very dated. It’s difficult to look past the terrible graphics without nostalgia goggles. I’ve had more success in going back to SNES and Mega Drive games… At least they have great pixel graphics with suitable games (side strollers, platformers, etc).

  For specific games, I find it best to go to metacritic and look at their list of all time best games, and limit by console and then work through the best every reviews. This does miss a lot of games though and if you say what sort of games you like then people can make recommendations. There are tons of hidden gems and niches… Rhythm games, block drop, quirky puzzle games, etc. E.g.:

  Everybody’s Golf 6 (PS3) - excellent arcadey golf game

  Mercury Meltdown (PSP) - puzzle game about manipulating mercury blobs. Great to play entirely with the Steam Deck gyroscope.

  GTA China Town wars (PSP) - top down GTA game, modernised beyond the GTA2 controls

  Rhythm Heaven Fever (Wii) - excellent rhythm games

  Super Mario 3D land (3DS) - 2.5 D Mario. Really solid platformer.

  Wipeout 2048 (PS Vita) - solid combat racer

  Micro machines 2 (Mega Drive) - quirky top down racer. Excellent for multiplayer.

  Crazy Taxi (PS2) - taxi driving, really crazy though