Topic: Retro recommendations thread

Besides, they overcharge people on the net for that game. Like, $20 in good condition cart-only. It'll likely be on that new compilation they're coming out with. If you ever get a Wii or a Wii U, you could always play it then, along with a bunch of better games.

Anybody know any good Neo Geo Pocket Color games? I have Sonic Pocket Adventures and will be getting SNK VS Capcom: Match of the Millenium very soon. I'm also thinking of getting The Last Blade and Samurai Shodown! 2, and maybe Fatal Fury: First Contact and King of Fighters R-2. I know the NGPC has good games besides fighting games, I just forgot what they were.

@Retro, if you love Kirby. Give Kirby 64 a try. Its not the best Kirby game, but I stills still a lot of fun.

There's a decent Sonic game on the Neo Geo Pocket Color. (Gosh, that's such a fun name to say!)

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Yup, Got that with the console. It's a little too much like Sonic 2 (Genesis), but still very fun. And yes, it's a fun name to say.

There are many fantastic games for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. SNK VS Capcom: Match of the Millenium is awesome, I just got it today, but from what I have played it is great. The other fighter game I have is King of Fighters R-2 very well done, but I don't it would be a good one to get after MotM, as your first fighting game for the system it is prefect and cheaper than MotM. Some of the non-fighting games Bust a Move Pocket ( Puzzle Bobble Mini the more common European version of the game) is supposed to be a great puzzle game I don't have it though. Pac-man is a cheap classic as always. The Metal Slug games are good, but I have only played the first one so far and I am loving it. Than there are some awesome RPG's I have heard about for the system. The Neo Geo Pocket has loads more awesome games, I believe IGN even has some reviews on some the games, I hope enjoy which ever games you may get for the system.

Oh man. Didn't see you listed it as one of the games you already have. Sorry, I'm of no use then.

Thanks Sqenix, I forgot about the Metal Slugs and RPGs. I'm looking at the list of games right now, and it seems most of the games were stuck in Japan. So as far as NA games go, those ones we mentioned along with Gals Fighters, BioMotor Unitron, Dark Arms, and Fasalei are all that's left to get until I have to start importing. Thanks.

@Mickeymac
here is another great site if you want more info about the NGPC.
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/snkneo-geo/games-that-defined-...

Bookmarked. Thanks a lot, man.

All three of the original Donkey Kong Country games are great. I suggest you play them all. Number 1 is my favorite, and number 2 has an amazing soundtrack but it's incredibly hard. The stickerbrush levels were extremely frustrating but the final battle with K. Rool was totally worth it. Great fight, AWESOME MUSIC. Seriously, Youtube the Donkey Kong Country OST right now. DKC three was a solid game but the music was pretty weak. Most of it was written by another Rare employee instead of Dave Wise. Not sure why I know that, guess I'm just a die hard retro gamer.

I think I can see why it seems like DKC2 is the favorite of the trilogy. It gave the animals more attention for a bit more variety in the level design. Also, the second game challenged you to track down and finish all the bonus areas if you wanted to reach and finish all the secret levels, giving you a bit more incentive to get a perfect score, than just some different ending text in the first game.
Yes, many gamers might have painful memories of Animal Antics, but it's a real sense of accomplishment once you finally make it.
I think the third might have gone a bit overboard with the gimmick levels (Lightning Look-Out was the only one to actually give me a nightmare), and those Simon minigames were just frustrating (not so bad on the early ones when it's only four buttons, but when the later ones go up to nine-key randomized patterns, it's pretty bad).

So I was searching on Ebay and I came across Xexyz! I have totally forgot about that game until now. I remember thinking it was pretty cool back in the day? Anybody played it recently? It's cheap now so I probably should snatch it up before before people get wind of it and jack up the price

Has anyone else tried Link's Awakening?

Link's Awakening is great! It's THE game that made me a Zelda fan. It's really charming and has the most fun places to mess around in. If you're interested definitely check it out.

@Ryno Xexyz is great! It's really unique and fairly challenging. There's great rewards for beating the game too. It's cheap, so definitely worth it. How weird. I was just looking for a copy too. Not that hard to find for a fair price. Hopefully we don't end up in a bidding war.

Yes LA is great, also welcome to NL Electromastro

I've beaten LA, I just wanted to know if some other people on here tried it. Also, thank you.

@Retro_on_theGo: Thanks, reviews on it are kinda mixed out there on the Net. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't bad. That is funny you were thinking about picking it up. You going complete or cart only? Ha, taht would be funny if we were bidding on the same item.

It sure would be. I'd hate to get into a bidding war with'ya. I'd feel bad about raising the price so much. XD
This game actually goes pretty cheap even complete, so I'm going to try and get it CIB. If I feel like playing it really badly I may just get cart only instead of waiting for another good CIB deal to turn up. I like how the game mixes up play styles. Side scrolling platformer ish at first then there's shoot'em up sections. I think that's where most of e mixed reactions come from, but I like it. Keeps things feeling fresh.

I've heard the game isn't that great. It might be cheap, but it's probably not worth your time hunting down.