Topic: Retro recommendations thread

OK, turns out the plastic thing in the A/C socket broke off. We're going to adjust the pins and see if it works.

In Super Mario RPG, what is the best place to train? My party is rather weak right now. I need to prep myself for the Seaside boss.

Go wherever there's enemies. Forest Maze is a good place to go.

I'd recommend everyone the NES game Faxanadu.

Faxanadu...that game was kind of...weird. It was alright, I suppose, but it wasn't remotely like what I expected. I assumed it would be more like Zelda II, but in fact it reminded me a lot of a rougher Ys III. It's certainly a game I'd recommend everyone investigate thoroughly before investing in, though I should note that it's pretty cheap these days.

Faxanadu is fantastic I second the heads up on it, and yeah it's like a mix of Ys 3 and Zelda 2 in style with its own edge. If you find the game w/out a book do a google search as over 10 years ago I wrote up the book myself right down to the 2 page picture of the world tree redone in some shoddy ascii art no less as it is a little helpful.

OK, my new SNES should be coming soon. Since I just got a Super Game Boy, I'll be looking into getting some Game Boy Classic games.

CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO
Super Mario Land
Wario Land
Donkey Kong '94
Link's Awakening DX

Dont forget SUper Mario Land 2 as well as Metroid II.

I already have SML2 (it came with my SGB). I'll look into the Metroid series.

should i get a nes???

If you want a consistently challenging but large scale fun pile of games that defined a bunch of genres, then yes you want the NES. It goes back to an era where the controls were stupid easy, but the challenges took some work and were rewarding doing so.

so i guess just stick to the vc and my fc 16 go and genmoble

Well, if you're allergic to fun, cheap games, then yes. Otherwise you have no excuse to not pick up a $20 toaster and get as many $2 games as you can play.

actually it is a moble portable version of the nes for 41$(plus shipping)

Fighting game - Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition, Primal Rage
Turn-based RPG - Might & Magic II
Licensed game - TMNT: Hyperstone Heist

I would also recommend Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone. It's a direct port of the arcade game, so it's quite a bit different than Double Dragon III for the NES.

I'll also +1 for Faxanadu. I make sure to play through it at least once a year. The Guardian Legend is another game that I can't praise enough.

That was the sigle most helpful post I'd had in forever. Thanks a lot. I had already gotten the other genres worked out, so you pretty much answered the questions that still needed to be asked.

OK, I just read that Mario vs DK is similar to Donkey Kong '94. Should I get it instead?

No, because Donkey Kong '94 is a much better game, and not really similar to Mario Vs. DK at all.

Thanks.

Well I may have just bought these 3 today but I had most of them a good long time ago for the GBA and I know they're potent recommendations:
-Megaman & Bass
-Mario Kart Super Circuit
-Gradius Galaxies

M&B was highly unique, also one of the hardest of the classic line of MM titles. Very well animated, 2 players to use and each with their own style making some collectables only got by one and some stages easier or harder with who you use...also saves, no lame passwords. Mario Kart really truly was the last of the undeniably solid fun MK games before they got slack, made rubber banding AI that cheats, and a hit/miss level of good to boring tracks. Gradius that one just is unique, a bit hard, and probably not advisable on a GB due to tight areas and teeny bullets but on a GB Player it's up there with the good classic line of numbered titles.