Top games for emulator?

MycelialMass@lemmy.world to Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.works – 45 points –

Got RetroArch setup and working, got a controller, got PS2, N64, SNES emulators currently but likely get all old systems at some point.

Recommendations for games you found worth goong back to?

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Earthbound, GTA San Andreas, Mario 64, DK64, Gauntlet Legends

Good picks but I’d take the PC version of San Andreas for the mods. Mario 64 also runs on PC nowadays much smoother than the original version thanks to decompilation

Earthbound soooo much! It's an amazing series that holds up extremely well.

I enjoy super mario world. Games primo mario action. Super mario RPG is great as well.

OOT and SM64 are great play throughs, and if you're interested in learning some speed run tech it can expand the fun.

PS2, you gotta play some GTA vice city and San Andreas. Shadow of the colossus is great.

SNES - Act Raiser - It's quite literally a mix of RTS and 2d action platforming. You build and manage your villiage while protecting it from monsters. Highly recommend!

N64 - Kirby 64 - Kirby is a game series that lets you eat enemies and gain their power. This one lets you combine powers! You can make fun combos, like rock + fire to make yourself a volcano, or electricity + bombs to make yourself into fireworks. Really fun and easygoing game! Worth playing through at least once.

PS2 - Parappa the Rapper 2 - A fun and weird game, Parappa 2 is a rhythm game where you have to repeat the raps your opponent dishes out using the face and L&R buttons. The setting and story make this game more than worth it, as you'll be saving the town against shrink rays, a mad hairstylist, and a noodle-hungry maniac. It's another fairly short game, you can beat it in two sittings if you're good. There's also a fun vs multiplayer mode.

You don’t have to limit yourself to old games if you don’t want to. If you’re into Pokemon there are some pretty good Romhacks out there. I liked Unbound a lot and I’m playing Liquid Crystal at the moment.

SNES

  • Chrono Trigger
  • Super Mario World
  • Super Mario RPG
  • Metal Warriors
  • Secret of Mana
  • Donkey Kong Country 2
  • Mortal Kombat 2
  • TMNT: Turtles in Time

N64

  • Paper Mario
  • Majoras Mask
  • Banjo Kazooie
  • Perfect Dark
  • Turok Rage Wars
  • Turok 1,2,3
  • Diddy Kong Racing
  • Tony Hawk Proskater 2

PS2

  • SOCOM 2: US NAVY SEALS
  • Ico
  • Silent Hill 2
  • Beyond Good and Evil
  • Time Splitters: Future Perfect-

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1 and 2 on PS2 are excellent action RPGs

I remember trying to get these to work a while back and failing... I wonder how they are working now. Might give it a shot later. Thanks for reminding me of these gems.

I just checked the compatibility list for PCSX2.

Baldur's Gate DA1 - https://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Baldur-s-Gate-Dark-Alliance-SLUS-20035-U--29280?amp%3Baction=lastpost

Baldur's Gate DA2 - https://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Baldur-s-Gate-Dark-Alliance-2-SLUS-20675-U?amp%3Baction=lastpost

Both games seem to be fully playable from start to end. DA1 has a fix listed for some of the issues. DA2 has a 4GB patch listed.

You might want to try both of these if you decide to give them another go.

The first one came out on Gamecube, so if it doesn't work on PS2 or Xbox emulators, Dolphin will for sure work since it's much more mature.

Mostly PS2 era JRPGs

  • Atelier Iris 3
  • Mana Khemia
  • Persona 3
  • Final Fantasy X

Probably will try Suikoden V

I very much enjoyed E.V.O.: Search for Eden when I whipped out a SNES emulator a few years ago, though I have never played it on the original console.

Also, of course, the Donkey Kong games on SNES (almost) never get old.

There was the original Clock Tower game for SNES that had a patched version available somewhere to translate the text to English. No clue where I found it, but that game was great.

Gran Turismo 4, the PS2 ace combat games (4, 5 and Zero), Def Jam: FFNY, Klonoa 2, FFX International, Scarface, and MOH frontline are a bunch of PS2 games I’ve completed and recommend

I really liked GTA Vice City Stories, Daxter, Burnout Legends, God of War — Ghost of Sparta and Flatout: Head On. All of those are for PSP, PPSSPP is a really good emulator for the console and its saves are cross-platform.

This is a bit of an outlier because it's actually on PS3, but it's a lightweight game so emulation isn't too taxing. I went back and played Tokyo Jungle. Such a wild game and with nothing I've found that compares to this day. You play as animals in a Tokyo that has been reclaimed by nature, you hunt for food, grow stronger and find mates, and try to survive against predators. I love it

For Ps2 you easily need to try out the Holy Trinity of platformers

Ratchet & Clank 1-4

Jak and Daxter 1-X

Sly Cooper 1-3

All great for different reasons and surprisingly good stories for platformers with Sly being the deepest.