I recently discovered what this is on my handheld and there are come really fun games. I’ve been playing Celeste Classic today and another that was an Outrun-esque that I forget the name of.

Thomas Was Alone

It’s not at all like the examples you give but it is such a good game that I think fits nicely here.

I’ve actually not skipped many battles so lvl wise it’s all good. I remember playing on the Dreamcast originally and when a battle was about to trigger the console would make a noise so I would pause the game to try an skip it.

Thanks for this. Recently picked up a PS5 and was kinda disappointed with the controls compared to Microsoft so this is useful.

Still making my way through Skies of Arcadia Legends. Just arrived at Yafutoma but the game is such a slog sometimes with the random encounters :(

Also chilled out and played a little bit of Beat Hazard.

No it’s on the GN page again as of 2/3 days ago.

edit: just seen the edit :)

Psycho Mantis as they can read my mind!

Horizon Zero Dawn and Astro’s Playroom

Traded in a bunch of stuff on Monday and picked up a PS5. So far really enjoying it and especially the controller, that thing is amazing. Next payday I’m definitely buying the newer Astro Bot game.

Probably 90% of games that are 10+ years old will be playable.

For example search for “metacritic pc games 2013” etc and change the year.

https://www.co-optimus.com/

Castle Crashers It Takes Two Contra Gears of War Halo Untitled Goose Game

If you are going to emulate then go for the Sega Dreamcast!

Virtua Tennis Power Stone 1&2 Toy Commander Quake Gauntlet Legends San Francisco Rush 2049 ChuChu Rocket Soul Calibur

It seems like this month is not for you.

I know that my wife really likes My Time in Sandrock and my kids enjoyed Lil Gator so it’s not all bad though.

Skies of Arcadia Legends

I’ve barely played this version and it really makes it less of a chore compared to the Dreamcast version.

Squad

It’s hard to recommend to new players because of some big issues the game has but it’s the only game that I play 90% for the social interaction it brings.

Looking forward to this as it should be a great quick resume game. Nice and chill just jumping in/out for long deliveries :)

It took me a few tries back in the day but ME1 is my favourite of the 3. It has the best storyline and the other 2 games were more action/adventure.

• Kingdom New Lands
• Rush Rally 3
• Pocket City
• Traffix
• Bad North
• Chuchel

Pikmin 2

I’ve mostly played on the Switch this past 2 weeks as my kids have taken over everything else…

Also a bit of Outrun, Circuit Superstars and Absolute Drift.

It’s good but I didn’t really get on with it after a couple chapters. It constantly goes through highs and lows, and although I can be fun I found the lows to be absolute boredom.

I wouldn’t go as far as ruined but Halo 4/5/Infinite all suck.

• Thomas Was Alone

https://david-housden.bandcamp.com/album/thomas-was-alone-original-soundtrack-deluxe-edition

• Art of Rally
• Circuit Superstars
• BallisticNG
• GRIP: Combat Racing
• Ride 3

It sucks that they are being singled out but when you publicise links to copyrighted material you are asking for trouble.

I’m expecting a complete shit show of disappointment but will happily be proved wrong by EA and Battlefield Studios.

This kind of update is always welcome. Probably 80% of my console time is spent on backwards compatible games anyway.

Final Fantasy IX on my little Miyoo Flip. I’ve never played a FF game before and it’s my wife’s favourite so I thought why not. So far I’ve helped steal a ladder, had a concert ticket turn out to be a fake :( and stole gil from a few houses and I’ll play some more this evening. It’s also a beautiful looking game.

There are so many games being made nowadays that it’s not even hard to avoid the shitty “service” games. It’s just that the mainstream gamer/society doesn’t bother looking but there are plenty of games with closure.

Sega had it very rough in the late 90s and 00s which didn’t help but recent time have been much improved for the blue hedgehog. I agree with what you’re saying though that the respect wasn’t there, for Sonic and even their company history.

Euro Truck Simulator 2

The week that I pack away my wheel/pedals is the same time I get the urge to go back to ETS2… :D

Controller and a numpad for extra buttons works really well. Obviously not as immersive but is much easier/quicker to jump in and start playing.

€599 and €899

No thank you. Nope. No chance.

roflmao even

Shift 2 was actually pretty good, I forgot about that one.

The last good NFS was Hot Pursuit and that was 15 years ago.

World Rally Championship in the arcade was my first experience and have been a fan ever since. Even though I have EA WRC, Dirt Rally games and a wheel/pedal setup I mostly play Art of Rally.

UBOAT, submarine sim and even though it gets very tense at times it is also quite cathartic.

Euro/American Truck Simulator, its the perfect game to chill to and I have been known to fall asleep while driving :/

God of War on the PS4. I dropped off for about a month but I’m back and just picked up the Blades of Chaos and finishing off a couple side missions before I progress.

I’m sorry to hear that. Obviously we don’t know your situation but I just want to say that gaming doesn’t have to be expensive so hopefully you’re back to it sooner rather than later.

I’ve been playing some Bomberman.

I feel like I’ve started so many games these past weeks and months but haven’t stuck with any… but I guess nothing new for me really as I never finish games anyway.

That’s very cool. Do you have any in-progress photos?

It’s not Valve/Steam killing Xbox. Microsoft is killing Xbox.

Citizen Sleeper

Switch 1 would be my recommendation.