Ask HN: What is your favorite retro game?

Original Nintendo: Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy 1 (favorite games ever)

Original Playstation: Diablo 1 and Resident Evil 1

Age of Empires 2

So few 'new' games even compare to the old ones. Too much hand holding, not enough 'depth' to the games.

From 2000 and before I still enjoy Doom and Quake with mods and some 16-bit emulated games sometimes. I play pretty much all the popular retro-inspired shooters too: Dusk, Amid Evil, Ion Fury, HROT, Project Warlock, etc.

Today? It's Metal Slug 5 ;)

https://archive.org/details/arcade_mslug5

Wow, I feel more retro than most in this post. I grew up on, and really love Omega Race!

Not sure if it counts but if it does, Morrowind hands down.

Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Paradroid

- Super Smash Bros Melee

- Super Mario 64

Space Taxi Ballerburg

Goldeneye 007 (1997)

Star Control II - hands down the best

Wizard of Wor

Turbo Grafx 16 - Bonk’s Adventure

not sure they are quite retro yet, but

- Deus Ex

- Baldurs Gate 2

- System Shock 2

- Master of Orion 2

Final Fantasy VI