Together Retro 2012 Nominations & Discussion Thread

[Erik_Twice]

I have a couple of suggestions.

Jun: Strategy

I'm going to diverge from the obvious SRPGs or RTS by suggesting a economic simulators: Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It's one of the most important games of the genre and remains one of the best, with an addictive easy to pick-up gameplay.

TTD is availble in an improved version called OpenTTD for free. It not only adds a number of important features but also has a very good multiplayer option that can be played competitively or as a team. It's availble on PC, Mac, Iphone (!), PSX and some other platforms.

Nov: Puzzle

Lemmings and it's sequels would be a great fit. It was a very big title back in the day and wa ported to every single platform you can think of. It was very influential for puzzle games thanks to the "greater good" gameplay and I think it will hold very well.


I also support the suggestion of Maniac Mansion (Adventure or Horror related, fits in both). It's readily availble, easy to play, not very long, fun and was the entire foundation of Lucasarts. Very good choice.

[alienjesus]

Another Update :


Jan: Adventure – Golden Axe Warrior/ Beyond Oasis/ Neutopia/ Young Merlin/ Startropics/Legacy of the Wizard/ ICO + Lost in Shadow

Feb: Fighter – Guilty Gear/ Something 3D/Fatal Fury/ Soul Calibur II/Mortal Kombat/Tekken 3 /Darkstalkers 3/Dead or Alive 2/TMNT Tournament Fighters

Mar: RPG – Baldurs Gate/Legend of Dragoon/car battler joe/final lap twin (RPG? Really?)/ A Dragon Quest/Ogre Battle/Revelations: Demon Slayer/Skies of Arcadia/Rogue Galaxy/a SaGa game/Ultima/Fallout/Might & Magic/Wizardry/Bards Tale/Kings Bounty/Elder Scrolls:Morrowind or Daggerfall/Shadowrun/Grandia 2

Apr: Sports or Racing – Ridge Racer/Wipeout/Sega Rally/SkiFree/Tecmo World Wrestling/F Zero or F Zero X/Mario Tennis/Virtua Tennis/ Wave Race/Crash Team Racing/Megaman Battle and Chase/Outrun2(2006)

May: FPS – Half Life/Wolfenstein 3d/Doom/Quake/COD2: Big Red One/Jumping Flash/Unreal Tournament

Jun: Strategy – Command and Conquer/Europa Universalis II/Ogre Battle or OB64/Advance Wars/Yggra Union/Transport Tycoon Deluxe

Jul: Runngun or beatemup – Shock Troopers/Gunstar Heroes/Megaman X3/Astro Boy/Guardian Heroes/Gauntlet

Aug: Party game – Space Channel 5/ Parappa the Rapper/ Stakes Winner/ Zelda 4 Swords/Worms 2/ A Bomberman game

Sep: Platformer – Great Giana Sisters/ Sparkster/ Out of this World/Super Mario Bros 2/Flashback/Yo Noid/DK Jr./Castle of Illusion & Donald Duck games, Commander Keen

Oct: Horror-related – Silent Hill/Alone in the Dark/D/Zombies ate my neighbours/Maniac Mansion

Nov: Puzzle – Tetris/ Puzzle League/Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo/7th Guest/Puyo Puyo (robotniks MBM)/Dr.Mario/Puzzle Bobble(bust-a-move)/Lemmings

Dec: Shmup – R Type/ Ikaruga/ DoDonpachi/Something on Turbografx/Fantasy Zone/Stinger/Raiden IV/Gunbird II

Pinball – Crush Series? Pinball of the Dead, Pokemon Pinball

EDIT: Updated everything up to Commander Keen, changed Railroad Tycoon into Transport Tycoon Deluxe (whoops!), added +1s.

[sevin0seven]

Feb: Fighter – TMNT Tournament Fighters

another vote!

[alienjesus]

Here's my thoughts on which options I'd most like to play, in top 3:

Jan: Adventure – 1. Golden Axe Warrior, 2. Neutopia, 3.Startropics
Feb: Fighter – 1. Dead or Alive 2, 2.Guilty Gear, 3. Tekken 3
Mar: RPG – Ill be honest, if we're doing WRPGs, I don't really know enough to have a preference. I'd really prefer one available on a home console though.
Apr: Sports or Racing – Racing: 1. Wave Race, 2. F Zero X, 3. Sega Rally
Sports: 1. Mario Tennis. Thats the only one I'm really interested in, sports isn't really my genre.
May: FPS – Again, not my genre, but: 1. Quake, 2. Doom, 3. Unreal Tournament
Jun: Strategy – 1. Yggdra Union, 2. Command and Conquer, 3. Ogre Battle
Jul: Runngun or beatemup – 1.Shock Troopers, 2. Guardian Heroes, 3. Megaman X (I think it should be the original if we play this. It's on SNES, VC and PSP).
Aug: Party game – 1. Parappa the Rapper, 2. Bomberman 94, 3. Space Channel 5. All of these are awesome though.
Sep: Platformer – 1. Sparkster, 2. Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck games, 3. Out of this world
Oct: Horror-related – 1. Maniac Mansion, 2. D, 3. Silent Hill
Nov: Puzzle – 1. Puzzle League, 2. Puyo Puyo, 3. Lemmings
Dec: Shmup – 1. Ikaruga, 2. R type, 3. Fantasy Zone

I didn't include pinball, as no-one seems to have made any suggestions for pinball games but me.

[CFFJR]

Since it was mentioned, I'll just say that Grandia 2 is one of my favorite rpgs, and its not necessary to play the original first, as they aren't connected.

I've beaten it 3 or 4 times already, but I also think that anyone who hasn't played it really should, so you can consider this support (as in +1) for the game.

That said, I'd still prefer a wrpg for this year.

[Lone Wanderer]

Any interest in one of the Commander Keen games for adventure? It's available on DOS and gameboy color. It's also a really great bunch of games to run with dsx86 on DS.

[Hatta]

Keen would be a platformer. Great suggestion though.

[Opa Opa]

I didn't include pinball, as no-one seems to have made any suggestions for pinball games but me.

I was thinking about Pinball of the Dead but haven't said it.

..well... until now.

[alienjesus]

I'm also gonna suggest Pokemon Pinball and/or Pokemon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire. Great games.

[Flake]

Sonic Pinball on the GBA!