Comfort Games

[Kidpanda]

Thunder Force III
Streets of Rage 2
Phantasy Star I & II
Wonder Boy III: Dragon's Trap
Dodonpachi
Super Mario World
Final Fantasy IV
To name a few

[the7k]

Metal Slug 2 and 3
Elevator Action Returns
BurgerTime
Donkey Kong
Vampire Savior
Last Blade 2
Audiosurf
Shatter

[Cronozilla]

Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario 64
Super Mario World
Yoshi's Island
Chrono Trigger
Super Metroid
Uncharted
Uncharted 2
Borderlands 2
Contra
Batman (NES)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2

... I mean it keeps going.

These are just the games that have burrowed into my brain and won't get out. I play them every once in awhile even if I'm not planning on beating them again.

Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and Yoshi's Island are probably my bread and butter comfort games. I just play those all the time for whatever reason. I find excuses to put Mario World in.

[TSTR]

Doom
Street Fighter 2
Blades of Steel
Duck Hunt

Have always played these games since the first time I played them, and will continue doing so.

[nightrnr]

No one is going to mention Tetris? I thought that was comfort to everyone.

But I also love several of the typical choices, most already mentioned:

Street Fighter II (Both Genesis iterations)
Mega Man 2 & 3 (NES)
Castlevania Symphony of the Night (PS1)
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
Super Mario 3 (NES)
Super Dodge Ball (NES)
Final Fantasy (NES)
Final Fantasy III (SNES)
Master of Magic (PC/DOS)
Doom (PC and ported on almost everything mid-90s to present)

And few dozen others. Really, there are just a bunch of core favorites that I will always come back to because they are fun, full of good memories, and just never get old.
Sometimes I think that comfort games are all I really play anymore.

[Sano]

Legend of Zelda on SNES and Gameboy. I love the older Zelda games.

[Luke]

I'm going to list games that provide comfort for me, in the true definition of the word of giving ease or relaxation:

Ecco Defender of the future Dreamcast
Endless Ocean: Wii
The Duel : Genesis
Vectorman: Genesis
Pilotwings: Snes
Sim City: Snes
El Shaddia: 360
Mario Superstar Baseball: GCN
Starfox: Snes
The Sims: PC
...and every Toejam & Earl game

Plus the water levels in DK Country and the Starlight Zone in Sonic. Those levels almost put me in a trance.

[Tanooki]

Sim City is another, PC, SNES, whatever. Just disable the annoying disasters and build to your lazy hearts content. You'll find hours blown and not even realize it.

I actually just recently sat down with the snes game. I put in the money cheat and just built a metropolis. Cms games are usually pretty fun and laid back.

This is for him but really everyone, GO HERE!
http://www.pnaw10.com/peters-simcity-fo ... de/sec-041

This guide has been online over a decade and it's pure awesome. In recent years people found yet a new code for the game, it's a total debug that's far better than the cash only cheat he spoke of. Bookmarked it years ago, lost it, found it a year or two back again...you should copy or bookmark that too.

Sim City really is the most relaxing thing on the system.

[strangenova]

Sim City is another, PC, SNES, whatever. Just disable the annoying disasters and build to your lazy hearts content. You'll find hours blown and not even realize it.

I actually just recently sat down with the snes game. I put in the money cheat and just built a metropolis. Cms games are usually pretty fun and laid back.

This is for him but really everyone, GO HERE!
http://www.pnaw10.com/peters-simcity-fo ... de/sec-041

This guide has been online over a decade and it's pure awesome. In recent years people found yet a new code for the game, it's a total debug that's far better than the cash only cheat he spoke of. Bookmarked it years ago, lost it, found it a year or two back again...you should copy or bookmark that too.

Sim City really is the most relaxing thing on the system.

Thanks for the tip. I'll have to try it out now haha

[strangenova]

Plus the water levels in DK Country and the Starlight Zone in Sonic. Those levels almost put me in a trance.

https://youtu.be/nNSzOHRsLL8