ifightdragons

Pretty much spot on.

Right middle finger on the Z-button. Try it and see how it works, haha. I have normal sized-hands, though rather long, piano fingers.

I used to hold the original N64 controller with my left hand on the leftmost prong, which was intended for D-pad usage. I then stretched my thumb over to control the joystick on the middle prong. It provided more support and control over the sensitive joystick. I've since switched to the much more comfortable Brawler64 Wireless. I've seen others play this way, although most of my friends found it odd.

Mortal Kombat 2 was pretty damn good for its time. Never enjoyed the debut much. It felt very undercooked and stiff.

Like others have pointed out: I will not back it on Kickstarter, because they don't need that funding. That being said, the game looks absolutely awesome, and I'll definitely get it and play it. I hope they don't incorporate any rogue-like elements like punishing deaths by draining currency.

It's probably one of the more overrated games I have played. It has its moments.

Boring, but subjectively obvious answer: Zelda or Mega Man. Both franchises have a boatload of quality games. Some better than others, but they're mostly all very good, bar some dubious spin-offs.

Huge shout out to spacepup for the personal recommendations! I'm putting Aria of Sorrow on the top to make sure I get to it.

Agree on all ends

The original Xbox is one of the consoles I enjoy the most. I've never been into emulation, what with all the inherent flaws and input lag. So I never used it for that, more of an FPGA enthusiast these days. But, I digress! The Xbox has a lot of great games! It never took off in Japan, so there aren't many good jrpg experiences on there. But it definitely led to a host of western developers to finally break out. There are still many good Japanese games on Xbox, but not nearly as many as had been before on other consoles. Maybe sharing the list of my Xbox games can help you find some stuff that you will enjoy too: https://backloggery.com/games.php?user=ifightdragons&console=Xbox

Haha, yup! The music alone in Rocky and Bullwinkle sounds like how a confused alien would relay earth music to his alien friends, upon returning from his intergalactic trip.

Good job on the list! Some feedback: River City Ransom is not an RPG. It's an action/brawler with some RPG elements. Pirates! is a simulation/adventure game. It has a lot of RPG mechanics, but isn't enough to classify as such. The same goes for The Legend of Zelda. It's an action adventure, with some RPG elements. Arguably, almost every single game ever has some RPG elements. Sidenote: Games that start with "The" should be alphabetized in order of the next word. The Legend of Zelda would fall under "L".

Atari (Tengen) comes to mind. This is from VGA's ThePhleo: Acclaim as LJN, Activision as Infocom, ASCII as Nexoft, Konami as Ultra, and Mindscape as The Software Toolworks.

Had fun playing through the main game, but got bored at the end of the neverending moons and collectibles. Some of the levels were a bit too expanded/big for my taste, and the hat jump move wasn't comfortable to pull off. Many cool (and less cool) ideas, but I prefer Mario games to be more contained and focused. 7/10

Just carried over a bunch from my '21 backlog. Won't get to all of these, so I just treat them as a list of games I'm currently thinking of playing. NES Captain Tsubasa Vol. II: Super Striker Micro Mages R.C. Pro-Am SNES The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Redux ver.) The Legend of Zelda: Parallel Worlds Remodel The Legend of Zelda BS: Ancient Stone Tablets Mega Man & Bass Mega Man X Mega Man X2 Mega Man X3 Super Mario World: 100 Rooms of Enemies N64 Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Tooie Donkey Kong 64 (Tag Anywhere ver.) Mario Tennis 64 NHL '99 Paper Mario Road Rash 64 NGC The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Wii Metroid Prime: Trilogy Switch Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Lunistice Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Minoria Ori and the Blind Forest Ori and the Will of the Wisps Return to Monkey Island Röki Shantae and the Seven Sirens Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (Remastered) West of Loathing Game Boy Mega Man World II Mega Man World III Mega Man World IV Game Boy Color The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (Redux ver.) The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons Mega Man World V (Color hack) Mega Man Xtreme 2 Game Boy Advance Castlevania: Circle of the Moon Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap Metroid: Zero Mission Metroid Fusion NDS Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin 3DS Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Sega Master System Golden Axe Warrior Sega Genesis Mega Man: The Wily Wars PS1 Mega Man X4

It's delayed.

Like others have pointed out, I've hardly seen a jRPG with better pacing. In many ways, it felt like the first big jRPG title with a modern sensibility. It wanted you to enjoy the game, and not bog you down with needless grinding or overly confusing systems. There's also a good story, coupled with an excellent audiovisual presentation. There are some niggles here and there, many of which are ironed out by stuff like the Bugfix and Uncensoring patch on romhacking.net. Overall, it's pretty much a must play for anyone into either classic gaming or RPGs in general.

https://youtu.be/4OzO2uVeh6Q

That's funny, because you literally just said it's a perfect 10, then go on to describe how the game is arguably kind of flawed/tedious. That doesn't make much sense. I'd be a bit moderate and say it's a very good Game Boy game, with its obvious flaws and shortcomings.

You should update the topic title to reflect this: How do you prefer GB/GBC games on the GBA - Stretched or original aspect ratio? Calling it small is a bit misleading. Yes, it's comparatively smaller than a stretched image, but it's not small per se. It's the intended resolution/size. There is also a case for bigger images without stretching, via either upscaling or line multiplying. That can be fantastic, if done correctly.

This. It's probably one of the most often cited myths by retro enthusiasts on YouTube and various forums. The "Nintendo Seal of Quality" had the purpose of, like you said, exercise control over who could publish on the platform. What it meant in practice for the consumer was nothing more than: This game has likely been tested to work on an NES/Famicom, and will not result in damage to the console. It had absolutely nothing to do with quality of the content itself. It also helped a little bit in mitigating the amount of shovelware on the console, though only to some extent. I'm sure many people on here with deeper knowledge can elaborate on how third party developers just registered subsidiary publishing shells to circumvent the strict licensing rules enforced by Nintendo. This is of course preaching to the choir on a site like VGS, but it's always a good thing to repeat oft-ignored truths. If nothing else, someone will google the terms Nintendo + Seal of Quality, and end up on this very thread.

1. Mega Man 52. DuckTales3. The Legend of Zelda4. Super Mario Bros. 35. Castlevania6. Project Blue (Absolutely fantastic homebrew title. Made by a VGS user whose name escapes me atm)7. Mega Man 2 (Almost went with MM4, but the music alone in 2 just makes it a timeless classic)8. Super Mario Bros. 29. R.C. Pro-Am10. Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Grafitti

I'll throw my hat in the ring for The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends The music alone sounds like how a confused alien would relay earth music to his alien friends, upon returning from his intergalactic trip. And that's not even touching upon the MS Paint art style and broken gameplay.

Cast your vote in the poll, then

Edit: Accidental double post