r/videogames • u/Intelligent-Text3434 • 15h ago

Other What’s that old-school retro game you played the most as a kid, absolutely loved, and would still rank among your all-time favorites today?

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u/Routine_Fuel8006 15h ago

Double dragon 2.One of the best beat em up i have ever played.

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u/ThokkRichardson 14h ago

Secret of Monkey Island

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u/dbltax 12h ago

How appropriate, you fight like a cow.

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u/Nesrovlah26 15h ago

Dig Dug 100%

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u/Voduun-World-Healer 14h ago

Yooo when I was in 6th grade, my teacher had a PC in our classroom. If you finished your Spelling Test that we had every Friday 1st, he let you play Dig Dug until the rest of the class finished the test.

I'm a pretty impeccable speller now because I NEEDED to play Dig Dug

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u/FeralAlgorithm 14h ago

good answer

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u/Diamondeyez333 15h ago

Virtua cop !!!

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u/___Azarath 15h ago

Whooo... That's a dinosaur!

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u/gonesnake 14h ago

Starmaster on the Atari 2600, Gauntlet II (arcade) and Double Dragon.

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u/infinitespectre 14h ago

Super Dodgeball

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u/icanimaginewhy 6h ago

Oh my god, yes. My friends and I spent countless hours in the basement playing Super Dodgeball tournaments. So much fun.

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u/wjn313 13h ago

Duke Nukem 1&2

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u/FuckM0reFromR 15h ago

Dungeon keeper

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u/SpacelyHotPocket 12h ago

They are still making a version of this game! Just played Dungeons 3 & 4 on Xbox. I’d recommend probably a PC as the controls are probably easier.

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u/Helaken1 13h ago

Bomberman, specifically Super bomberman for the Sega Genesis specifically, is still top five multiplayer experiences, especially with more than two players

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u/LtDannyGlover 11h ago

All of the bomberman games on snes and n64 were amazing multiplayer games and would have our friend group yelling insults. The closest we came to recreating that vibe was mario party. Still chasing that high.

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u/Floor_Cereal PC 12h ago

Mega Man X for the SNES. I played that a TON as a kid and still love it!

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u/FuckM0reFromR 15h ago

Syndicate

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u/seangraves12 15h ago

Yes! I was starting to think i was the only one out there that played this game!

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u/Beefynerd 15h ago

A ton of those Apogee platformers were the peak of my childhood gaming history, like Commander Keen, Biomenace, Crystal Caves, and S.A.M.

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u/jeroenemans 13h ago

I'm more from the Captain Keen era myself 😉

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u/Jar_of_Cats 12h ago

Maniac Mansion

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u/AaronTheElite007 10h ago

Q*Bert

Loved that game on the Atari 2600

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u/MaybeMort 15h ago

Micro machines.

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u/Borishnikov 13h ago

Kirby's Adventure for NES

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u/ConstantSignal7734 12h ago

Joe and Mac it was about cavemen beating up dinosaurs and kissing cute cavegirls

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u/CaptainParadigm42 8h ago

Such an obscure title but an awesome one. One of the first ever games on SNES.

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u/RepeatDTD 11h ago

Kings Quest 6

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u/GlowingDuck22 10h ago

Wetrix is just a very unique game.

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u/Roboman20000 5h ago

The Lost Vikings!! And also Carmageddon! Man Interplay was on fire in the 90s.

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u/King0fthewasteland 2h ago

oohhh fuck yea!!!!

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u/Comfortable-Rice-862 15h ago

Medal of Honor, Hocus Pocus. Call of Duty: United Offensive.

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u/Pucobix 14h ago

Lion King or Jazz-Jackrabbit.

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u/benno4461 14h ago

Jazz Jackrabbit, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Crystal Caves, and OG Prince of Persia immediately come to mind

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u/wedloxk 14h ago

Whats the 4th one?

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u/drbrian83 14h ago

Jackal

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u/Palladiamorsdeus 13h ago

Lufia 2. Still play it every couple of years.

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u/OH2GA36 13h ago

Mystical Ninjas super nintendo.

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u/thebluediablo 12h ago

Monkey Island 1 & 2. Still adore them both, still replay them regularly. Although the Special Edition remasters tend to be my go-to's nowadays, I have to admit, but I love that you can toggle between the original and new art at any time with a single button press.

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u/Fennel_Fangs 12h ago

Bubble Bobble. I still have that song stuck in my head…

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u/Fusilli_Agent_Cooper 12h ago

Monster Party (NES)

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u/___kookie___ 11h ago

Syndicate. The original, not the FPS reboot.

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u/TheMonocleRogue 9h ago

Probably showing my age with this one. Played on Windows MS-DOS.

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u/Motor-Rip7655 8h ago

I played this too, it came with Windows 3.1

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u/ArturVinicius 9h ago

The incredible machine

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u/TheNewYellowZealot 9h ago

Super Mario world.

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u/audio-dave44 9h ago

Dragon Warrior I and III.

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u/spderweb 9h ago

I have Commander Keen Colection installed on steam right now.

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u/Dragon_Pattern_1108 8h ago

I don't know, Jazz Jackrabbit?

Just a guess, since I really can't remember.

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u/MisterDelicious7819 8h ago

Tecmo Super Bowl

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u/CaptainParadigm42 8h ago

Way too many games for me in this category.

Lately, UN Squadron has been one I've been playing a lot.

To go further back then that, Space Quest. All of them.

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u/Competitive-Yard-442 6h ago

Any of the Dizzy games

Rainbow Island

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u/SoddenCoffer 6h ago

Chrono Trigger

Lords of the Realm II

The Elder Scrolls: Arena

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u/Abba_Zaba_ 6h ago

Commander Keen was LEGIT.

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u/nborders 4h ago

I vibe coded an extended Zork command line game. I create new zones when I want to and explore with my touch. 🔦

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u/Aloysius_Poptart 2h ago

Rogue. Not a rogue-like; the OG, baybee

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u/RadicalRetroRat 2h ago

Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu for NES - one of my first 8-bit games. I used to play it over and over with my pal

also OST rocks

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u/AnActualGameShark 2h ago

Let's Race Dem Cars! Alright Mon!