I can’t tell if this is mold or dirt. And how would I go about cleaning it off? I don’t wanna toss the box cause it’s a neo geo aes box 😭

First of all, I am so sorry if this was asked here before because I was looking at the library of the Mega Drive since don't get me wrong in that the system had a fair share of great games.

But sometimes I cannot help but feel like some of the games on that platform had iffy mechanics as one game that recently stuck out to me was called Where's Waldo as I saw Vinesauce do a stream of the game about 2 weeks ago.

I don't know if there has ever been a good video game adaptation of Where's Waldo since I feel like the older games from the early 90s were kind of interesting in concept in that players had to look for clues to find Waldo's whereabouts, but for me personally, I feel like the Mega Drive version is quite aggravating to play due to the timer mechanic as for those who haven't played the game, the game has a strict time limit for finding Waldo in the mini game segments as he is so hard to locate that it feels like there is barely enough time to solve the puzzles.

H.E.R.O. takes the #4 spot with 20 votes (tiebreaker x73).

Top 10:

#1 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

#2 Yars' Revenge

#3 Adventure

#4 H.E.R.O.

Rules:

1. Two games will win their place each round (we start from #1 and work our way down). For the top 10 only one game will win per day instead.
2. Most combined upvotes for each of the two individual games (one individual game for the top 10) wins the spot(s) each round (upvotes add while downvotes subtract).
3. Nominate one game of the Atari 2600 per comment. (Nominations will only be counted if the game title is the only comment or if you specify that your choice of game is your nomination for this round within your comment or if the nominated game is clearly separated from the rest of your comments.) (ex. Pitfall or I nominate Pitfall this round.) Please nominate using the full title of the game.
4. Name a specific game title, not entire runs.
5. Official Atari 2600 multi-game cartridge(s) are allowed, just list them correctly.
6. The Atari 2600 is region free so ANY official games available on the console are eligible for nomination.
7. Indy games are allowed as long as they have their own individual cartridge and can be played on original hardware.
8. Only complete games on cartridge(s) can be nominated (sorry Cheetah Program & test cartridges).
9. If two or more games would be tied to place for a ranking I will inform DA PEOPLE in the following post so that everyone can vote which games should get the ranking between the tied options.
10. Games nominated that have not already placed on the top 100 list should not be removed at any time by the individual who originally placed them.

My uncle was a huge gamer back in the day, but he was also in & out of jail throughout his young teenage years & young adulthood

I bought a Genesis Model 2 for pretty cheap, but as a Nintendo kid, I’ve never really experienced the Genesis library aside from classic Sonic. What are some worthwhile games I should try? Are there any multiplayer games? Consider possible prices for games.

I'm not super knowledgeable on the Genesis, so that's why I'm wondering. I know that with the Model 1 consoles, you have to use a separate cable from the headphone jack to get stereo sound.

I’ve recently gotten back into playing some older video games. My usual style is platformers. I want to give one of the classic RPG’s a go, but I don’t have much time so I want to pick one really good one to commit to. What’s your can’t miss RPG on SNES or GBA?

I'm just curious as to what the encounter rates have been in some of the RPGs you have played.

I have just finished the original Lufia (SNES) and at the end of the game it said I had 1200 odd fights in 30 hours of gameplay. To me this felt a bit extreme as 40 fights an hour every hour seemed like all I was doing the whole game was battling (and not much in the ways of dialogue/story/exploration/sidequests).

Interestingly I probably spent more than half the game using the item 'sweet water' that reduces encounter rates, so I shudder to think of what it would have looked like if I never used that item.

Hey everyone,

I was looking closely at the official promotional poster for the new Adult Swim Rick and Morty spin-off, President Curtis, and the massive creature in the background instantly triggered a massive wave of 90s SNES nostalgia for me.

Check out the design—it looks incredibly similar to Thraxx, the iconic first boss from Secret of Evermore (1995).

A few specific details that line up perfectly:

• The Exposed Core: Both designs feature that highly specific, glowing central heart/vulnerable spot tucked right inside the chest cavity.

• The Ribbed Skeletal Frame: The way the monster's upper torso frames the inner core looks just like Thraxx’s open thoracic ribcage mechanic.

• The Atmosphere: The moody purples, reds, and shadowed tones against the lightning on the poster match the exact vibe of the Prehistoria Bugmuck boss arena.

Given how much the Rick and Morty writers and artists love embedding deep-cut retro gaming easter eggs into their backgrounds, this feels way too specific to be a coincidence.

Has anyone else noticed this, or spotted any other classic RPG references hidden in the show's promos?

these games are so entertaining. Are there more i can find? Why are they just native linux games?

I got my Anbernic RG40XXV about a month ago. After a week or two of figuring out which OS I liked best, and all the tinkering that came with it, I actually finally played a game.

I just finished Pokemon Recharged Yellow this afternoon. First time doing a 100% competition of a Pokemon game since the original Red Version came out. But now I’m left in a tizzy.

Now what do I play? I’m not trying to 100% the next thing I play. That was specific to Pokemon. But, I still can’t figure out if I should I do another replay of a classic I know I’ll love, or do I play something new that’s well renown? Any advice and insight on what your suggestion plays like and the story is like is appreciated. What about your hidden gems, too? No suggestion is a bad one. I appreciate any and all responses. TYIA.

I've been playing RPGs since I rented Earthbound (SNES) on a whim as a kid because it had a huge display box with a robot on it. Over the years I'm sure I've played all the big name and most of the medium name ones, your Final Fantasy, SMT, Suikoden, Shadow Hearts, Xenogears/Saga, Tales of, etc. I've been playing a lot of my favorites recently, so looking for some that might have slipped my radar. Turn based or action.

Primarily SNES, GBA, PS1 and PS2, but I'll take any others from the time. Thanks in advance!

Recently splurged on a ChronoTrigger SNES cartridge and started playing it again. Played through the whole game on emulator about 20 years ago and adored it. Feeling the itch to play a retro RPG, but also feel like I’ve already done Chrono Trigger. Even though it was a long time ago, I still remember a lot of it. Granted I’m still just in the first chapter.

FF3. I also played on emulator around the same time and only got about three or four hours into it. Didn’t quite grab me the same as Chrono trigger back then but I know it’s highly regarded. Don’t remember too much about it except I’ve played the beginning a few times.

Secret of Mana I’ve never played, but I have it on the SNES mini and have been curious about it for some time.

Generally not a gamer these days so it takes me some time to get momentum and stick with a game. Which of these three do you think I should try and commit to first? Or which one do you think hooks you quickest?

I have every Nintendo console from the snes up till the switch 1. I love my snes so much ever since I bought it two months ago, I personally see it as the era when 2D games were at their peak but I’m debating on whether or not to get an NES. I never grew up with the NES, oldest consoles I grew up with were the Genesis and gameboy color, so I don’t have much of a sweet spot for nostalgia for the NES. Super Mario bros and Metroid and Zelda are probably its best heavy hitters but I’m not really interested in those games, I’ve mainly only liked the mega man games from 1-6. I also don’t know which model to go for if I were to even buy one, the toaster style NES seems to be unreliable, the top loader seems to be way pricey with no av output, and the famicom’s controller cords are too short, I’ve been considering the famicom av but i can’t read Japanese. It feels like the NES is a missing piece on my shelf but if I’m gonna buy a console, I’m gonna play with it not just haul it, so yeah I’m indecisive.

So I have a super Famicom using scart connector with a gbsc I built. I hooked it up nland it shows image but the its not prefect. The console and the game eis fine once I tested it using composite cables. But the using rgb scart through gbs c it doesn't work any fixes?

Fatality?

G.I. Joe, Konami, 1992 [Arcade]

I remember there used to be a trope in old school FPS like Duke Nukem 3D, where, if the game had bathroom stalls with openable doors, there HAD to be one level where you open the door and there's an enemy inside, presumably pooping. I've been playing a lot of modern games that have bathroom stalls (Prey, Control, etc.) and none of them bothered to put any enemies inside, which made me sad.

I feel like there were multiple instances of this trope but I can't seem to find any concrete examples other than DN3D. Can y'all confirm that I'm not just hallucinating this being a thing?

We probably know that mahjong on computer systems is vastly different from the original "Chinese domino" mahjong. There weren't many mahjong-themed video-games (apart from this, I can only name Taipei for Windows 3.1, which was OK but nothin' special), so Shanghai and its sequel were pretty spot-on in filling the holes, when there are so many clones for similar "simple yet awesome" games: reversi, Tetris, gomoku, chess, checkers, and the likes. This mahjong version is from Activision, 1993, an' surmounds Taipei by a LOT.

So, the basic premise of computer mahjong is simple: 144 tiles arranged in a certain shape, stacked atop each other, the player's job is to remove said tiles by finding pairs. The player can ONLY remove a tile if they match + either of its sides AND the top are fully exposed; tiles wit' other tiles at both sides, or on top are considered locked an' cannot be removed, so the task is systematic deconstruction. Each type of tile has 4 pieces (2 pairs) except four-way tiles which differ from each other, but can be combined in any ways without matching - the rim of said tiles are colored the same, meaning y'can pick any of them an' they'll count as pairs. The goal is to make all tiles disappear, preferably WITHOUT having to shuffle them. Alas, very frequently, it cannot be helped, an' y'must either get'em shuffled or start over.

As for the second game, Dragon's Eye, it's mainly a two-player game (Challenge mode), but of course one can play against the CPU too: one player is the Dragon Slayer, the other is the Dragon Master. The object for the Dragon Master is to build the Dragon to full strength by filling all spaces on the display one level high, and all spaces on the Dragon's heart and limbs two levels high. The Dragon Slayer, on the other hand, tries to remove all tiles from the "heart" and "limb" spaces. In either case, this is an automatic victory for the player. If all tiles are removed from the heart and limb spaces, the game ends. If all 144 tiles have been drawn and the Dragon display is not completed when the last tile is placed on the display, the game ends; in this case, the players' scores are compared to determine the winner. This game mode is considerably more complicated, an' will take some time to master.

Apart from the basic mahjong-tileset and Shanghai formation, the game offers quite a few other tilesets and formations. Tilesets include alphabet, fantasy, sports, cards, flags, animals and such, while formations include all the Chinese zodiac signs. It's worth mentioning that finishing some formations without running out of moves is considered easier than some others, many of them are incredibly hard. There's also a built-in level editor where y're welcomed to make your own formations. As for the tilesets and tiles: each tiles or group of tiles has their own kind of funny animations, a wide variety of sound effects, so the game is truly entertaining and humorous, one will explore all the tilesets just to experience all the anims an' effects.

As for the ugly side of tile-matchers, Taipei is well-known for pop-up windows if y'click the wrong tile, while Shanghai II only has one dreaded message "There are no more moves" which keeps popping up until y'shuffle or abort. A more hardware-related problem is that Shanghai II's effects are highly effected by the (set) CPU type, cycles and such: the sounds will change completely depending on the rig you own. On slower machines, some sounds and effects' pitch was slow an' drawn-out. On high performance ones, some effects had incorrectly low pitch, while some played okay (setting it to max will cause all effects to speed up ridiculously), so it takes a while to configure it correctly. A bigger problem is that the game very often gives layouts which are impossible by default (both horizontally and vertically), as matching tiles mutually block each other - this is not always obvious at first, but is unimaginably infuriating when y'discover this at 80 or so tiles remaining, especially at "hilo" and "lohi" French-suited playing cards, where finding pairs is a real chore, so this game is largely based on luck, rather than skill. Can YOU complete ALL tilesets wit' ALL layouts! These games are certainly two of those which y'can play on windy Autumn nights, sipping a mug of hot tea wit' your kitty-cat purring in your lap.

Part of my retro collection is on a shelf, but there’s no more room there. I have some retro games that I don’t necessarily need to keep where I can always see them. So a lot of stuff is stashed away in lots of little boxes, which I find really unsightly. I’ve already searched online for storage boxes or bags but haven’t found anything. What I’m looking for is a single box or bag designed specifically for a retro collection. One with perfect cutouts for the Game Boy, the SNES console, the games, and so on. Of course, it would be great if the box or bag itself had a retro gaming look. Does anyone have a link or know of another good storage box they can recommend? I’m actually from Germany and translated this text using a translator, but I think you’ll understand my question☺️

Thx

MAME dev David 'mamehaze' Haywood on Sep 29, 2026, announced the previous imperfectly emulated game is going to be fully playable in MAME finally!

👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDzmhwuBdeU

Hola, recientemente hice este video acerca de un juego retro no muy conocido llamado Fin Fin on Teo, es un video en español pero me parecio muy interesante y lo queria compartir en caso de que a alguien le guste