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Welcome to /r/retrogames!

This subreddit is for the discussion of retro, classic, and vintage video games.

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  1. Discussion posts only. You should post your original thoughts and ideas about retro gaming. Refrain from asking simple questions.

  2. Vintage games only. /r/retrogames is for posts about vintage gaming: 5th gen platforms and earlier. However, discussion about newer platforms is a allowed in comments, just not as a top-level post.

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Looking for a 90s Tetris like game

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a Tetris clone from the 90s. It was 4 players and we were all playing on the same keyboard.

The game's music and sound were fully customizable.

There were blocks with icons that when you completed a line with one of these block, you were sending bad things to other players. For example, there was a pig icon that made the other player only able to use two type of block for a period of time. Or a tower that made a full tower appears in their playing field. Another one made the player's blocks invisible. I have a feeling the game was called Eitris or Etris but I can't find it.

Anyone knows this game?

Thanks!

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2025/02/01
03:14 UTC

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Cheapest way to get physical PSX games?

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2025/01/31
12:42 UTC

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What’s the best horror game for ps1?

6 Comments
2025/01/30
16:27 UTC

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Can't remember the name of this game. Please help!

It was a PC game from the 80s. I just remember traveling in the North East and the map ended in Watertown NY. Maybe a scary biker gang there? I feel like it was some sort of commerce game or smuggling game ala Smokey and the Bandit but I could be way off. Logged way too many hours playing the game to now not remember the name of it.

5 Comments
2025/01/29
19:00 UTC

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Collecting all ps2 games do you think I can do it

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2025/01/29
13:43 UTC

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A game that looks like Gradius. That switch its map between vertical and horizontal on each stages.

I remember the background music that the game I played when I was in primary school should be Gradius.. but to my surprise when I search it up I found out that Gradius seems to only have horizontal side scrolling instead of vertical scrolling? I am confused. Is there any spin off that matched my description? Sorry for my crappy English..

7 Comments
2025/01/25
06:29 UTC

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Looking for an NES game where you move upwards, shoot stars at enemies, and power-ups drop from above. Any idea about the name?

Can anyone help me identify an old NES game where you control a character moving upward, shooting stars at enemies that look alike, and power-ups drop from above? The character is small and not human, and the game has a colorful, platformer style.

17 Comments
2025/01/24
12:38 UTC

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"Milo and Spot" - a classic puzzle game from the 90s. In this game, the player controls a dog that has to go through different levels by solving puzzles. The main task was to move different objects to open the way to the next parts of the level, while avoiding obstacles and dangers. Help me find it

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2025/01/23
17:29 UTC

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astro’s bananas imac game

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2025/01/18
05:33 UTC

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Why OG Halo Led Me To Collect Retro Games Again

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2025/01/17
04:52 UTC

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The Thursday Three: Let's hear about the three retro games...you've spent the most time playing!

Well, it has been about a month since I last posted a T3, so my apologies for the day. With that out of the way, let's discuss the three retro games you've poured the most time into!

NO LISTS! Tell us why you played these games so much!

So what kept you going back to these retro games? Was it a long playthrough? Perhaps a difficult grind? Maybe you've just replayed it so many times? Have you had your fill of these games, or do you keep coming back to play them over and over? Whatever the reason, let us know!

Please try to stay within this sub's definition of retro!

And, as always, three is the target - not the minimum! One or two is fine if that is all you can think of!

6 Comments
2025/01/16
13:01 UTC

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I’m look for the name of a game, if you can help?

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2025/01/14
22:41 UTC

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Looking for sprite from an unknown NES game

Hello! I require your help in figuring out the origins of a cropped graphic of a NES game. It was used as a painting in an old Minecraft texture pack. All the other paintings are also NES game graphics, so this likely is as well.

Here's the graphic: https://ibb.co/wpQTkQN

Does anybody recognize what game this is from? You would be helping me out a ton.

3 Comments
2025/01/14
21:46 UTC

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Has anyone ordered any games from cave gamers.com looking to get Pokémon heart gold for the ds

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2025/01/14
19:25 UTC

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Anyone know which game it is from ??

Does any body know how do I play saint row in my androud tv

2 Comments
2025/01/14
05:44 UTC

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Which game on Sunday?

I'm playing Jurassic Park 2 on a snes emulator. I didn't remember SNES games were so difficult 😜

3 Comments
2025/01/12
23:53 UTC

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Did you play FIFA International Soccer back in the 90s? The best genesis soccer game of it's time?

2 Comments
2025/01/12
22:41 UTC

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Retro Arcade Game. IJ Lost Ark Knockoff

Trying to remember this arcade game I played as a child that stole alot of the lore of IJ Lost Ark story. Usually saw them or played them on the dual style cabinet. The type you would usually see like RBI Baseball running on.

2 Comments
2025/01/12
00:47 UTC

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Tale continues

Guybrush travels to the Jerkbait Islands to learn about La Esponja Grande—a voodoo sea sponge capable of curing the pox—but becomes involved in a volatile dispute between pox-infected pirates and the resident merfolk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-3yf57kLFg

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2025/01/10
10:09 UTC

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GameCube and PS2 games on RG405v (Sims Urbz in the City)

I am trying to smoothly operate the sims urbz in the city on my RG405v , however, GameCube version crashes and doesn’t show all icons and options when operating the game on Dolphin. I’ve tried to operate the same on retroarch and on Dijishio but it is super super slow and crashes

Tried PS2 version on retroarch and dijishio and PS2PPP emulator but I am facing the same issues

Please requesting for help and guidance on how we can tweak the settings to emulate the game smoothly

3 Comments
2025/01/10
09:08 UTC

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Has anyone played this game or used the console?

2 Comments
2025/01/09
11:43 UTC

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I don't know how to make work my FAMICOM (NES japanese) on my Philips 3000 series TV model 22PFL3206H/12

When just connecting my Philips 3000 series TV model 22PFL3206H/12 to the Famicom via the antenna cable I can only see the black and white image while for audio I only hear interference from other channels. I know that the black image most likely comes from the fact that the signal is getting to me at 50hz while the console is at 60hz, but checking the specs of the TV it says it supports both frequencies and I don't know how to fix it, I've tried all the settings on the TV but I haven't solved it. I know it is possible to modify the console to have av video output but I don't want to modify my console for any reason. How can I do to solve my problem, am I missing something?

3 Comments
2025/01/08
14:35 UTC

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Oldest console generation you ever played?

I'm probably a little bit older than the average person here (born in 1981), but I am curious about just how early are the games that one could have expected yall to have played.

Personally, after a few arcade games in the mid-80s (which I am not counting, because I said "console"): My first console was the third-generation NES in ~1988 (several years after its release in the US), though I did play the (second-generation) Atari VCS/2600 not long after that. I got a (fourth-generation) SNES at the end of 1991, not too long after it came out here; and then switched to PC games not long after.

34 Comments
2025/01/08
03:38 UTC

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Need Help - Pixel Shooting Game

Hey there, I’m trying to remember a pixel art shooting game I played between 2000 and 2005. I think it was on Mac, though there’s a small chance it was on PC. You played as a toy, maybe like an Action Man, and I think the first level involved dinosaurs, possibly with dinosaur eggs. I also recall the main character saying something like “BANGA BANGA.”

The main screen might have been set in a toy store alley with boxes of toys around. It definitely wasn’t a game for kids—I remember the character’s head showing more blood as their health decreased.

Thanks you in advance 🙏✨

0 Comments
2025/01/04
13:30 UTC

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Ancient Stone Tablets Question

So i just bought a Ancient Stone Tablets cartridge off RetroGamersUS and I complete Map 1 and goto Map 2 and none of my items transferred over. The game has all 5 star reviews but all they told me when I contacted them was "Its treated as 4 separate games" and "I havent played through the game to really give you alot of information, Ive sold tons of these and never got any complaints"

Can anyone help me? Or point me in the direction of a cart that does transfer my progress?

0 Comments
2025/01/02
23:28 UTC

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Retro stream (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, The Flintstones, WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game) Stream

(Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, The Flintstones, WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game) Stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRugNNCLhYc

1 Comment
2025/01/02
15:21 UTC

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Need help finding an old PC game

For years I’ve been trying to remember the name of a game I used to play on my PC when I was a kid. It was essentially a game where you’re a park ranger and you place items in your park and they increase/decrease populations of certain wildlife, etc; Anyone have any clue what game it is?

2 Comments
2024/12/28
20:56 UTC

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SNES voice sample compilation?

1 Comment
2024/12/28
12:31 UTC

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Zak Mckracken Returns!

It's been a while since Zak's last adventure. People have forgotten all about our hero who saved humanity from enslavement. His five minutes of fame went by way too quick and the money he earned with his award winning book went down the drains when Zak decided to get his own newspaper off the ground.

But now Zak has to prove his worth once again. Stumbling into his next adventure, Zak gets yet another chance to show the world what real heroes are made of...

Free download link in descriprion!

https://youtu.be/2nrtSqPlEsk

0 Comments
2024/12/25
09:48 UTC

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Can anyone help me remember a game?

It was an nes game, a dungeon crawler/puzzle game. I must have been 5/6 years old at the time. It was one of those games that was like a 10in1 of some sort. I always remember it being too hard for me at the time and id love to play it again and it possibly kick my ass again. I know there were keys involved and not 100% sure but humpty dumpty was someway part of it. The last part might not be the same game though so I wouldn’t dwell on that too much. Every once in a while it pops in my head and i just wished i knew the name of the damn game so i can play through it, even just the first level would be nostalgia heaven.

6 Comments
2024/12/22
03:40 UTC

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