Favorite retro game series?

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>>3956885
This.

>>3956885
I dunno man mario probably

I think mario or zelda or maybe castlevania

>>3956887
This
top notch racing series

>>3956885
Mario

I know it's cliche but I only really love LttP for Zelda and the only CV games I love are the ones on DS

>>3956885
> posts the least representative entry of each series

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Settlers

Naked Headless Mario vs. the Dick Nazis.

All of 'em.

>>3957115
looks like golf

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Sonic. That is, if you mean just the retro titles.

>>3956885
Zelda > Castlevania > Mario

If we're going by OP's pic.

Double Dragon.

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Megaman

I've actually been trying to get a grasp of how the formula works and why I keep wanting to come back to them.

1.) Great soundtracks, tunes that I want to hum as I play through the levels
2.) Creative visuals that while don't resemble any real kind of place, how the floors and grounds are made up of blocks with patterns in them, they are just fun to look at
3.) Gameplay that is "moderately" challenging. The games require a level of patience and "learning," much like the Dark Souls games. I feel stupid comparing Megaman to Dark Souls, but there are a lot of similarities, even down to the fact where you can make Megaman bosses completely effortless by exploiting their weakness (you can eliminate difficulty in Dark Souls by exploiting a weakness). This type of "challenge" appeals to me, games that come off as hard, but are actually quite easy if you know the strategies. Whereas, many games are just hard from start-to-finish or are easy from start-to-finish. Megaman is a bit more dynamic.

I haven't been able to fully dissect how the level design comes off as being so good, but man, it is. I've beaten each of the classic Megaman games numerous times and they're always fun to replay.

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>>3957720

It's a slow paced, relaxing RTS/City builder game. S2 is the best game in the series by far.

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>>3956885

>>3956885
Probably Castlevania or some Koei stuff.

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>>3956885

Castlevania

>>3957776
what's with the random bela lugosi dracula?

Dragon Warrior, Mario, Bubble Bobble

Sonic
Puyo Puyo
Dragon Quest

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Survival Kids.

nothing like surviving being deserted on an island with only a knife, why would children even have knives capable of cutting large grass in their bags is beyond my knowledge.

>>3957775
ok

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>>3956885
Kunio-kun.

>>3959332

Love Mr. Kunio and his games.

>>3959332
THIS THIS THIS THIS

Kunio forever

castlevania>metroid>final fantasy

How the fuck can you pick? There are too many great ones to choose from.

Captain Tsubasa

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>>3956885
My instinctive response is Monkey Island. Those sorts of games, right around the time 1 and 2 came out, were magical to me. Unfortunately, I don't think the humor and jokes holds up as well today.

Thinking about it some more, the one series I go back to play regularly is Final Fight. If you look at the first one and contrast and compare it to other games in the genre over the past 30 years, you start seeing how brilliant it is in its simple design and it still both looks and sounds beautiful.

Castlevania 3 > Castlevania 1 > Castlevania 2
Mario 3 > Mario 1 > Mario 2
Zelda 2 > Zelda 1

This is pretty much objective, right?

>>3957115
Oh shit, someone with good taste.

>>3957720
>>3959137
And a direct follow up of shit taste. Keeping it real /vr/.

>>3961282
I agree with you for the taste but objectiveness doesn't exist as far as you consider something art (I'm not trying to sound intellectual or anything, this is how I see music, films, video games, paintings, it's all a matter of taste)

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r-type

>>3960045
>you start seeing how brilliant it is in its simple design and it still both looks and sounds beautiful

Except for all the fucking censorship. I hope you're at least importing the original Japanese versions.

>>3956885
Castlevania.

>>3963969
Between Gradius and R-Type, R-Type is unnecessarily difficult and tedious.

>>3957115
>>3957775
Sounds fun.