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2026-04-05 02:10:35 GMT

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Megaman 8 was really good, aside from the voice acting. The hallmark of a good retro game is "When the tech and game design improved, would they remake this better? If not, it holds up."
It was made in the mid 90s and yet modern advances wouldnt really improve it, not even the graphics. I do hate that sled section at the halfway point though

2026-03-23 03:14:15 GMT

Metroid: Zero Mission fucked up the ending pretty bad. First Mother Brain was annoying, then your climactic finish ended in a lame stealth section and now I have to do an unclimactic timed run and finish it against the black mantises who absorb all hits. What a horrible ending to such a good game. At least it was a worthy successor to Super Metroid prior to this

2026-03-17 15:36:12 GMT

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Ditto. Retro ends once there are good 3d games in the early PS1 and N64 era, however the great majority of those games at that time are super primitive, aside from the ones so good that we remember them fondly.
However, Millenials and Xers refuse to acknowledge they're old. So much time has passed that obsolete technology is pretty advanced

2026-03-11 13:48:54 GMT

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2026-02-14 13:18:25 GMT

I tried looking for James Sunderland Valentines memes but couldn't find any. Does anyone have any?

2026-01-13 14:20:47 GMT

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Do it man. It is THE gold standard for percolating horror, think like games like Amnesia. Hilariously enough, the makers were inspired by Amnesia and this game went on to inspire Amnesia: Bunker.
The one thing it gets right that no one else does is that they give you a litany of ways to semi reasonably detect that the monster is present and roughly where, the alien's ability to detect you is just really good to offset that. Other games just "Don't die, he could be anywhere"

2026-01-13 05:25:34 GMT

So Alien: Isolation is 11 years old. Yes, you're old. If this were a girl, there is a chance that it would be an early bloomer starting puberty. Think about that knicker
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2026-01-13 02:50:32 GMT

When Link to the Past came out, some competent producers made games that were kinds knockoffs, but not lazy. Alundra was one of those - though all of them were an interesting concept.
It feels like Soul Blazer and the story is about death and perseverance, whole using cutesy characters and graphics. The fact that they can't always be direct about things mean the work a rounds are bone chilling. Just play it without spoilers, trust me
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2026-01-10 15:06:15 GMT

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Are you just going to play about an hour or so and then not stream for a while? If so, you need a game that quickly gives some decent footage and payoff, even if you're interrupting it constantly with the chat. Hollow Knight: Silksong is good, but not retro. Clock Tower is good, but you might wanna quick start. Ape Escape of some flavour, preferably 2 or 3.
A longer experience is different, so let me know if you're going to be more regular

2026-01-07 00:24:58 GMT

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Its a gif, so when you score 4 lines it goes back to the start, even though you're at 5 lines

2026-01-05 06:20:14 GMT

If you're on the fence about Hollow Knight: Silksong, then just buy it. Its really, really good, albeit really hard. Although the time is massively different than Hollow Knight

2026-01-04 04:54:24 GMT

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For what its worth, the event that these political posts are referring to is a HUGE event. Maintain apolitical spaces though, we need solid breaks from the constant depression.

2026-01-02 16:54:24 GMT

Does anyone here know anything about Vivaldi? I briefly used it before there was some hullabaloo over contacting a database or something and I stopped in favour of Librewolf, Brave and Degoogled Chromium

2026-01-02 01:50:00 GMT

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Amen. There are two video game review channels that are probably mostly AI that need to be gotten rid or

2026-01-02 01:35:14 GMT

Retro Gaiden 2026. Take it down if you hate it OP
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2026-01-01 04:27:38 GMT

In the final hours of 2025, I beat Ape Escape. I played that back when the graphics were considered good and I hadn't started puberty yet. Goodness I'm old

2025-12-30 16:14:13 GMT

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Why do all these companies keep trying to decide how we use things we already bought and why are they all doing so in lockstep?

2025-12-29 14:18:01 GMT

I'm going to see if I can go a whole year without buying new games next year. Anything I should quickly purchase before 2025 ends? I have a mega backlist

2025-12-27 15:05:33 GMT

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On Christmas, we watched Home Alone since I was young enough to watch Home Alone and we were blown away by how good the back story, tones and themes were. The slapstick at the end is at least well built up.

2025-12-27 05:29:20 GMT

A reminder all of you are old
https://odysee.com/@graymads:d/the-monster-that-inspired-a-tragedy:9?r=8GxQfn3tj5sNA9KAVEYxYo2pXAqFmmRR

2025-12-26 15:07:46 GMT

In the very late 80s, a shriner put baby sneakers on a goose with no feet and magic ensued
https://odysee.com/@Huggbees:1/the-ballad-of-footloose-goose:8?r=8GxQfn3tj5sNA9KAVEYxYo2pXAqFmmRR

2025-12-26 15:05:52 GMT

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That's why they all have the same Mexican accent and sound the same. Heh

2025-12-23 21:20:42 GMT

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Odd

2025-12-23 13:51:46 GMT

Too good to pass up, its an old advert from Nintendo back when there was only one Nintendo. Merry Christmas!
https://retro.pizza/@outofprintarchive/115768558617646733
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2025-12-20 02:06:56 GMT

They put a lot of work into making the atmosphere proper for a crappy movie based game. Personally, I'd like for them to make stop motion assets so that you can truly relive The Nightmare Before Christmas. This is from an Odysee indie who's actually good.
https://odysee.com/@graymads:d/The-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-Game-Everyone-Forgot:a

2025-12-20 01:59:56 GMT

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I'm asking family to help me set up an Arweave account for Christmas

2025-12-16 15:56:49 GMT

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I think that's funny and good, but realistically the problem with AI is the number of doofuses trying to shove it where it doesn't belong before its gotten good yet. Don't use it for things that don't need it and implement in the handful of places where its actually good

2025-12-14 16:21:34 GMT

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Also if you have autism, you'd certainly have shown signs of it in your toddler years and your confused parents would have taken you to a specialist where you would have been diagnosed or deemed not autistic. None of this self diagnosis crap done by awkward people who maybe hate a loud noise or two.

2025-12-14 05:35:04 GMT

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This problem goes back to at least the 10s. Its slowing down since I hardly biy anything new, but boy howdy is there a backlog

2025-12-14 04:25:54 GMT

The good news about emulation: all the games from the past you could ever play. The bad news? Hoarding means you're taking ages to actually go through your backlog. I may never fully empty mine

2025-12-12 02:30:05 GMT

Plot Twist: it was OP all along
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olV36kRhc8A

2025-12-08 13:53:31 GMT

@efiqu
That's terrible, but you're on the wrong feed as this is a politics free feed. [@Oregon_Pacifist](https://retro-gaiden.com/@Oregon_Pacifist ), could you show him how to post on the Network without updating the RG Main feed like you did with me and Vapor Venger?

2025-12-06 05:51:36 GMT

I finally beat Sands of Time again. Very fun. I'll try to finally play the two sequels that I never really tried.
As a post script, I can confirm that Vapor Venger wall runs to work like this every single day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXWMskMo8pQ

2025-12-04 15:14:52 GMT

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You're a good knicker. May you have a better 2026!

2025-12-04 15:06:52 GMT

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Sounds like your problem, not everyone's. I've had a good year so far and frankly quit decades old psychological habits after therapy.
I do wish you the best for whatever you may be going through, it sounds rough

2025-11-16 05:13:50 GMT

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You before too long
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2025-11-16 04:27:19 GMT

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Go to Reddit if you need inspiration

2024-12-16 16:00:33 GMT

When I meet the devil, I'm teaching him a lesson I tell you what.
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2024-12-12 03:12:58 GMT

A list for people who might have only recently discovered Dolphin.
https://odysee.com/@NXtainment:b/dolphin-the-40-best-gamecube-and-wii:d

2024-12-06 16:42:39 GMT

Anyone know of a good Genesis Emulator on Linux? I'm interested in the Genesis games that weren't beat em ups, platformers nor fighting games.
https://odysee.com/@Xygor:8/the-top-10-greatest-sega-genesis-games:2

2024-12-03 17:25:09 GMT

On a more video game note, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories had a few prototypes and designs merged together before the developed made it the game it currently is.
One of the first designs was a Cybil Bennett style cop walking through the cold with deemphasized combat called Sh: Cold Heart
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/113/590/056/089/665/261/original/baac27041dfbc9b4.jpg

2024-12-03 16:36:42 GMT

In Silent Hill, some characters are demonstrated to be figments of the MC's imagination that somehow or another help them (cope).
The weird thing is, from a counseling perspective, this happens routinely if you replace "human being willed into existence" with what is called a "healing fantasy" that tends to be more of a thought process or maladapted way of interpreting life. Its offtopic, but it came up and the resemblance is uncanny.
https://joyninja.com/healing-fantasies-releasing-the-longing-to-be-rescued/

2024-11-24 03:14:33 GMT

NathanSifuGaming Live stream right now
https://odysee.com/@nathansifugaming:8/Pseudoregalia-N64-Style-Platformer-NathanSifuGaming-livestream-2024-11-23:3

2024-11-19 01:41:18 GMT

Gonna make my point across a few posts:
So basically, we can all confirm the SH2 Remake was pretty good in its own right and carries over much of what made the original so good, though its definitely a different, separate experience and you must play the original. I would say the biggest differences is that the camera angle changes the encounters, the combat is scary and fun this time and the game is much longer. Also the mannequins counteract the purpose of the radio and fog.

2024-11-11 19:53:10 GMT

https://odysee.com/@TigerChainsaw:4/the-ultimate-ps2-collection-showcasing:f

2024-11-06 20:11:07 GMT

https://odysee.com/@TigerChainsaw:4/custom-game-cases-review-which:3

2024-11-04 16:54:02 GMT

Someone created an "Alternative Rock Album" using Silent Hill instrumental music apparently. Not sure the proper ingredients or if it even involves humans, but its been pretty good so far and it appeals to anyone who came of age in the 00's.
*Edit* Its just songs with lyrics from the OST that forms an alt rock album.
https://youtu.be/SN-maHm0c4Q

2024-11-03 16:55:03 GMT

Its a new game, but its an indie climbing game based off of Half Life apparently. Keep up with it.
https://odysee.com/@NecoTheSergal:b/the-most-intensely-addicting-climbing:2

2024-10-28 01:50:46 GMT

So I finished Parasite Eve or at least the first 4 stages of the final battle and didn't feel motivated to properly finish it after dying near the end. Beating 4 end Game bosses in a row was fun enough and makes me wonder why there are 5 bosses in a row to end the game with.
Overall, its a fun game that doesn't overstay its welcome, with an endboss too long. The plot is dumb and the villain is basically a Batman villain with a mitochondria theme. Give it a play, emulation is free
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/113/382/538/846/055/909/original/e08d1dac9df53a49.jpg

2024-10-27 17:10:55 GMT

For a lazy Sunday afternoon right before Halloween, why not watch a horror movie? They have Goosebumps, Buffy, Coraline, Repo! Genetic Opera, American Werewolf in London, Slumberparty Massacre, the Twilight Zone movie, VHS, Hellraiser, Texas Chainsaw, Halloween II, Train to Busan, It Follows to name several.
I'll be more specific in the coming days, but right now relax with an old movie that brings you back. Lord knows the new ones aren't getting better.
https://tubitv.com/category/horror

2024-10-21 23:45:45 GMT

Yoshimi is a very small creator but he has some interesting stuff admist his erratic uploads. In this case, he kicks off lost media from horror games and its an interesting deep dive. He has a few more like this, as well as other lost media dives if you check out his channel.
https://odysee.com/@Yoshimi:4/the-horror-game-lost-media-iceberg:8

2024-10-04 01:48:29 GMT

Ouch
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2024-10-01 15:41:48 GMT

I'm not into Sega Master System, but there's at least two people and a bot who aggressively post about it and I want to promote this guy, so here we go:
https://odysee.com/@TigerChainsaw:4/the-best-sega-master-system-rpgs:e

2024-10-01 14:39:17 GMT

Forbidden Siren 2, the sequel to (Forbidden) Siren. Its kinda divisive as to whether its an improvement.
Most gameplay aspects have been improved, but now that you can pick up unconscious enemy weapons suddenly beating everyone to death is a viable tactic and it defuses the tension 95% of the time. Your crouch is actually fast now, so its just like Fallout where you're perma crouched until you're in open combat.
It is however, a good game with an area large enough to be a real small town.
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/113/232/678/368/284/143/original/272fb871fa78728e.jpg

2024-09-28 13:04:47 GMT

I just finished Harmony, a DOOM total conversion mod. I had to tone down difficulty to the bare minimum, but its actually quite fun. Its got a modestly involved story that it fails to communicate very well, but for what its worth, its well made.
I binged on DOOM mods so thoroughly that I gave it up for a long time, now I'm more or less back on other games when I play at all. It was nice to finish this though.
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2024-09-21 15:31:52 GMT

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2024-09-10 04:33:01 GMT

Ape Escape PS1
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2024-09-09 20:17:29 GMT

https://odysee.com/@TigerChainsaw:4/incredible-nes-shoot-em-ups!:f

2024-09-06 15:19:21 GMT

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2024-09-02 21:50:35 GMT

For those who remember Wave Race 64, John Hulaton voiced the announcer. This dude managed to get an interview with him.
Check out his channel Tiger Chainsaw, he's got assorted video game stuff, some of which is very retro.
https://odysee.com/@TigerChainsaw:4/wave-race-64-review-and-an-interview:3

2024-09-02 01:54:26 GMT

I'm most partial to Megaman 8 on the PS1 and maybe Megaman X, but that could be because that was when I was a kid and able to play them. Then again, 8 simplifies it without getting too easy.
Regardless, a lot of you punks like the original Megaman series, so here's a good dude on Odysee reviewing them who has tons of apolitical content.
https://odysee.com/@TigerChainsaw:4/ranking-the-mega-man-nes-games-from:a

2024-08-28 18:48:11 GMT

From 2012 about the then current Silent Hill 2 and 3 HD Remaster. Just a reminder, never trust people who try to improve it, they just need to improve the graphics and make it run on modern hardware.
http://youtu.be/wya4XhTPMcc?t=21m50s