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I've been playing some retro games recently (PS1 and prior) and I've been discovering a lot of games that I never thought I would enjoy. Particularly 90s arcade shmups and arcade style sports games.

What are some of your favorite retro games that you always find yourself coming back to?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Super Mario War and Pocket Tanks

In Iran we always pirate games (except PlayStation games) because US sanctions has banned trades with Iran. Back when I was a kid instead of buying CDs with one game I bought packages which had 100 smaller games and I didn't buy often because I couldn't buy games on my own. There are some famous ones among these 600 games (I bought 6 CDs over the years) like peggle, plants vs zombies, chicken invaders, and some others. Despite having fun with many more games, these are the ones I remember the most. Despite not getting a lot of chances to play computer games with others these games where the most fun to play with others

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That's an awesome story (not the trade ban part but that you made the most of the situation)! Those games are always the best, the memories always matter most.