Submitted 8 months ago by B0NK3RS@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
Any and all recommendations are appreciated.
As I like to source my own ROMs, those 4 tend to be my primary places to look:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/roms_obtainable_on_gog_compendium/page1
https://itch.io/games/ (can filter by platform-specific tags for the homebrew ROMs)
Also other places, but most way smaller and mainly found through the 4 above.
Someone mentioned HG101 and I’m enjoying all the reading.
I’m not that interested in what Racketboy seems to offer but I see it has a forum so I might have a look through later for interesting stuff.
Here are some that I have found useful:
Game tracking:
Game art:
Compatability
Game Deals:
But where’s the fun stuff…
:) I joke. I’ve actually been againt video game achievements since they began but recenly have enjoyed the RetroAchievements setup and playing my childhood games again.
Another extremely useful on to me is www.doesitplay.org
I’m not OK with games requiring a download. And developers don’t always do a good job of making it clear when they do. Or a handful of games might be nearly unplayable in the version that ships on disc/cart. This website makes a point of testing games unpatched and offline.
It’s not a big deal for everyone, but the site is a crucial resource if you care.
I came across this recently and it’s a very useful tool. This year I started to take notice again and find myself more and more going with GOG, offline games and physical discs.
I’m a big fan of shmuplations.com
They translate or host a bunch of first-hand interviews with developers of classic Japanese games. (Not restricted to shmups, despite the name.)
This is a real gem! Thank you
time extension!
I didn’t realise I had this already bookmarked so thanks for the reminder.
Open licenced games and media.
I’ve played through most of the ones older than 7 years old.
Here are solid some start points:
Neverball, Kobo Deluxe, Project: Starfighter, Frozen Bubble, Hex-a-hop, SGT Puzzles, Numpty Physics, Fish Fillets NG, Enigma, Passage, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, X-Moto, Blobby Volley 2, Stormbaan Coureur, GCompris
Boardgames online, excellent!
Asynchronous move timing, you can take up to 29 days to play a move.
Community built, DIY ethos, free to join, donation supported.
Thanks. Great recommendation.
The ROMsMegathread to add to the other recommendations. Also I do have to mention GoG again for DRM free games.
Thanks. ROMsMegathread is interesting and something I didn’t know about.
Gaming on Linux - for news
Hardcore Gaming 101 - when I want to go does a rabbit hole of game series history and trivia
Thanks. HG101 is the kind of stuff I’m looking for.
https://www.steamgriddb.com/grids
For all of your artistic game cover needs.
Vimms lair, of course.
And
https://metroidconstruction.com/
For Metroid hacks.
Nintendo killed Vimm’s for me, it used to be so good though.
Eh, the few games that are missing can easily be found elsewhere.
All I need are Steam, GOG, Isthereanydeal, Howlongtobeat and SteamDB. There are some YouTube channels I follow, but as they mostly talk about consoles nowadays, I don’t really rely on them for the final choice.
I mostly use nintendolife. That’s a Nkntendo only website. Back in the day I enjoyed Destructoid but that became utter trash.
Flashy_Tomato@programming.dev 7 months ago
I mostly watch videos now, but a few websites I still visit regularly that haven’t been mentioned:
B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Thanks. This is the kind of stuff I was hoping for :)
Flashy_Tomato@programming.dev 7 months ago
One that I visit less but it’s still interesting is Defunct Games, specially their older articles