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What are your recommendations for titles that run on low spec emulation handhelds and have a modern feel? (feddit.org)
submitted 13 hours ago by Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I ordered a Miyoo Mini Flip the other day and I want to curate a slim list of games for it, maybe three to five titles per system so I can just pick it up and quickly choose what to play. Therefore I need a selection of games that are actual heavy rotation material. What I mean by modern feel is quality of life stuff and a manageable difficulty curve rather than graphics. Most older games I've tried (that I didn't play as a kid because nostalgia makes anything palatable) are just too hard without feeling rewarding. With my current emulation setup I find myself playing a lot of ROM hacks and Pico8 titles because while often with a simple concept those do usually check the modern feel marks I mentioned.

Do you have any particular recommendations that managed to hook you not just for the challenge of beating them but for the actual gameplay? It can be retro, homebrew, ported, hacked or whatever else runs on my handheld. I'm also fine with spending a few bucks on itch.io if necessary.

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[–] Olap@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Original Sonics hold up well imo. Plenty of time in them! Also, streets of rage and the tmnt clones are good too. And lemmings for snes I think is a good puzzle game. I struggle with RPGs of the day after Mass Effect, but Pokémon are still solid. I also recommended Advance Wars. And Doom, it plays very nicely on my r36h with the auto-aim mod installed too (tweak it down in assist though). And the Monkey Island series are definitely worth a play through if you missed them first time round

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 3 points 12 hours ago

Of the Sonic games for the Mega Drive, oddest one imo was the 3D one, though understandable as it's from a time of experimental games.

Also if the OP has the game on Steam (it's been delisted), there's a mod in the workshop made by one of the original devs that adds some QoL features, and it comes as a complete ROM, no patching needed (afaik mods for all games in the Mega Drive/Genesis Classics came like that).