What are your favourite and go-to gaming websites?
from B0NK3RS@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 09:52
https://lemmy.world/post/33945497

Any and all recommendations are appreciated.

Edit: I’ll add a few of my own.

SEGAbits

Out of Print Archive

Open Source Game Clones

Edit 2: there have been some great post with excellent stuff so please keep them coming :)

#retrogaming

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Weebdeluxe@ani.social on 04 Aug 10:35 next collapse

I mostly use nintendolife. That’s a Nkntendo only website. Back in the day I enjoyed Destructoid but that became utter trash.

biofaust@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 11:07 next collapse

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.

TachyonTele@piefed.social on 04 Aug 11:20 next collapse

https://www.steamgriddb.com/grids
For all of your artistic game cover needs.

Vimms lair, of course.

And
https://metroidconstruction.com/
For Metroid hacks.

datavoid@lemmy.ml on 04 Aug 13:50 collapse

Nintendo killed Vimm’s for me, it used to be so good though.

TachyonTele@piefed.social on 04 Aug 20:23 collapse

Eh, the few games that are missing can easily be found elsewhere. For now.

Fyi its easy to find the entire catalog for various Nintendo systems.

BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org on 04 Aug 12:09 next collapse

Gaming on Linux - for news

Hardcore Gaming 101 - when I want to go down a rabbit hole of game series history and trivia

B0NK3RS@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 12:12 collapse

Thanks. HG101 is the kind of stuff I’m looking for.

sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today on 04 Aug 12:45 next collapse

The ROMsMegathread to add to the other recommendations. Also I do have to mention GoG again for DRM free games.

B0NK3RS@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 12:57 collapse

Thanks. ROMsMegathread is interesting and something I didn’t know about.

ace_garp@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 13:06 next collapse

yucata.de

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.

B0NK3RS@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 13:21 collapse

Thanks. Great recommendation.

cloudless@piefed.social on 04 Aug 12:46 next collapse

dekudeals, howlongtobeat, xbdeals.net, and

https://retroachievements.org/games

ace_garp@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 13:46 next collapse

libregamewiki.org

Open licenced games and media.

I’ve played through most of the ones older than 7 years old.

Here are some solid 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

actionjbone@sh.itjust.works on 04 Aug 14:08 next collapse

maxutmost.com

hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org on 04 Aug 15:26 next collapse

time extension!

B0NK3RS@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 18:47 collapse

I didn’t realise I had this already bookmarked so thanks for the reminder.

emb@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 15:46 next collapse

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.)

B0NK3RS@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 18:52 collapse

This is a real gem! Thank you

emb@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 15:51 collapse

Another extremely useful one 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.

B0NK3RS@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 18:50 collapse

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.