Hey all, I’m interested in playing some emulated games on my steamdeck, but I’m not sure where to start.
I’ve been having fun with Super Mario World, but a good chunk of that is because I played it a lot as a kid, so much of my enjoyment is from nostalgia.
Problem is, I didn’t play many too many games when I was a kid…
What older games out there would you say hold up in 2025? So that regardless of the nostalgia factor, they can be enjoyed by someone like me
Here’s the current list I have that I’ve played/playing/plan to play through.
3DS: New Super Mario Bros 2, Kirby Planet Robobot, Super Mario 3D Land.
Gamecube: Legend of Zelda, The - The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine
GBA: Advance Wars (1+2), Super Mario Advance 4, Kirby - Nightmare in Dream Land
Mega Drive: Earthworm Jim (1+2), Streets of Rage 2, Lost Vikings, Micro Machines 2, Sonic and knuckles, Jungle Strike
N64: Golden Eye 007, Super Mario 64
PS1: Castlevania - Symphony of the Night, Grand Theft Auto 2, Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver, Final Fantasy 7+8+9
PS2: Crazy Taxi, GranTurismo 4, Metal Gear Solid 2+3, Okami, Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal (all the Ratchet and Clank games actually), Shadow of the Colossus, Tony Hawks Underground 2, Sly Cooper, Jak and Daxter
PS3: Everybodys Golf 6, Ratchet & Clank Future - A Crack in Time
PSP: Rock Band Unplugged, Blast Off, Disgaea - Afternoon Of Darkness, Final Fantasy Tactics - The War of the Lions, Grand Theft Auto - Chinatown Wars, Half-Minute Hero, Hotshots Tennis, LittleBigPlanet, Lumines 2, Mega Man - Powered Up, Mercury Meltdown, Patapon, PixelJunk Monsters - Deluxe, Puzzle Quest - Challenge of the Warlords, Space Invaders Extreme, Wipeout (Pulse+Pure), Daxter
SNES: Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World, Tetris Attack.
PS Vita: Gravity Rush, Wipeout 2048, Geometry Wars 3
Wii: Bully, Cave Story, Donky Kong Country Returns, Geometry Wars Galaxies, Kirby’s Epic Yarn, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Rhythm Heaven Fever, Super Mario Galaxy (1+2), Super Paper Mario, Tetris Party Deluxe, Zack and Wiki
Arguably one of the best genres that retro games excelled at were longdrawn RPGs and I haven’t even started with those…if that’s your thing then I’ve missed off that entire genre here.