250 Retro Bucket List

Games I played as part of a list of 250 titles I wanted to complete before I died. Not that I'm planning to die anytime soon, but...

"Retro" was defined for this list as anything predating 7th generation consoles, though there's only a handful of 6th gen games. Some games I've played before and wanted to revisit, or played but never completed, but the majority of the list were games that I never picked up due to lack of access or time.

Final Fight 3
Final Fight 3
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The HyperStone Heist
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The HyperStone Heist
Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad
Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad
Rygar
Rygar
Vectorman 2
Vectorman 2
The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie
The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie
After Burner II
After Burner II
ActRaiser 2
ActRaiser 2
R-Type III: The Third Lightning
R-Type III: The Third Lightning
Aero the Acro-Bat
Aero the Acro-Bat
Pocky & Rocky
Pocky & Rocky
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Contra Force
Contra Force
MS Saga: A New Dawn
MS Saga: A New Dawn
Valis III
Valis III
Burning Force
Burning Force
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
X-Men: The Arcade Game
X-Men: The Arcade Game
Sparkster
Sparkster
Zero Wing
Zero Wing
Batman Returns
Batman Returns
Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2
Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2
Space Harrier II
Space Harrier II
Battletoads / Double Dragon
Battletoads / Double Dragon
Bubble Bath Babes
Bubble Bath Babes
Popful Mail: Magical Fantasy Adventure
Popful Mail: Magical Fantasy Adventure
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
Super C
Super C
Jackal
Jackal
Wrath of the Black Manta
Wrath of the Black Manta
Clash at Demonhead
Clash at Demonhead
Aero the Acro-Bat 2
Aero the Acro-Bat 2
Journey From Darkness: Strider Returns
Journey From Darkness: Strider Returns
Lunar: The Silver Star
Lunar: The Silver Star
Detana!! TwinBee
Detana!! TwinBee
Phalanx
Phalanx
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Shining Force CD
Shining Force CD
Bust-A-Move
Bust-A-Move
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
Super Valis IV
Super Valis IV
Lunar: Eternal Blue
Lunar: Eternal Blue
Disney's TaleSpin
Disney's TaleSpin
Mugen Senshi Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
Mugen Senshi Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Pier Solar and the Great Architects
Pier Solar and the Great Architects
Tetris Battle Gaiden
Tetris Battle Gaiden
Shock Troopers
Shock Troopers
Keio Flying Squadron
Keio Flying Squadron

4 Comments


1 year ago

Man, coming back to this list, I'm thinking how much I would enjoy making my own. It's such a cool idea. Thinking of how I'd do it (keep it retro? Same dates? Just 250 games I really wanna play?).

Good luck with this list, man, RIP Tomb Raider.

1 year ago

I tried to stick to games from the 1st through 6th generation of consoles, keeping 6th gen games to a minimum. The idea was to make a list of games that felt significant enough that I would regret not playing them in my lifetime and started building the list with games that I never played, followed by ones I never finished, and then games I just wanted to replay. It was actually meant to be 100 games at first, then grew to 150, then I felt I had enough for over 200, but topping out at 250 got a little tricky. I took some suggestions, which is why there's a few oddballs on the list too. There was a few times where I had to remove games from the list and swap in new ones, like Tomb Raider II and III because I knew I didn't have the patience for them, and Kolibri which is straight up busted in emulation, but outside of maybe 8 or so games, the list remained static.

In any case, they're all done now, I'm just retroactively reviewing them. I had a lot of fun with it. You should try it out, too.

1 year ago

I am only 25 games away from being done with all the retroactive reviews. Then I can sleep forever.

11 months ago

Only ten more to go...


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