Awesome games you have found out about through emulation

[Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka's icon]

Emulation is like the ultimate equalizer, isn't it?

For those of us who weren't born into insanely rich families, this is effectively what allows to explore and experience pretty much everything gaming has to offer without worrying about having the means or the (physical) space for it. Maybe that's why they are always trying to take it away from us...

Regardless! With so many awesome games to be found, we are almost bound to come across one that just seems to come out of nowhere and blow our minds to pieces.

What are the games that did that for you? Mine was Emerald Dragon on SNES:

I don't even know what it does different from literally every other JRPG out there, but it just speaks to me.

What about you? What are your cool finds through emulation?

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

The two earliest games I can remember playing on emulator:

Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Saiyans (English, Spanish Patched) SNES ROM – RGT Repository

Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Saiyans (English, Spanish Patched) SNES ROM Languages: English Patched, Japanese, Spanish Patched. For the Super NES.

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Sailor Moon: Another Story (J+Portuguese, English Patched) SNES ROM – RGT Repository

Sailor Moon: Another Story (J+Portuguese, English Patched) SNES ROM Languages: English Patched, Japanese, Portuguese Patched. For the Super NES.

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Must be nearly 20 years ago by now, but friends of my mothers had an SNES emulator on their computer that I would play. I wouldn't have known what emulation was back then, just that they had awesome games on their computer that I would play when we visited.

 

[Segadude113]

Slap Happy Rhythm Busters because GOOD GOD those prices!

 

[Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka's icon]

I wouldn't have known what emulation was back then, just that they had awesome games on their computer that I would play when we visited.

I still remember the first time my friend showed me a Gameboy emulator... It was like stepping into another world.

 

[Miles]

I discover most games through emulation now.

 

[Not_Red]

The GBA version of Dark Alliance is honestly a really good port, I tried just because I knew the series and it became one of the better games I played that year.

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

I still remember the first time my friend showed me a Gameboy emulator... It was like stepping into another world.

A friend in high school gave me a GBA emulator. Still probably the emulator I've played most over the years!

 

[virtua_willdu]

Onto the Dreamcast with Flycast, Vanishing Point and Maken X stand out to me, but I wouldn't have even get into them if it wasn't for RGT.

 

[Scotty]

Oh, WAY too many to count!
• Lunar: The Silver Star (Sega CD)
• Keio Flying Squadron (Sega CD)
• the Sailor Moon beat 'em ups on SNES & Genesis
• Wild Guns (SNES)
• Shatterhand (NES)

Just to name few.

 

[qw90700]

The emulators even made me buy the console. For example playing Freedom Wars, Ni no Kuni, Radiant Historia, Mad Max 3...

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

For me they would be the games that I did not have the opportunity to play in their day and at the same time games that I do not know and I give them a chance out of curiosity to see if I like them or not.

 

[Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka's icon]

Oh, WAY too many to count!
• Lunar: The Silver Star (Sega CD)
• Keio Flying Squadron (Sega CD)
• the Sailor Moon beat 'em ups on SNES & Genesis
• Wild Guns (SNES)
• Shatterhand (NES)

Just to name few.

Oh, nice picks! I have played --and loved-- all of those.

The emulators even made me buy the console. For example playing Freedom Wars, Ni no Kuni, Radiant Historia, Mad Max 3...

That's the best feeling, when you find something SO GOOD that you just have to own it for reals afterwards. That's basically my entire GOG library.

 

[Rox00]

-Super Robot Wars in general.
-Phantasy Star.
-Fire Emblem.
-Kirby games.
-Valkyrie Profile.
-ActRaiser.
-Armored Core.
-Sakura Taisen.
A lot of games to say the least but emulation in general is real for showing off the kinds of games I've missed and never got to play or never known they've existed till I discovered it out of nowhere from the usual sites.

 

[jon2]

Fan-translated games that I discovered and played due to emu:

SRW J, W, 3, EX, Alpha Gaiden, A Portable
Ace Attorney: Miles Edgeworth 2
Metal Max 3, 2 RELOADED
Seiken Densetsu 3 (now known as Trials of Mana)
Tales of Phantasia (SNES)
Front Mission Gun Hazard
Bahamut Lagoon
Famicom Tantei Club 2


Releases that I missed the first time around:

SD Gundam G-Generation ADVANCE, SPIRITS
Panzer Front, Ausf.B
Seek and Destroy/Shin Combat Choro Q
SDF Macross (PS2)
Sniper Elite
Warship Gunner, 2
Infinite Space/Mugen Kouro
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (SNES/PSX), Knight of Lodis
Romance of the Three Kingdoms X (PS2)
Ring of Red
Shining Soul II
Sword of Mana
999
Clock Tower
Lufia - the Legend Returns
ININDO
Uncharted Waters, 2
Monster Hunter 2

 

[Mirai1412]

Basically all non mobile games i play.... because games here is really really really expensives

 

[Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka's icon]

Basically all non mobile games i play.... because games here is really really really expensives

Yeah, it's almost impossible to buy anything where I live due to storefronts operating on foreign currency and eBay resellers being jackals when it comes to dealing with their 8 and 16-bit stuff (and it's usually in pretty bad shape, too).

 

[poppy_]

back before i had a collection of real hardware i used to emulate a ton of games and one night i found this really scary surreal looking ps1 game on youtube...

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

Yeah, it's almost impossible to buy anything where I live due to storefronts operating on foreign currency and eBay resellers being jackals when it comes to dealing with their 8 and 16-bit stuff (and it's usually in pretty bad shape, too).

There are a number of games where I've accepted I'll likely never afford a physical copy. And yeah, I am not paying what people will ask for just a disc these days!

 

[starseeker300]

-Panzer Dragoon
-Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 Stars
-EVO The Search for Eden

 

[Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka's icon]

-Panzer Dragoon
-Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 Stars
-EVO The Search for Eden

Panzer Dragoon ROCKS! It's even good on GameGear.

 

[Dr.Kisaragi]

A lot of games

Clock Tower the First Fear
Radiant Historia
Mother 1
Azure Dreams
The World Ends with You
Skies of Arcadia
Fire Emblem Awakening
PopoloCrois 1 (I haven't play 2 because I am waiting a good translation)

And many more I using Emulator for more than 10 years now

 

[Orclease]

Thanks to Retroachievements and emulation I very rarely play modern games lol. The biggest gems seem to come from fan translations of games we never got. Here are some of the translated RPGs that I have completed that I thought were rather fun.

NES - Radia Senki: Reimei Hen (Zelda like RPG)
GameGear - Moldorian: Hikari to Yami no Sister (turn based RPG)
SNES - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story (turn based RPG)
SNES - Emerald Dragon - (turn based RPG)
SNES - Magic Knight Rayearth (Short turn based RPG)
SNES - Eien no Filena (turn based RPG based on an anime...battle system is different)
Genesis - Tougiou King Colossus (Zelda like RPG)

 

[Reamkalamid]

7th dragon
7th dragon 2020 and 2020 II
super mario rpg
Drill dozer

 

[JG5009]

The japanese Ace Combat 3, I liked it so much that now I'm a fan of the franchise, on that note I can also say Racing Lagoon or E.X. Troopers (3DS).

Perhaps I can only say that fan translations are neat.

 

[Mahan_Native]

you can say a lot of games:

No More Heroes and Suda 51 games in general
MadWorld
1 on 1
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Bandit
Bulk Slash
Jet Set Radio
Jackie Chun Stuntmaster
Shin Megami Tensei
Persona
Choro Q Series
Ridge Racer
God Hand