I do not want games which “nearly do this” in your opinion

Do not want replies like “there’s no such thing” because there are. I know of one game which nearly does this completely

🤭

But seriously, here’s my recommendations.

Doom Eternal, commonly on sale for under $10. I only play the single player campaign. I’ve played through this game well over a dozen times and I love every minute of it. I can’t get enough of it.

Cave Noire, for Game Boy, only released in Japan. It’s a turn based, randomly generated roguelite, played in bite sized dungeon challenges. I never knew a turn based game could get my heart pumping so hard! Every time I finish a stage it feels so good and is so fun I need to stop and tell someone about it. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfInNxjkVTU

Everything looked so good until I saw the player ship movement and was so disappointed! 😟 The ship bounces around the screen at twitchy speeds, completely ruining the look and feel of the game.

I don’t know if this is it but, what you describe is called “imposter syndrome”, if that helps. 🙂

It sounds similar to one of my favorite commands! vidir 🙂

Hi! I’m a Game Boy collector / enthusiast / reviewer. And this question has an easy answer in my opinion…

Catrap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfV4MnGfiA4&t=284

• It’s relaxing. It’s a turn based, pure puzzle game. Like, there’s literally no action. The enemies don’t even move!
• It’s big. 100 puzzles that slowly increase in difficulty. I was able to beat them all, over time.
• It’s non-punishing. No time limits. No lives.
• No stress. Catrap was the first(?) game to feature an undo button. Try something out. Didn’t work? Just hold B to undo. You can undo all the way back to the start of the stage, as many time as you want.
• It’s simple. Up, down, left, and right to move. B to undo. I think A is introduced later to swap between characters?
• IT’S FUN. It looks good, plays good, and just feels good to jump around the stage. And completing a stage is so satisfying.

I hope you like it! 🙂

That was an outstanding write-up!

On the Game Boy Advance, there’s Punch King…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS7vE0Llwkw

…and Wade Hixton’s Counter Punch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP2VkguvyTs

I haven’t played either of them, so no promises that they’re good!

Metroid II is my all-time favorite game in the series. It introduces her ship, introduces her iconic look, and is the last game in the series to not include the “break this with this item” blocks. I just love everything about that game.

Justin Bailey Samus >>> Zero Suit Samus 👀

Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu

FYI we got this game when we we got our Switch and it sat, untouched, for YEARS, until I finally picked it up a few months ago. Honestly, I REALLY enjoyed it! BUT… the first 30 minutes to an hour are very poorly done, and are soooo boring. After that it hooked me.

As someone who’s favorite game in the series is the original Pokémon Red, I think this remake was quite well done. It looks great (much better than Sword / Shield in my opinion), and really trims out a lot of the fluff and grind of the classic games.

Also if he’s playing, you can use the second controller to join him and casually help him catch and battle Pokémon. It’s cute. :)

Let me know if you want any more in depth review or info.

Yes! I use the Buran app (open source on Android) to browse it. :)

I recently discovered IsabelleChiming and I am in love. They do remakes of classic gaming soundtracks.

https://isabellechiming.bandcamp.com/album/the-legend-of-zelda-remade

https://isabellechiming.bandcamp.com/album/zelda-ii-the-adventure-of-link-remade

…and I wrote the soundtrack to the recent Game Boy Color homebrew game, Dangan GB2, if you’re interested… 👀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eJduIfPzsk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjBm44oWwsk

I can’t see the name Apogee without hearing the fanfare.

I miss Wacky Wheels.

That’s so cool! Kinda like when proud Americans sing Born in the USA not realizing the actual meaning.

Does RSC have end to end encryption? Is it on by default?

The more I read about 2001 and the more I watch it the more I love it!

I came here to say the original NES Metroid game! Metroids still terrify me. 😆

But yeah, Metroid Fusion was so scary it caused me to take a three year break before I could finish it. 😅

I don’t have an answer to your exact question but I want to emphasize…

NOTHING in the history of humankind has ever existed like computer data. A 100% identical copy of videos, pictures, and music can be made almost instantly at what is essentially zero cost to the original holder of the data. Any comparison to “stealing” or to a physical object (a car lol) just falls flat because the situation is just so different.

Practically speaking, the world we live in, with computers everywhere, cheap storage, and easy fast internet access for so much of the world, has only been around for about two decades, maybe three. NOTHING like this has ever existed before, and businesses, culture, and laws have been very slow to catch up.

I’m not saying pirating is right or wrong, just that the whole idea is still so new that society hasn’t caught up to it yet.

Played 8 hours last night so this is a very early impression

HOLY CRAP it takes like 25 minutes to play through DuckTales on the NES, I guess I’m not used to modern games. 😆

Anyway, thanks for the great write-up!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcdFg27X0AIZ0Mf.png

The actual original comic strip is pretty funny. :)