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submitted 1 year ago by Krudler@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

If you're thinking of buying Z now - the modern remake is a careless trash port FYI

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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Elder millennial, here. One of the weird things about the 90s was cereal boxes marketed to little bastards like me at the time would often have some kind of toy included in it.

PC gaming was kind of in its infancy and growing rapidly in popularity, so eventually the inevitable happed: a cereal company promoted their cereal by shoving a fucking CD into it, that little bastards like me lost their shit over, installed, and played the snot out of.

Chex Quest.

It was literally just Doom, except reskinned so the demons were boogers, and everything else was a fucking Chex cereal advertisement.

AND IT WAS AMAZING! lol

Best box of cereal my parents ever bought. Not a bargain bin, but I feel like "in a box of cereal" fits the spirit of the question.

[-] Staple_Diet@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago

When I grew up AoE was put in cornflakes.

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[-] bridge_too_close@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Hey that was me, too! Definitely worth $4 for that game, and a free box of cereal, lol.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Gonna vouch for Chex quest. That game was SOLID! ๐Ÿ˜‚

[-] XbSuper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I got the original roller coaster tycoon from a cereal box! I got other games too, but that's definitely the best (by far), and only one I remember.

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[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

all shareware was bargain bin.

Jazz Jackrabbit was THE fucking SHIT.

[-] Krudler@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh shoot, thanks for reminding me of that old classic! That reminds me of Jill of the Jungle as well!

[-] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

If my memory is right, after seeing how good sonic was on the megadrive,I was surprised with Jazz on my PC. It was so good and showed me that I didn't need a console.

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[-] Transcendant@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Dungeon Keeper. I can still hear the sound FX of a slapped imp, or the Dark Mistress' scream

[-] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 11 points 1 year ago

Castlevania Symphony of The Night!

Apparently it released at a time when 3d graphics were the new hotness and it originally flew under the radar for a lot of people.

Loved every minute of it!

[-] WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Age of Empires 2 when a Kmart was closing down back in like 2001.

[-] bridge_too_close@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I got Fallout 1 and 2 in a 2-pack for $10. This was back in the early '00s before the others were released. I loved those games so much.

[-] raptir@lemdro.id 8 points 1 year ago

Enclave. I picked up the Xbox version in a clearance bin somewhere. It's a really solid level-based action adventure game.

[-] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Worked on that, thanks for playing! ๐Ÿ™‚

[-] raptir@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago

Awesome, well whatever you did for it, good work.

[-] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

3d modeling, weapons and some enemies.

[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Morrowind promised and delivered complete freedom to roam where I wanted and I found it in the big box of videogames at Superstore... That was after trying it for 15 minutes, thinking the animations were jank as hell even back then, and then not touching it again until a month later when I thankfully gave it another chance because I was bored

[-] batmaniam@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I played that game entirely to young and somehow finished the main quest line, eventually.

But man, I spent so many hours just murder hobo-ing it because I didn't really understand the quest based game loop yet. I'd just pick a direction and look for something cool. When I found someone that looked like they'd have cool stuff I'd just kill them and take their stuff. The only time I'd reload is when I got the prophecy warning; I broke like every quest except the main one.

This was compounded by the fact that 1) I was really enjoying just exploring and 2) that game was not particularly hard to destroy the balance on. Even a kid with poor mechanical skills could get wildly OP pretty easily.

12/10 no notes.

[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Morrowind was the first game I started "Do a quick save so that I can go on a murder spree, and then reload when I'm done" xD Also learning how to insult people wearing glass armour enough so they'd attack me first, and now it wasnt illegal for me to kill them and loot the glass armour off of them

[-] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

hahha, I'd just go on a spree picking up as much Ordinator armor as I could, sell it, and buy off my bounty.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's pretty clever for a kid!

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[-] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't remember the price, and Mom almost certainly paid for it, but Faxanadu. First game I ever beat, got an emulator and sought it out on a rom when those came out, and most recently played it at an arcade that had a bunch of older games loaded onto a "TV" with real controllers. Hadn't used that kind of controller for a long time.

[-] kiljoy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

I got metal gear rising for 5 bucks at a 5 below. Everyone shit on that game but running around as ninja Raiden was so fun.

I bought Phantom Pain for like $4. I was really burned out of the series after MGS3.

But Phantom Pain is incredible! Giant open-world game where my main focus was collecting ~~pokemon~~ soldiers by tying balloons to their asses.

[-] batmaniam@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Not quite "find your pocket change" but a solid value: Starcraft + broodwars for $20.

So, soooooooo many hours. And it came in a sweet looking box! Like the kind that people shell out an extra $50 for as a pre-order these days.

I'll always remember you this way Blizz. You were one of the greats.

[-] Aielman15@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

A few years back, dusting off the GameStop bargain bin with old gen games, I found a sealed copy of Zone of the Enders and a used copy of Metal Gear Rising.

I had never heard of the first, and I was only mildly aware of the second one (it was before people started memeing it into mainstream status).

Best summer ever!

[-] WeebLife@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I got shadow of the colossus (ps2) from gamestop. I have the ps3 that can play ps2 and ps1 games so I bought it. I had never heard of the game before but was interested in the name. I ended up loving the game.

[-] Jarlsburg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I once got Lufia II for SNES for $5 from Blockbuster. Absolutely amazing game and I still have it!

[-] TheQuietCroc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's also how I got my copy ๐Ÿ˜‚

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The original Creatures I found in the going out of business sale at KB Toys when I was a kid for like $2. IIRC, it was also the first game I ever bought on my own.

To this day, it's still be the best virtual pet game I've ever played. The whole system of genetics was cool as hell, and the fact it was made by scientists studying the human genome and uses real science behind the genetic modeling was super fucking cool.

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[-] twotone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] Davel23@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

There are several games in that series, most if not all of which are on GOG for cheap. I recommend Caesar III (don't bother with IV), Zeus, Pharoah and Cleopatra. They all follow the same basic formula and are a lot of fun.

[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago

Total Annihilation. Yes I peaked young.

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[-] Ketram@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

The original Mount & Blade at an office max, I think? 5 dollar bargain bin game. I remember being blown away by the army combat in that game. The first one was so barebones but I still love that janky mess.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Fallout and Fallout 2. Two disk set at Walmart for $10 in the late 90s. Kept me busy through college, and I was so happy to see Bethesda bring it back from the dead and create some of my favorite games of all time!

[-] PoopMonster@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well this is more of a digital bin but I picked up Brother a tale of two sons on sale ages ago because the art looked cool. Hands down one of the best games I ever played, made me sob like a bitch.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

"Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball Max'D" for the PS2. It had no right being as fun as it was, and it sure wasn't polished, but it was a fun little title. My roommate and I played it off and on for a couple years.

[-] ram@bookwormstory.social 4 points 1 year ago

I got Okage for PlayStation 2 at Liquidation World for like $5.

It's not the best RPG, but it's one of my favourites just for its whacky humour and fantastic character designs.

[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror

It was the OG Counterstrike that started as an Unreal Tournament mod before getting a standalone release. It was popular for a long time entirely because it had zero anti-piracy built in and it supported modding. The game came out in 1999 and people still play it today.

Got it for $5 in the bargain bin at EB games.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sunset Riders, thought it looked naff and was disappointed when I got it, hoping for something better known. Ended up loving the coop mode.

[-] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

FFX. The video store near me was shutting down and I scored an unopened copy for like 5 bucks, still playing with the same disc today.

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[-] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Majesty the fantasy kingdom sim. Got it at Ross the clothing store with the expansion and it's genuinely the most fun management games I've ever played. Available on steam very cheap now.

[-] wombatula@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Discounting Steam because otherwise I'd be here typing for an hour listing all the cheap games I enjoyed from there.

Lufia 2 for the SNES, which was great because it was a prequel to Lufia 1, though it took me a couple years to finally track down a copy in the pre-internet days. I was pleasantly surprised to find out it was a prequel, and there are actually massive spoilers for the 2nd game in the intro for the 1st one, so I unintentionally played them in the right order!

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Crack Dot Com's "Abuse". Greatest run-and-gun platformer ever.

[-] spirinolas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mission Critical, back in the 90s

God I loved that game.

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