Quoting: Smoke39Here Comes Niko!
Got some Animal Crossing vibes with you helping out quirky animal friends, but instead of plodding around town it's an easygoing collectathon platformer. One of my new favorites.

It is great! I had a big smile plastered on my face during the entire playthrough. It is just cozy and friendly.

This is an awesome post, Pengling, thanks a lot. I've already wishlisted several games! Some of them really remind me of my GameBoy back in ye olde days.

Since we're talking nintendo-style gaming here, does anyone know of any x86 deck-alike that has roughly the same size as, and battery life of, the switch?

So far, the best I've seen is the ayaneo air 1s: right size with first-gen switch-like battery life. However, it could do with better linux support, not to mention that I'm hearing that ayaneo is not very good at support of any kind.

Last edited by emphy on 18 October 2024 at 12:36 pm UTC

So, I saw a few people streaming F-Zero lately. Since that game was developed and published by Nintendo, it will most likely never leave the walled gardens of Nintendo consoles.

However, out of curiosity, I looked at the BallisticNG store page on Steam, and found this game, thanks to Steam's algorithm:

Aero GPX (Proton Platinum, Steam Deck Verified)

Reading through the reviews for BallisticNG, it looks like BallisticNG is more like WipEout.

I'm not *exactly* sure if this is 'Nintendo-style', as it isn't really a variation on anything* from the old handheld consoles

... but it's possibly an even more authentic continuation of the spirit of fast paced platformers:

Downwell:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/360740/Downwell/

It's an amazing game; my most played contemporary game in the past couple of years. It's so well crafted; and I'm pretty sure it plays even better on a handheld (I've played only on desktop).

It's a tiny gamemaker game, that works flawlessly under proton.


* - though I've read mentions of this being an 'upside down Kid Icarus'; not having played Kid Icarus, I can't really confirm that.

Last edited by wvstolzing on 6 November 2024 at 1:47 am UTC

UFO 50 (Proton Platinum, Steam Deck Playable) is a collection of retro games, similar to the ones made for the NES back in the halcyon days of the 90s.

The Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection (Proton Unknown, Steam Deck Verified) is another collection, consisting of re-releases of the Jurassic Park games for old consoles. I think you'll be able to get some ROMs by buying this collection.

And if you're itching for Metroid Prime (the Metroid FPS game), maybe you'll find something in here. I know it's just the search results on Steam, but it's a short list, so there's not much to sift through. If you have any personal recommendations from those, please let me know below!

Oh, and I forgot to mention the DOS game Happyland Adventures. It's a free MS-DOS game by Free Lunch Design (Johan Peitz), and the X-Mas edition comes with the original game, plus some QoL improvements.

Last edited by Talon1024 on 22 November 2024 at 10:07 am UTC

More!

Jill of the Jungle (MS-DOS) is a "Nintendo-style arcade adventure game" featuring a hot babe who runs around the jungle and kicks ass in a series of 2D platforming adventures! Although I was largely a PC gamer in my childhood, and this game was one of Epic Games' best-selling titles, this is not one of the titles I played in my childhood. Also, it's worth noting that Epic Games was known as Epic MegaGames at the time.

Frogun (Native Linux, ProtonDB Platinum, Steam Deck Playable) features Renata, the cute little girl on a whimsical 3D platforming collectathon adventure to rescue her parents! BTW, here it is on GOG.com

Frogun Encore (Native Linux, ProtonDB Unknown, Steam Deck Playable) is the sequel to Frogun, with a greater focus on co-operative play. And you can also get this one on GOG.com

Xargon (MS-DOS) is a lot like Jill of the Jungle, but it's slightly less frustrating in some ways, and more frustrating in other ways. Instead of picking up a knife, you start with a laser. The game is also Open Source , and there's an SDL port on GitHub.