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Morrowind, Shenmue, Earthbound, all the the Mega Mans, Starcraft
I'm interested in trying Shenmue after it was (to me rather surprisingly) awarded the "Most Influential Game of All Time" award by BAFTA.
How do you play it there's days? Physical Dreamcast? Can you play it on PC? Emulator?
I have my Dreamcast still so I could theoretically boot it up any time and get the "authentic" experience. However they released it digitally for playstation and I think Xbox, along with the sequel.
I will say, it might be less accessible if you haven't played anything like it previously. Game design sensibilities were different back then and it was the first real attempt at an open world game, to say nothing of the awkward English voice acting. But the narrative is still fantastic and I can't think of many games that have ever been so ambitious in their scope. It's part Virtua Fighter, part RPG, and part narrative walking simulator. I discovered it by chance at a formative time in my life and those first awkward steps into it with no idea what I was about to experience are still a core memory from my teenage years.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk, I guess haha
I wish it was on Steam or GOG. I guess I'll keep an eye on the Playstation store, I do still have my old PS4.