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Picked this up in a Switch sale and OMG, it's so good. I've only scraped the surface so far, but each game is just impeccable. I was fully expecting to play just a little of each one for five minutes then forget about them in favour of something else. But no, it feels like each one really sucks me in and gets me coming back to it. Mortol was the first one that hooked me. I love the creepy point'n'click of Night Manor. And WOW Grimstone is like a full Final Fantasy-style RPG?!

Barbuta (1982)
Bug Hunter (1983)
Ninpek (1983)
Paint Chase (1983)
Magic Garden (1984)
Mortol (1984)
Velgress (1984)
Planet Zoldath (1984)
Attactics (1984)
Devilition (1984)
Kick Club (1984)
Avianos (1985)
Mooncat (1985)
Bushido Ball (1985)
Block Koala (1985)
Camouflage (1985)
Campanella (1985)
Golfaria (1985)
The Big Bell Race (1985)
Warptank (1985)
Waldorf’s Journey (1986)
Porgy (1986)
Onion Delivery (1986)
Caramel Caramel (1986)
Party House (1986)
Hot Foot (1986)
Divers (1986)
Rail Heist (1987)
Vainger (1987)
Rock On! Island (1987)
Pingolf (1987)
Mortol II (1987)
Fist Hell (1987)
Overbold (1987)
Campanella 2 (1987)
Hyper Contender (1988)
Valbrace (1988)
Rakshasa (1988)
Star Waspir (1988)
Grimstone (1988)
Lords of Diskonia (1988)
Night Manor (1988)
Elfazar’s Hat (1988)
Pilot Quest (1988)
Mini & Max (1989)
Combatants (1989)
Quibble Race (1989)
Seaside Drive (1989)
Campanella 3 (1989)
Cyber Owls (1989)


Jonk Raven (dog latin), Monday, 5 January 2026 13:43 (six days ago)

went for night manor

nxd, Monday, 5 January 2026 13:45 (six days ago)

i started Night Manor the other night. so good. but also low key stressful. the whole mechanic with the monster is really great - i kind of wish more games were like this, even RPGs like Witcher 3. I remember the first time I played that game and realised "Huh, I can just poke about in this evil witch's house as long as I like? She's not going to come home and find me?" Whereas here you just never know when the monster is going to catch you. So good

Jonk Raven (dog latin), Monday, 5 January 2026 13:57 (six days ago)

I've not played all of these yet. Still scratching the surface. So far I'd probably vote for Mortol, which is like if the first Super Mario game was really hard and was more like Lemmings

Jonk Raven (dog latin), Monday, 5 January 2026 13:58 (six days ago)

mini & max is probably still it, insane scope for a game that exists in this project. porgy is my other favorite, gets at incredible atmosphere within the restrictions they're working with. night manor too

ciderpress, Monday, 5 January 2026 14:58 (six days ago)

I still haven't played all of them all the way through but I love Rock-On Island. Party House is great too.

c u (crüt), Monday, 5 January 2026 15:22 (six days ago)

It's wild how many of these I still haven't played. Of the ones I have played, Bug Hunter, Mortol, and Pingolf are my faves. Also dug Camouflage quite a bit. I tend to enjoy the thinkier games.

feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Monday, 5 January 2026 18:26 (six days ago)

xps I don't find Mortol to be much like SMB aside from being a side-scrolling platformer. It's so much more of a puzzle game, and your guys don't move in Mario-ish ways at all.

feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Monday, 5 January 2026 18:28 (six days ago)

Still hoping this comes to PS5.

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 5 January 2026 19:02 (six days ago)

Booted up Mini & Max and lost a whole 90 minutes of my evening. So good.

I tried riding a butterfly to the door knob, and managed to land on it. But I couldn't find a way to enter it or interact with it.

Jonk Raven (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 January 2026 01:04 (five days ago)

I'll have to jump back in, can't remember the names of the ones I liked.

The clicker type one where you had to bash the crystal thing to get your payment, and then buy stuff and go off and explore some harsh land to get more stuff, and just basically keep progressing. It's very addictive but I did hit a barrier before finishing it.

Ste, Tuesday, 6 January 2026 08:44 (five days ago)

that's Pilot Quest

ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 January 2026 15:13 (five days ago)

yeah it is!

Ste, Tuesday, 6 January 2026 20:43 (five days ago)


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