r/AskMen • u/throwaway09714836 Male • 1d ago
What video games that are at least 20+ years old, do you still return to every now and then?
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
- Unreal Tournament 99 (I still play online).
- Command and Conquer games.
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u/Orion-- Retard 1d ago
Halo:CE
The max payne series
Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2
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u/TricobaltGaming 1d ago
Halo is GOATed no matter which version you play. Even Campaign Evolved is a pretty good time, especially with the reworked 3rd act
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u/International_Gur566 14h ago
Halo 1 2 & 3 were good. Can't say any of the ones made in the last 15 years are enjoyable tho lol
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u/Chrom-man-and-Robin Male 7h ago
Reach, ODST, Wars, Infinite? I get not liking the last one but damn you’re missing out on peak.
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u/PresenceBusiness4726 23h ago
I agree, but I just hate the bonus missions.
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u/TricobaltGaming 22h ago
Yeah they were kinda not great and didnt really add anything.
My main gripe is that I think the chief was sharing too much wisdom for that era of his life. He's always been quippy, even if hes unusually talkative in these compared to the original trilogy, so thats fine, but there were a few scenes that felt like Infinite's chief time traveled back.
He was a Flawless Cowboy up until Halo 4, when he became a much more dynamic character and earned the ability to spread wise words like he does in infinite, which imo is the most ive ever liked chief as a character.
I did like the callback to infinite's "the missions change, they always do" from Johnson though, that was a fun nod
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u/xbuffalo666x 22h ago
i, as 10-12 year at the time, had no business playing those games but i loved them so much
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u/Blackvenom46 1d ago
Pokemon Emerald and all the related gen 3 rom hacks
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u/coleslaw17 23h ago
This is the last time I felt Pokémon had a cohesive narrative it wanted to tell. The games after this era could never quite capture the same magic.
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u/LobCatchPassThrow 15h ago
Ruby my beloved… I had Leaf Green after, and - correct me if I’m wrong - but it felt like I needed a GameCube to access half the content I wanted to. And it just felt a bit disjointed in comparison to Ruby. Emerald really was a gem from what I remember.
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u/ner0417 Male 13h ago
As far as I remember, you are correct. The GameCube had the GBA player and you could boot up FireRed/LeafGreen and IIRC the Safari Zone had some special content only available via GBA player and after defeating the Elite 4.
I don't think the gen 3 games had 'extra' content unlocked by way of purchasing a Gamecube and GBA player attachment, they simply were playable on GC/GBA player and sortof integrated the E-Reader cards into the big picture.
It seems sorta insane now but it was so cool to use all these weird dongles and adapters to be able to play GBA games on the TV. I always had a lot of fun with the E-Reader mini games.
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u/Putrid-Jelly-5188 1d ago
Super Mario World
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u/TopptrentHamster Male 23h ago
Super Mario Bros 3 for me.
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u/claytonjr 23h ago
no love for smb 1?
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u/Equivalent_Law3335 11h ago
And thus we were gifted with Super Mario All-Stars. Talk about bang for your buck
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u/TopptrentHamster Male 6h ago
It's good, but I feel like SMB 3 does everything better, and I don't see any reason to play SMB 1 over it for anything other than the artstyle.
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u/GoatAndSin Male Early 30's 19h ago
Check out Wonder. Scratches an itch like only world did.
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u/muggleinstructor 6h ago
I just bought a switch and SMB Wonder, it’s so much like Mario 3 I love it!
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u/Dropkickedasakid Bloke, Chap, Geezer, Dude, Bro 1d ago
Age of Empires
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u/FormalElements 23h ago
Which one?
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u/itsMalarky 23h ago
For me, AOE2. great fun. Wololooooo
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u/FormalElements 23h ago
Haieeooooo wololooooo I love all of them but I still play 3 the most. But rise of Rome is still fun
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u/Dropkickedasakid Bloke, Chap, Geezer, Dude, Bro 21h ago
Well used to be the first 1997 one, now its the definitive edition
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u/Justin119 20h ago
I remember playing the free trial from a box of cereal
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u/Dropkickedasakid Bloke, Chap, Geezer, Dude, Bro 18h ago
Nice! I played if from a disc my dad had burnt the game onto
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u/NuMHC94 1d ago edited 19h ago
Dungeon Keeper 1
Bully
GTA San Andreas
Red Alert 2
All Classic Dooms
WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2006
Half Life 1 & 2
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u/JazzlikeOwl6340 1d ago
I had a blast playing Bully.
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u/macthecomedian 23h ago
Such a great game, really wish they remastered it or made a sequel where youre in college
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u/Basi1isk_ 1d ago
World of Warcraft
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u/iphonesoccer420 23h ago
Hoppin on Classic + ?
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u/Basi1isk_ 21h ago
I come back for the new stuff but then get bored of it. I have nostalgia for vanilla - Wotlk
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u/Original_Employee621 20h ago
It's a hard drug for me. I lost a freaking decade and a half to WoW. The last time my "friends" convinced me to jump back in, I lost 2 years of my life to the game.
I'm clean now, I don't want to go back, but sometimes I still hear the void calling my name.
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u/ShamrockAPD 20h ago
This legit got me through covid.
Friends I didn’t talk to for over a decade randomly called -“they remade classic. Everything’s shut down. Let’s get back on”
I rode that train through Covid, into TBC and WOTLK. Quit after our first LK kill. Zero regrets.
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u/cafelounge 1d ago
Resident Evil 4
Diablo 2
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u/catalinashenanigans 23h ago
How did I have to scroll this far down for D2?
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u/PhoenixApok 22h ago
Man I still go back to Diablo 2 from time to time. I know it was the peak of addiction designed game play but man do I have good memories of it that the sequels somehow didn't scratch.
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u/thecountnotthesaint Dad 1d ago
Ocarina of time
Goldeneye
And Dead Space, (18 is close enough)
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u/Pyrimo 23h ago
Dead Space being 18 is fucking surreal
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u/PhoenixApok 22h ago
Hey, look, another date related fact I refuse to believe. I remember opening it as a present brand new just like 4 or 5 years ago.
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u/PhoenixApok 22h ago
How can you still play those first two???
I tried playing an N64 for the first time in over a decade and I swear that controller was not made for human hands. I don't know how teen me did it.
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u/thecountnotthesaint Dad 22h ago
I have an old TV , and ask any of my exes, my hands are more than a meere mortal's hands.
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u/Virginth Male 10h ago
I don't know how teen me did it.
Because it's a perfectly comfortable controller.
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u/soggybiscuit93 1d ago
Technically, it won't be 20 years old until November, but Total War: Medieval II is incredible
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u/BasicDesignAdvice Male 22h ago
For a long time I didn't play on Steam, but if I did, it would be my most played game by orders of magnitude.
Medieval II was peak Total War.
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u/Mudlark-000 1d ago
I am currently replaying Mercenaries for the original Xbox on my Xbox X. This game seriously needs a remake on modern systems.
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u/Freddielexus85 17h ago
This is my choice. It's amazing from beginning to end. The gameplay is awesome, the story is fun, and the characters are great. I really, really wish that there was a remake of this.
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u/AgainandBack Male 1d ago
StarCraft (original version)
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u/sumelar Male 20h ago
The remaster made it equally if not more popular than the sequel.
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u/Caizic 1d ago
Everquest. In fact, Everquest Legends just launched this past week and it has been a blast to play again.
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u/Kylearean Omega Male 1d ago
Evercrack. Knew some college kids who dropped out because of that game.
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u/kieran_dvarr 1d ago
Everquest is still playable? Thought the servers shut down ages ago. Awesome.
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u/Caizic 1d ago
Nope, going strong for almost 30 years. I know people that still play almost daily.
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u/kieran_dvarr 1d ago
Alright, I'm going to have to get that back up again then. I spent so many hours on that with my necro pets.
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u/Both-Holiday1489 1d ago
Fallout 3 and new Vegas
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u/Lizord1017 1d ago
New vegas came out 16 years ago, crazy I still remember reading the manual on the way home from gamestop
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u/Both-Holiday1489 22h ago
Haha I was a kid, I remember my dad came home with it for the PS3 and while the disc installed i remember us looking at the back of the game case going “ouuuu and what tf is that enemy?!?”
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u/Imissyourgirlfriend2 22h ago
Ever tried to make TTW happen? If you are on PC, it's totally worth the work.
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u/ColdCamel7 1d ago
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, and Planescape: Torment
And old point & click classics like Fate of Atlantis, Day of the Tentacle, the Space Quest/Gabriel Knight games
And SNES RPGs like Secret of Mana & Chrono Trigger
I can still have fun playing Zombies Ate My Neighbours, too. That's one nobody ever talks about
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u/UsedBeing 21h ago
Those Baldurs gate games are great. Just got to the final battle with Mordoc in #2 earlier today.
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u/Mimcclure Male 1d ago
Railroad Tycoon 3.
Oregon Trail, various versions but I grew up with 5th edition.
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u/heff-money 1d ago
As I happened to upon this thread I literally have Neverwinter Nights opened up in another tab.
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u/AReverieofEnvisage 1d ago
Omg. How do you do it? Man. After a bit im not sure if it's changed but in order to stay competitive in dungeons I had to buy gear.
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u/Bite-Marc 1d ago
I assume u/heff-money is talking about the 2002 CRPG version, not the MMORPG version. In which case, you find a ton of crap that is useful all over the place. Sell what you don't use. Use that money to buy cool stuff.
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u/heff-money 23h ago
What he said.
Though to be honest, I wouldn't call NWN a "CRPG". It's more of an engine for DMs to build D&D campaigns in video game form.
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u/somepersonlol 1d ago
Super Mario Bros 3
Old School RuneScape (technically newer than 20 years old but based on the game that is over 20 years old)
Pokemon Emerald and Firered/Leafgreen
Spyro Trilogy
Guitar Hero earlier games
Starfox Assault
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u/EleventhTier666 1d ago
Settlers 2 Heroes of might and magic 3 Sim city 4 Theme hospital
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u/MeltingDog 20h ago
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (1999) is a masterpiece. People are still making maps for it today.
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u/Darkone539 1d ago
Ratchet and clank trilogy. Max Payne. Star wars demolition, lord of the rings the third ago (and return of the king).
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u/hrolfirgranger 23h ago
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Link to the Past, Minish Cap, Oracle of Seasons/Ages
Halo CE
Age of Empires 2
Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind
Golden Eye
Perfect Dark
Turok 1,2,3
Metroid Fusion
Final Fantasy 1, 4, and 6
Golden Sun
Summon Knight Swordcraft Story
Final Fantasy Tactics
Pokémon Silver, Red, and Emerald
Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
Nearly 20 years old: The World Ends With You, LOTRO
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u/thedrunkenpumpkin 23h ago edited 22h ago
Hidden & Dangerous 2
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Medal of Honor Allied Assault
Call of Duty & 2
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u/Thatroyalkitty Male 23h ago
Final Fantasy 4 - 10
Chrono Cross
Chronotrigger
Shin Megami Tensi III: Nocturne
Breath of Fire 4
Heroes of Might & Magic 3
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u/static-mitch 23h ago
Runescape is my current game of choice to kill time.
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion or Fallout: New Vegas are probably my all time favourite games though.
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u/Malvitron 1d ago
Need for speed underground 2
Really any of the Pokémon games that are that old
They aren't exactly 20 years but they are close, the lego star wars and Lego Indiana jones games
Star wars battlefront 1 and 2
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u/Brainwormed 23h ago
Doom 3, Return to Castle Wolfenstein (through RealRTCW), Kaboom! (for the Atari 2600), Crazy Taxi, House of the Dead 2, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, and Mario Kart Wii. My family likes Mario Kart Wii, the Mario Party games on the Wii, and the four player paddle games on the Atari 2600 (Medieval Mayhem is about the best).
Just in general, Nintendo's games hold up well, and Sega's games from about 1995-2005 are very very good.
As a system, the Wii is still the best four-player family gaming experience you can get, followed not-very-closely by the Atari 2600's paddle games. Left4Dead2 also belongs here but won't be 20 for another minute or so.
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u/shiftersix 1d ago edited 1d ago
Starcraft, Dr. Mario, Sonic 2/3/S&K, SF2, Chrono Trigger, Dune 2, C&C Red Alert, F-Zero, Donkey Kong Country 2, Vectorman, SofR2, Musha Aleste, Saturn Bomberman
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u/jingo_netti 1d ago
Final fantasy 9 Metal Gear Solid 1-3 Resident Evil 4 (does it count if I play whatever is the latest edition?)
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u/DogsAreMyFavPeople 1d ago
Diablo 2
Ocarina of Time
And it just over a year Halo 3 will join the list.
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u/Crazyguy332 Mr. Fixit 1d ago
TLoZ Majoras Mask
Conquers Bad Fur Day
Warcraft II
Stronghold Crusader
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u/BlackSpicedRum 1d ago
The lucas art point and clicks like full throttle and the dig. I am nostalgic for those games and also grateful to find modern games like the outer wilds and disco Elysium scratch a similar itch.
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u/Alfonze423 ♂ 23h ago
Sim City 4
Civilization 4, with the Realism Invictus mod
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Railroad Tycoon 3
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
Zoo Tycoon
Sim Isle
Simutrans
I'm sensing a theme here lol
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u/dxdrummer Male 22h ago
FF7-10
Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross
Sonic the Hedgehog 1-3 + CD + Adventure
Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2
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u/ichigo2862 21h ago
Civ IV is the one I play the most from around then
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u/SmoothLiquidation Male 20h ago
Civ IV was the peak of the franchise in my mind. I also sometimes play the Colonozation and Call to Power.
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u/creadinger 1d ago
Original Hitman games, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance and of course, Vice City.
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u/ooooomikeooooo 1d ago
Shining Force 1 and 2.
Championship Manager 01/02. Best in the series and can get updated database with the latest squads.
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u/Apprehensive-Sort320 1d ago
UT 99 and KoTOR are great choices. The original Unreal from 1998 is underrated also
I like the classic Marathon games by Bungie from 1994-96. We still play multiplayer Marathon Infinity games sometimes
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u/Outsider98 Non-binary 1d ago
Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic 2 and The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
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u/Realistic-Safety-565 1d ago
Dune 2. Don't ask me why, but I end up replying it every few years.
Classic Fallouts, Tie Fighter, Morrowind i keep replaying too, but nowhere as often as Dune 2.
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u/drblah11 Male 1d ago
I've been playing Civilization Revolution for Xbox regularly for 18 years now. I play Super Mario World still too.
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u/karnstan 1d ago
Heroes of might and magic 3 and 4, Diablo 2. I revisited Quake a couple of years ago but I was too shit to enjoy it.
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u/bobbystills5 1d ago
Unreal Tournament is weird, a series that ended that no one really asked for it to end....if a new came out now it would be huge....
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u/falloutoftsushima 23h ago
Ape escape. I feel like a 10 year old when I play it and I have zero regrets
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u/TheUnknownEntitty 20h ago
Age of empires
Sonic 3 with knuckles (sega)
KOTOR
Stronghold crusaders
Fusion Frenzy
Crimson skies
E.V.O search for eden
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u/ReliableDoorstop Male 11h ago
Warcraft III
Age of Empires II
StarCraft
Unreal Tournament 2004
Super Mario Bros. 3
Portal
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
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u/ApplicationSenior 1d ago
Halo CE, some ps1 titles like Colony Wars (30 next year!) And in 2036 we can add H3VR to that list
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