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What are some low budget titles that you enjoyed? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 week ago by ICastFist@programming.dev to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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I recently replayed Tom & Jerry for the PS1, a game that is clearly low budget but still is still fun to play, especially when playing against someone else.

This being the retrogaming community, I expect to hear about games up to the 360/PS3 era 😁

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Cave story is a fun side scroller and an indie release, same with monster sanctuary & shovel knight. For older ones I think you'll find more plentiful on pc since consoles were both more expensive for an indie to develop for and less likely to print physical media games from an unknown person or team. Adventure games, fps doom and quake mods and clones, elder scrolls mods, myst/fmv clones like the journeyman project, descent clones were pretty popular too.

[–] kadotux@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I just finished Cave Story, and I can't believe I haven't played it before. Such a charming game, excellent music, and a surprisingly dark story. 10/10

Edit: well, I say finished but I didn't get all the way through Hell. Pretty far though. It's pretty brutal.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For older ones I think you’ll find more plentiful on pc since consoles were both more expensive for an indie to develop for and less likely to print physical media games from an unknown person or team.

PS1 and PS2 had plenty of low budget titles, the first thanks mainly to the Net Yaroze console. Sure, you still had to get the OK from Sony, but the market was also significantly larger than any PC.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's a good point, my perspective on that is definitely colored by personal experience. Most of the console games I had were from second hand or toy stores that were mostly first party and licensed games, while pc I saw more in local computer stores that would have eclectic selections compared to corporate stores.