Together Retro March 2020: The Poll. Pick your poison!
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2020 9:03 pm
It's time to pick the theme for Together Retro March 2020. I've curated quite an eclectic selection of themes for you. You may choose two options, no re-vote. Poll closes in 7 days, Get your voting on!
1) Disney's Western Competitors.
Disney games are mostly well-known and oft-played. It's time to put the focus on some of the games that came from other Western animated properties. What are some eligible titles for this category? Anything Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, Asterix, Garfield, GI Joe, Smurfs, Flintstones... And that's just a starting point. There are many places to go from there.
2) You got history in my sci-fi! You got sci-fi in my history!
This is for games that take historical settings and infuse them with technology or other aspects that are modern or futuristic, or sci-fi settings with historical themes. What fits in this category? Think sci-fi westerns, or Victorian Steam-punk, or retro-futurism, or Tokugawa mecha.
3) DOS games on console.
Revisit the DOS classics in your life, but don't go boot up that old 286 (or the Internet Archive) yet. This theme is about playing games that started out on DOS but were later ported to consoles. This theme is a little non-retro in that DOS games that are playable on modern consoles are also allowed, because the DOS originals are DEFINITELY retro. So not only can you play Warcraft and Crusader: No Remorse on Saturn or Playstation, you can also get your DOOM on on Saturn or Playstation, or any number of other consoles, including Switch and PS4.
4) Wet and Wild!
This theme is all washed up. We'll be playing games that take place primarily in, around, or based on water. Fishing, jet skis, surfing, and Echo the Dolphin. Oh, and submarine and warship and boat simulators, too. And Waterworld on Virtual Boy. I can almost guarantee folks will have opportunities to play something they never have before.
5) The arcade at home on 8/16-bit era consoles and handhelds.
Verily, it lives again! Maybe. It struck out twice, but in this ball game you're not out until strike 3. This theme is about trying to recapture the arcade experience on 8- or 16-bit era consoles. Home versions that completely remake the arcade experience need not apply. This is all about authenticity, or at least some semblence of it. Neo-Geo AES/CD doesn't count, but ports from Neo Geo to other 8- or 16-bit consoles do!
1) Disney's Western Competitors.
Disney games are mostly well-known and oft-played. It's time to put the focus on some of the games that came from other Western animated properties. What are some eligible titles for this category? Anything Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, Asterix, Garfield, GI Joe, Smurfs, Flintstones... And that's just a starting point. There are many places to go from there.
2) You got history in my sci-fi! You got sci-fi in my history!
This is for games that take historical settings and infuse them with technology or other aspects that are modern or futuristic, or sci-fi settings with historical themes. What fits in this category? Think sci-fi westerns, or Victorian Steam-punk, or retro-futurism, or Tokugawa mecha.
3) DOS games on console.
Revisit the DOS classics in your life, but don't go boot up that old 286 (or the Internet Archive) yet. This theme is about playing games that started out on DOS but were later ported to consoles. This theme is a little non-retro in that DOS games that are playable on modern consoles are also allowed, because the DOS originals are DEFINITELY retro. So not only can you play Warcraft and Crusader: No Remorse on Saturn or Playstation, you can also get your DOOM on on Saturn or Playstation, or any number of other consoles, including Switch and PS4.
4) Wet and Wild!
This theme is all washed up. We'll be playing games that take place primarily in, around, or based on water. Fishing, jet skis, surfing, and Echo the Dolphin. Oh, and submarine and warship and boat simulators, too. And Waterworld on Virtual Boy. I can almost guarantee folks will have opportunities to play something they never have before.
5) The arcade at home on 8/16-bit era consoles and handhelds.
Verily, it lives again! Maybe. It struck out twice, but in this ball game you're not out until strike 3. This theme is about trying to recapture the arcade experience on 8- or 16-bit era consoles. Home versions that completely remake the arcade experience need not apply. This is all about authenticity, or at least some semblence of it. Neo-Geo AES/CD doesn't count, but ports from Neo Geo to other 8- or 16-bit consoles do!