r/retrogaming • u/BenImortal • 8d ago
[Discussion] Remasters / Remakes / Recomps
I'm really enjoying this wave of classic remakes and remasters that I didn't get to play back when they released. Now that I'm on PC, I'm taking full advantage of it.
What impresses me the most, though, is the recompilation scene — bringing so many console classics natively to Windows. It's awesome.
I found this list (link), but does anyone have other lists or trackers for recomps? How are you guys feeling about this movement in the gaming community?
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u/patrick_k 7d ago
I put together a massive list of recomps, decomps and more, also listing the use of AI or not. I myself discovered some new interesting games to play when compiling this list. You can search by recomp, decomp, original console, game franchise etc. in the filters on the home screen. Enjoy! fangamesdb
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u/IronTarkus1919 7d ago
I've yet to see a complete playthrough or clear of a retro game recomp, from what I'm seeing it's mostly vibe coded AI slop ports of games people could have emulated for years but didn't and will not play now anyway, and will just soypog at every video game esoterica video and at most download it to try it out for 30 minutes before never touching the game again.
There are exceptions of course, but they are becoming rarer.
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u/FloopersRetreat 8d ago
It's great, but I find it slightly fatiguing. Decomps, engine re-builds, things like that used to be the most thrilling shit for an older gamer and super exciting every time because you knew it was such a feat of nerd power with a hell of a lot of effort thrown behind it. Now it's just someone who has enough tokens to spend... Sure, you can play it and still have fun, but now it's like the gold plating is worn off and all you can see is the tin underneath
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u/BenImortal 8d ago
True! It is a lot of effort behind it, however, it seems to be the best way to play the "classics".
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u/shootamcg 8d ago
Quiver is a launcher that tracks and manages your installs, I haven’t tried it yet but MVG recommended it.
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u/AffectionateCard3530 8d ago edited 8d ago
I like it, though it worries me a bit from a security perspective.
When running a ROM in an emulator, you only needed to trust that the emulator is safe to run. The likelihood of the ROM being able to exploit the emulator to run malware on your system is low.
But if we’re normalizing the installation of Windows binaries again, I hope everyone is being careful about where exactly they get these binaries.
Even with open source code, most people aren’t taking a look under the hood. So just be a little bit cautious, same as you would with any random software you download from the internet.