Retro Replay

Games Still Worth Playing

A selective archive of older games that still earn your time in the present: not because they were important, but because they still play, surprise, and reward.

The God in the Ink
Featured · Wii · PS4 · Switch · PC · 2006

The God in the Ink

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Archive

The growing list.

Someone Misheard the Pitch

Someone Misheard the Pitch

Psychonauts

Xbox / PC / PS2 · 2005 Platformer
The Camera Never Lies

The Camera Never Lies

Beyond Good & Evil

PlayStation 2 · 2003 · 5 min Action-Adventure
The Hand You Hold and the Castle That Holds You

The Hand You Hold and the Castle That Holds You

Ico

PS2 / PS3 HD Remaster · 2001 · 4 min Action Adventure
The City Is a Canvas

The City Is a Canvas

Jet Set Radio

Dreamcast · 2000 Action / Skating
Raymond Chandler in the Land of the Dead

Raymond Chandler in the Land of the Dead

Grim Fandango

PC · 1998 · 5 min Point & Click Adventure
The Floor Waxer Who Saved the World

The Floor Waxer Who Saved the World

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

PlayStation / PC · 1997 · 4 min Puzzle Platformer
Both Sides of the Blade

Both Sides of the Blade

Silhouette Mirage

Sega Saturn · 1997 Action / Shoot 'em Up
The Game Where You Didn't Have to Be Enemies

The Game Where You Didn't Have to Be Enemies

Guardian Heroes

Sega Saturn · 1996 · 8 min Beat 'em Up

Steel and Silence

Metal Warriors

SNES · 1995 Action / Mech
The Game That Nobody Published

The Game That Nobody Published

Rendering Ranger: R²

Super Famicom / SNES · 1995 Shoot 'em Up
The God Who Built the World

The God Who Built the World

Terranigma

SNES / Super Famicom · 1995 Action RPG
The Copywriter, the Cosmic Horror, and EarthBound

The Copywriter, the Cosmic Horror, and EarthBound

EarthBound

SNES · 1994 · 5 min RPG
The Machine That Runs on History

The Machine That Runs on History

Day of the Tentacle

PC · 1993 · 6 min Adventure
The Best Game You Were Never Supposed to Play

The Best Game You Were Never Supposed to Play

Ganbare Goemon 2

Super Famicom · 1993 · 10 min Action / Adventure
The Adventure Game Company's Secret

The Adventure Game Company's Secret

Zombies Ate My Neighbors

SNES / Mega Drive · 1993 Run and Gun
The Bell at the End of the World

The Bell at the End of the World

Little Samson

NES · 1992 Action Platformer
The Forgotten Koshiro

The Forgotten Koshiro

Streets of Rage 2

Sega Mega Drive · 1992 Beat 'em up
Bury Me With My Money

Bury Me With My Money

Sunset Riders

Arcade / SNES · 1991 Run and Gun
You Fight Like a Dairy Farmer

You Fight Like a Dairy Farmer

The Secret of Monkey Island

PC / Amiga · 1990 Adventure
The Fist, the Coin, and the Game Within the Game

The Fist, the Coin, and the Game Within the Game

Alex Kidd in Miracle World

Sega Master System · 1986 · 8 min Action / Platformer
The Open Road and Nothing Else

The Open Road and Nothing Else

OutRun

Arcade · Switch · 3DS · 1986 Driving