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This achievement in earthbound had me doing something I never knew about in 30 years of playing my favorite game. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by shiroininja@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] Baaron87@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

This is what I really enjoy about RA. When I started going through games on it, it made me change how I played the Mega Man games. Absolutely worth it. I need to get back to playing some more retro games again.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 3 months ago

I love these obscure RA entries. I also love that all the Yugioh games are straightforward.

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I never thought about using RA for experiencing games differently (I've never been much of an acheivment guy in general), however I think I will start using RA now.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What is RA in this context? Online search isn't being very productive.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Retro achievements

[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seconded. What is RA?

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

I think retro achievements?

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Thats the best use for it, that and motivation to get over the hump where you usually quit on a game

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

God I loved Earthbound. Probably in my top ten to this day.

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I still do yearly playthroughs.

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Played Earthbound at least six times and didn't know this.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

wait, what? did earthbound get released on PC or something?

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Nah. Retro achievements is a free site that you can sign into with any modern emulator and it tracks your progress and gives you achievements just like Xbox or something. Here, I’m running it on my pi Gameboy using retropie.