What [not shmup] game are you playing now?

Anything from run & guns to modern RPGs, what else do you play?
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Also...
Stevens wrote: Sat Jun 06, 2026 2:53 pm OutRun is surprisingly decent, it plays fairly well and has an alternate track layout that goes 123454321.
Not surprisingly to me anymore. Didn't interest me much way back when. But then I got to play Battle Gear 2&3 that are some of the best (as well as ugliest) arcade racers on PS2. As well as TrackMania Wii (not quite ugly, but very "plain Jane" for a car game), which is almost indepletably engrossing to me played utterly singleplayer. Taught me to tolerate very barebones presentation in my car games. If it's called OutRun and it's by Sega, it's gotten my attention.
I've felt lately that any new console, even relatively low-tech, that would guarantee 60 fps in majority of its titles, and also - offer mostly games like those budget remakes/follow-ups (not only by Sega, but stuff like Space Raiders too) would be a console just for me. Remember how PS2 Virtual On remake offered video modes up to 1080i? On PS2, no less. And it was HARDLY ugly a game. Just a small console with durable controllers and a library's worth of such games would be very welcome under my telly.
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Which of those Ages 2500 games are worth a look? I just grabbed Outrun, Galaxy Force and Dynamite Deka.
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AGermanArtist wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2026 8:46 am Which of those Ages 2500 games are worth a look? I just grabbed Outrun, Galaxy Force and Dynamite Deka.
Gunstar Heroes Treasure Box. I've fond memories of Fantasy Zone and Monster World collections too. Although if was to PLAY these on SDTV nowadays, I'd most likely do so emulated on Wii.
Panzer Dragoon is NOT a remake, it is just a port.
Virtual On is pretty sweet if you can dig Virtual On.
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Thanks! I'm going to run them in PCSX2. I didn't realise the Outrun one was so good.
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There's NIGHTS into Dreams PS2 remake, IF not quite released under Sega Ages flag.
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