dunno why it took as long as it has for me to remember my actually favourite isogame
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also i was mistaken - i played death’s door a bit fairly recently, that’s newer than brigador
clearly i was conflating the titles by rhyme
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marble madness is definitely the most perfect isometric marvel of all time, but i dream of one day making a little game/toy that combines A-Train
with tactics ogre (specifically the psp one where u can rotate the beautiful little diorama levels)
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oh pokemon conquest too
like come on dude
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That pre-rendered isometric look is what made me start collecting physical copies of PC games.
There’s so many. Even trash makers Mirage made two.
Makes me want to make a sprite-based EDF game.
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I guess there’s a difference to be made between the pre-rendered stuff and the tile-based boxy sprites…
I also remember owning Monster Max on the GB as a child and not being able to get far in it.
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The great escape made me think of the last ninja. I feel like it was hard to make traditionally “lovely” games on c64 so I give the last ninja points for that
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The double layer of cultural interpretation is pretty interesting. “A NINJA, the legendary Japanese icon… in NEW YORK, the famous filming location!”
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to kids in 80s britain, ninjas and america were the most exotic and exciting things in the world
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Hakoniwa Explorer makes me wish it wasn’t a game apparently mostly about hitting underage butts and making crude sex jokes. Because damn, otherwise looks like extremely my shit.
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Afterlife
Rollercoaster Tycoon (1 or 2)
Incubation: Time is Running Out
Syndicate Wars (honorary mention to Syndicate also)
Theme Hospital
X-COM Apocalypse
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