11-09-2021 03:02 PM
Some of us older gamers would like to see something like Donkey Kong or Mario.
11-09-2021 07:09 PM
There's the classic Lucky's Tale that came out for the Rift CV1. It's pretty cool.
No native Quest version though and the developers dropped VR for the sequel. 😞
11-10-2021 02:19 AM
While I enjoyed games like Lucky's Tale, I guess sitting down looking and playing flat (2D) content is not exactly embracing the core of VR. As in being inside a believable virtual word. So yeah, I can see how developers choose the later for new projects over the first.
11-10-2021 08:25 AM
I guess Moss would be another similar type of game--it's probably the most popular platformer for VR, and is available for both PC and Quest. Platformers may not be a big genre for VR, but there are certainly plenty of great games that aren't shooters. Some less violent games I've enjoyed include Eleven Table Tennis, Walkabout Mini Golf, Puzzling Places, Cubism, The Climb, Myst, Red Matter, Accounting+, Virtual Virtual Reality, Tilt Brush, Thumper, Ultra Wings, Echo VR... if you explore the store, there is a great variety of games that aren't shooters. (Although there are also several really fun shooters, too.)
11-10-2021 09:49 AM - edited 11-10-2021 10:09 AM
Lucky's Tale is great - some retro-like VR games may also include (note I own and have tested all the games below, I recommend them all - I've left out games mentioned in other posts):
Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
11-10-2021 12:52 PM - edited 11-10-2021 12:53 PM
I still have my old Nintendo 64 and gameboys for all those super mario and Donkey Kong games, lol! No need to VR those imho.
11-10-2021 02:12 PM
Yeah, I've never tired of emulators for my old favourite games, from the Spectrum and Atari St to the arcade classics, I'll stick to the monitor for those, and with a recently purchased original Competition Pro joystick to complete the jump back in time!
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11-10-2021 02:32 PM - edited 11-10-2021 02:37 PM
I have the MAME emulator and quite a lot of working roms, including the original versions of Donkey Kong and Mario. These games really work and look perfectly like the original arcade machines, but then again these are the original roms.
But I got into some VR stuff and never really play these games anymore, but I do like knowing that I can, lol. 1943, Terra Cresta, Outrun and R-Type are among my favorites.
Have fully working Commodore 64 and Amiga emulators too.
Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
11-12-2021 01:08 PM
There is "pixel ripped" as well ..