Hello everyone
. During the age of modern home consoles it seems a lot of the nostalgic game genres that used to dominate our consoles and arcades as kids were replaced by the overwhelming abundance of first person shooters, racers, sports and RPG titles that we have grown to love. But sometimes it feels like their is a void in some amazing genres of game that only indie developers or the daring attempt to try and video games felt more diverse and versatile in the 8 and 16 bit eras
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For me it's definitely the beat em up and shoot em up genres.
I miss the days of the store shelves being riddled with Contra III, Mega Man X games, Side scrolling shoot em ups from almost every Major company from Konami on and they were really amazing but it seems with the transistion to 3D visuals the side scrolling shoot em ups took a smaller role in the libraries.
Recently Cuphead has breathed a breath of fresh air into the genre but I think we still could use some more fun ones
Cuphead is so perfectly done and it emulates the retro flare but with such respect and creativity. It's it's own identity and unique but takes all the best of Mega Man and Contra to make a beautiful modern addition to the genre. I hope Cuphead 2 happens soon
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Beat em ups also were so amazing and abundant but now it is a parched and vacant genre of times passed. Games like Turtles In Time, Maximum Carnage, Battletoads. They all took our quarters and our hearts
. But now I can't name many beat em ups of the same standard and it seems like the nostalgic genres are over looked in a way.
Also top down shooters, and arcade style racers like Vigilante 8 and Crusin USA and such. Those were really fun.
What genre of games do you wish got more attention by modern developers?