There was a thread on ResetEra where people shared games that say the title of the game out loud on startup.
I’ve created a playlist on @[email protected] with every suggestion from that thread that had video proof attached (+ a few more):
#retrogaming #gaming
we need to bring back this trend
we need to add it to websites too. multiple times a day, a deep, supercool voice should boom 'WIKIPEDIA’ from your laptop speakers
@retrohistories @questlog Ooh, I’ve got a fantastic obscure one for you: Thieves’ Guild, a BBS game for the Atari ST with an amazing front-end client.
Here’s a video showing the intro:
https://vimeo.com/111651685And here’s an in-depth blog post about my 7-year effort to play the game and reach its ending:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2020/09/15/thieves-guild-memories/@[email protected] @[email protected] oh, this is a good one! Couldn’t find a way to add it to the playlist — it’s not in IGDB, so you weren’t kidding about obscure — but hopefully it’ll be there someday. Thanks!
@[email protected] @[email protected] You could add it to the IGDB yourself and when it’s approved it will be in Questlog.
I really should add an option to submit missing games. The IGDB is quite incomplete sometimes.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Reading this post I immediately blurted out “BEE SEVENTEEN BAAWWWMBER” and was glad to find it as the first item in the list ^^
@[email protected] @[email protected] Do Quadrun and Open Sesame for the Atari 2600 count? I don’t own them, so I’m not sure when they speak. It looks like Quadrun probably only does it when you hit reset to start a game, but Open Sesame seems to speak on startup.
https://youtu.be/73uqChqot-k?si=922R1ifOreQiOUhQ@[email protected] There are already a couple in the list that only say the name when you pick an option from the startup menu — if you ask me, that’s just a different kind of ’says name on startup’.
Added both, thanks!
@[email protected] @[email protected] Myth does this at least on the C64.
@[email protected] added, thanks!
@[email protected] @[email protected] Kitsune Zero does this
@[email protected] added, and this is now the most recent game on the list. thank you for keeping this trope alive!
Kinda sad we didn’t do it for Kitsune Tails
this could double as a list of games with easy TitleDrop% speed-runs
@[email protected] I really love the idea!
