I'm starting to notice a trend here - Tetris 99, Mario 35, and now Pac-Man 99. What retro inspired BR are you hoping to see next?

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#1

Yesterday, they announced Pac-Man 99 and I’m excited about it. I really enjoy these remixes of old, simple, iconic titles and I find they’re perfect for the Battle Royale treatment because most gamers have already played them before. It’s easy to just jump right into them with minimal introduction.

I usually play them for a month or two and drop them, but they’re fun for a few dozen attempts before the idea gets stale. I just wish that Mario 35 wasn’t a time limited thing because I think it was probably the best of all these concepts.

Here’s hoping that someday, we get one of these for Super Mario Bros 3 - I think that game’s short level focus and incredible variety would present some highly interesting challenges with this type of game.

What other retro-inspired games do you think would be appropriate for the BR treatment?

#2

Data East Arcade Robocop 99.

#3

Jersey Devil 99 lol

#4

Even though I’m terrible at them, some sort of shumup? For the time frame how about Galaga?

Would be much faster knock outs I’m sure.

#5

I was thinking an 80s shmup would be perfect.

#6

Night Trap 99

Seriously though, an old school shmup would be sweet. Too bad the audience likely isn’t big enough for that to happen.

#7

I played Pac-Man 99 last night and I think my best finish was 24th. Like the last two retro battle royales, this one is a stomp fest for anyone who can’t get a perfect score of Pac-Man.

People b&m about skill-based matchmaking, but without it you’re just meat for the grinder.

#8

Give me a megaman battle royale

#9

Hope Arika keeps these coming for sure, Pac-Man 99 is really, really good. Wasn’t expecting it to be so enthralling after Mario 35 fell a little flat.

As for my next pick, I’d love to see another top-down game like Pengu or Pirate Ship Higemaru.