r/RetroPie • u/Dishwasher-92 • 6d ago

Any recommendations for games where me and my colleagues can beat each others best high scores?

So in my department at work (12 people), we bought a RaspberriPi system and we're gonna install Retropie on it. I just bought 2 simple Retropie controllers and now i'm looking for cool games were we can beat each others best scores.

Any recommendations? Maybe some splitscreen games?

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u/thready4whatever 6d ago

I mean, you can't miss with one of the biggest games ever made, Tetris. Dr. Mario is great as well

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u/im_a_fancy_man 6d ago

Yes I was going to say Tetris also! My office gets so competitive with that and ppl started training at home

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u/Szarn 6d ago

F-Zero for snes, a classic. Return Fire for PS1, head to head capture the flag with different vehicle types. Kept us entertained for hours.

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u/TFTD2 6d ago

You wanna see the most blood thirsty head to head action between randos? Bubble Bobble/Puzzle Bobble.

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u/Its_Like_That82 6d ago

Shmups are your best bet. Especially stuff made by Cave or Compile. Stuff like Dodonpachi or Blazing Lazers. A lot of PC-Engine (Turbo-Grafx16) shmups have score attack modes where you basically try to get the highest score you can in 2 to 5 minute levels. These are known as Caravan Shooters.

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u/dirtmcgurk 6d ago

Smash TV for nes, rc pro am for nes, general chaos for genesis, sunset riders, and the Atari collection in general as they're mostly simple and points based

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u/Killuminati770 6d ago

Go with some arcade. Me and the wife battle for top score on Pac-Man. Me and the kids battle for centipede & tempest

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u/unidentifiable 6d ago

High scores or head-to-head? Some flavour of Street Fighter is usually a great way to battle it out. Bubble Bobble/Tetris/Dr Mario and other falling-brick style games are also an option for head-to-head play.

If you want score attack there's pretty much everything that was ever ported from an arcade.

  • Outrun (or other arcade racing games with checkpoint/time attack modes like Top Gear)
  • Pac Man (and other arcade classics like Arkanoid, Space Invaders, etc)
  • Gradius (and other vertical/horizontal shmups like 1942)
  • Knights of the Round (and other Beat-em-Ups like Streets of Rage)

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u/Eagle19991 5d ago

I agree with most of those, but no to arkanoid, it's hell without a spinner or trackball...

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u/ComfortablyMumm 6d ago

1942, Tapper, Ms. Pacman, Dig Dug

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u/Outrageous-Science54 6d ago

Pinball simulators

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u/ThatsNotWhyThough 6d ago

It doesn't keep the score (if there is a version that does plz let me know) but demon attack is always a fun one

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u/mtndewgood 6d ago

Ms Pacman

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u/Master_Grape5931 6d ago

Sega Kings Bounty.

See who can beat it in the least amount of days.

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u/evincirei 6d ago

Maybe ask the 12 people you’ll be playing with what games they want to play.

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u/KaleidoscopeNo7695 6d ago

Tetris Attack, for SNES.

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u/crookdmouth 6d ago

A friend and I did this with Arcade games. Mr. DO's Castle, Mario Bros. and Joust.

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u/Icy_Annual_9226 6d ago

If you guys can figure out how to get your saves to work on another emulator, pokemon red blue and yellow is always a blast. There is a gb emulator that comes in the packages that allows you essentially emulate a link cable.

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u/No_Chemistry9594 6d ago

Arcade defender. Watch everyone’s head explode.

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u/sdhoigtred 4d ago

Flicky (MAME)

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u/bjenning04 4d ago

Galaga. Or, if you’re willing to invest time, who can speedrun through a game the fastest. Super Metroid is an excellent choice for speedrunning, but the time commitment may not work in a work environment.