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What is Cyberpunk?

Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.

Cyberpunk characteristics include:

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What are your favorite old-school cyberpunk video games? I’m not convinced there’s anything worth playing from the ZX Spectrum/Commodore 64 era, but maybe the NES/SNES/N64/PS1 eras had some good cyberpunk games?

Most of the old cyberpunk games I can think of were on PC, and most of those were point & click adventure games. But what about more action-oriented games? Like X-Kalibur 2097, Slave Zero, or Tron 2.0? Or maybe there are some arcade (MAME) games worth playing?

Also, when I say "best" I really just mean "fun". So give me something better than Raid 2020 and I’ll call it a win.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

The SNES Shadowrun game is good. I played it originally on SNES and few years ago on an emulator. All around good RPG. If you've played the new PC Shadowrun games from Harebrained, the lineage is clearly there. Systemshock is still a good game as well, but these days I would rather play the remake.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Snatcher!

Edit: I just realized I didn't read the whole post, sorry. Snatcher isn't action-oriented at all. Well, except some short shooting sections.

[–] Hammerjack 3 points 7 months ago

Snatcher is a fantastic choice for a retro cyberpunk game! I'm not going to judge what your favorite retro cyberpunk game is, I only mentioned action-oriented games to try to get people thinking.

Also, I'm more likely to try a game I've never heard of if it's action since point & click adventure games usually demand more dedicated time. You can't just pick up a point & click game and play for 10min to see if you like it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Neuromancer was excellent.

Not quite Cyberpunk, but if you like the Fallout vibe, check out the original Wasteland.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Lifeforce Tenka (or Codename Tenka) in NA territories was underrated.

A PS1 FPS that experimented with having just one gun, but could be modded to provide different weapon functionalities (or weapons in real terms), and the soundtrack was absolutely banging.

Classic Psygnosis really.

Speaking of whom, there's also Sentient - perhaps not necessarily good, but tried so many new and inventive things that are common in modern games, that it deserves it's own post really.

edit: in fact, how can we mention Psygnosis and not me tion G-Police? That was a fantastic game, with great graphics (let down by a short draw distance), awesome gameplay, and a absolutely amazing storyline. Well worth a play, especially for the particularly mental trailer.

[–] Hammerjack 1 points 7 months ago

Well I've never heard of any of those games! Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I liked terminator for zx spectrum

[–] Hammerjack 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's a PS1 game called One which I think might be cyberpunk:

But unfortunately, either I'm terrible at the game or the game itself is terrible because I can't beat the first level.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

There's a PS1 Ghost in the Shell game. Can't speak about the quality, but Ghost in the Shell's cyberpunk.