Were there any card games like Magic: The Gathering for retro systems? I expect not, because the digital card game genre didn’t really “click” until later. But I thought I’d ask.
The Neo Geo Pocket Color has a fantastic card battler called SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters Clash that comes in SNK and Capcom varieties. Great game on a great system. Pairs well with the unbelievably good fighting game on the same system.
pokemon tcg 1+2 (English patch) for gbc is super fun
Second this one. Absolutely bangin OST as well.
dragon ball z has a couple card games but aren’t very fun
Nice! Just the sort of thing I was looking for!
Arcomage was released on Windows in 1999
https://www.mobygames.com/game/2815/arcomage/
There was also a recent DOS miniature version for a game jam, which I cannot find again.
Cool, thanks! I see there is a browser version of the game as well!
What do you define as a retro system?
There was a Magic: The Gathering computer game in 1997.
Pokemon TCG 1+2 are all that come to mind, for me. If you want to stretch the definition a bit, the Megaman Battle Network series for the GBA has a deckbuilding aspect to it, but it’s more of an action RPG.
