the original tecmo bowl games... and probably the super smash brothers first two games...never really played the wii version
games that aged well
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I still talk about that story to this day, that along with Eternal Darkness are just great stories in games and implement them into the medium so well. I think part of aging well also relies on emotional attachment and writing, which is often overlooked in games.Dok Zombie said:
Good mention Dok Zombie.
Paper Mario. About a decade later, and it's still pretty damn fun. It's still quirky, and talented, and there's plenty of combinations to try. (See also, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door). Also on the list, Earthbound and Mother 3.
Several of the ones I was going to suggest (Secret of Monkey Island, Chrono Trigger, Symphony of the Night) have already been mentioned, but there are others:
Super Metroid
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Mega Man X
Deus Ex
Starcraft
Contra 3
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Terranigma
Super Metroid
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Mega Man X
Deus Ex
Starcraft
Contra 3
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Terranigma
For a game to age well, it needs to
A) Be as good looking then as it is now
B) Be as fun to play
C) Not make you think "I wish the graphics were more like the 360/PS3
D) Still be challenging and feel new.
On this basis, I put in one of my all time favourites:
Theme Hospital. It's still fun, challenging, doesn't look bad (kind has a good looking retro jibe going), it doesn't need better graphics and it's funny to boot. Although windows 7 does disagree with it.
A) Be as good looking then as it is now
B) Be as fun to play
C) Not make you think "I wish the graphics were more like the 360/PS3
D) Still be challenging and feel new.
On this basis, I put in one of my all time favourites:
Theme Hospital. It's still fun, challenging, doesn't look bad (kind has a good looking retro jibe going), it doesn't need better graphics and it's funny to boot. Although windows 7 does disagree with it.
FF9 has aged extremely well to me, the graphics look great for a PS1 game and the gameplay is still great.
Wild Arms 2/3: Both had some really innovative ideas that I really wish other games would adopt. WA3 still looks great due to it Cel-shaded look and WA2 isn't that bad looking either.The battle system is still your stranded turn based affair but it has some cool things going for it unlike WA1.
Wild Arms 2/3: Both had some really innovative ideas that I really wish other games would adopt. WA3 still looks great due to it Cel-shaded look and WA2 isn't that bad looking either.The battle system is still your stranded turn based affair but it has some cool things going for it unlike WA1.
I'm inclined to agree with this as well.CK76 said:
As others have said, most quality 16 bit games have aged very well. The pixel art had evolved enough to be pleasing to the eye and detailed enough to not just have retro charm but real charm. The gameplay in the quality games by that point had been honed to perfection in almost every genre. And the music.. oh, the music. Those were the days were cool creative music was the norm instead slapping "Generic Cinematic Symphony Score #6357" into every game.
There are some 8 bitters that definitely hold up today (Mega Man 2/3, the Super Mario series, Zelda 2, Castlevania 2/3, etc.). Go earlier than that and you get broken boring simplistic titles that offer little more than retro charm. Go later than that and you start getting into the fugliness, lag and collision detection nightmares of the early polygon days.
There are some 8 bitters that definitely hold up today (Mega Man 2/3, the Super Mario series, Zelda 2, Castlevania 2/3, etc.). Go earlier than that and you get broken boring simplistic titles that offer little more than retro charm. Go later than that and you start getting into the fugliness, lag and collision detection nightmares of the early polygon days.
Necromancer1991 said:
Completely and entirely ninja'd. Especially the LoZ games - my personal favourite two games ever.Ranorak said:
Killer7 always feels fresh, interesting, and difficult. Fantastic game, and will survive the years.
Diablo, Baldur's Gate, Dungeon Sige, But those are all from the early 2000s; probably not old enough to really say they've aged well.
I'll still play any RPG on the SNES.
I'll still play any RPG on the SNES.
define aged well, do you mean kept up with today's graffics like jurassic park? or like still fun today like most old games. (I'm assuming last gen are still "Current" (Twilight Princess, Devil May Cry 3, Halo 2[is this game good? i ono never had a xbox] i was trying to get something from each console)
Shining Force 2
Phantasy Star 4
Gunstar Heroes
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Legaia
Chrono Trigger
Suikoden's 1 and 2 (COME ON PSN HURRY UP AND GET 2 FOR SALE YOU ASSHOLES!)
Mario Karts
Ogre Battle 64 (most of them actually)
Quest 64
Sonic TH games (original ones for the genesis)
never had an snes/nes so i can't add those to this list
Shining Force 2
Phantasy Star 4
Gunstar Heroes
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Legaia
Chrono Trigger
Suikoden's 1 and 2 (COME ON PSN HURRY UP AND GET 2 FOR SALE YOU ASSHOLES!)
Mario Karts
Ogre Battle 64 (most of them actually)
Quest 64
Sonic TH games (original ones for the genesis)
never had an snes/nes so i can't add those to this list
I hear you, man. I think the music from Final Fantasy VI will be with me forever.StriderShinryu said:
Really like the music from StarCraft a lot too; Matt Uelmann is the composer and he sure is talented.
By the sound of it, Zelda: Ocarina of Time seems to have really aged well. I only played it just a little, never finished it, but now I want to play it.
