Games that have aged incredibly well.

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EBHughsThe1st

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Roller Coaster Tycoon

Hell yes. Fantastic and addicting game. 2.5 D sprites on an isometric grid are still very charming.
Plus, the type of gameplay has very few good changes since the game was created. So it can still be played like it was before.
 

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Whoracle said:
CrazyCapnMorgan said:
You forgot Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. (Though that was for the PS)
Never played that one. When the PSN gets back up, I'll have go get it for the PSP I think.
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I suggest the PSN original version. It has dialogue and voice acting so bad its hilarious
Anyway, if you loved Super Metroid you'll likely love Symphony of the Night (Although SoTN is a little issue with pacing, especially in the final hours).

However don't expect crafty gameplay like Super Castlevania IV, SoTN is like Metroid, whereas Super Castlevania IV is more like Mega Man
 

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I'm going to put this to science
I'm going to gather some gamers of mixed ages and inflict some of these old games on them to see if kids today still like them.
 

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Neverwinter nights, after all these years i still play it, and new modules come out almost every day. (It may actually be the D&D inside nwn that i love, although nwn2 is D&D based and it's horrible)
 

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The Madman said:
I might get some flak for this, but World of Warcraft!

Despite an aging graphics engine which was already fairly dated technology wise when it was first released, the game still managed some genuinely awe-inspiring vistas when last I played a few months back. I was genuinely impressed by how good it looks sometimes!
First i'll reply to the original post. Super Mario World on the SNES and Lion King on the sega. 16 mutherfuckin goddam bitz

Yes it looks good, but all the shitty cutscenes and lack of difficulty and meh new races and the fact that every race can just about be every class... anyway, these things i just mentioned broke any flow and distracted me to much to enjoy any of it. The only thing i will say was surprisingly good were the newer dungeons. They seemed more like a challenge because even if you have top notch gear mistakes are easily made, seemed alot more tense (I was a healer and the last time i played there heals hadn't been boosted to account for the fuck-off amount of health.)
THe fact that druids cant heal as well anymore sucked, as well as the bullshit health.
 

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Cubilone said:
Do you guys know Star Control 2 for the 3DO? http://sc2.sourceforge.net/ A team ported it and perfected it for PC, and it's an amazing sci-fi RPG that's almost 20 years old!
This. So much.

Star Control 2 was brilliant for its time and it's still excellent.
 

Dizeazedkiller

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Soods said:
Warcraft 3 anyone? There's still a ton of people playing it online!
The only problem is that most of them (or at least a lot of them) play the custome maps and not the original game itself. With anyone unfamiliar with WC3 mapmaker, basically its flexible enough to make an entirely different game... played on WC3.

Thought of another. The original sonic on sega, Zero the kamikaze squirrel on the sega, Toy Story on the sega, Marble Madness on the sega.
Cause the genesis does what ninten-fucking-don't
 

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Civilisation 1. Considering how old it is, the gameplay is still compelling and complex, interface is pretty good. Graphics and sound obviously suffer, but don't hurt the core of a solid game.
 

MrSnugglesworth

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The first Halo.

I've played through the game 3 times in a row once.


I was extremely bored, mind you, but I did it.

That was a good day.

edit: Welcome to all the newcomers who posted =)
 

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In general, 2D games tend to age much better than the N64/PS1-era 3D games have (just look at how great Symphony of the Night looks and plays next to a lot of the games from the same era), but I think that the first Silent Hill game is one of the rare 3D games that still looks and plays great. The clunkiness of the controls actually works in the favor of the game's story (of an Everyman grossly unprepared for the situation he has found himself in) and the graininess of the graphics (coupled with use of oppressive fog and darkness) adds to the mood, whereas most 3D games of the time look almost comically primitive today.

Speaking of primitive, I only recently played the original Doom for the first time (more out of curiosity and a sense of duty than anything else) and I was shocked at how much fun I had. The game has aged in exactly the right way; it looks and sounds ridiculous today, but gloriously so. It instantly makes me think of a bunch of burnt-out teenagers in metal T-shirts slumped in front of their monitors at 3am on a Saturday night, but in the best possible way.

I should add that I think most of the classic Nintendo franchises have aged incredibly well through the years, but I take it as a given that everyone else already thinks that.
 

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Wind Waker along with pretty much anything else heavily cell shaded. The more cell shading, the better the graphics age.

I'd also like to mention Mario Sunshine, that still looks better than Wii games and on par with a lot of next gen graphics.


It's missing a bit with lower res and no anti-aliasing but that holds up rather well.
 

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This has been said, but I'd say Planescape: Torment, as its focus on plot, characterization, and writing transcend technology. This is why I would argue that its Infinity Engine contemporaries have not held up so well, including Baldur's Gate.
 

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Any game by Blizzard. Credit where it is due.

The 2D sonic games most definately.

Most of Valve's games.


...You really have to just look at the peak of every gaming generation and point and say pretty much that.
 

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Homeworld 1 and 2, especially 2. It's hard to believe it came out in 2003, it still looks incredible and plays better than the most contemporary 4X RTS.
 

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mechwarrior 4
story and gameplay doenst change, but people are very suprised when i tell them it is a 10 year old game
also Supreme Commander still causes some quite decent rigs to struggle (and still a good looking game)
Unreal Tournament is still awesome