Nostalgia that HAS NOT let you down

[Winterfel]

OoT, Goldeneye, Majoras Mask, Baten Kaitos, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, Final Fantasy 8/9...
The list just goes on and on and on, I can't really think of many things that didn't stand the test of time.

 

[Safaia]

'Golden Era' PS1 Squaresoft games.

 

[SpAc3man]

Original Star Wars, Doom, Half-Life, Myst and Riven, the first Commander Keen. Finished Commander Keen for the first time in what must be 12 years the other day and it was just as awesome as it was when I was 8.

 

[Yopaz]

Banjo-Kazooie & Banjo-Tooie. As fun for me today on XBLA as they were on N64 as a kid.

I hear that. Also Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island (ruined by the DS remake btw) and Super Mario 64. Great games.

 

[Treblaine]

So, my question is: What game, movie, show, comic book, or anything else that you liked years ago and that you had on the infamous "nostalgia blinders" for still stand the test of time?

Game: Tomb Raider (Classic)
I actually like it more today when I first played it when 10 years old, as I had the skill basis to actually play the game properly. The feeling of exploration, adventure and danger was all there and as tense as ever.

Film: Goldeneye
I liked it as a kid, but now grown up I know more and understand more I am able to appreciate so much more. IMHO: it was the last of the truly "Great" James Bond movies. Not the last good one, but the last GREAT one! And certainly one of the greatest.

 

[Dethenger]

Majora's Mask. I sit down and play it annually. I usually go for 100% Completion without really thinking about it.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Resident Evil 2 and 3.

They're still awesome!

 

[surg3n]

Proper microswitched arcade joysticks. Never let me down, still my favorite way to play games. Now, if I could just get my carpet as sticky and musty as an 80's arcade, I'd be all set.

 

[dancinginfernal]

Playing through KotOR2 which I haven't played for long enough for the nostalgia to be valid.

Loving it. Forgot how fantastic Kestelman is as Kreia.

 

[natster43]

Super Mario Bros. 3. It was amazing back then and still amazing now.

 

[Henrik Stavenes]

Many things:
Star Wars: OT
Arcanum
MediEvil
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
I could go on, but this is the main examples of nostalgic entertainment I return to again and again.

 

[babinro]

Batman: The Animated Series
Columbo
Final Fantasy 5 and 6 (SNES)
Ninja Gaiden (NES)

Every couple of years I revisit these games and the show without disappointment.

I'll be the first to admit that the Columbo movies would not be as universally nostalgic as anything else on the list. The average person watching them today would likely find the pacing far to slow and the music as well as some of the shots taken to be awful. I realize there are some terrible scenes, but the show as a whole is still worth revisiting to me.

 

[tobi the good boy]

Kotor. was my first game on the PC ever and I enjoy it even to this day.

EDIT: I'm playing pokemon crystal right now so pokemon goes in there to.

 

[Aurgelmir]

Final Fantasy 6.

Anything with 90s 2D graphics survive pretty well if the gameplay is there.

 

[Adrian Neyland]

Doctor Who

 

[Silenttalker22]

Disney movies. I never would have though it, but they often - wait for it - get BETTER with age.

I watched Aladdin the other day cuz I own the DVD, and I still love it!

Negative side would be Thundercats. I saw it on TV guide list a few years ago and was like oshi! Turned it on, and halfway thru I was thinking, "Was I really this stupid as a kid?".

 

[Nopenahnuhuh]

Dungeon Keeper. That is all.

 

[Davesdepository]

Baldur's gate 2, not 1 because the Gui almost makes the game unplayable but 2 is still one of the better RPG's I've come across.

 

[Dalek Caan]

Monster Hunter. Went back and played it a while ago and its still great.
Untouchables. A movie set during the Prohabition and made in 1987. Still very good.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

animaniacs and pinky & the brain. best cartoons ever, then and now.

And Freakazoid. Can't forget Freakazoid.

Other than that? Well...

Batman: The Animated Series
Freakazoid
Invader Zim
The Simpsons

Batman (1989)
Batman Returns
Dumb and Dumber

Castlevania IV
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Simpsons (Arcade)
Super Double Dragon
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
TMNT: Turtles in Time
X-Men (arcade)

That's all I've got for now