Poll of the Day > Games that have held up well over time

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List your old school games that have held up well over time.

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Fester's Quest

CaptainStrong posted...

Fester's Quest

Good game. I also like Paper Boy

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Pretty much any Pokemon game from Gen 3 on has held up pretty well, especially Colosseum and XD on GameCube. Those games had 3D graphics, took the game into a different territory, and while having some weird grinding it was nice to have a game that focused on 2 v 2 battles. Id rather play Leaf Green or Fire Red, or Heart Gold or Soul Silver than any of the gen 1 or gen 2 games. 1 and 2 just suffer from too many issues and without things like items, abilities and the attack/special split just dont have enough depth.

Any of the Final Fantsy games from SNES onward have held up very well, as well as final fantasy tactics. Final Fantasy 1 is just bland now, not as much replay value as some of the others. I dont care if it kicked off a lot of RPGs, it was great at the time but now is just boring. The Gameboy final fantasy games are actually pretty good too, they may be weird but I actually enjoy their quirky and heavily RNG nature (not the Zelda style one, the one where you can recruit monsters and eat meat to morph),

I feel the Disgaea series has held up as well, but more so starting with Disgaea 2. The first one was good and has a good story, but there are so many QOL improvements just in 2 that I think that game is still enjoyable to play now (though I prefer the PSP version over the PS version due to the additional story content).

Baldurs Gate 1 & 2 are also outstanding old style RPG games that are still enjoyable and can be great when you play multiplayer.

For those not into RPGs, I think the Legend of Zelda a link to the past was a great game and still is a fun play through with decent graphics and atmosphere. Many of the Mega Man games still hold up as well, they are tough but fun platformers.

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A lot of games from the PS1/N64 era have not held up well. They just really do not look good.

There are very few I could go back to and play without nostalgia powering me through it.

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People are really voting for Sonic 1? You cant even spin dash. Stop it.

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How old school are we talking?

Is PS2/Xbox considered old school or is it only consoles before?

San Andreas still holds up really well and Vice City too

MGS2 and 3 are still phenomenal to these days especially two with it's story and how it reflects today's society

Ratchet and Clank/Jak and Daxter hold up well

Now if we're talking much older games I'd say Streets of Rage holds up well

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Which sonic?
Sonic Adventure and Ocarina of Time have a release date so close to each other.

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captainjeff87 posted...

MGS2 and 3 are still phenomenal to these days especially two with it's story and how it reflects today's society

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I was just play Galaga and Tetris the other day...
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Brave fencer musashi

Revolution X featuring Aerosmith

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Tons of games have held up over the years, mostly 2d games though for older games. Basically ugly 3D ps1, N64 and saturn games haven't generally held up well, but even some of those have.

I slightly disagree in the sense that gameplay during the 5th generation had some greatness.
Visually, it all kinda depends. I don't like the blur of the n64 but can dig the crisp blocks of psx/ Saturn games without finding it ugly.

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I voted Super Mario before I saw Tetris on there

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