Ranking the best vintage video games (25 years or older) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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If you think a game should be higher or lower in ranking, then upvote or downvote it. If you don't see a game on the list that you think should be on the list then create a top level reply with the name and system.

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[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Warcraft 2 best Warcraft hands down

[-] will_a113@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Super Mario Bros 3 - NES

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

This game was huge. People that weren’t around at the time don’t understand how much better it was than previous games.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

They made a freaking MOVIE to promote it!

And that stupid glove.

[-] crank0271@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Looking back, boy did they have vision. I get that the Power Glove wasn't all it was cracked up to be but Nintendo really saw early on how we want to interact with our machines.

Then somewhere along the way they realized they could make a lot of money by relicensing the same game over and over again, and suing their most loyal fans out of existence.

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[-] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

Puyo Puyo Tsu (1994)

[-] crank0271@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Double Dragon II: The Revenge - NES (1988)

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[-] _NetNomad@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

Shiren the Wanderer II - N64

[-] _NetNomad@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

Power Drift - Arcade

[-] ookiiBoy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Fuck. So good. 10/10

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[-] hitstun@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Arcade

A timeless masterpiece of 2D fighting with beautiful sprite work and a banger soundtrack. Other fighting games come and go, but we still play this one online and in tournaments 25 years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmxOO-A3i7w

[-] Profligate_parasite@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Super Metroid - snes

[-] khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

missile command, arcade

[-] khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

asteroids, arcade

[-] khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Super Mario Bros 2, NES

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Commander Keen (series), PC

[-] LurkyLoo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

ToeJam and Earl - Sega Genesis

[-] bonedaddy@mander.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

Xenogears

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Suikoden

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Duke Nukem 3D, PC

[-] stevo887@lemmings.world 0 points 4 months ago

Tetris - Game Boy

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[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Wipeout 2097 (Wipeout XL), PSX, 1996

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[-] Kelly@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Puyo Puyo - lots of ports

Reskinned as:

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - Mega drive, Master System, Game Gear
Kirby's Avalanche - SNES

[-] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

Puyo 1 is the Street Fighter 1 of puzzle games. Historically important, but the sequel is the one that's actually good.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Resident Evil (1996)

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Thank you for not saying Resident Evil 2 (or worse: Resident Evil 4). I don't care what anyone says, nothing tops the original. I wish Capcom would hurry up and get off of their asses to work on a proper remake already. The remaster is so old and out of date.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I both agree and disagree.

I agree that RE1 is the best RE, because it is also the only Survival Horror game in the RE series. When RE2 was in development, Capcom changed it to an Action series. By the developers own words, they wanted to mimic "Hollywood Action movies." They did a good job, but Action is exactly opposite of the genre wheel from Survival Horror. Survival Horror depends on a de-emphasis of action and combat, while Action games heavily emphasize action and combat.

I disagree that Capcom needs to remake RE1 again. The RE remake from 2002, which later became RE HD, is perfect. It does not need Capcom further altering the game to take away the qualities that keep it a Survival Horror game. Konami did this to Silent Hill 2 and that still has me pissed.

Additionally, RE1 is vastly more influential to video gaming as a whole than RE2, spawning a big Survival Horror genre boom that did not end until RE4 came out.