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

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Marathon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Might & Magic VII (PC)

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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PS1)

So many games that I even upvoted that are still absolutely amazing haven't really aged perfectly control- or gameplay-wise, but Oddworld could be released today and it would still be perfect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I missed System Shock 1 and 2 on release (I was 1 and 6 years old, respectively) but I've recently been playing the SS1 remake and, holy shit, this is an incredible game.

I think the original is held back by its UI but the actual game itself, which the remake pretty much preserves almost one to one, is incredibly solid even by modern standards. I've been super hooked on it and it's opened my eyes to an entire lineage of games that I've not paid attention to - System Shock 2, Deus Ex, and Prey are the big three that I have my eye on when I finish with SS1 Remake.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Xenogears

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Metal Slug

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Day of the Tentacle - PC

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

H.E.R.O.

Atari 2600

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

It just barely makes the cut off since it came out in 99, but Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is my favorite strategy game of all time. It even managed to get a Linux port and you can get it on GOG. I was excited when Civ: Beyond Earth was announced that it would be a true successor, but sadly it wasn't even close.

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