Games that have aged incredibly well.

[Lord_Jaroh]

Final Fantasy, FFIV, FFVI, and Tactics have all aged well. I still play them to this day. Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is still mighty. Super C is still great. Castlevania: SOTN is awesome. Pretty much anything sprite based still holds some anti-aging ability. I find that most 3D games really show their age, even if they have great game mechanics. If I play them on a non-HD TV, they work much better.

 

[Vibhor]

Daggerfall. Just because nobody has done a game like that in a loooooooong time.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

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.

god dammit now i want to go play that game again..

i had so much fun with that game compared to other mario's, i might just have to rebuy it again -_-

 

[Lewieroo0]

Skies of Arcadia still looks very nice, for the time it was truly something for the dreamcast, Especially the kickarse soundtrack.

 

[Sgt. Dante]

Most sprite based games are still quite good if they were good at the time. Sprites don't age. And tactics games hold up quite well, if you're into that kinda thing.

 

[Jinjiro]

Hmm. +1 for Worms, Jedi Academy and UT2004

I'd also like to nominate;

Theme Hospital - still awesome.
Micro Machines '96 (Genesis) - still amazing fun with a friend.

 

[unicron44]

I'm going with the enitre Tony Hawk series (Pro Skater to Proving Ground). The controls are tight and the game is always a blast to play.

 

[Zeriah]

Super Mario World + Super Mario All-stars (original or Wii version), Donkey Kong Country 1,2 and 3, Banjo Kazooie + Tooie, Ocarina of Time + Majora's Mask and Starcraft, Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft (obviously). All of which I have played recently (within a year after finding my old SNES and N64) and have greatly enjoyed.

 

[Nopraptor]

the worms series
Pokemons
BG 1 & 2
icewind dale 1 & 2
fallout 1 & 2
Heroes of might and magic
planescape: torment
starcraft
worcraft 1-3
the Dawn of war series

etc etc etc

 

[Koroviev]

I still like the look of the original two KH games. Good times.

 

[Googenstien]

alot of the older 80s arcade games have aged well to me

Tetris
Arkanoid
Darius
pacman & ms pacman

 

[Shilkanni]

Tetris (1984)
Super Mario Bros (1985)
Wasteland (1988)
Super Bomber Man (1993)
Wario's Woods (1994)
Metal Warriors (1995)
Master of Orion II (1996)
Total Annihilation (1997)
Quake 3 (1999)
Rise of Nations (2003)
Ground Control 2 (2004)

I feel like a lot of these games had slick controls or a good interface and it makes them a joy to play, I have played them all in the last couple years and found them to be great fun.

 

[m@]

*looks at avatar*

Total Annihilation! the first real 3D RTS still looks and plays amazingly well (much better than Starcraft 1 imo) and its a lot better than Supreme commander as well xD lol

apart from that

ThemePark Hospital
Warhammer's Dark Omen
Pokemon
Zelda(s)
Mario(s)
Final Fantasy VIII

 

[rcubed]

To this day I can spend hours playing Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie.

Also the Ratchet and Clank series, something about the humor in that game just never gets old.

Oh and all 3 versions of Super Smash Bros are still amazing.

 

[Yellowbeard]

Unreal (1)

Warcraft II (still more fun than III)

Freespace 2 (already been said)

Oh, and Star Trek: 25th Anniversary

 

[pejhmon]

Unreal Tournament I'd say is just as fun if not more fun than most shooters today. Hearing "ULTRA KILL MONSTER KILL GODLIKE UNSTOPPABLE" etc, is awesome.

Or you just start playing a game of CS:S, all the servers have those sounds added in

OT: Backgammon, as in on the board itself. That's hundreds of years old and still fun ...

 

[Vrach]

And I have a feeling KotOR would still be fun to play nowadays. But I can't do it again now I know the spoiler.

Can't agree on that, inability to look up/down and the absolutely awful combat/inventory/skills system aged it pretty badly. Tried playing through it again recently but found myself unable to. Granted, a part of that is still remembering the story somewhat, but still, the gameplay itself is pretty bad by today's standards.

Old Splinter Cell games have aged pretty well, Chaos Theory in particular. I played through it last year, prefer it to Conviction 100 times over. C&C Generals/Zero Hour is still fun to hit up with some mates. Worms: Armageddon I would say is the absolute king of games that aged well (and totally owns Worms: Reloaded crap). GTA Vice City/San Andreas are also still fantastic after all these years.

Probably more, but those are just off the top of my head.

 

[thecoreyhlltt]

the original triliogy from the Jak & Daxter series is still super playable. also Fight Night Rounds 2-3.
oh! Wild 9 is good still, and Bloodrayne, and good lord... there are so many "oldies but goodies".
i can think of at least 5 for each console pre-dating the 360

 

[Someone Depressing]

Tetris. Pac-Man. Sonic 2. Super Mario Bros.
Stuff like that.

 

[Adam28]

Pretty much every classic big hit e.g. Super Mario Bros, Pac-Man, Tetris etc.

As for myself;

- Dungeon Keeper (Graphics haven't aged very well but it is still great fun)
- Abe's Odyssey (Great 2D gameplay and the opening cutscene never gets old http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_R6hzBxzAs)
- KOTOR (Graphics are still nice and it doesn't matter how many times I play through it, it is still enjoyable)