Nostalgia that HAS NOT let you down

[Lawnmooer]

Final Fantasy VII - X
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (The 2 main games some people say are only good because of nostalgia)
Hogs of War

Invader Zim (<3 that programme)

Thats all I can think of at the moment, so many childhood memories... and current ones to

 

[snark]

Tie Fighter is still as amazingly fun and complex as I remember. Although not having to play it on Windows 98 is a plus. Unfortunately I still have to cheat to get anywhere, but it remains fun in spite of my ineptitude.

 

[Zanderinfal]

The whole series of R&C (Ratchet & Clank), but only the ones made by Insomniac. Size Matters was just fucked.

I hate you Splash Damage (to those who think I'm complaining about difficulty, SD is a game developer). You basically shat on the best running game series of ALL time.

 

[LongHairRocker]

and now that I think of it, after 29 years, masturbation still is something I enjoy at times.

That will never get old..

OT: Toy Story 1 and 2, watched them for the first time around the same age as Andy was in those films. Still love'em to this day.
Together with Toy Story 3, it's the best trilogy ever in my opion.

 

[putowtin]

Tex Avery cartoons.

This, original loony toons win in every way for me!

 

[floppylobster]

Phantasy Star on Master System. I'm replaying it now after 25 years and loving it. Back when gamers were real men (before women even played games) and had to map their own dungeons.

AC/DC. I grew up listening to them and they can still make me feel something (especially Bon Scott era).

However, your question may be slightly flawed. It still holds up for me, but how do I know it's not my nostalgia pushing it through? For a real answer I have to list what I get nostalgic about and some else who has encountered it for the first time must judge if it holds up.

Still good for me -

Games
Phantasy Star (Master System)
Command and Conquer (PC)
Ms. Pac-man
Robotron
Rygar

Film
American Werewolf in London
Empire Strikes Back

Music
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin

TV
Blake's 7

I guess the test of a classic is something that passes the majority of people's nostalgia tests.

 

[Kitten DeLux]

Morrowind, still one of my favourite games to play
and of course the starwars saga

 

[floppylobster]

and now that I think of it, after 29 years, masturbation still is something I enjoy at times.

That will never get old..

Unfortunately it does. After about 35 you really lose interest in it. Enjoy it while it lasts but don't make it a big part of your life or you may suffer depression when you lose interest...

 

[JesterRaiin]

You always hear about nostalgia being a pair of spectacles with dirt, scratches and greasy smudges on the lenses. Games, movies, shows ... you always hear people say that the things they thought were great many years ago (usually during childhood) they now think are rubbish.

Nope. That's seldom thing.

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? That you can still like ever after you have grown and matured? For me, it's Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast. To this day I think it's a great game.
How about all you other Escapists out there? What's yours?

Games : Eye of Beholder series, Hired Guns.
Book : "Ch&#322;opiec z Salskich Stepów" by Igor Newerly.
Comic book : Green Lantern series (Hal Jordan Era)
Music : Bathory.
Movies : "Horror Express".

 

[Carbonyl]

Rainbow Bright. It's way more fun now, there are random innuendos that I would not have gotten as a kid. Also, I had no idea there were as many episodes as there were.
Original Pokemon series as well, again with the innuendos and jokes.

Also, original Smash Bros. That game still captures my heart.
Pokemon Snap, there is just something really satisfying about getting Pikachu on the damn surfboard.

 

[Najos]

I've decided that nostalgia impacts my enjoyment a SHITLOAD. Anytime I try to watch a classic film that I haven't seen, I generally can't even finish it, but I can watch any crappy movie that I saw as a kid and still love it.

 

[Sonicron]

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

There's all sorts of stuff I get now that I didn't when I was a child! And the musical numbers... I liked them back then, but I LOVE some of them now. Hellfire, Poor Unfortunate Souls, Go the Distance, I'll Make a Man Out of You... bad-ass, high-quality songs for awesome movies. GO DISNEY I LOVE YOU!

Very much agreed.
Also, as much as I love English, "Hellfire" sounds even more badass in my native language.


OT: Some of the games from the SNES era still hold up nicely, such as Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, and especially the Donkey Kong Country series.

 

[bryanfuel]

Super mario world and the iron giant

 

[Violator[xL]]

Masters of Magic. Way ahead of it's time.

 

[badgersprite]

I've been pretty lucky with nostalgia, actually. Maybe just because I'm still a little kid at heart. It would probably be quicker to list things from my childhood that I liked then that don't stand up at all now.

Heck, I've come across plenty of things that I didn't like as a kid that I actually enjoy as an adult, and now think are much better than my younger self ever gave them credit for.

 

[alimination602]

Mine would be Skies of Arcadia and, Banjo Kazooie/Tooie and Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time/Majoras Mask

Skies of Arcadia is less a game I played ritually as a kid and more one I once dreamed of playing. When I was a kid (6-8 years old) a friend of mine used to play the original SoA and I would usually watch and play the occasional level. Thing was at the time I had an N64 not a Dreamcast so I didn?t have my own copy to play it properly. Eventually after a few years I found the game had been rereleased on the Gamecube and I decide now was the time to finally play the game for real and I was dumbstruck! It seriously is one of my all-time favourite games but weirdly very few people actually seem to remember it or have ever played it. It ranks somewhere alongside ?Primal? as a game that is a blend of Western/Japanese creation that very few people seem to have heard of. Back when I first heard about it I paid about £15 for a copy on the Gamecube, I just checked now and the price has gone up to a minimum of around £40!

Banjo Kazooie and Legend of Zelda were one of the first games I had ever played and were on the N64 back when it was new. They were the games I would run home to play and me and my friends would discuss strategies, hidden finds etc.

Even on new reboots on XBLA and Gamecube they still take me back to those times when I first picked up the controller and inherited the title of Gamer. These are the old games I replay every few years to remind myself what true gaming is all about, not achievements or blasting noobs, but epic ship battles with pirates, fighting giant Balloon Dinosaurs and charging around the land on horseback to save a kingdom.

 

[Puddleknock]

Star fox 64.

I dont even know what else to say, that game is awesome

Agreed, though being European I still call it Lylat Wars even after all these years.

I think the fact that there have been little other high profile scrolling shooters like it cements its place as a relevant playable game.

 

[LookingGlass]

Deus Ex, Morrowind and Silent Hill 2 never disappoint, and they're played most years. They tend to actually show me how much I don't like many newer games.


In terms of movies... I recently watched the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie (1990) and its (first) sequel. They still kick so much ass, about 20 years after I first saw them.