Games that have aged poorly

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:35 pm

When I was 15, one of my favorite games was the arcade Spider-Man. But recently I played it on MAME again... and detested it for being shallow and boring.

Other old favorites have aged better, though. I can still play games like Strider, Streets of Rage, Out Run, Shinobi 3, Super Mario World, Starfox... and enjoy them as much as I did back in the day.

To you, what games have aged well or poorly?

gamedudex2 · Post by **gamedudex2** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:38 pm

i just think of early 3d pc games they mostly have visually bad looking i can enjoy nes graphics but not those even though graphics meen very little i think tempest owns

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:39 pm

Diddy Kong Racing. Back in the day, beat everything in it, loved it. Went back to it half a year ago, found the controls were crap, and threw it back in its box to preserve the good memories.

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:44 pm

I used to like Road Rash 2 - playing it again recently, I was just... eeeeyeeeeew....

MKE · Post by **MKE** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:44 pm

einbebop44 wrote:Diddy Kong Racing. Back in the day, beat everything in it, loved it. Went back to it half a year ago, found the controls were crap, and threw it back in its box to preserve the good memories.

i thought that game "aged well". i still love playin it.

probably the only game i dont like playing now that i used to was...um...(ill edit this later)

ace · Post by **ace** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:02 pm

Nyarlathotep wrote:I used to like Road Rash 2 - playing it again recently, I was just... eeeeyeeeeew....

Odd, same thing happened to me with Road Rash 1.

ETR · Post by **ETR** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:30 pm

ace wrote:
Nyarlathotep wrote:I used to like Road Rash 2 - playing it again recently, I was just... eeeeyeeeeew....
Odd, same thing happened to me with Road Rash 1.

Cuz it's.... uhm.... Road Rash?

Tetris still owns all.

Most games by natsume seem to age well, also.

Then again, I LOVE quirky RPGs.

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:35 pm

Hrmm.... I was just playing Starfox 64 yesterday, and despite the now.... terrible graphics, it is still sooo much fun :-D

butters · Post by **butters** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:37 pm

MulletMan13 wrote:Hrmm.... I was just playing Starfox 64 yesterday, and despite the now.... terrible graphics, it is still sooo much fun :-D

Agreed. I keep a N64 in my living room just for the purpose of playing that game.

On that note, I'm looking forward to the new Starfox game for Gamecube.

mattcky666 · Post by **mattcky666** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:42 pm

starfox 64 rules - i coulda played that game for years, like super smash bros. and ff7
streets of rage is cool as well

Hobbes T Tiger · Post by **Hobbes T Tiger** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:59 pm

I played Mario Kart 64 the other week and I was surprised by how bare it all seemed, when I first played it years ago I was amazed at the leap from Super Mario Kart, now it seems positively lame in comparison to that, and especially in comparison to Double Dash.

Happens...

Jeeba Jabba · Post by **Jeeba Jabba** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:21 pm

This is only my opinion, but I believe E.T. for the 2600 has aged pretty badly.

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:24 pm

I lvoe starfox64 so much. I really do not think it has aged porely you knwo you were only cool if you has sunglasses in that game

InvisixIsLeet · Post by **InvisixIsLeet** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:51 pm

Jeeba Jabba wrote:This is only my opinion, but I believe E.T. for the 2600 has aged pretty badly.

That game has always urked me.

Clessy · Post by **Clessy** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:44 pm

I agree with everyone that StarFox 64 has aged fine. Same with all goods tho. If its a really awsome game it normally stays really awsome.

However most saturn and psx 3d ages have aged poorly and could use graphical updates.

Untamed · Post by **Untamed** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:41 pm

Altered Beast for the Genesis... Used to love it... Plugged it in a few months ago... .... ew.

lol

butters · Post by **butters** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:48 pm

Vectorman and Sonic 3 both hold up well.

Any old sports game is laughable except for Tecmo Bowl.

arrowhead · Post by **arrowhead** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:08 pm

The arcade version of Rastan has aged well, street fighter II, Robocop, Arcade Shinobi, Pacman/ms pacman, Xmen arcade and simpsons arcade. Super mario RPG, dragon warrior, dusty diamond all star softball, pinbot, Super mario kart, 7th saga. All of those aged well. Super mario II aged well too.

MKE · Post by **MKE** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:24 pm

Butters wrote:Vectorman and Sonic 3 both hold up well.

Any old sports game is laughable except for Tecmo Bowl.

lol, i just got done playin vectorman for a while

tecmo bowl is one of the greatest football games available. i love playin it.

but ive got a game that didnt age well.

doom.

the snes, 32x, and saturn games now suck, but like 8+ years ago i loved playin them.

i went to play the saturn "port" of doom the other day, and couldnt stand it. (doom or hexen, and even duke nukem 3d was pretty bad after playin it)

driver 1 and 2 didnt age too well, although i still like playin through driver 1 (just re-started it yesterday)

Excitebike 64 is still fun to play, but it's controls are now awkward after playin mxunleashed and stuff...

thps1 is probalby the best aged one, with super mario 1/2/3/world being right behind.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:29 pm

Surpsingly enough, yeah, THPS 1 & 2 have aged beautifully. They're just so much better than the newer ones--words really can't describe it.

Another one that's aged well is Goldeneye for N64. That game pwns. So does Banjo-Kazooie, another one that's aged nicely.

Deus Ex aged well too--I played it for the first time around 1.5 years ago, and it blew me away. Still does.