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

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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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[-] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago

X-COM: UFO Defense

[-] Arbiter@lemmy.world 82 points 1 day ago

Half-Life

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Street fighter 2 - hyper fighting edition (arcade).

Played this every day after school for years as did a huge portion of my school.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Pokémon Crystal is just shy of your 25 year threshold depending on what month it was released (it came out in 2000 in Japan), so I'll say Pokémon Yellow or Pokémon Gold and Silver. We can sit here and nitpick about which is the best, but Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal were all amazing.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Warcraft 2 best Warcraft hands down

[-] 48954246@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Spyro (series) Playstation 1998-2000

[-] will_a113@lemmy.ml 71 points 1 day ago

Super Mario Bros 3 - NES

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[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 71 points 1 day ago

Chrono Trigger - SNES, 1995

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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago

Doom

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 56 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PC)

[-] ramius345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Reporting!

[-] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Unit. Lost. Unit. Lost. Unit. Lost.

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[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Heroes of Might and Magic III, PC

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Space Cadet 3D Pinball (PC)

(tell me you didn't just hear that sound in your head)

[-] Retreaux@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo 64

[-] rimu@piefed.social 56 points 1 day ago

Starcraft

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[-] fistac0rpse@fedia.io 53 points 1 day ago

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago

Super Mario World. The perfect platformer.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 27 points 1 day ago

Unreal Tournament

[-] Gremour@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

Diablo (1996?)

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

Out Run - Arcade

[-] khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

sonic 3 and knuckles, Sega Genesis

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[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Spacewar, DOS, 1985

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[-] afraidofmybasement@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 day ago

Castlevania Symphony of the Night - PlayStation

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[-] Azathoth@fedia.io 36 points 1 day ago

Super Metroid - SNES

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wipeout 2097 (Wipeout XL), PSX, 1996

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[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

Goldeneye - N64

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Boooo! The World Is Not Enough was superior in every way. Fully-voiced dialog and a working physics engine, on the freaking Nintendo 64! No Oddjob bullshit in multiplayer, either.

Never understood why everyone sleeps on TWINE and praises GoldenEye. Every single time. Y'all missed out on a really good sequel.

Edit: *sigh* See what I mean? Why does everyone hate this game!?

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[-] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

American McGee's Alice (2000) on PC

[-] Retreaux@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

Final Fantasy 7 - PlayStation

[-] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Star Control II, PC.

[-] _different_username@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

What a great game. It made me imagine what it would be like to travel such a wonderfully large universe.

[-] TipRing@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

A wonderful game, but I have always been fond of its spiritual predecessors: Starflight and Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago

Quake 2, PC

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[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

SkiFree (PC)

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[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

Donkey Kong Country - SNES

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[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 day ago

Tetris - Gameboy

[-] kryptonidas@lemmings.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I’ll propose Age of Empires 1. That one is my childhood pretty much 😄

[-] kryptonidas@lemmings.world 24 points 1 day ago

Rollercoaster Tycoon

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[-] khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

Super Mario Bros 2, NES

[-] LurkyLoo@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Final fantasy 3/6 - SNES

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago

Dune 2, PC

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Duke Nukem 3D, PC

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