What games do you think have held up best over time?

[MemoryInAGarden]

What are your picks for older games that seem to have held up well from the standpoint of gameplay over the years?

[Deathawk]

Starcraft.

[Metalarm]

Also gotta say starcraft. Started playing it 7 years ago and still play it today. :D

[FinalAura]

Ditto Starcraft.
Also counter-strike (not source)

[crhscoog]

starcraft and cs definately

[krameriffic]

Frankly, World of Warcraft is staying amazingly popular even though it's about 3 and a half years old now. Frankly, I don't know how people can keep playing a single MMO for such a long stretch, but I guess I'm in the minority.

[Bones]

There's a lot, but I'm especially fond of these two:

XCOM (PC, 1993)
Chrono Trigger (SNES, 1995)

I can't list all of the amazing C64 games, not enough space on this forum.

[LeviathanZERO]

Still play Super Mario Bros 3

[S0m30n3]

Team Fortress.

[Allos]

Tetris/ Prince of Persia/ Pacman

[bmorton18]

Freespace 2....wish they would make a Freespace 3...

[Cpt.Carnage]

Doom 1 and 2. Still play almost every night.

"Mom, dont answer the phone."

"Ring, Ring"

"Hello?"

WEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA

"God damn it mom!"

[bboynitrous]

Starcraft, Diablo II, River City Ransom, FFVII, Legend of Zelda a Link to the Past, Road Rash 1 and 2, and Resident Evil 2 and CS as mentioned already. None of them ever get boring to me. There are plenty more like the original Thief which happens to be my favorite game of all time. :)

[WhiteGuardian]

CS and WoW...CS cause it just owns and WoW cause..well cause it's an MMO and people pay to keep it updated I guess. Other games just die cause there aren't any updates

[skykid88]

super street fighter 2 turbo

[milkweg]

Falcon 4.0. Still being modded and getting updates in 2008. I think it is about 8 years old now.

[Mr. Miyagi]

SC/CS. Funny how that works.

[anime4u]

Soul Calibur series.

[powersurge]

Anything 2d from the NES and SNES era. (Atari era a bit less so but I still play Seaquest and Combat every once and a while)

Anything by Blizzard (Starcraft II will come a long but there will still be people playing the original and heck look at Diablo 2 still chugging along)

Duke Nukem 3d (if they would hurry up and just port it without upgrades to XBLA and allow multiplayer over XBL I'd buy it again)

[D3v01D]

Morrowind...

[spugnor]

Master of Orion. The first (and best IMHO) one. I still play that to this day, and i even have a DOS only machine set up specifically to run MOO.

Wish i could find my master of magic disks, that was an awesome game as well. :D

[oVerCaffeinated]

Pong

[Parja]

Super Dodge Ball for the NES.

[Hooligan]

OLD?

Master of Orion and X-Com

Not so old?

Starcraft and Counter-Strike

Newish?

WoW and Quake 3

[Master Blaster]

Quake 3 for me. I'm actually going back to play through all my old games, so I'll post after I get through the entire library:)

[svr]

Starcraft.

Ditto.

[Vorret]

another vote for CS - SC

[spine]

Command
---&---
Conquer
Red Alert


I never tire of it. So very well designed, simple, yet highly addictive and complex enough to keep you hooked. It's ALWAYS been installed on my computer since the day I got it way back when. Actual fact!

Actually, I think I'm gunna go play it now...

[RangerSVT]

starcraft and cs definately

QFT

[Chombo]

Minesweeper looks as good as I remember. :)

[RangerSVT]

Command
---&---
Conquer
Red Alert


I never tire of it. So very well designed, simple, yet highly addictive and complex enough to keep you hooked. It's ALWAYS been installed on my computer since the day I got it way back when. Actual fact!

Actually, I think I'm gunna go play it now... I used to play this game for hours at night, skirmish FTW!!!!!!

[Climber]

titans quest, star craft, warcraft3, C&C, CS, probably a couple others I'm forgetting atm.

[Shlomo]

Unreal Tournament. More people play that than 2k4 or 3 still.

[Krenum]

Why would you people say WoW? its only been out close to four years.Compaired to CS and Starcraft its still in it infancy. I dont think WoW will ever have as much longevity as CS/Starcraft.

anyways... I would also like to add Quake 3 and Ultima.

[Sipster]

Tetris and Solitaire

[skadebo]

Ditto on Tetris.

[ganesh21]

mario series-

ie: paper mario, galaxy, etc.

[Jared701]

crysis

[evilcartman]

Tetris and Solitaire


QFT....I'll through out Warcraft III because that's the oldest game I still with some sort of regularity.

[CJRP]

(1) StarCraft
(2) Diablo 2
(3) Super Mario Kart (SNES)
(4) Super Bomberman (SNES)

Oh and Contra, Symphony of the Night, and Super Metroid.

[rls669]

Civ II -- 1996
SMAC -- 1999
Mechwarrior 3 -- 1999

MW3's clean graphics, particle effects, explosions and animations still look great almost a decade later. Civ and SMAC look dated but gameplay is king in that genre.

[Hornswoggler]

Chess
Tetris
Quake 3

Those are my all-time favorites for replay value.

I currently get my tetris fix online with a multiplayer version called Cultris (http://cultris.ath.cx/). y'all should give it a try sometime!

Quake3 I usually just play with friends. Not enough friendly quakers at my skill level to keep my interest these days.

I need to find the time and discipline to study some more chess. Great game, just takes more patience and dedication.

[c4eater]

Pong

[spine]

I used to play this game for hours at night, skirmish FTW!!!!!!

Totally. I only fairly recently played through the actual missions. I got it off a friend real cheap just to play singleplayer skirmish 'cos I got so hooked on it. Then I got all the expansions (counterstrike, aftermath) anf played those mostly for the skirmish too.

My latest thing is play the "Path Beyond" map against 3 other AIs (hard obviously), full tech suite, no extra vehicles and no ore regeneration (can grow from spore holes though). It means you have a regular game until all the ore dries up and then you have a play a serious game of wit, strategy and economising in order to defeat the other AI's with little to no resources. Scouting for crates and trying to hold spore fields is the name of the game. Try it if you're after a long game and an interesting challenge. ;)

[vsboxerboy]

I seriously do play NES tetris for several hours a week on my psp.

[stoney_titan]

Well since people are saying WoW I'm going to say Half Life 2. :P

Something older: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)

[Baker]

Starcraft, CS, Mario Kart 64, MvC2, and the list goes on and on :)

[woolylambkin]

Total Annihilation, Diablo 2, and Civ 3

[PornoSatan]

Anything 2d from the NES and SNES era. (Atari era a bit less so but I still play Seaquest and Combat every once and a while)

Anything by Blizzard (Starcraft II will come a long but there will still be people playing the original and heck look at Diablo 2 still chugging along)

Duke Nukem 3d (if they would hurry up and just port it without upgrades to XBLA and allow multiplayer over XBL I'd buy it again)

This man speaks the truth. Add to that:

Total Annihilation

[tyguy]

Chrono Trigger, I just recently played through it on emulator.

Mike Tysons punch out
r.b.i baseball
street fighter series
Legend of zelda a link to the past
wizards and warriors
Super Mario brothers series

None of the pc games I play are really old enough and I have really only been playing pc games since 2000.

[Hornswoggler]

Those who still play Total Annihilation, what do you think of Supreme Commander? Not a worthy successor? Or require too much hardware to run?

[Killa_2327]

This thread to me is the same as the best games of all time thread, because those are the games I'll be listing. :D

Doom
Diablo
Quake
Star Control 2
Grim Fandango

I STILL play these games and love them!

[Menelmarar]

Those who still play Total Annihilation, what do you think of Supreme Commander? Not a worthy successor? Or require too much hardware to run?
Worthy successor, I greatly enjoyed playing it, loaded it up again just a few weeks ago for a few skirmishes.

Hardware is not an issue, I run it at 1920x1200 on my main display and I have a second display running 1280x1024. Runs great as long as units stay capped around 500 or so. I run into an AI cap where the game speed slows down, scales back (need lots of CPU I imagine, or for them to release a 64bit binary!). But never had framerate issues.

[number69]

Pong

lol

[Shpongle]

Does no one like Source? I agree that the original has aged extremely well, but its predecessor will be around for just as long in my opinion. Adding it to the list. And another vote for Starcraft..that game is eternal.

[BladeVenom]

Baldur's Gate. It's still the best RPG ever made.

[Scroatdog]

Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising form Novalogic.

I still play that game. The mod packs tend to keep it more relevant.

[AceGoober]

Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising form Novalogic.

I still play that game. The mod packs tend to keep it more relevant.

+10

I play JO:E or JO:IC almost every single night. With the new MOD packs and map contributions from the community map makers it keeps the game very interesting.

Also would like to add votes for:

- StarCraft
- CS
- Unreal
- Unreal Tournament
- Diablo II
- Solitaire
- Tetris
- Minesweeper

[Draax]

I still play FF3(6) and A link to the past every once in awhile.

[SPARTAN VI]

I was about to say Starcraft, then I looked at the first response. :D

Maybe also Rome: Total War. Still a decent following and the modding community is still hard at work on it.

[PornoSatan]

Those who still play Total Annihilation, what do you think of Supreme Commander? Not a worthy successor? Or require too much hardware to run?

Not a worthy successor. Although I haven't played the expansion. On the fun factor I found it to be a failure in comparison to TA. The default interface was horrible, the texturing was bland, and as a result of the modeling/texturing it was hard to tell units apart. Also when I played, the balance in the unit tech tree obsoletes the previous one (say Tech1 -> Tech2) in such a way that it makes it almost pointless to build any Tech1 once you start progressing along, which wasnt the case with TA.

The hardware required to run it smoothly in larger games might be more than the typical user base, but then again so was TA's when it was released, so I don't see a problem there when comparing the two.

[spine]

I think it IS a worthy successor to TA. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love TA still, but it's old now.

Me and my brother went back to it the other week to play our old classic Painted Desert, us versus two killer AI's and fun as it still was, there are things which we really missed from Supreme; the zooming for one, my god do we miss that. Even after a couple of hours play I was still instinctively scrolling my mouse wheel to no effect subconsciously wanting to zoom out and about. Shield generators are a definite needed addition. You miss those going back too.

And frankly, the smaller amount of units in Supreme, I think, is a good thing. I barely touched literally half the units in TA, most are just useless. Even in Supcom you've got all the tech 1 units which are redundant. 3 tech levels? hmm, I'm in 2 minds about that one. It's seems tedious first getting to tech2, building tech power gens, and then abandoning them for tech3. It's psychologically an annoying step. Having just 2 steps is simpler and nicer. But on the other hand it does mean you spend more time building up and get your base together, which for me, is where the fun is at really. Once you're at tech3 and your base is secure, wiping out the AI is always a tedious affair. The fun is always in the building and defending your base as the AI attacks you during your weakest state as you're desperately trying to tech up.


So yeah, overall, I much prefer supcom. I'd recommend Forged Alliance as well. The single player compaign is very well done and aimed squarely at hardore players. Play it on hard from the getgo as I did and you'll enjoy it.

[n3g471v3 d3c1b3l]

I have been playing starcraft every day for the last week. Patiently waiting for starcraft 2. I just hope blizzard doesn't fuck it up.

[VanQuiShEr]

This has been mention before, but ill give my input anyways. Starcraft, CS, Supermario 3 and zelda.

[Megalomaniac]

CS, hands down. still the most played game in the world.
CSS is not too far behind i think

[strend]

For me it would have to be:

Castlevania SotN
Quake 3
Street Fighter 3:3rd Strike

[mwmey1]

Super Mario Cart is the best. I don't even like racing games. Theres just something about pulling out the Super Nintendo and taking Toad for a couple of laps :)

[mwmey1]

Oh, and an honorable mention to Chrono Trigger which still manages to consistently rope me in.

[Dark Zero]

Alot of the classics seem to have held up well. But sometimes I rather not revisit them and ruin the 'good' memories of what the game was and find out that it might possibly not be as good as once remembered.

[Corporal79]

super street fighter 2 turbo

oh hell yes

[ShafTDawG]

starcraft!!! and warcraft 3, basically any blizzard game...

[Slackmaster_Flex]

MOO2. Whenever I crank this classic up it still feels like I'm playing it for the first time. Never gets old.

Starcraft, of course.

[Spoonmaster]

FF7
Counter-Strike
WC3
Starcraft
Mario Kart 64. :P

[compslckr]

CS, Age of empires II, starcraft, Quake 3 arena, SOF2

[Staples]

Sim City 4

All Sim City games hold up well over the years.

[Foxcow]

Freespace 2 (I wish there was a 3rd one on the way)
Master of Orion 2

[Occidio]

Before saying WoW I would say EQ. I dont play it anymore but there are still people playing it and they are still making freakin expansions for the thing. It came out roughly the same time or earlier than CS did.

[Excalibur55]

Planescape - Torment
Baldur's Gate
Fallout 1
KOTOR 1 & 2
SimCity series
Homeworld (the graphics still kick ass; and it's 9 years old)

[BanDeodorant]

QFT....I'll through out Warcraft III because that's the oldest game I still with some sort of regularity.

Ditto, I still play dota regularly with my buddies.

[apple2gs]

pacman

[wfalcon]

Hands down - Halflife 1. CS 1.6 addicts can thank Valve for that one.

[MartinX]

You can't really say that WoW has held up well over time, firstly, it isn't that old, secondly, the game as it is now is significantly different to how it was at launch. I mean, how many of the 70quadrillion WoW players would define their WoW experience based on the time they spend in BGs/Arena, none of that was part of the game at launch.

[WhiteGuardian]

Constant updates is how MMOs keep their players

[speedrat]

Doom 1 and 2. Still play almost every night.

"Mom, dont answer the phone."

"Ring, Ring"

"Hello?"

WEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA

"God damn it mom!"

LOL...So true!

[Mr. Wolf]

I still play Diablo 2 and Deus Ex.

[KamuiRSX]

Starcraft
Diablo II
Final Fantasy

[Cousin Patty]

Definitely Doom/Doom 2. I love to play these games and their expansions to this day.

[aznpxdd]

Starcraft no doubt. Its still the best RTS available and thousands of people still play it daily on battle.net after 10 years.

[MemoryInAGarden]

Heh, I posted this thread regarding Final Fantasy Tactics. I'm surprised at how fresh this seems 10 years after the fact.

[Rob-J]

Battlefield 1942. Still the best BF game.

Also, goldeneye for the N64, me and my friends play it all the time cause the mp is awesome.

[RyanH]

Id have to say Team Fortress Classic, Quake 3, UT99, RTCW, and Enemy Territory for me. I love me a good shooter.

[Yaden]

Frankly, World of Warcraft is staying amazingly popular even though it's about 3 and a half years old now. Frankly, I don't know how people can keep playing a single MMO for such a long stretch, but I guess I'm in the minority.
EQ1 is still going strong though not as popular as it was. Came out 99? And yeah, its amazing how long people will play an MMO... not that I would know...:eek:

[smokeyjoe]

unreal tournament held it self for a good amount of time

[Mister E]

Soldier Of Fortune 2

The multiplayer is almost dead but after 7+ years people are still playing it.

[topcat989]

tribes:o

http://youtube.com/watch?v=anxi8Hvx8MI

[Participator]

I know Tomb Raider isn't that big of a deal to most ppl. But I was hooked since the original on the good ol' PS one back in 96'. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (remake of the original) highly recommend to anyone that is a Tomb Raider fan like myself.

I even liked the Angel of Darkness, although it had its follies and foibles, I still ejoyed playing it when it came out.

[-Sn1PeR-]

More votes for CS, TFC (I really like tf2 and cs:s isn't bad), Warcraft 3, Quake 3 Arena.

As far as console series go: Zelda's still tough to beat.

[sirsnits]

columns games, its still columns no matter what they call it.

[Yaden]

Another vote for UT:GOTY edition. We played that a ton due to easy requirements (can get more people into a game then) and solid mechanics and maps.

[greenhorn1]

super punch out for SNES

If anyone still ran light cycle servers for Tron 2.0 I'd probably still play that all the time too.

[djgizmo]

Worthy successor, I greatly enjoyed playing it, loaded it up again just a few weeks ago for a few skirmishes.

Hardware is not an issue, I run it at 1920x1200 on my main display and I have a second display running 1280x1024. Runs great as long as units stay capped around 500 or so. I run into an AI cap where the game speed slows down, scales back (need lots of CPU I imagine, or for them to release a 64bit binary!). But never had framerate issues.

+1

I've been playing TA since it's release (1997), and all the mods that have been available to it has made it last till just about last year.
SupCom (SupremeCommander) is better strategically, graphically, and connectivity better than TA. It is a power house game. I was able to run everything at high (1600x1200) on a 7900 GS with 27-30fps with a Opty 165. Now with my 8800GT and quad core, I can max out all settings and retain frame rates. With more and more mods being mad e (and expansions) for it, I see it lasting another 5-7 years as well.

[djgizmo]

Total Annihilation - game I've kept going back to atleast 2x a year and killing away several hours since 1997.