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

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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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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[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Earthbound 1&2

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 6 points 10 months ago

Pong - Atari 2600

[–] stephen@lemmy.today 5 points 10 months ago

Phantasy Star IV

[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Archon - C64

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Shadow Warrior, PC

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Suikoden

[–] johnthebeboptist@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PS1)

So many games that I even upvoted that are still absolutely amazing haven't really aged perfectly control- or gameplay-wise, but Oddworld could be released today and it would still be perfect.

[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

It just barely makes the cut off since it came out in 99, but Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is my favorite strategy game of all time. It even managed to get a Linux port and you can get it on GOG. I was excited when Civ: Beyond Earth was announced that it would be a true successor, but sadly it wasn't even close.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Wonder Boy: Monster Land, Arcade, 1987

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[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Might and Magic III

F19

B-17 (intellivision)

Pitfall

Zork

Myst

Gauntlet (arcade 4 person game)

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[–] kalpol@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Star Flight, 1986(?). Huge universe, multiple alien races, reputational, on two 360k floppy disks, and a great story too.

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - Master System

aka:

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap - Game Gear
Dragon's Curse - TurboGrafx-16

[–] missingno@fedia.io 4 points 10 months ago

Puyo Puyo Tsu (1994)

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Ultima IV - Quest of the Avatar (C64)

[–] khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

missile command, arcade

[–] kalpol@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Total Annihilation

[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Edit: nevermind, this was already posted. I literally did a search on the page first and it didn't match for some reason.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I noticed that problem on mobile, it doesn't load all of the comments i don't think.

[–] kwedd@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

Day of the Tentacle - PC

[–] khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

Shinobi 3, Sega Genesis

[–] khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

asteroids, arcade

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