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

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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 6 months ago

Earthbound 1&2

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

Pong - Atari 2600

[–] stephen@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago

Phantasy Star IV

[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Archon - C64

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Shadow Warrior, PC

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Suikoden

[–] johnthebeboptist@lemmy.world 5 points 6 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 6 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 6 months ago

Wonder Boy: Monster Land, Arcade, 1987

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[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 6 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 6 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 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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 6 months ago

Puyo Puyo Tsu (1994)

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Ultima IV - Quest of the Avatar (C64)

[–] khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago

missile command, arcade

[–] kalpol@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Total Annihilation

[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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 6 months ago

Day of the Tentacle - PC

[–] khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

Shinobi 3, Sega Genesis

[–] khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

asteroids, arcade

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