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

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 89 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Half-Life

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Chrono Trigger - SNES, 1995

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Super Mario Bros 3 - NES

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (5 children)

This game was huge. People that weren’t around at the time don’t understand how much better it was than previous games.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago

Doom

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo 64

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Starcraft

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PC)

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Space Cadet 3D Pinball (PC)

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

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Super Mario World. The perfect platformer.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Castlevania Symphony of the Night - PlayStation

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Super Metroid - SNES

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

Tetris - Gameboy

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

SkiFree (PC)

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Goldeneye - N64

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago

Final Fantasy 7 - PlayStation

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

Unreal Tournament

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bubble Bobble, Arcade, 1986

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Donkey Kong Country - SNES

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Final fantasy 3/6 - SNES

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Diablo (1996?)

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

The Legend of Zelda - NES

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Super Mario Bros. - NES

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - N64, 2000

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

Street fighter 2 - hyper fighting edition (arcade).

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

Warcraft 2

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Master of Orion - MS DOS, Mac OS

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Quake 2, PC

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Baldur's Gate, both 1 & 2 on PC (I prefer #1). I had to actively consider whether it had been at least 25 years it came out and...I feel super old now 😅.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Tetris - Game Boy

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wipeout 2097 (Wipeout XL), PSX, 1996

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Earthbound - SNES (with the oversized box and guide)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Final Fantasy 4, SNES.

(Still one of the best games I've ever played.)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Super Mario Bros. 3 - NES

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Dune 2, PC

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Pirates!

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Duke Nukem 3D, PC

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Elite - BBC Micro Model B originally.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Tie Fighter PC/Mac

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Fallout 2

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Spyro (series) Playstation 1998-2000

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Commander Keen (series), PC

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Rollercoaster Tycoon

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

UFO (or xcom) - enemy unknown.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Metal Great Solid

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