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[Son.Ralph.Funk]

What 20+ year-old games to you still look good today. The first two that come to mind for me are:

-RType (Arcade) - 1987
-Crash Bandicoot (PSX) - 1996

 

[Brawl96]

Almost all 8 bit game but if we're talking 3D. Soul Caliber dc

 

[Platy]

Soul Calibur is less than 20 years.

Yoshi Island looks better than a good amount of games today

If we count 2017, Pocket Fighter is perfect in every way

 

[BiggNife]

I mean, there are plenty of 16/32 bit era games that still look great visually. I feel like this question would be harder if you said 30 or 35.

Rayman (1995)

Metal Slug (1996)

Super Mario Bros 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)

I could keep going but these immediately spring to mind

 

[Rhaknar]

usually 2d stuff holds up...well, forever really. Its not even a case of "man look at this crisp hd 2d we have today (like the Blazblue games for example), the old stuff looks shit in comparison" except it doesnt, it still looks fine.

3d games on the other hand, you go back to most stuff pre-PS2 and yeesh.

Although Mario 64 still looks good I think, if blocky. Held up better than Ocarina of Time imo.

 

[bjork]

Alice in Videoland on C64 is still what I think of when I think of Alice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNkjmTQ3AiA

 

[Gaspard]

Yoshi's Island will never look outdated in my eyes.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Would be more interesting to find out whats the oldest, prettiest 3D game.

 

[Anno]

Tactics Ogre (and even more the PSP remake) will forever be one of my favorite looking games. The amount of detail they pack into the game is amazing.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Mega Man X

It actually got worse as it continued to get remade

 

[Tangled Up in Blue]

I think most of the Mega Man games have held up fairly well:

Edit: beaten

 

[Lighting Gels]

Any NeoGeo game

 

[Fbh]

Almost all the good looking games from the SNES era look great IMO.


Resolution aside, I still think Chrono Trigger lookes better than almost every indie game going for a 16bit era graphic style:

 

[TheRedSnifit]

 

[Clessidor]

Still love the realistic look of Settlers 2. Looks still good today and modern Settlers games never tried to achieve that visual style.

 

[Gaspard]

I can probably count the amount of early 3D games that aged well on one hand. And two of those are Mega Man Legends games.

 

[TheMagician]

What 20+ year-old games to you still look good today. The first two that come to mind for me are:

-RType (Arcade) - 1987
-Crash Bandicoot (PSX) - 1996

Crash Bandicoot? Played it recently and it held up A LOT worse than Mario 64 or Banjo Kazooie

 

[Dragon1893]

Yoshi's Island.

 

[Aquova]

Alice in Videoland on C64 is still what I think of when I think of Alice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNkjmTQ3AiA

I mean, there are plenty of 16/32 bit era games that still look great visually. I feel like this question would be harder if you said 30 or 35.

Rayman (1995)

Metal Slug (1996)

Super Mario Bros 2: Yoshi's Island


I could keep going but these immediately spring to mind

These three are some of the best. Metal Slug still blows me away

I would also say

Final Fantasy VI (1994)

Ecco the Dolphin (1993)

Sonic CD (1993)

(Not a great picture, but I couldn't find any others that looked really stunning)

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

For the NES, Kirby's Adventure and Super Mario Bros. 3 still look really damn good. Even with the limited colour palette, their aesthetic is really vibrant and still pops.

 

[RBIYF]

Day of the Tentacle

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

 

[BashNasty]

Many Super Nintendo games.

Super Mario World comes to mind for me.

 

[bobbie424242]

Doom (the original)

 

[lazygecko]

It's not the kind of 16-bit game that will dazzle you with tons of technical effects. Just pure, brilliantly realized pixel art.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Definitely Metal Slug. I don't think that game will ever age.

 

[thesonovabeach]

Comix Zone

 

[Barrow Roll]

Gonna be a lot 16-bit games in this thread.

I nominate Super Metroid as being timeless:

 

[Peroroncino]

Metal Slug.

 

[maquiladora]

36 years

 

[GKSilKamina]

Metal Slug without a doubt. Shit looks insanely good to this day.

 

[allintospace]

It's not the kind of 16-bit game that will dazzle you with tons of technical effects. Just pure, brilliantly realized pixel art.

Never seen this before in my life. Just had the most difficult two minutes trying to sus out what the title actually read, and it's not The Misadventures of Hiob.

 

[purseowner]

Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (1996)

 

[eso76]

I think most 16 bit pixel art you'd consider good looking back in the day still looks sexy to us today, at least when viewed on the correct display/with the right filters applied. That actually goes for 8 bit stuff too now that I think of it. That scanlines screenshots thread is one of the best looking on neogaf to me, so..

It has to do with a lot of things, really but I actually have a harder time pointing out once good looking titles that haven't aged well. They all still look perfect to me, I guess it's just I am unable to judge them outside of their context.

 

[Sou Da]

Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (1996)

Someone made a dark parody of this game that mirrors the trail of tears.

http://gamejolt.com/games/the-illogical-journey-of-the-zambonis/37225

 

[gelf]

For 3D I'd say almost any Model 2 board Sega arcade game, and especially Virtua Fighter 3 and Scud Race on Model 3 which just make the 20 year cut off point.

 

[Android18a]

It's not "really old" particularly but I think the Neverhood looks as good as it ever did.

 

[facetheslayer92]

Yeah I agree with all of the picks mentioned so far. I'd add Donkey Kong Country 2 to that list.

 

[allintospace]

The Cure of Monkey Island still looks sharp and refined for its time. 1997 ish I think.

 

[bjork]

It's not "really old" particularly but I think the Neverhood looks as good as it ever did.

It's 20 years, that counts as really old. It's okay thought because this one is kind of timeless, given the technique they used.

 

[Lime]

Mechcommander form 1998

 

[oatmeal]

Wind Waker continues to look great.

 

[MrS]

Champ Man 01/02

 

[BiggNife]

Wind Waker continues to look great.

OP is asking for games 20 years ago or earlier. Wind Waker is not "really old," it's from 2003.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

I'm gonna fudge this a little and say Street Fighter III, which is a few months out from being 20 years old. To the best of my knowledge, the spritework for the game wasn't really updated in the translation to its console port, meaning that the stuff released in the original arcade cabinet is as it was almost 20 years ago, and some of it is just remarkable.

http://www.zweifuss.ca/index.htm

 

[IcyRhythms]

The older Ninja Turtles games. Mario Bros 3. Link To The Past

 

[Spieler Eins]

Beyond Oasis/Story of Thor

 

[EDarkness]

Beyond Oasis/Story of Thor

I thought Legend of Oasis on the Saturn held up better, but Beyond Oasis still looks good.

 

[Accoun]

Quake 1.

(yes, I know it's a custom map)

 

[SturokBGD]

It's extremely basic, but I still find the original Pac-Man to be particularly pleasing to the eyes. Everything is exactly as it should be.

 

[spineduke]

It's not "really old" particularly but I think the Neverhood looks as good as it ever did.

Is this on sale anywhere? Never got the chance to play this as a kid.