a classic is always a classic but some
age better than others
rainy welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 video games that aged well time
for a little payback for this list we’re
looking at games that are at least 10
years old
we’re not ranking these games by how
good or bad they were at launch but
rather how well they’ve stood the test
of time so if they were released today
but they’d still be good number 10 the
curse of Monkey Island let’s head on out
and find our fortune guys this might be
more difficult than I first imagined if
you haven’t played through any of the
Monkey Island games just skip through to
the third one ah I can’t
I’m washing my hair tonight the 90s
style puzzle solving might seem a bit
obtuse but the jokes and the amazing
music are both timeless making it almost
as fun to watch as it is to play to
become a pirate the audio book song
peridot aqui you get a set of 12 parrots
on a month the cartoony look of the game
still looks fine today even if the scum
engine it used was already being phased
out when it was released
number nine The Legend of Zelda Wind
Waker
the Nintendo GameCube nautical classic
will be playable forever though
cel-shading graphics and the
youngest-ever link did cause some
controversy among purists when it was
revealed these design choices gave the
graphics more longevity than you’d
initially expect
even with constant mentions to the
events of Ocarina of Time the game was
able to carve out its own story that
will still be as enjoyable for years to
come
turning what many thought to be an
underdog into one of the very best in
the series number eight Super Metroid
this SNES action game is widely regarded
as one of the best early generation
console games of all time when it was
released the game surpassed its other
contemporaries in terms of story
atmosphere and graphics but even today
the nonlinear exploration and the heavy
atmospheric focus on isolation make it
just a spine-tingling
as ever
number seven starcraft you want a piece
of me boy a common problem with strategy
games is that both sides often mirror
each other for the sake of balancing the
game oh shit
Starcraft 2 change all this by
introducing three separate sides that
all played differently while still
maintaining a careful balance forces in
our way
the reason Starcraft is still so popular
to this day is that nobody has really
been able to replicate that balance
since it’s essentially the chess of the
realtime strategy world hey Sarge why we
always gotta listen to this shit for
anyway
number six starfox 64 starfox was among
the best games on the console you think
I’m quite a pilot blasting around and
saving the lylat system as Fox McCloud
is an experience made complete by smooth
animation endearing voice acting and
differences in gameplay paths these
features were amazing at the time and
still have charm as do the colorful
graphics I guess it’s your turn to be
tight
number 5 Diablo 2 the time has come to
assume your truth
if it ain’t broke there’s no need to fix
it killing monsters to get better gear
to kill bigger monsters to get even
better gear was a gameplay loop that was
addictive as hell back in the year 2000
and still is now the graphics may not
have been anything to write home about
but the fact that all the sprites are
drawn instead of textured polygons means
that they don’t look worse and worse
over time
Plus with three successive difficulty
modes and characters that you can push
to level 99 it’s really easy to become
addicted all over again you’ve done
exactly as you were meant to do number
four Street Fighter 2 hyper fighting oh
one found in arcades worldwide Street
Fighter 2 hyper fighting gets better
with age Street Fighter is often praised
as one of the most balanced fighting
franchises and hyper fighting is the
best of them all each character now has
an ability that can counter Hadouken
spammers and the increased overall speed
makes it remarkably responsive even by
today’s standards
with all the versions out there it can
be very confusing to figure out which is
the best Street Fighter game and our
boat is for hyper fighting number three
half-life 2 your Freeman aren’t you huh
I wouldn’t believe it if I couldn’t see
with my own eyes dr. Gordon Freeman
himself if you know your gaming history
or at least PC gaming history half-life
2 is definitely no stranger to you still
it’s amazing that over ten years later
many shooters today failed to match what
half-life 2 delivered in terms of visual
storytelling gameplay variety exciting
set pieces and frightening AI it’s
ironic that while physics and video
games are yesterday’s news it seems that
half-life 2 is still one of the only
places where you can find physics
puzzles that make real-world sense
number two super mario world this is no
secret to the guys over at Nintendo but
simple design with a bright color
palette pleases crowds for decades as
we’ve seen in other games on this list
cartoony graphics may not have the wow
factor when you first see them but they
never really go out of style either and
nowhere is this on better display than
in Dinosaur Land no not the Mushroom
Kingdom when you throw in great level
variety secret paths and a huge amount
of content it’s no surprise that Super
Mario World is a classic that hasn’t
aged a bit
before we get to our top spot here are a
few honorable mentions
number one Tetris this Soviet era
Russian game fits perfectly into first
place on our list Tetris is success
comes from its simple increasing
difficulty and the almost psychological
need to see those rows fade away complex
games and graphics be damned
this addictive little game has captured
the hearts and minds of gamers for over
30 years and is the perfect little
pocket puzzle simply put Tetris holds up
so well because it was basically perfect
right off the bat what else could you
possibly add to the game on top of it
all because it doesn’t require that much
memory to play there’s literally a
version for almost every single device
imaginable gaming console or not do you
agree with our list
yep you don’t say much do you what other
old favorites do you think stand up well
next to today’s games for more nostalgic
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com all aircraft
report
you
age better than others
rainy welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 video games that aged well time
for a little payback for this list we’re
looking at games that are at least 10
years old
we’re not ranking these games by how
good or bad they were at launch but
rather how well they’ve stood the test
of time so if they were released today
but they’d still be good number 10 the
curse of Monkey Island let’s head on out
and find our fortune guys this might be
more difficult than I first imagined if
you haven’t played through any of the
Monkey Island games just skip through to
the third one ah I can’t
I’m washing my hair tonight the 90s
style puzzle solving might seem a bit
obtuse but the jokes and the amazing
music are both timeless making it almost
as fun to watch as it is to play to
become a pirate the audio book song
peridot aqui you get a set of 12 parrots
on a month the cartoony look of the game
still looks fine today even if the scum
engine it used was already being phased
out when it was released
number nine The Legend of Zelda Wind
Waker
the Nintendo GameCube nautical classic
will be playable forever though
cel-shading graphics and the
youngest-ever link did cause some
controversy among purists when it was
revealed these design choices gave the
graphics more longevity than you’d
initially expect
even with constant mentions to the
events of Ocarina of Time the game was
able to carve out its own story that
will still be as enjoyable for years to
come
turning what many thought to be an
underdog into one of the very best in
the series number eight Super Metroid
this SNES action game is widely regarded
as one of the best early generation
console games of all time when it was
released the game surpassed its other
contemporaries in terms of story
atmosphere and graphics but even today
the nonlinear exploration and the heavy
atmospheric focus on isolation make it
just a spine-tingling
as ever
number seven starcraft you want a piece
of me boy a common problem with strategy
games is that both sides often mirror
each other for the sake of balancing the
game oh shit
Starcraft 2 change all this by
introducing three separate sides that
all played differently while still
maintaining a careful balance forces in
our way
the reason Starcraft is still so popular
to this day is that nobody has really
been able to replicate that balance
since it’s essentially the chess of the
realtime strategy world hey Sarge why we
always gotta listen to this shit for
anyway
number six starfox 64 starfox was among
the best games on the console you think
I’m quite a pilot blasting around and
saving the lylat system as Fox McCloud
is an experience made complete by smooth
animation endearing voice acting and
differences in gameplay paths these
features were amazing at the time and
still have charm as do the colorful
graphics I guess it’s your turn to be
tight
number 5 Diablo 2 the time has come to
assume your truth
if it ain’t broke there’s no need to fix
it killing monsters to get better gear
to kill bigger monsters to get even
better gear was a gameplay loop that was
addictive as hell back in the year 2000
and still is now the graphics may not
have been anything to write home about
but the fact that all the sprites are
drawn instead of textured polygons means
that they don’t look worse and worse
over time
Plus with three successive difficulty
modes and characters that you can push
to level 99 it’s really easy to become
addicted all over again you’ve done
exactly as you were meant to do number
four Street Fighter 2 hyper fighting oh
one found in arcades worldwide Street
Fighter 2 hyper fighting gets better
with age Street Fighter is often praised
as one of the most balanced fighting
franchises and hyper fighting is the
best of them all each character now has
an ability that can counter Hadouken
spammers and the increased overall speed
makes it remarkably responsive even by
today’s standards
with all the versions out there it can
be very confusing to figure out which is
the best Street Fighter game and our
boat is for hyper fighting number three
half-life 2 your Freeman aren’t you huh
I wouldn’t believe it if I couldn’t see
with my own eyes dr. Gordon Freeman
himself if you know your gaming history
or at least PC gaming history half-life
2 is definitely no stranger to you still
it’s amazing that over ten years later
many shooters today failed to match what
half-life 2 delivered in terms of visual
storytelling gameplay variety exciting
set pieces and frightening AI it’s
ironic that while physics and video
games are yesterday’s news it seems that
half-life 2 is still one of the only
places where you can find physics
puzzles that make real-world sense
number two super mario world this is no
secret to the guys over at Nintendo but
simple design with a bright color
palette pleases crowds for decades as
we’ve seen in other games on this list
cartoony graphics may not have the wow
factor when you first see them but they
never really go out of style either and
nowhere is this on better display than
in Dinosaur Land no not the Mushroom
Kingdom when you throw in great level
variety secret paths and a huge amount
of content it’s no surprise that Super
Mario World is a classic that hasn’t
aged a bit
before we get to our top spot here are a
few honorable mentions
number one Tetris this Soviet era
Russian game fits perfectly into first
place on our list Tetris is success
comes from its simple increasing
difficulty and the almost psychological
need to see those rows fade away complex
games and graphics be damned
this addictive little game has captured
the hearts and minds of gamers for over
30 years and is the perfect little
pocket puzzle simply put Tetris holds up
so well because it was basically perfect
right off the bat what else could you
possibly add to the game on top of it
all because it doesn’t require that much
memory to play there’s literally a
version for almost every single device
imaginable gaming console or not do you
agree with our list
yep you don’t say much do you what other
old favorites do you think stand up well
next to today’s games for more nostalgic
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com all aircraft
report
you
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