Re: When Is A Game Old?

On 4/8/2024 7:08 AM, H1M3M wrote:

I don't like to classify games as "old", but the only games that feel old to me are the ones categorised as "This game has not aged well".

Yeah, that's a better metric.  I'm trying to think of games I enjoyed or re-enjoyed as much as I did when I first played them that are of drinking age.  I just replayed Rastan and thoroughly enjoyed it up to the point I never did get past.  That's from 1987, yes it's an arcade game, and I played it on Mame, but I still think it's awesome.
I'd say that' objectively old, but it still holds up comparing to modern indy platformers, in fact I'd say it's still better than almost any I've played.  It's mercifully short to get to the point of no return, so I don't get tired of it in an attempt as well.
On the other side, The Iso Fallouts just don't do it for me anymore, nor does Master of Magic or Pool of Radiance even though they were at one time my favorites.

Super mario World, released between 1990 and 1992 feels as fresh as ever. Yet, I look at those mid-2000s games with the brown-yellow piss look and the bloom effect, and it's like looking at bygone era from another generation.

Ugh, bloom, I hated it even then.
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