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Ranking the best vintage video games (25 years or older) (self.retrogaming)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by GrumpyDuckling 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] 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Dune 2, PC

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Tetris - Game Boy

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Final Fantasy Tactics

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Duke Nukem 3D, PC

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days 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] 10 points 3 days ago

Heroes of Might and Magic III, PC

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

UFO (or xcom) - enemy unknown.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

Pirates!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (11 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Need For Speed 3 - Hot Pursuit

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Super Mario Bros. 3 - NES

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

sonic 3 and knuckles, Sega Genesis

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

IK+ (International Karate plus), Amiga, 1987

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Earthbound - SNES (with the oversized box and guide)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

Fallout 2

[–] loaf 17 points 3 days ago

Final Fantasy 4, SNES.

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

Elite - BBC Micro Model B originally.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Phantasy Star IV

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Commander Keen (series), PC

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Tie Fighter PC/Mac

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Spacewar, DOS, 1985

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

American McGee's Alice (2000) on PC

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Star Control II, PC.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Twisted Metal [1995]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Super Mario Bros 2, NES

[–] GrumpyDuckling 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Banjo-Kazooie - N64

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Resident Evil (1996)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Digger - IBM PC

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Conkers Bad Fur Day N64

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Syndicate PC/Mac

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