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    imo , chrono cross
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    Huh? That game is STILL quite a blast to play and looks decent.

    I'm sure other people can think of a million games, but I'm just going to say the the older 3D games for the 3DO, PlayStation, and Saturn. The first Tomb Raider, as a example. Ick.
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    The first two Gran Turismos. I can't believe I was so impressed by these graphics back when they first came out; GT3 is a HUGE, HUGE improvement. They're still fun to play (especially GT2, since it has about 5 times the cars that GT3 does), but the graphics have not aged well at all - actually, this can be said about a lot of PS1 games.
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    Battle Arena Toshinden...was an awesome series...but what went wrong?
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    The original Star Fox sure looks hella ugly now.

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    are we talking graphically?

    if not, i don't think the 1st tomb raider isn't all that bad a game, did a great job bringing the persia/flashback/oddworld genre to 3d, and i stick to that. unfortunately they ran the series into the ground, and yes, the graphics suck.

    i don't mind the starfox graphics that much either, and it is still an incredibly fun game for me.

    games that didn't age well for me:
    mortal kombat (duh)
    ikari warriors
    final fight
    metal gear solid series (i know i'm probably alone on this, but i couldn't even sit through the 2nd one)
    gta3 (already)

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    I was JUST thinking about this earlier today. My vote goes to Loaded for PS1. It was the shit when I first played it, and now it's a bit more like just shit. Ha ha.

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    Any 2600 game... [dodges onslaught of angrily thrown objects]

    Seriously, I have tried to get into the 2600, sure they're are a few jewels I do like adventure and actually really enjoy Berzerk, but the ratio of good/crap games is astounding. This deficit of worth while games always confounded me, people often speak with optimistic nestalgia about the VCS. I tried to like it, tried to get into it, first I bought and played nearly every game from the DP top 25 atari games as well nearly 200 other games in my collection, there are maybe 10 games that I would ever voluntarily play again.

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    I disagree with Chrono Cross. I played this about 8 months ago and thought it was a great lookin psx game. My vote would go to perfect dark. I never played it back when I got my 64, and I don't see what's so special about it today. Just looks bad if you ask me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhoeniX
    Any 2600 game... [dodges onslaught of angrily thrown objects]

    Seriously, I have tried to get into the 2600, sure they're are a few jewels I do like adventure and actually really enjoy Berzerk, but the ratio of good/crap games is astounding. This deficit of worth while games always confounded me, people often speak with optimistic nestalgia about the VCS. I tried to like it, tried to get into it, first I bought and played nearly every game from the DP top 25 atari games as well nearly 200 other games in my collection, there are maybe 10 games that I would ever voluntarily play again.
    I agree, although I like the Atari 2600 for its "uniqueness" of graphics.
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    Dynamite Duke for the Genesis, and a whole slew of shooters for the Amiga (Agony comes to mind.)

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    Atari 2600. Sure I didn't grow up with this, but I could not get into 3/4 of the games that I had. Maybe it is just because I am too young for the 2600, but I did like the Colecovision.

    Mario 64. That game looks horrid compared to some of the other games.

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    In general, at least with me, it can be hard to get into a last-gen 3D game after getting spoiled by today's games. With 2D games we did see better graphics when we went from 8 bit to 16 bit but the games were still pretty much the same so stepping back to play a really neat sounding NES (like Super Mario 3) when you also had a Genesis or TG-16 wasn't that bad.

    3D, on the other hand, is a totally different ballgame. Unlike 2D where stepping back usually meant less colors and maybe more slow down, going back a gen in 3D can mean clunkier characters and backgrounds, slower frame rates (which can skew a sense of reality: most notable in racing games where there can be a lack of perception in regards to speed) and environmental fogging or massive "pop up" (which can hinder gameplay by obscuring oncoming obstacles or enemies until you are right on them: good example is the first Turok game). Going from Burnout 3 to say Beetle Adventure Racing or 1080 Avalanche to the original 1080 is a massive night and day difference in visuals, handling and speed.

    When I want to play the N64 and if I recently played the Xbox or Cube, I sometimes have to wait a day for the effects of whatever game I was playing wear off before I dive into that system's titles. Doesn't happen often but I have run into occasions where I sit down to Excitebike 64 and it feels as though I'm trying to speed through molasses.

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    Pretty much anything on the 3DO for me, all of the games are so grainy and slow and just boring.

    Others for me
    Super Mario Kart SNES, Its still enjoyable gameplay wise but the graphics are so slow.
    Star Fox, Same as above

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    King of the Monsters I and II for SNES. Absolutely loved them back then but now their aweful.
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    Bushido Blade aged very badly, the kill spots seem far too random.

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    Pretty much anything that came out in the first year of the playstation looks like crap now. First gen 3D graphics are REALLY BAD.
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    A lot of the first gen 3D stuff hasn't aged very well at all.

    32x: T-Mek, Metal Head, Motocross Championship
    Saturn: Tomb Raider, High Velocity, Need For Speed, Magic Carpet and Hi Octane just to name a few.

    And it's been years since I've seen a Jag or 3DO title but I would imagine that many of the games especially the 3d titles for those systems haven't aged well either.

    Star Fox and other early games that used flat polygons (Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter, Shadow Squadron) are games that I still like and I feel that those titles held up much better than the nasty texture mapped stuff that soon followed, see list above.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sylentwulf
    Pretty much anything that came out in the first year of the playstation looks like crap now. First gen 3D graphics are REALLY BAD.
    I agree. All of the first 3D games from Playstation, N64, and the Saturn just don't look as good as they did when I first played them.

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    TRM....Mario 64!

    Anyways, I'd say that Hard Drivin' and Bubsy 3D are 2 games that need to be added to this list.

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    Someone mentioned Mario 64 as an example of a game that didn't age well? Wtf? I say that no only has it held up well over the years, it's also the single best console game ever made.

    Games that didn't hold up well: 16-bit EA games (aside from the NHL series) are what comes to mind immediately. Used to love these, now they're almost unplayable.

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