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Tasuki

So as of late, I have been an a sort of Dreamcast kick, maybe cause I just got a copy of Soul Calibur for it. I was amazed at how well the game holds up even today. Then it got me thinking that other games in general, Virtual Tennis, Sonic Adventure even Crazy Taxi on the DC hold up well and that in general the Dreamcast hold up pretty well.

I even found that alot of games on the original Xbox have held up well like Jade Empire.

So what retro consoles do you think hold up well in this day and age and for the sake of argument let's say PS2 and older are considered retro.

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I find anything 8-bit hard to get at all interested in, but anything since is on my radar. I was mildly active in the 8-bit era, but there's really nothing I feel drawn to. A few NES games have gone on to my backlog, but only because they feel essential from a gaming history perspective. Even at the time, 8-bit games seemed pretty lame to me.

16-bit feels like the golden age of gaming to me. But that's largely nostalgia talking. There's not many games I would insist a gaming newcomer should experience from back then, but then I never had a console, just an Amiga A500, so my experience was limited. The only essentials that spring to mind for me are Lemmings, Speedball 2 and Sensible Soccer. Three amazing titles that haven't been significantly bettered since. Mario Kart was great at the time, but Mario Kart 8 makes it hard to enjoy now.

I don't think I've ever seen a Saturn or Dreamcast in action, so while I'm always hearing legendary stuff about Dreamcast and its games, I've got no reference point. Soul Calibur 2 on the GameCube certainly holds up well though, if any comparison can be made... but I have a hard time considering PS2, Xbox and GameCube as retro yet.

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The snes and gba hold up very well, the game cube too.

Bonus points if you get a GC with the GB player.

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SNK: The Future Is Now... and they were right, the Neo Geo still holds up incredibly well today. Just look at the fantastic animation in Garou: MotW, Last Blade 2, Rage of the Dragons and many of the later games.

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I'd have to go with the GBC or SP models. They still work great, though cosmetic damage has started to show, but nothing serious.

I picked up the GB player for the GC, along with the startup disc awhile back. It still plays well.

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Tasuki

-SD- wrote:

SNK: The Future Is Now... and they were right, the Neo Geo still holds up incredibly well today. Just look at the fantastic animation in Garou: MotW, Last Blade 2, Rage of the Dragons and many of the later games.

OMG How could I forget the Neo Geo, of course the only game I have for it is Samurai Showdown MVS. But yes it has held up well too.

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Tasuki wrote:

@Meowpheel Even more extra points if you have the start up disc.

And a cherry on top if you're using the GBI instead...

The Dreamcast really does look very good today running through VGA.

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Tasuki

@-SD- Yes it does, the Dreamcast and Neo Geo are the quintessential home arcade systems. Man between the two you would have awesome choice of arcade games!

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Indeed I do... Virtual-ON is awesome with the Twin Sticks, and Bass Fishing with the rod is strangely addictive. I'd like to get a decent steering wheel for the system again, I'm sure the one I had was a MadCatz one.

The Saturn has a good selection of 2D shooters but they're getting more and more expensive, most are arcade ports anyway.

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I think it should be games that hold up as opposed to consoles. I have master system games that hold up but I wouldn't say that about most of its library.

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SNES holds up really well with 5 games that I consider to be untouchable classics. They are Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario World, Super Metroid, and A Link to the Past. Secret of Mana, and Yoshi's Island might also fall into that category, but I haven't played them yet.

GameCube holds up really well. I have a collection of 21 gamecube games, most of which are exclusives, or superior to the PS2 version.

PS1 has a nice library of JRPGS that all hold up well. Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Grandia, Suikoden 1 and 2, FF VII, FF IX, and FF Tactics. Symphony of the Night is also really good, but not a JRPG.

N64 doesn't hold up as well for two important reasons. 1. Most of the best N64 games have been ported to the 3DS, with better graphics. 2. Platformers have evolved by leaps and bounds since the days of SM64, and Banjo. The PS2/GC era platformers are just better in every way.

NES holds up pretty well, but I think the games are starting to shoot up in price. Better to just get a Mini when it launches.

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Dreamcast is probably the oldest 3D console to still hold up, I reckon. For such a short lifespan it had an excellent variety of games, a lot of which have a very unique feel to them. The only downside(?) is that most Dreamcast classics have had rereleases, so most people have no reason to pick one up unless they want to play something like Shenmue.

I'd say SNES holds up pretty well for its excellent library and legendary controller, however with consoles that old I'd generally lean towards rereleases / VC.

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The GameCube has a bunch of great games you can't play anywhere else; Super Mario Sunshine, Thousand Year Door, Luigi's Mansion, Pokemon Colosseum and XD, Zelda Four Swords Adventures, Kirby Air Ride, etc. Plus, it can play all the Game Boy and GBA games as well. Personally, I think the GBA has the best games library of any handheld system (except perhaps for the DS) with classics like Mario World, Link to the Past (Yes, I know they are ports!) Metroid: Zero Mission, Mega Man Zero, Pokemon, and many more.

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