Games that aged well

[Sorain]

Good god I want that on PC or a modern console. Throw in Vengeance and Red Sun since you've got space. But good lord the story and presentation of Colony Wars and Colony Wars: Vengeance is nearly unequaled.

[Zalachai]

I still love revisiting Tomba one and two. I wish they'd remake those of make a sequel.

[ruscoe]

With some great British (Python-esque) humour

"Patients are reminded not to die in the corridors"

I did not much care for Theme Park however; it seemed very restrictive compared to Rollercoaster Tycoon which came out a couple years after I got it.

I feel the same way about Theme Park. Love the concept, but it was never as engaging as Rollercoaster Tycoon. I still play RCT when I have a spare hour or two.

[Sciencedoggg]

Spiderman Maximum Carnage
Space Invaders
Pacman and Ms. Pacman
Magic Sword
The Golden Axe Trilogy
LOZ Link to the Past
McKids Mick and Mack Global Gladiators
The first 2 Top gears
PilotWings 64
WCW vs NWO World Tour, as well as Revenge
The original Road Rash trilogy plus the PS1 version and Skitchin"
Quake
Paperboy 1,2
Baldurs Gate and Ice Wind Dale series, Same with Torment
The first 3 Warcrafts
Starcraft
Diablo 1,2
TMNT 2,3,4
Manhunt
The Warriors
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
The Wipeout and Jet Moto series
The First 3 Twisted Metals
WarHawk
The Last Story
Battlefield 2, Vietnam, 1942
Original God of War series
Space Invaders
Missile Command
Scorched Earth 1,2
The Castle of the Winds
Frogger
The Knights of the Round
The First 4 StrongHolds
Command and Conquer: Red Alert

I'm sure I can think of more.

[Sciencedoggg]

It'll be too long to describe them all so I'll just list a small amount.

Fallout 1 and 2
The original X-com trilogy
Wasteland
Doom 1 and 2
Final Fight trilogy
Actraiser
U.N. Squadron
Streets of Rage (Bare Knuckle) trilogy
Alone in the Dark
The first 2 Civs as well as Colonization
The Half Life Series
Blades of Steel
Sam and Max hit the Road
Excite Bike
The Early Sonic and Mario games
Duke Nukem 3D
Castlevania 3, 4, Bloodlines, SOTN
The first 2 EarthWorm Jim games
Conquest of the Longbow: the Adventures of Robin Hood
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Simcity, 2000
Sim Ant
Batman Returns

I'll continue this list in a new post

[Merlin]

generally anything that is more simplistic, pixelgrid games generally. Early 3D environmental games are bad generally or at least wonky.

I think a good example of this is that Link to the Past is still a great zelda game, but Ocarina of Time has shown its age in some ways(the remake for 3DS was better and fixed much of it).

[Clavicle]

I feel like a lot of the early PS2 Insomniac and Naughty Dog games hold up very well. Jak & Dexter 1&2 and Ratchet and Clank 1,2,3. I played most of these in the last 2 years, and really felt not too difererent from modern platformer/adventure games.

[Mike]

Theme Hospital. One of Bullfrog's best, in my opinion, and it's still a lot of fun to play. You can get it from GoG and it works perfectly on a modern PC.

It's a great feeling having to employ doctors who are "burning up with hate" just because you can't afford a good one -- certainly reminds me of the real world!

I have the PC CD-rom from years and years ago which now is pretty cheap to pick up/easy to find... Somehow I also own this on PS1 (but haven't played it there..yet..seems odd that these kind of games would be on the PS really). I would absolutely agree it is a timeless game. With some great British (Python-esque) humour...

I did not much care for Theme Park however; it seemed very restrictive compared to Rollercoaster Tycoon which came out a couple years after I got it. Now that is also a fantastic game which is TWENTY YEARS OLD next year...scary!

RCT 2 however was a dumpster fire to be avoided at all costs..it must be one of the earliest examples of all challenge being removed from a game... there were literally no challenges because everything was unlocked from the get go. I guess to appeal to a more childish audience who wanted all of the Rollercoasters with none of the "Tycoon". Whereas RCT original was, and still is, a hard-fought battle to unlock each new stage. Every few years I revisit it to polish my aesthetic design/business skills.... keep the customer happy ffs!

[StoWoW]

Team fortress 2 has 11 years and its still a lot of fun

[Matias]

Doom . Still has massive player and modding community . Gameplay and level desing still holds up and various sourceports make it super easy to enjoy on modern windows

[Fexel]

OpenRA had a prototype floating around to modernize RA2 and other games on modern machines, but officially it's only pre RA2 games

[Matcam89]

RA2 I love but doesn’t play that well on modern machines I have the bundle on EA which was just a cash grab with no real fixes

[Imnotanybody]

Donkey Kong Country, 1 and 2 are still amazing.

[Omegapyrate]

Silent Bomber on PS1. My god that game was fun- like Bomberman on speed with a storyline.

[Fexel]

An obvious one is DOOM. Though Red Alert 2 and Homeworld are still pretty solid even today.