Has the NES aged well?

[Mzo]

Hell the fuck yes.

The NES is still one of my favorite machines. River City Ransom and Double Dragon 2, SMB3 and Mega Man 2 (which is better than Rockman and Forté). Just so many great games to list, and they all still look and play fine.

You want attractive, nostalgic graphics? Look at the NES. You want butt-ugly, hasn't aged worth a damn? Look at early 3D games on the PS and the SS.

Also:

Fuck anyone for voting otherwise

[Johnny Undaunted]

this is true. but hey, atleast they used to have awesome covers.

The thing I liked most about Nintendo Power is the fact that they contained in-depth walkthroughs (with some nice art too) of every big Nintendo game at the time (even if they only covered the first half of each game). Howard & Nester was rad too. Too bad they jumped the shark during the SNES-era (when the magazine was no longer produced by Tokuma Shoten).

[Korian]

I'll just say that the NES rival the Sega Master System has aged much better, at least for me, must be those colorful graphics, but I grew up with a SMS so I'm a bit bias.

[Josh]

River City Ransom
Double Dragon 2
SMB3
Mega Man 2

Available on GBA.
MAME.
Better version on SNES.
Available on PSX.

[NeoZeedeater]

As someone who grew up with both the NES and SMS, I would say they have aged equally well.

[Jeremy]

I think the NES has aged very well. Many of the games I own are still very fun today, like RC Pro AM, that Off-Road truck racing game, Super Mario Bros. (series), Tecmo World Wrestling, among others. The controls were simple, yet not limiting. I'd rather see a system make the most of three main buttons (oh, for the days when the select button was actually used well), than see games waste about eight or so buttons. Graphically, some games still look good. Sound-wise, the music in many games is memorable.

[Mzo]

88mph said...
Available on GBA.
MAME.
Better version on SNES.
Available on PSX.

Does that make the originals obsolete? I guess if you're away from your NES deck and want to play these games, you can just use an emu or something, out of convenience...

but the fact that you want to and go out of your way to play these games shows how well the NES has really aged.

The expression "jumped the shark" hasn't aged very well.

[Josh]

I don't go out of my way to play those old ass games anymore.
I sold my 8 bit games and systems a while ago.

[xS]

MAME really makes alot of this 8/16 bit stuff obsolete.

[Mzo]

MAME really makes alot of this 8/16 bit stuff obsolete.

It might make the crappy NES machine obsolete, but not the games. Emulation keeps them going.

As a matter of fact, River City Ransom runs perfect, no slowdown, 2 players on a PC, unlike on the NES.