Games don't age or reverse age. They play well today, they play well 20 years from now. They played well 20 years ago, they play well now. I don't believe in such a thing as 'games age'. Sure, Super Mario 64 can be a much better game than most of what we played now, I know that feeling. But its not because Super Mario 64 'reverse aged', more like the games we play today are just dropping frequently in quality. And if another game is surpassed by another more recent game, its because the more recent game just stepped up in quality over the older one.

These are my two cents. But yes, if you don't use the 'age' word, then I could say that Super Mario 64 is definitely better than most games I played today.

You can at least admit that the camera in that game is annoying, right? (The biggest problem with SM64's camera is that it doesn't go through walls, making it impossible to get a good view in some situations. The Nintendo DS version did not fix this.)

The Broken Sword Series, ah delightful. Think I will always replay them:)

I can't be certain what the original poster meant by "reverse aged" but here is how I personally interpreted it before responding. Naturally as time unfolds everything ages, but what do the concepts "aged well" or "did not age well" really mean? That's subjective ultimately. For me it means that when I play an older game now, how does the overall experience of playing that game now compare to the overall experience of playing it when it first came out? For any given game it might feel the same as it did back then, or it might not be anywhere remotely exciting as it did back then, or it might be even more entertaining or exciting in some way now.

For me, "aged well" means "despite the fact it is old, it is still just as fun and entertaining or maybe moreso now than then because <reasons>". "Did not age well" means "it's not as exciting to me now as when it came out because <reasons>". In both cases making note that this is an individual and personal thing that is ultimately a subjective opinion and not a conclusive scientific fact that applies to everyone simply because one person stated it as opinion.

As such, there's nothing right or wrong with your (or anyone else's) opinion or perception either or how you interpreted the question, it just is what it is. Naturally, everyone will have differing and even conflicting perceptions and responses to such subjective questions and they're neither right or wrong either. Such is the nature of subjectivity.

Although not PC or console games, I find Vector display games timeless with a warm glow.
Star Wars, Asteroids, Black Widow and Major Havoc.
Even the mighty Vectrex console with games like Scramble and Web Wars.

What about Another World? ;D

REDVWIN

always felt that the camera of mario 64 was just fine
especially compared to its contemporaries that came before ( bubsy 3D ) and after it ( castlevania 64 )

I recently played through it but I was very disappointed by the gameplay and repetitive locations. That said, the flashbacks, atmosphere, writing, plot, characters were very well done, probably one of the best I've seen in a survival/shooter game. I had no issues with performance after I tweaked a little but the game began to crash every 10 minutes closer to the end, that was very annoying.

Hmmm I'd say Max Payne 1 and 2, just slap the indie label on them and your good to go.

Yeah, the communities of Knights of the Old Republic 2 and Bloodlines really believe in those games and elevated them to their rightful status as classics.

Indeed the camera is annoying. Some unnecessary deaths could have been avoided if the camera actually helped me.

@skeletonbow
Indeed, it is as you say. The term itself feels subjective at best. However, my main feeling of that term is that the word 'age' just isn't the right word for it.

I think in this context it is used metaphorically like "A aged wine gets better with time." But it just occurred to me to that one could take a different intepretation of "reverse aged" to mean games coming out now that look/feel like they came out 20-30 years ago. You know, like all of the Indie Greenlight games. :oP

Age of Empires 1 with UPatch (http://upatch-hd.weebly.com/)

Age of Mythology

Fallout 2, Planescape Torment, Arcanum, Wizardry IV, Red Faction,

Morrowind with openMW


Too many to list, as I only play either old games or new games with gameplay like old ones. So I spend a lot of time searching for userpatches and mods for old games.

The DK1 vs DK2 debate is definitely a very personal thing. There are several long threads on the DK forum about it, but I suppose whichever one you pick, my main point stands. In all this time, despite variations on the theme such as Evil Genius, or attempts to directly emulate it like Dungeons 2, or War for the Overworld, DK just starts appearing better and better.