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SeabassDebeste posted...

haven't played most of these lately, but i do like seeing SMB3 here

other than the lives system/lack of save (i believe?) it hasn't aged at all

I can't remember if it has saves either - the biggest challenge of this project is I haven't played some of these in over a decade now...

I also feel kinda bad about the exclusion of other medium-defining games. But if the choice is between a work which established something and those which perfected it, I usually lean toward the latter. Personally, I tend to view the pre-SNES era the same way I view pre-1920s cinema. The medium was being established and a few entries manage to hold up, but outright claiming these innovators are better than what followed is putting too much emphasis on history. The games I have played from the SNES era are legitimately as good as the indie games they inspired decades later, but most from the NES days were immediately outshadowed by their sequels in the next generation. That's not to say they don't hold up at all - but cracking an all-time top 100 requires an extra oomph.

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