The Best Retro Video Games Ever (1978 - 2000 )

Hey whatsup guys as many of you may have read ive been having some major PC problems and lost what i was working on. In order for me to catch up but not fade out of existence im gonna be uploading some of my old content that I deleted from my channel previously.
Dont worry though this isnt what my work is going to be like in the future im already working harder than ever to make time up but hopefully as these where deleted over 2 years ago most people may not have seen them .
Anyway this was quite an interesting video that I did way back, its crude though and really shows how far I have come as it uses badly spelled scrolling text, no bezels etc. for presentation.
Please still watch though and click the like button and Ill be back with new content real soon
OSG

[@stewsretroreviews]

Some cracking games and some great memories here mate, love those old 80s classics, so liked and subbed, thanks for showing this👍🏻

[@bulloguin]

I’ve played every game on this list and I love them all. You really have a good taste in videogames! Thanks for the awesome memories!

[@BeatemupMaster]

I think every in this Time, when you Played Videogames. Then defintely one of this Games!

[@Dennis-nm4qh]

What an awesome list was great games👌 Fantastic work Osg👏

[@kyledupont7711]

This is a really good list man. I'm always watching these to find something I had missed. I haven't missed any of these games unfortunately

[@garlicgorilla6540]

Great work, great memories. Many thanks.

[@manicpanic4486]

To think resident evil is 25 years old is just pure insanity. ...😨😨😨😨

[@AtikaTas]

Super mario 64 is 27 years old

[@mattjames6349]

Great video and I'm sorry you had trouble with your laptop! I think the thing about Mario was that up until then you had 2 types of platform games. Ones that require pixel perfect jumping. (Not knocking it, they have their own charm ) and others where your character felt skiddy. Mario for the first time you fully felt in control of him. I mean there's a million other reasons why mario was so good but they really nailed the controls from the start making it.

[@LeeLee1985Official]

Resident Evil 1 was a game changer! Yes I loved all the classics before it like Super Mario bros, Yoshi, Sonic, Mortal Kombat, Shinobi, Krusty fun house etc but RE1 did something more for me. Idk it just kept my attention. It was interesting & the puzzles were amazing 👏

[@mattdad8429]

Oh for sure. It was so deep and exciting. It was the first time I played a game with such a rich storyline. Like you said, there were amazing games before it; but Resident Evil was like the beginning of a new era to me. And at the time I remember being blown away by the graphics, which is kinda funny in retrospect but it was a different time.

[@gavrawlinson3099]

resident evil was somat else

[@skijumpnose]

Nice! These are classics, OutRun is one of my favourite driving games.

[@oldstylegaming]

Outrun is a timeless classic

[@MephProduction]

wow.. no Baulder's Gate, Diablo, Doom, Heros 3, Bubble Bobble, Eye of the Beholder, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Wizardry 8, Rock n Roll Racing, Streets of rage, Theme Park.

[@catriona_drummond]

And no Simcity, Civilization, Lucas Arts or Sierra adventure or Command & Conquer or War-/Starcraft either. It's a massive list of console joypad wigglers and nothing else.

[@The-Gamist]

It's a true crime that doom is not in this video

[@bigedwerd]

His list

[@EXP_Jenova]

It’s just all platformers lol.

[@jimkrom]

​​@@EXP_Jenovayeah like elite and resident evil and outrun, golden eye, double dragon, ohhh wait...

[@OM19_MO79]

You were indeed bold at making this list. More than "Nintendo-washed", like I said in my first comment, video game history is "console-washed". No Jumpman, no Dizzy, no Armalyte, no Turrican, no Leisure Suit Larry, no Maniac Mansion, no Commander Keen, no Duke Nukem, no Doom, no Ys and so many, many others. Is good to know this is an old video, I hope your view on retro video games has broaden over the years.

[@eskey691]

Great list buddy and for the most part i have fun with a lot of these games, my best moment was with Golden Axe in the arcade with my mates put 1 credit in and boom game completed i felt like a super star haha. Did think Final Fantasy 7 (1997) would of got on the list as that is my all time fav game. Take it easy buddy and roll on the next video :-)

[@Katastropoulos]

Great collection, thank you :-) I especially liked your comments to the games. So I could compare your impressions of a specific game with mine :-)

[@painkillergko]

OSG is back!!!! :)

[@oldstylegaming]

Well....not quite lol

[@pda1799]

Great list, thank you!!!

[@gumdeo]

From Golden Axe to Soul Calibur, 1989-1999 was probably the most interesting era in gaming.

[@oldstylegaming]

defo mate 90's was more my time as i was old enough to go to the arcades by myself

[@seanyd5698]

Definitely! It was magic in them days. Gaming today isnt a patch on those times. All my favorite ganes and consoles come from then

[@TheSudsy]

Very Nostalgic but . . . . . . . Galaxian 1979 Arcade, Gorf/Scramble 1981 Arcade , Manic Miner 1983 ZX Spectrum. Great vid EDIT: oops forgot Lotus Esprit Turbo 2 1991 (?) Amiga + Amiga and NULL Modem, Pinball Fanatasies 1992 Amiga

[@smalon75]

Yep, list definitely needed some love for the Amiga. Lots of popular titles on there but I'm not a Mario or Sonic fan.

[@thefifthdoctor6780]

Great work

[@oldstylegaming]

Thank you so much 😀

[@FantasticDizzy1]

Double Dragon is my favourite arcade game too! I have great memories of playing it on holiday as a child and the music blew me away! Great list and comments thanks. Best wishes.

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah even with the slowdown issues and the stupid elbow exploit DD is one special game its probably the most important video game ever made to me as it is the one that brings the memories flooding back

[@FantasticDizzy1]

@@oldstylegaming Same! Good Times.

[@EsmeAmelia]

So many classics here.

[@RickinBaltimore]

I saw 8-Bit Show and Tell gave you a shout out the other day!

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah i saw ive been talking to him on FB, nice guy

[@theinnercreativationist]

Used to play these games back in the day! Sucked at them, still do :)

[@InfamousBananaGoblin]

you're insane if you think i'm going to rewind constantly to read the scrolling text for every single entry

[@Miki_big_red_machine]

When your father showed you the games that he played in 70s and 80s (he send me this video😂)

[@graemenicol6377]

Great list damn it makes me feel old at 51 one thing where's Gorf my favourite arcade game from back in the day.

[@oldstylegaming]

still young that man :-)

[@davecarterNV5]

Thank you for this list im 25 trying to get into the greatest retro games and ill be using this as a guide thanks

[@pvfckev8348]

Great taste in game, I agree with alot of your choice's especially Double Dragon

[@cheebusify]

Such a nice video to exist

[@MisterTIBS]

Just starting to watch vid now but hope to see Amidar at some point! If not and it was one that’s passed you by, well worth a look :) Edit: ah nvm, misunderstood which kinda list this was to be!

[@Myako]

Excellent retrospective, as always. 👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻💪🏻 However, minus points for not mentioning the 8bit version of Sonic (like you did for other games on the list). 😔

[@oldstylegaming]

Early video mate ive learnt from my mistakes now lol

[@DayAntilles]

I've never understood the fascination of Mario games or Sonic for that matter.

[@oldstylegaming]

Love them or hate them they are so important when it comes to retro games ...they pushed the boundaries to another level. out of all them now there is only really Super Mario 3 and Super Mario Kart that i would pick up and play

[@DayAntilles]

@@oldstylegaming yeah Mario Kart is fun!

[@patsfan4life]

@@oldstylegaming super mario kart is for which Nintendo system?

[@oldstylegaming]

@@patsfan4life snes originally but its on every nintendo system since

[@SimonCowWell-vb3yd]

"I've never understood the fascination of Mario games or Sonic for that matter" Alright dude.

[@mattdad8429]

I was probably 4ish when I first saw my friends play the original Mario Bros. in the late 80s and it absolutely blew my frickin' mind. To this day I'm still very impressed with the whole experience's replayability. Played the HELL out of the first 4 titles.

[@geoffreyjohnstone5465]

Harking back to the good old days when there was innovation, originality and games that gave you a chance to play them for hours on 1 credit. Last time I was in an arcade every game had a gun of some sort attached to it or was a racing game. Great video with a little something for everyone. I think you have covered most of the bases and barring people personal favourites there is not much to argue about. I would have had Defender and Robotron 2084 from the arcades, Paradroid and Wizball from the 8 bits. Granada X and PGA Tour Golf on the 16 bit consoles. Speedball and Populous II from the 16 bit computers.

[@oldstylegaming]

All great games :-)

[@richardcranium4830]

I thinks speedball is way over rated

[@geoffreyjohnstone5465]

@@richardcranium4830 I loved Speedball but thought Speedball II was over rated. Speedball just concentrated on getting the ball in the opponents goal. It was just pick up and play fun

[@richardcranium4830]

@@geoffreyjohnstone5465 Fair enough we all have the games we love. Did you ever play GOAL! on the Amiga that was a great footy game better than sensi in my opinion.

[@gumdeo]

The first Populous was incredibly original. Great game.

[@sakismitsoulas7574]

DOOM...it changed everything

[@Monty-or9sb]

Was 1998 the best year ever for games? I still think so all these years later.

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

The good old days....

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Built off some popularity lists, but definitely missing some absolutely fantastic arcade games that you wouldn't know to add unless you had lived through it.

[@oldstylegaming]

i lived through it mate...im 47 year old .....

[@manicpanic4486]

Fabulous video osg ☺☺

[@cbarger2327]

Double Dragon is a lot of memories for me, and I sort of have mixed feelings about it. In the mid-nineties I used to go to a public swimming pool that had 2 arcade games, (original) Mario Bros. and Double Dragon, and I played them a lot and got really good at both games. Eventually, I discovered that all you have to do in DD is move to a different vertical plane than your enemies, turn around and throw an elbow with P+J, rinse and repeat until it's over. I think maybe it is the only arcade game I have ever 1CC'd. I have a lot of nostalgia for it, but I also wonder if the gameplay can really be considered "good" if a game has an easily accessible exploit that turns it into a cakewalk.

[@oldstylegaming]

You should play double dragon advance mate if you liked dd arcade that game will blow you away

[@grantd165]

Great list.

[@Lucasrainford]

Hey! the old style, Old Style Gaming. I remember it well, I liked this format with the scrolling text, it was so retro looking. Don't get me wrong m8 yer new stuff is much better and more polished. These old ones are still great though :)

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah i miss these days was much easier

[@technickuk]

Great list, OSG. I think the only ones missing IMO are Joust, Afterburner and Speedball 2. BTW, I miss your commentary! Much prefer it over subtitles, which distract my eyes away from the game play. Otherwise thi, great vid, please do more.

[@patsfan4life]

My local arcade has so many of these classics is original cabs (some w updated lcd screens however)- DK, Pac Man, Dragon’s Lair, Outrun II sit-down cab, Tron, The Simpsons, Rampage.....

[@oldstylegaming]

The Simpsons used to be in a cafe which was right at the bus stop in my local town, we went to go to places but most often just spent the whole time in there playing it then got on the bus and went home lol

[@patsfan4life]

@@oldstylegaming it's so accessible even to the younger generation.... my daughter's favorite fighter (just edging out Rampage)

[@patsfan4life]

Was (and forever will be) obsessed with DK and Dragon’s Lair....

[@oldstylegaming]

Oh and i havent forgot your question about what was my stand out 5 games from the hidden gems...im reliving them as I make the hidden gems app (creating the video snaps for each game) Lions of the Universe is defo gonna be among that 5 though

[@patsfan4life]

@@oldstylegaming great I'm gonna play all 5 on VICE for sure, that's 5 great games I really never heard of back in the heyday

[@theyamo7219]

Dragon's Lair was awesome, but by favourite laserdisc arcade game was Astron Belt, at least as far as actual gameplay was concerned. Dragon's Lair was pretty much more of an interactive cartoon.

[@RetroToonsOfficial]

Thank You

[@PedroFerreira-sx2gd]

A tough list to make with some debatable choices over others (personal taste). I think rpg, strategy games were left off and I can t understand why tetris is not there.

[@fulgenzio1973]

No Bubble Bobble? Mmmmmmmmmmmm

[@oldstylegaming]

I know... but thats cos it was out the same year as OutRun ... infact 1986 was a cracking year for video games

[@AshtarSheran1]

I would have added: Contra/super contra, ghosts'n goblins, ghouls'n ghosts, black tiger, rastan, vendetta, final fight, tekken 3, king of fighters 95/98, samurai shodown 2, art of fighting 1/2, ikari warriors, mercs and shinobi. (all arcade versions)

[@CelentAle]

Dragon's lairs, Space ACE and other... first animation game on floppy 💾 Amiga! 😎

[@YTWanderer]

I´m very sorry that you have trouble with your laptop. I hope that you can restore as much of your data as possible !

[@oldstylegaming]

Lol ive lost it all... but shit happens ...ill just redo it all :-)

[@Ben-xl7ft]

Great list OSG. I’m not a big platformer fan but have to acknowledge how great the best Mario games are (I was blown away by Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii). I never had a Dreamcast but it looks like it had some quality games for it.

[@oldstylegaming]

Dreamcast is probably my favourite console ever, it was way before its time though which ultimately was its downfall

[@iamtheteapot7405]

The Dreamcast had some incredible games, some really unique ones too. Great system it just got outshined by Sony and Nintendo.

[@iamtheteapot7405]

@@oldstylegaming precisely

[@willy102073]

Was hoping to see SOTN. 🥰

[@Miki_big_red_machine]

Honorable mentorom for 1987 first prince of persia

[@bigfairy321]

thumbs up, but maybe you should have split this into computer/console categories.

[@wayevs]

Sonic 2 as honourable mention lmao. It's not just one of the best retro games ever it's one of the best platformers ever made and still holds up way better than games like Daytona and tomb raider.

[@randy7894]

A killer list of games. Of course tons of games are missing like Bubble Bobble, Gauntlet II and Ghouls n Ghosts. But a killer list nonetheless.

[@SL-sz9mj]

Lots of good old memories...

[@simplesimonhadapie]

Couldn't agree with your sentiments on soul calibur more as I too own a dreamcast and it and wow is it still awesome. Even soul edge on the ps1 controls well if it looks janky. I am not as big a fan of shmups but I do love galaga a lot. I agree with a lot of your picks though I would have given gran turismo an honorable mention

[@jogibaerr50000]

An Audio from you for background informations would have been nice, but good video anyway...

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah im still setting my pc up sorry i uploaded this off my arcade machine

[@roartjrhom4932]

First time i just scrolled through your video.. what can I say. I thought you were a Commodore man.. so you got it all wrong my friend. 🙏🙏🙏😉 Do not get me wrong great games. The best games EVER ... ohh myyy... 😂😂

[@oldstylegaming]

These were taken from the best selling list from each year ..unfortunately c64 games were on it to pick from or they would have been on

[@roartjrhom4932]

@@oldstylegaming Ahh... sorry I thought it was your personal list.. I misunderstood.. 😣😇😇 Even so you know that is just MY opionion! 😉😉🙏🙏🙏

[@oldstylegaming]

@@roartjrhom4932 yeah mate no worries

[@greej7259]

Is it ok if I read the text in your voice, OSG?

[@oldstylegaming]

I insist that you do that lol

[@lordevyl8317]

Remember, if there was no Elite, we would not have had games like the Wing Commander series

[@rcchronicles25]

Some amazing games, Double Dragon & Golden Axe were my all time favs. Street fighter & Sonic were next level. I still remember my Mega Drive with Sonic I got for Christmas off my mam 💜 I never played Metroid, and never liked Mega Man!

[@adilshoukat]

Some good games are missing from this list: Snow bros (I & II) Metal Slug (early version) King of fighters (early versions) 3 Wonders Puzzle Bobble Super Pang

[@komiksowyswiat7807]

Super👍

[@XBC3-4GOTY]

MGS1 is the Best game for 1998 and for the PS1

[@DeNappa]

Oh, I didn't hear the characteristic 'hey whats up guys OSG here' so I thought he's trying a new format but it's actually an old video reupload? :D

[@oldstylegaming]

Yeah be back soon after laptop disaster

[@benironside1264]

I still play goldeneye often, and Iv been trying to beat control on 007 for about 25 years and haven’t managed it once!

[@theiceberge9444]

The moment I heard the song playing in ocarina of time all I could think of was Caleb city's drug dealers song

[@Rohaldos]

Great list but you missed the king of the side scrolling beat them ups "Streets of Rage 2" Sega megadrive!

[@kad3tuk]

Cool video but the subs are a bit too fast moving. Not to read them but to read them comfortably. The current speed of subs is just exhausting.

[@oldstylegaming]

I dont do subs no more this was an early video from my deleted channel

[@UltimateGamerCC]

sucks that you're having PC issues and lost what you was working on, that's gotta suck.

[@haxxy40]

It's clear that you're biased towards Nintendo. I mean you included all the mario games ever created :P

[@Miki_big_red_machine]

So era of 2nd-5th generation (atari-ps1)

[@andrewdolby178]

Sega Rally and pinball for me

[@oldstylegaming]

Sega Rally was great...in fact still is, a lot of these games maybe havent withstood the test of time but SR you can pick up and play today and its still as good as it was back then..in fact most Sega Racing games are still really playable, thats one of the things i was working on and have lost when my laptop broke..i was doing every sega racing game from way back until present day...i had over 70 videos recorded ..... you have just me me sad now you have mentioned that :-(

[@richardcranium4830]

Sega Rally was great. Game Over Yeah! lol

[@Rattopaz]

No C64, Amiga or PC love :(

[@oldstylegaming]

The last 3 month has just been c64 love lol

[@anaksimandrosmitros8992]

Στην αρχή, έπιασες ακριβώς τα games εκείνα με τα οποία ξεκίνησε η όλη ιστορία. Ακριβώς εκείνα που θα διάλεγα κι εγώ, ως κύρια, και πιο χαρακτηριστικά. Αν και ξέχασες ένα. Βασικό. Το πρώτο - πρώτο: Το Pong!

[@gavrawlinson3099]

pong was out before the 80s

[@anaksimandrosmitros8992]

@@gavrawlinson3099 Right.

[@nbpraptor]

Correction, super Mario world was on the SNES, not the nes

[@raggeragnar]

Fantastic list ! You could’ve called it ”the best games ever - the first 20 years” and no one would protest. Great video !!!

[@catriona_drummond]

I definitely protest. It's a home computer console list and it's almost all action games. Best games ever without Civilization, Simcity, any Lucas arts Adventure, any Tycoon game, Baldurs Gate, War- or Starcraft, Doom and many many others? You must be joking.

[@raggeragnar]

@@catriona_drummond : ok , I’ll take back the part about the protest , but I’m not apologizing for my preferences. Not joking either.

[@catriona_drummond]

@@raggeragnar No need. your preferences are fine. But when thinking of making "Best games ever"-List, strong personal preferences are not helpful. Call it a "My favourite games of all time"-list and it's great. I do find the video title quite misleading, as I am not a regular viewer and had just been getting into the channel.

[@tumppigo]

Woah, greaaaattt!

[@user-bs8nj2di9u]

No sign of King of The Monsters 1 or 2 anywhere. Not even a single SNK game can be found here.

[@TankingMML]

I think Doom should’ve been mentioned.

[@deployedkitty]

non-arcade and non-console games were completely scrubbed from the list for some reason

[@patsfan4life]

OSG no narration on this one?🤔

[@oldstylegaming]

Hi no if you read the description this is a video from my old channel before i deleted all my content, reason being my laptop died 4 days ago taking everything i was working on with it, I now have it fixed though and am trying to catch up but dont want to not upload for too long so ive uploaded this

[@Esoteric-ns2tz]

Gotta have Mortal Kombat in there

[@andipajeroking]

You forgot the Gameboy games ❤❤❤❤❤

[@wayevs]

Also you missed out sega rally on the Saturn easily one of the best arcade to home port driving games ever made . Trust me I played the heck out of it in the arcade and at home on the Saturn.

[@oldstylegaming]

I have it on Saturn its a great game

[@richardcranium4830]

Do you remember side arms that was a great arcade shoot em up and then there was terra cresta amazing games. I tried to recreate side arms on the Amiga using Amos B.A.S.I.C could never get it to run smooth enough using BOBs and always had problems when trying to use sprites.

[@oldstylegaming]

Loved side arms on Arcade it was in my local youth club...i wasnt no good on shoot em ups back then and the directional change was a nightmare...im good at it now though....... you still have that Amiga work?

[@richardcranium4830]

@@oldstylegaming Sold my Amiga 500 to my friend who used it to make tunes (Big Regret) when i was 19 got hold of a CD32 in my 30's with a lot of original games and i put it up for swap on an Amiga forum for an A1200 but got screwed sent off my CD32 got back a parts A1200 didn't even have a disk drive so i am now using emulation.

[@eriksvsirocco]

Please help. I'm looking for a game I played years ago... It's a simulation game where you play as a wooden sail ship captain (I think exploring the Americas) where you choose your crew. The view is inside the ship and you can go from room to room to talk to different crew members. The cook tells you how much food and water, on deck the bosun or first mate tells you ship condition, water depth, sea state etc.. The quartermaster tells you about crew morale... You can choose when to anchor and go ashore to trade with locals (if there are any), or hunt for food and collect water. I can't remember the system it was on or the name but I remember being completely addicted

[@oldstylegaming]

Was it like pirates?

[@oldstylegaming]

Start with what systems you had that will narrow it down

[@oldstylegaming]

Was it a pc dos game called exploration voyages of discovery? It was out in 1994 and is very like what you described

[@eriksvsirocco]

@@oldstylegaming Thanks for the fast reply. Wow it's really similar to the DOS game Exploration: Voyages of Discovery but didn't have the view of the world from above.. I almost got really excited! I played it on a J-tagged Xbox360 with DOS, Amiga, SNES, and a few other emulators that I can't remember. I hope this helps, but the game you mentioned looks really fun aswell, I'll attempt to give it a playthrough. Thanks again, you got a new subscriber for life!

[@oldstylegaming]

Cool mate, ill keep thinking

[@deployedkitty]

really? 22 years of video games and not a single non-arcade or non-console game made it unto this list? that's really weird mate

[@stevenvaldez9643]

How was the original zelda not on there?

[@Eudessp]

I missed Final Fantasy 6 and 7

[@ag0ny]

played most of them, but, where's soul reaver? 😉

[@tomaszanvit9694]

Good but where is HALF LIFE ?

[@maxsmarts8210]

THat was the game man ,thats right , where is half life or Doom?

[@deployedkitty]

@@maxsmarts8210scrubbed from the list like all other non-arcade and non-console games

[@glennmk5167]

Shenmue and Shenmue 2 are classics on the Dreamcast, but I don't think they ever turned a profit for sega....please quote me if I'm wrong as not 100% sure🤔

[@RVAdada]

20:31 that and sonic adventure

[@xshedim]

Street fighter double dragon...

[@VENOMGREECE]

Where’s Crash & Spyro bro 😢

[@Gliam1205]

No Half-Life?

[@OM19_MO79]

Talk about history being Nintendo-washed! I thought you'd focus more on Europe, especially after seeing Elite there. Some of these games were not even played outside North America or even the US. Best Castlevania? Depends on what you consider "Castlevania".

[@Swagster1000-sy3ng]

No Doom or Mega Man X for 1993. Lol