i'll tell ya i've been playing Halo 1 on XBOX One and it is just as enjoyable and thrilling as the first time i remember. sure the mechanics are a little dated, but damn if the music and gameplay isn't easy to pickup and play and just get enthralled with again...

so what are the games that to you or most people would consider a timeless game?

That's funny, I put in Halo MCC and the first thing I thought was how dated the game and gameplay felt so timeless isn't what I would call it at all. But I feel that way about a lot of 3D shooters.

A lot of SNES games I'd consider timeless; Chrono Trigger, Link to the Past, Mario World... those games are great even today and the style make the cartoony graphics not feel completely dated opposed to the early days of 3D and low polygon counts.

I'd also put some old adventure games on there; again the art style of something like Monkey Island makes those games easy to play still.

Ms Pac Man. Still fun to play some 25 years later.

Street Fighter games and early Tekken are still good fun as well, especially with a fightstick

The console Kingdom Hearts games. Especially the second one when it comes to the battle system. Still so much fun to hack and slash through some heartless. And the graphics on both titles still look great.

I also can see in ten years NiNo Kuni on PS3 will be considered a timeless classic. That whole game is like playing through an Anime.

Galaga

Lode Runner

Final Fantasy VII

... or maybe not

Tetris

Super Mario Bros NES

Scrabble

Mine is Super Mario Bros 2. I've played it maybe once a month ever since it came out on either my original NES or my old Gamboy Advance. Fun cause you can use the warps and complete the game in about 30 minutes.

Far Cry 4 still holds up.

To me it seems like the first released games with a new console hold strong. At least in the past. Super Mario for all the NES systems. Halo with the original xbox.
I would say that I love the Gears of War series, and while it has tapered off a bit, I love all of them and hope to play another. It's why I bought a 360.

Super Mario Bros 3, Symphony of the Night, Ocarina of Time, KOTOR, Uncharted 2, Last of Us - I can't see those ever looking dated

Tecmo Super Bowl

Tetris, Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and The Legend of Zelda. Notice the theme there (wink wink).

i would love to see a GoW iteration on the One.

Sometimes I fire up the PS2 and play the old ported arcade games. Dig Dug is still a blast to play. Bomberman on the old NES another; especially if you have others playing along.

Vib Ribbon, Super Mario Brothers 1 - 3 (yes I love 2) and World, the 2D Zelda games, Intelligent Qube, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

I know SMB 2 was just a re-skinned Doki Doki Panic, but does anyone actually dislike that game? I've always loved it. It's one of, if not my favorite Mario.

Beyond that

SMB 1-3
Contra
Castlevania 1-3
Symphony of the Night
Mario Kart 64, not one of these since has had a better battle mode.
Chrono Trigger
Secret of Mana
A Link to the Past
Legend of Zelda (numero uno)
Galaga
Life Force

I saw this yesterday
https://medium.com/message/playing-w...n-e5226ff0a7c3
and was thinking of what NES games I would think a kid would enjoy and not look at like Birth of a Nation and all I've got is SMB3.

Galaga
RBI Baseball
Burger Time
Ms Pac Man
Punch Out
Wrestlefest

Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time...

Holy shit. Groucho is back!

Grand Prix Legends

Metroid (or Super Metroid if you don't like the NES) and Megaman games seem to hold up pretty well. As others have said, 2d games hold up much better than the early 3d stuff. In addition to Street Fighter, I'd say that most 2d fighting games hold up pretty well.

Kingdom Hearts: I like the game, I bought the remakes, but man that targeting system blows. And I still have no idea what the plot of those games are when taken together (similar to Metal Gear Solid).