Games that were loved, but now hated?

[ChadTower]

I like Quake over modern versions... simplicity and quality are hard to balance.

[MaximRecoil]

As a site note, does anyone like MK2 that doesn't like MK (sorry if I missed an answer to this by scanning the thread)? I like MK2 thank MK. In the last few years I can see and agree with some critiques of MK's gameplay.

I prefer MK to MK2. I like the play mechanics better and I like the graphics and sounds better. The graphics looked more real and smooth, almost like you were looking at video on a standard resolution TV screen instead of computer graphics. MK2 and even more so with MK3 were too sharp or something. I don't really know how to put it into words exactly but the graphics technically got better in the sequels, but looked worse, i.e. less real.

[Witchboard]

I prefer MKII to MK.  I dropped a lot of money in these machines, but MKII is one I want for my home arcade.  Hidden characters, hidden levels, friendships, multiple fatalities per character, level specific fatalities, babalities... all sorts of extra content that you didn't see with a lot of other games.  Sure, you could get Akuma in SSFIITurbo with a joystick code or play Ken & Ryu vs. Bison in Alpha, but even though I love the Street Fighter series, they can't match the bonus content of MK.  I hated MK3.  When they added the run button it just turned into a combo game.  I'll play Killer Instict if I want to play a combo game... which I want for my home arcade as well. 

[Wade]

Most people consider "classic" video games those around 1980 or so.

[RayB]

That's why I said "around" 1980.

[ChadTower]

And the crappy 2d fighter clone age... the unimaginative side scrolling beat 'em up quarter sucker age...

[stratjakt]

How about the crappy 'eat dots in a maze' age.  It's not like Pac Man didn't have 90 gajillion clones.

There is no good or bad age or genre, really.  They're all a mixed bag.  For every original game out there, there are 50 clones.  For every good game, theres 50 bad ones.  It's always been that way.

That said, there's a whole slew of games which are popular just because they're popular, not because they're good or fun games.  That Pac Man marketing blitz midway pulled off in the early 80s has really stuck with us.