Original Metroid did get a remake in the form of Zero Mission on GBA. I couldn't get into OG Metroid, but really liked Zero Mission. 

Damn it, I've been looking at old Gunstar Heroes videos on youtube. I'm going to shell out the money for Gunstar Heroes on Genesis and give it one more try. 

Check out the Genesis Collection on consoles. Over 50 Genesis games for like 30 bucks.

I absolutely agree on Gunstar Hero's. I bought it on the PS3 in 2009 and instantly regretted not spending my money on tube socks.

CHRONO trigger is still the best RPG ever made. Pretty much the definition of ageless. Shining force 1 and 2 are also amazing games. I still replay all those games about once a year.

I think I will do that, just to play a bunch of games that I'm on the fence over. Gunstar Heroes CIB is $120 now. But if I wind up finally liking the game I'll shell out for it, to put it on my shelf next to all my other Genesis games. 

Yeah Chrono Trigger is one of the greatest games of all time. 

How does Shining Force compare to Shining Force 2? I have SF2 and enjoyed the hell out of it. 

If 16-bit games were good then they mostly hold up just fine now. The exception might some games trying to be 3D on 16-bit machines. The other if you count it but would be stretching it would be FMV games of the era. Alex Kidd has not aged well for 8 bit. Almost any sports sim game with some exceptions. Some 8-16 bit First-person action/shooters that have def not aged well. Doom on SNES is unplayable now. Doom itself is still great but those ports are not these days. You could argue 8-bit isometric games.

Mario and Zelda hold up pretty well, especially SMB3, the 16-bit Marios, and A Link to the Past, which was/is about as close to perfect as I can think of in a video game. Metroid is a classic but kind of rough, but Super Metroid is still one of the best in its class.

Final Fantasy on NES doesn't hold up as well as Dragon Quest does, at least Dragon Quest 3 and 4. Both series hold up beautifully in their 16-bit iterations. Dragon Quest's simpler interface works much better on the NES than Final Fantasy's interface did. 

One of the games that doesn't hold up quite so well for me on SNES is Donkey Kong Country. I always thought DKC was more impressive as a tech demo than as a game, so without the mid-90s novelty of CG graphics, it doesn't really stand out as much. I'd rather be playing SMB3 or SMW. Ditto with Killer Instinct.

Final Fantasy Adventure on Game Boy is still very playable. They packed an awful lot into one Game Boy cartridge. I replayed it recently on the Collection of Mana on Switch.

Yeah I think Super Metroid, SMB3, and ALttP are all timeless classics. I have Secret of Mana collection so I'll eventually getting around to playing FF Adventure.

Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of DKC's graphics. Same goes for Space Harrier, Vectorman, and F-Zero. They all kind of tried to do 3D in an age before 3D. I prefer nice clean sprites. Whether or not these pseudo 3D games have good gameplay is another discussion though. I haven't played any of those 3 in 27 years or longer, so I can't comment. 

Yoshi's Island is a 16 bit game that still holds up today. The graphics are beautiful, and the fast-paced gameplay is still very fun.