The amount of entertainment I got out of these classic games is in many ways the same, if not more than I get out of modern RPG and FPS games. The graphics have gotten way, way better but the fundamentals that make it fun are the same. In fact some modern games, even though they look great, they just aren't as much fun to play.

Those old games seem a little slow now because the bar has been raised as far as speed and eye candy. But the amount of thought and craft that went into them made them so much fun to play.