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I recently replayed the original Halo (2001) and it holds up fantastically (although it's more obvious how long the samey corridors are between the brilliant set-pieces). The original Half-Life (1998) probably would as well. LAN Quake is still entertaining.

If you expand the remit to 2D games since they depend much less on tech, the retrogaming community has lots to offer.

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I was riveted by Half-Life in 1998, but I recently picked up it's well regarded remake Black Mesa (which updates the graphics to approximately 2006 levels) and IMO, it doesn't hold up at all.

Nothing about it is epic - it feels like a cramped dungeon crawl. The gameplay and puzzles are extremely simplistic (lots of slow moving enemies crawling down a hallway). The story is a bad B-movie compared to some of the compelling modern games that are raising world-building to new levels. When you compare it to modern games, I don't see how anyone could justify spending more than an hour or two on nostalgia playing.

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