I voted for classic, just because classic games just have better gameplay in my opinion.
Most modern games are pretty, but easy and short and I miss the feeling I get from older games when you actaully won something.

I will have to say Modern, just cause I find the new games more entertaining and pleasing to look at, I am not saying I don't enjoy playing Classic games, cause I still play like Pokemon, and Legend Of Zelda from time to time, but I still can't say I enjoy does classic games more then Modern games, just cause I find the Modern games both longer, and better put together, they have a much better storyline, and much more stuff for you to do, and that is what I like in a game, I don't like games where once you have finished the main story line, you are pretty much done, no side missions, no more stuff to collect, no extra content that you can purchase, and so on, most Classic games are like that, once you are done, you are done, and it is nothing more to do.

Classic games will always be in my heart as the one thing that got me in to gaming at a young age, I spent countless hours playing Classic games, but I still enjoy the new modern games more.

If you are in the age 8 - 12, and you are reading this, go buy Pokemon, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Legend Of Zelda, Super Mario, Mega Man and I could probably note down more, but does games, they are just awesome.

Hmm, ya'lls definitions of classics is modern to me. 

I like the older games, like Tempest, Asteroids, Donkey Kong etc. but the RIGHT modern game is better. I like role playing (like MC), God games (like Pharaoh and Sim City) and strategy games (like Galactic Civilizations) but they need more computer power (last 10 years or so) to be really interesting. The true classics are fun, but I just can not "get into" them like I used to. I have several disks with collections of classic games on them that my daughter (12 at the time) was able to beat in days. It's not the age of the game that is important, it is the game play involved. The classic games that we think about being great are the best games that we played. We are forgetting about the 500,000 junk games that were out for each awesome game. A Great game is a Great game whether it is Pong or some game yet to be released.

Tbh it depends. The classics were all really great, ex Mario, Pokémon, LoZ, Nintendo stuff. Modern day gaming is usually too much explosions and not enough story or humor. Some games do make the exception. Like Assassin's Creed. Or Minecraft. Especially Noobscraft. As for the modern day classics, Mario and Legend of Zelda are doing pretty good, but Pokémon is doing terrible.