And here is an image comparing graphics from the ten year period spanning 2007 to 2017, which I lifted from this article:
I could have made an even more spectacular comparison image for the first one, but I wanted to make sure I picked a 1988 game with 3d graphics, since people always discount these reflections on the basis of "well duh, that ten year window shifted from sprites to polygons! It's not a fair comparison!"