Was playing a bit of Stunt Car Racer for the Amiga this week, from 1989, and wondered how far back people are going!
Chess. It’s over 1500 years old!
Eh, I prefer Mancala then any off your new fangled ‘board’ games
Played some Go today.
I believe it but is there evidence for this? I know there were reports of chess games on the middle ages, but earlier than that? Chess with modern rules I mean.
Nethack (1987)
I have the set of Infocom text adventure games. I think the earliest ones came out in about 1981 or 82. I still fire one up now and then for a nostalgia hit. I bought a few when they came out, but couldn’t afford more.
You can play some of them online, in your browser. Of course there are thousands of text adventure games (a.k.a. interactive fiction) available for free. Definitely worth checking out! And look at Inform, a language and IDE for creating these games by using more or less standard English.
To protect against piracy, most of these games required physical objects that were included in the game box. They are known as feelies. There are plenty of places on the web where you can find all the feelings you need.
I’ve been dipping my toe into the mating game with minimal success. They really haven’t done much to improve it since I last played.
Has no one here played Super Mario Bros? 1985… or donkey Kong? 1981. Pac-Man? 1980. Space invaders? 1978. So many classics, all playable today with MAME or even still working systems or perfect emulation!
In 2024? No.
Amiga Stunt Car Racer remains the best racing game of all time for me. It even had linkup multiplayer (I think…)
I’ve got Pong on my phone and one of my kids loves it.
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DOOM, 1993. Finally went through and beat it. Also recently sat down and learned how to edit wads as well as picking up ACS for advanced map scripting. Still a great game.
DMG Gameboy Kirby Dreamland. My youngest loves it and it’s REALLY hard to lose so he doesn’t need a ton of help.
super smash bros melee (2001) but only bc the online they added in 2020 is so fucking good
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I’m interested too
I think streetfighter 2 But also just started a play through of Serious Sam TFE
Definitely some earlier Sega titles. Teddy Boy, My Hero, Wonderboy. Easy to grab at to entertain my toddler for half an hour so they get switched on fairly regularly.
Fallout 1997
