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.
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.
I’m moving house this week and unearthed my galaxy invader 1000 handheld. Had to play a couple rounds on the spot! Apparently from 1980.
I definitely played SMB this year. I may have played Pac-Man.
But I also played mancala which is 8,000 years old.
I’ve been messing with SMB 1, 3, and World hacks lately
Pssshhhh!!! Only because you have good taste!
I see you all over lol. If you like retro games and professional wrestling you’re ok in my book
Well if you’re ever in Cleveland, then we can have a beer…or 20.
If I ever visit my dad in Ohio I might have to track you down. Haven’t tasted alcohol in over 10 years (for good reason) but I’ll smoke out. I appreciate the sentiment regardless, and I enjoy seeing you and your stories all over the place
Hmm… I want to say chess or checker but it is probably tag.
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.
Nethack (1987)
Probably the 2600, since I bought it recently and built a decent collection complete with joysticks, paddles, and a Video Touch Pad for Star Raiders.
Playing 2600 on original hardware is pretty awesome.
Agreed.
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.
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.
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.
Collassal Cave Adventure, 1976
There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you
Was going to post this as well. Just replayed it again, never gets old!
Same here
Just installed an Atari2600 emulator
Fallout 1997
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.
Same, but it was because Steam updated it with new graphics modes and I wanted to replay it. Doing Doom 2 now.
