Comment on Great games you would recommend from before 1990?
Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 5 days ago
M.U.L.E. (1983) still holds up, though I’d appreciate some QOL improvements. It’s a multiplayer game where you develop your production and then sell your commodities at auction to the other players (or what the bank will pay as minimum). The theme song is a banger.
Sid Meyer’s Covert Action is a fun espionage game. Break-ins, wiretapping, following clues, etc. Released in 1990, so on the line.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 5 days ago
Covert Action is the game that Sid Meyer hated the most and often will mention during talks.
I've seen it played in Youtube and I thought it was fantastic, but I struggled a lot with certain minigames, the myriad of shortkeys it is demanding you to learn and how disconnected the minigames feel from the whole campaign.
This is probably a game I really wanted to like, but playing it instead of watching someone play felt like a chore.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Covert Action was a masterpiece and super fun, I had no idea that Sid Meier hated it.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 3 days ago
I think I would love it in a renewed interface and better history generation or just crafted missions, but it's my go to choice when I'm asked what game I wished was remade.
That and the "Life and Death" series.
Have you ever played Floor 13? It's similar to Covert Action in some parts, except for the arcade minigames, and reminds me of Papers Please, in some sense.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I would love a remade Covert Action as well, I do own it on steam along with other games whose interface didn’t age well (Darklands immediately comes to mind). I haven’t heard of Floor 13, but I’ll check it out. Thanks!