Submitted 2 months ago by HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works to retrogaming@lemmy.world
Was playing a bit of Stunt Car Racer for the Amiga this week, from 1989, and wondered how far back people are going!
I guess the oldest would be Asteroids using emulation via MAME. If you’re talking about original hardware I would say Pitfall on the Atari 2600.
Collassal Cave Adventure, 1976
Was going to post this as well. Just replayed it again, never gets old!
Same here
There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you
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.
Oldest game I’ve actually played this year would probably be a bit of Ultima IV: Quest for the Avatar.
I played countless hours of Cave Noire this year. It’s a coffee break roguelite that released in 1991 on Gameboy.
I fuck around with old games a lot but there are not that many games I get really into these days. Cave Noire is similar to Desktop Dungeons where every attempt is a short puzzle so it fits pick up and play nature of Gameboy. Can’t recommend it enough if you’re into this kind of stuff.
I am very much into this kind of stuff.
Gonna download (my totally legal backup copy) now and check it out
Edit: is it accessible without knowing much Japanese?
It is, if you look a few things up, but there’s also a readily available translated “backup copy” floating around.
Missile Command is a 1980 shoot 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. and later licensed to Sega for Japanese and European releases.
Of the games I can think of, probably Super Mario Land.
Recently got a cheap Gamecube and now I‘m playing through Windwaker and some Double Dash every now and then. It’s insane how good the games still look that support progressive mode through the digital port.
I’m currently playing through WW and thought the same thing. I’m doing it emulated, though, which is neat cause I can do the weird GBA feature without wasting batteries. Why not have Tingle whereever you go?
I went to a gamestop a few months ago to see if they had any games for my Gameboy Advance. The dude at the register said I might have better luck at the “retro game” store in the next town over. I nearly spit out my Crystal Pepsi at him.
This week it’s been Megaman II (1988).
I feel like games before that era had a lot of coin-op focus. Not much content, but hard enough that you’ll be pouring more credits into the machine. That said, I’ve been itching to play Alley Cat (1983), but I don’t have a good setup for MS-DOS games at the moment. I’ll have to see if my Miyoo mini is up for the task.
I tend to not go that far back usually, mostly hovering around the mid 90’s and 2000’s with my retrogaming, but does it count if I’ve played some rounds of NES Tetris?
I’m currently reading a fantasy book from 1984 if that doesn’t count.
That would be Ultima Online, released in 1997.
I can tolerate the graphics, but the controls are really something else. Had the urge to play some more, but never did.
Tennis for Two (1958) on an online emulator
It has to be Dragon Warrior.
Mother, NES, 1989
If you have played Earthbound, is Mother 1 still worth a play?
I have played earthbound many times before I played mother. If you are a huge fan of the series, yes it’s worth playing. But it’s not necessary, earthbound is almost more of an enhanced remake than a sequel. Sure, there are some differences, but nothing compared to mother 3.
Was playing Rainbow Islands on the ST this week.
I know it’s not the “official” game, but I’ve been playing some Ocarina of Time (1998) multi-world randomizers every now and then over the last couple years.
Would you elaborate on the multi-world part please? Is it additional modded areas or am I thinking too hard?
So it is a program running in the program from Archipelago that can connect multiple randomizers together. You can have a friend playing a different randomizer somewhere else and you can send them item for their game and vise versa. Or you can run an a-synch on your own by doing everything you can in one game, and then swapping to another.
They have a list of compatible randos on their website, and I’d be willing to answer any other questions you have
I have Batocera on my Rapbperry Pie and occasionally like to play some N64 games. So roughly late 1990s. I also tested the Apple 2 emulator and played either Apple Panic or Lode Runner, I can't remember.
N64 runs ok on pi? Since when? Which PI?
With my 3b some of the N64 games run, some don't. I just play the ones that do. There are options to change the emulation backend. Sometimes that helps. Sometimes after an update things change...
I stopped buying Raspberry Pis with th 3b. I'd recommend one of the $200-$250 MiniPCs from Amazon instead. Or an old laptop or computer.
I also have Batocera on an USB stick and run it on my laptop. That runs everything but has the downside of not being attached to my TV... So yeah. I wouldn't say it runs "ok". But I finished Super Mario 64 for the first time in my life on that RPI 3b. 😄
Is this similar to RetroPie and LaunchBox? Essentially an emulator front-end? That’s the vibes I’m getting from a quick glance at your link
Yes. There are several projects: RetroPie, Lakka, Recalbox, Batocera. They're all some out of the box emulation solutions. emulator, frontend, controller configs, ... Sometimes you can install Kodi an also watch videos. Several of them use the exact same software. I tried them all in one evening a year ago and just stuck wit the one that seemed to work best for me and didn't require a lot of additional configuration.
megaman 3 from 1990
Commander Keen (1990) on Steam
I was playing Falcon 3 on DOS. 1991
Besides that I played some Bosconian from the arcade, 1981 and 1943: Battle for Midway on the arcade, 1987
Day of the Tentacle (1993). Admittedly, it was the remastered version from 2016 which has more modern controls, but the game is exactly the same as the old one.
It was fascinating to look at it again with more mature eyes: besides the fact that it feels a bit dated as a whole, it was funny to me to notice how much humanity loves time travel stories.
It’s not that this game is doing anything different in that regard, it’s just that I thought about how much media exists on the subject (and has been very successful).
Anyhow, although dated, the game is brilliant and wholesome and made me wonder which are the best (and recent) graphic adventure games
Asteroids.
Burger Time 1982
It was one of my first video games, we had it for the Atari 2600, and I have it on a RetroPi emulator. You are a chef and the stages are platforms with ladders between them similar to Donkey Kong. The platforms have hamburgers ingredients on them and you have to avoid the enemies and run over the ingredients to make them fall to the bottom. You have to build all of the burgers to win the stage.
Ah yeah that was a cool game! I played a version of it on Intellivision in the late 90s.
Probably the ancient pong machine my grandfather had.
Hmm… in my case the oldest game I’ve been playing recently is a fan translation of “Metal Max Returns” a 1995 SNES remake of a 1991 Famicom game.
I just played Mancala the other day which may be up to 8,000 years old.
My daughter and I played with a ball today. It looks like Mancala might be old as balls!?
I don’t know man…my balls are pretty old.
…did I misread the situation?
Pong
riskable@programming.dev 2 months ago
Chess. It’s over 1500 years old!
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Played some Go today.
showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 2 months ago
Eh, I prefer Mancala then any off your new fangled ‘board’ games
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 2 months ago
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.