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!
Played some Go today.
Eh, I prefer Mancala then any off your new fangled ‘board’ games
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.
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.
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’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
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.
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
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?
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.
Awesome, thanks for the tip!
Edit: the patch is still available on romhacking.net for the time being. I don’t know when the official shutdown for file hosting is
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?
Does a remake of the first Wipeout count? It was technically made very recently, as the source code was leaked in 2022 and a couple of projects re-built the game based on that, but the original came out in 1995
If that doesn’t count then it’s Battle Engine Aquila from 2003
Aquilla is a really cool game. I think I came across it by chance on a warez site back in the day. I had never heard about it. Honestly, I think this is the first time since that I’ve seen any mention of it. Might have to dig up a copy. Thanks for reminding me!
I was honestly surprised by how well it held up. The battles still feel impressively huge. Have fun with it!
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.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Command
On the actual arcade machine as well, with the huge ball “mouse”.
Felt challenging, but also how it would be kinda trivial with a mouse and keyboard.
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 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
Holy shit. So, like, the Link to the Past+Super Metroid randomizer on crack?
Edit: thats the impression I am getting from the site. That is absolutely amazing
Yeah, pretty much lmao!
Edit: They show it off at the Game Done Quick charities every year or so. Here is one that is Ocarina of Time and Kingdom Hearts II
That doesn’t even make sense, and I don’t know how I feel about. I appreciate the link, hopefully I will get a chance to check it out. Internet is real spotty here
Hmm… I want to say chess or checker but it is probably tag.
Commander Keen (1990) on Steam
Warms my heart to know that game has been brought along into the future, that was such an awesome game for my brother and i to discover as kids
I remember as a kid that the main thing I liked about the game was that there was a pogo stick in it. Me and my brothers played it a lot. It was only in the last years I learned that it was also a technical masterpiece.
