What's the oldest game anyone here has played in 2024?

Zachariah , 4 hours ago

Oldest game I’ve this year: wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Warriorhttps://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/43e8e03e-f0f7-4486-b846-9cc15b01318b.gif
on Steam Deck

I’m a bit bummed the question wasn’t about the oldest game I’ve ever played (as I misread it at first), but that would be:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b1d95459-4e19-49b1-82d3-a02b3002c1c5.jpeg

Console_Modder , 6 hours ago

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.

Cadeillac , 5 hours ago

Would you elaborate on the multi-world part please? Is it additional modded areas or am I thinking too hard?

Console_Modder , 5 hours ago

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

Cadeillac , 5 hours ago

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

Console_Modder , 4 hours ago

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

youtu.be/ptRrEt5XIbE?si=OlvB2Bpj6Rif9yWX

Cadeillac , 4 hours ago

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

ramble81 , 4 hours ago

I was playing Bubble Bobble on an NES emulator, so… 1988

58008 , 4 hours ago

I actually played a wee bit of 1983’s Crystal Castles (Atari 2600 version) earlier this year when I was trying out emulators 🤣 I loved that game when I was a kid, I get a major nostalgia hit when I play it. I’m sure some of the other games I tested were older still, but that’s the one I remember because I was born in that same year.

I remembered it being one of the first games I ever played. As I fumbled my way through those first few sessions, I could physically feel my neurons flowering and blooming and creaking to life like a bunch of microscopic mind-rhubarb. It was the beginning of a life-long love of gaming.

friend_of_satan , 5 hours ago

I went through Gunsmoke on NES, from 1985.

arefx , 5 hours ago

I’ve played wolf 2d and doom 1 recently

Varyag , 5 hours ago

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.

misk , 6 hours ago

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.

Cadeillac , 5 hours ago

Gonna download (my totally legal backup copy) now and check it out

Edit: is it accessible without knowing much Japanese?

brandon , 5 hours ago

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.

Cadeillac , 5 hours ago

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

Nemo , 5 hours ago

I am very much into this kind of stuff.

Ashtear , 5 hours ago

I still play Treasure of Tarmin (Intellivision, 1983) on my phone from time to time. I don’t think the core gameplay loop would be entirely out of place in a small roguelite game today.

Cadeillac , 5 hours ago (edited 3 hours ago)

You have my attention, now sell me on it!

Edit: I decided to give it a try. For anybody else interested, I believe the internet has archived it. It is listed under Mattel Intellivision, with the full title being D&D - Treasure of Tarmin

Edit: scratch that. I have exec.bin and grom.bin in my Retroarch system folder, and I’m just getting a green screen with occasional flicker, followed by Intellivision Halted.

Edit: bad ROM. What you want is Advanced D&D Treasure of Tarmin. I also grabbed the Mountain one to check out

hendrik , 6 hours ago

I have Batocera on my Rapbperry Pi and I 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. That'd be early 80s but I just did 2 or 3 levels.

emr , 6 hours ago

N64 runs ok on pi? Since when? Which PI?

Cadeillac , 5 hours ago

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

Cadeillac , 5 hours ago

Mine is kind of cheating. I’m playing the Pixel Remaster of Final Fantasy I currently. I only have my tablet on me at the moment so I’m also doing a lot of emulation. SNES, N64, and GBA are my sweet spots

variants , 5 hours ago

Trying to finish pokemon emerald on my game boy micro. I mostly play at family gatherings

RightHandOfIkaros , 5 hours ago

Oldest I have played during this year? Or oldest I have played up until this year?

HexagonSun OP , 5 hours ago

Oldest this year.

But maybe up until this year, or in the last 5 years would have been the more interesting question.

arniegeddon , 5 hours ago

Was playing Rainbow Islands on the ST this week.

slazer2au , 5 hours ago

Super Mario Bros. 3 from 1988 for the NES.