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zanyllama52 ,
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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.

astrsk ,
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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!

Cadeillac ,
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I’ve been messing with SMB 1, 3, and World hacks lately

Lost_My_Mind ,

Pssshhhh!!! Only because you have good taste!

Cadeillac ,
@Cadeillac@lemmy.world avatar

I see you all over lol. If you like retro games and professional wrestling you’re ok in my book

Chocrates ,

In 2024? No.

calamityjanitor ,

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.

Omegamanthethird ,
@Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

I definitely played SMB this year. I may have played Pac-Man.

But I also played mancala which is 8,000 years old.

riskable ,
@riskable@programming.dev avatar

Chess. It’s over 1500 years old!

tanisnikana ,

Played some Go today.

Nemo ,

Collassal Cave Adventure, 1976

InfiniteFlow ,
@InfiniteFlow@lemmy.world avatar

Was going to post this as well. Just replayed it again, never gets old!

cfi ,

Same here

misk ,
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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 ,
@Cadeillac@lemmy.world avatar

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

Edit: is it accessible without knowing much Japanese?

brandon ,
@brandon@lemmy.ml avatar

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 ,
@Cadeillac@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,

I am very much into this kind of stuff.

Pechente ,

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.

taiyang ,

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?

potatobro ,

Fallout 1997

Grangle1 ,

Of the games I can think of, probably Super Mario Land.

Skua ,

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

Jerkface , (edited )

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!

Skua ,

I was honestly surprised by how well it held up. The battles still feel impressively huge. Have fun with it!

mhague ,

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.

Dasus ,
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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.

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.

Durandal ,
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Oldest game I’ve actually played this year would probably be a bit of Ultima IV: Quest for the Avatar, 1985.

Varyag ,

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.

Menschlicher_Fehler ,
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That would be Ultima Online, released in 1997.

I can tolerate the graphics, but the controls are really something else. Played it for 3 hours and had the urge to play some more, but never did.

Console_Modder ,
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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 ,
@Cadeillac@lemmy.world avatar

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

Console_Modder ,
@Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works avatar

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 ,
@Cadeillac@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works avatar

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 ,
@Cadeillac@lemmy.world avatar

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

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