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[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Currently replaying A Link to the Past (1991). It's not even that old.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

1991 was only like 20 years ago. Right?

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Jarlsburg@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Highly recommend checking out the Link to the Past Randomizer if you haven't. It shuffles all the chest contents while ensuring you can complete the game. It's different each time and even gives you a cheat sheet if you get stuck.

Check it out here

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Thats only an 8 year old game man. I think they meant something old like SpaceWar!

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[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (5 children)

This looks so much like my collection! Very cool

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tetris, the original GameBoy cart.

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[–] Mecky1312@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] ProfessorScience@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I go back to play some nethack pretty regularly.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago

I'm not alone!Β 

Never ascended once. Somewhere in the late midgame the inventory juggling becomes just too complicated and it feels like the last few turns of Civilization 4.

Tried fiqhack but it flakes on me a lot, can't figure the reason, won't find assets et c. I do dynahack now but it changes too much for my taste, and it doesn't help the inventory problem when you have hundreds of items and try to make sense of it all.

And yet 30 years on something about it still tickles me pickle.

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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Every so often I'll have another run at the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure from 1984.

You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least it would be if you could see it which you can't.

It is pitch black.

> _

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[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Super Mario World every year or two. The soundtrack alone cheers me right up.

Would Tetris count if its always whatever new Tetris Ultimate Reloaded DX etc etc edition? I feel like it shouldn't but its basically the same game just polished up.

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[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Playing regularly? Minecraft.

There are a few games I revisit as my kid grows up and gets to experience them for the first time, but Minecraft keeps coming back.

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[–] gray@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Super mario 64, the acrobatics is so fun

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[–] lemuria@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

OpenTTD (2004), which traces its roots to Chris Sawyer's Transport Tycoon and Transport Tycoon Deluxe (1994)

And there's a community of players who have modded the everloving fuck out of the game and the engine itself, one of these patch packs is OpenTTD JGR and we play it like it's a model railway simulator

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Technically Team Fortress 2. Though not often.

I'm playing through Final Fantasy 2 right now but the pixel remaster version which came out in 2021 which is why I say technically.

[–] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I started TF2 about a year or two back and still play because my son loves it. It's a fun game.

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[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (9 children)

MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat (1995)

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[–] Lanske@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Half life and Unreal Tournament

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[–] ving_thor@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Diablo 1 (it runs really well with the devilutionx engine reimplementation)

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[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I play retro games I missed growing up so I’ll soon be starting final fantasy 6

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Best old school one. You're in for a treat

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[–] Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

Probably half life 2

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago

Deus Ex 1. Still holds up after all these years and there are plenty of mods to keep things interesting.

[–] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Darklands - a cRPG released in 1992 by Microprose. It's set in medieval Germany; you are a party of fledgling adventurers looking to build fame and money, and somehow you get pulled into a battle against the forces of the apocalypse. Instead of magic, you invoke saints and use alchemy to craft potions. I loved it when I was younger, and I still, somehow, enjoy it today.

If you hate the following things, then I highly recommend checking it out!

  • great graphics
  • good music and sound design
  • easy to understand game mechanics
  • stable, bug-free game play
  • yourself
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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 8 points 1 month ago

Warcraft 3 custom maps still drag me back sometimes.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

On the regular I still fire up Zork 1-3, Ultima 4, StarTropics, OG Metroid, and Maniac Mansion.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Baldur's Gate.

[–] worhui@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

breakout. I think it's the oldest 'playable' game. It feel ahead of it's time for the late 70's

Sometimes I'll pop open Mega Man 1 when my blood pressure is too high to focus on anything. I plan to no-hit it one day (without major glitches)

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Super Mario bros 1 & 3. I still have them working on my old Wii, but I’ve been planning on a retro pi setup for ages.

My OG NES stopped working a decade ago.

[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

DigDug on MAME

[–] SuperRecording@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

River Raid, Atari game from early 80s. Play it on analogue pocket currently

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osu!. Despite being made in 2007, it still holds up as a good rhythm game.

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

Well, I don't segment my backlog for years, so I wouldn't know which is the oldest one, but the one I plan to play next is Fzero for the SNES which was released in 1991.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Portal. It's older than you think, but still solid.

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[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Thief: Gold

The Dark Mod scratches that itch very well most of the time, but the OG had better story telling across multiple missions

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Every so many years I fire up a King's Quest or Space Quest.

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[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

World of Warcraft, but to be fair, it’s just about the only game I really play. I dabble in a few others on Steam, but I always end up back in wow.

I bought a Nintendo 3DS this year and I’ve been trying to play that more but my books are so distracting lol

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I play lots of games from my childhood. Even though it was before my time, Super Mario Bros on the NES is probably the oldest game I regularly go back to. But I love retro games, so I'll play even older games on occasion.

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[–] zewm@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Anarchy Online (2001) is a game I play frequently.

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Just booted back up chrono trigger

[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I recently picked up Diablo 2 again, that and Doom which I play off and on. I really need to find a copy of Wolfenstein now that I'm thinking about old games.

[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

I still regularly play PS1 and SNES games. They're just better too me.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)
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[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

Mario 3, though these days I get tired of it after a World or two and haven't completed it in a while.

Also Xenogears from the PS1 is still one of my favorite games and I replay it every few years.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I dunno if it really counts, because these days I play Diablo 2 Resurrected instead of the real OG, but god I still love Diablo 2. I was playing a Druid Maul build a little bit just last weekend in anticipation of Path of Exile 2 adding animal transformations. It's just one of those classic Blizzard titles I go back to at least once every year, alongside Warcraft 3 and Starcraft. They're like the triumvirate of my childhood nostalgia.

Wish the company wasn't so awful.

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[–] MadMonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Knights and merchants

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