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Was playing a bit of Stunt Car Racer for the Amiga this week, from 1989, and wondered how far back people are going!

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oldest game I’ve this year: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Warrior
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:

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

This year? I've lost, best I've got was a very brief demo of my setup with an Apple II game (and I already forgot what it was, I was just showing of that I had every game from an Exodus set since they added Apple II). But I'm not gonna count it.

Actual play? I'm on a GameCube fix right now cause of achievements. Y'all are the real mvps in 2024.

[–] jasoncg@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Golvellius on the Sega Master System.

I've owned it since the 80s but back then couldn't get very far. The fact that it uses passcodes instead of saves didn't help. Last month I played with a mod which adds save support, on the MiSTer FPGA (which I have installed in a C64 shell), on a nice ~10inch OLED.

I got all the way to the final boss but... still haven't beat it.

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Moon Patrol on the Atari 2600 (Emulated on my Steam Deck). I'm not giving away my age by posting this at all...

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[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

The London Game, from 1972.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Played with various ROMs of popular late ‘70s and early ‘80s arcade games.

[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I played through Wario Land on GB emulator earlier this year. Probably that.

[–] Nurgus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Amiga Stunt Car Racer remains the best racing game of all time for me. It even had linkup multiplayer (I think..)

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I played the similar game Stunt Driver on PC a lot growing up. Had a tweaked copy where all the stats were turned way up on one car. Good choice to play as an old game

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Galaxy 5000 (1991). Not the oldest in this thread by far, but I've never heard anyone talk about it and it's actually a really decent racing game for its time.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I've got Pong on my phone and one of my kids loves it.

[–] VanHalbgott@lemmus.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably the 2600, since I bought it recently and built a decent collection complete with joysticks, paddles, and a Video Touch Pad for Star Raiders.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Playing 2600 on original hardware is pretty awesome.

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