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

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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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Riskable@programming.dev
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Chess. It’s over 1500 years old!

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Tanis Nikana@lemmy.world
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Played some Go today.

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showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website
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Eh, I prefer Mancala then any off your new fangled ‘board’ games

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PlexSheep@infosec.pub
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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.

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zanyllama52@infosec.pub
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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.

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astrsk@fedia.io
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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!

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Chocrates@lemmy.world
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In 2024? No.

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Omega@lemmy.world
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I definitely played SMB this year. I may have played Pac-Man.

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

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calamityjanitor@lemmy.world
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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.

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Cadeillac@lemmy.world
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I’ve been messing with SMB 1, 3, and World hacks lately

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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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Pssshhhh!!! Only because you have good taste!

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

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potatobro@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Fallout 1997

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mhague@lemmy.world
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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.

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hydrashok@sh.itjust.works
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Same, but it was because Steam updated it with new graphics modes and I wanted to replay it. Doing Doom 2 now.

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