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What's the oldest game anyone here has played in 2024? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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

The Cloudy Mountain one is more like classic Intellivision stuff. I think that one was well-received at the time, but I actually don't often hear much chatter about Treasure of Tarmin. Tarmin being a first-person dungeon crawler gives it some legs since it's an inherently "classic" style, although calling the graphics and controls dated would be a huge understatement.

Players are absolutely going to need the game manual, and even then some item use cases will have to be figured out.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, I made it down like one floor I think lol. It was definitely interesting, and I'm not opposed to going back in. Thank you for the manual, I was being a bit lazy

I think the other game I got was Cloudy Mountain. I have absolutely no idea how to play it, and I haven't decided if I actually want to