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Great games you would recommend from before 1990? (feddit.org)
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I noticed that pretty much all games I played in my life have been released after 1990. So now I'm asking those with earlier experience here:
Which games can you recommend from before that time?

But: they should still be fun in their own right and not just interesting to play in an historian sense of trying to understand how genres developed.

Games I played that are older than 1990:

  • Tetris (classic for a reason)
  • Pacman (interesting but simple)
  • Prince of Persia (was too young to understand how to correctly play this game, I should maybe try to play it again)
  • The Legend of Zelda (too old school and clunky for my liking)
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[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Zork (1980), and Nethack (1987) are fun adventures.

[–] debil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I highly recommend NetHack. My first ascension on NAO is probably my most memorable gaming experience ever.

[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 10 points 2 days ago

Any Infocom game, for that matter. Zork II and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy were fun, too.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'd also suggest the granddaddy of interactive fiction games: Adventure / Advent / Colossal Cave. I actually still have the map I made around here somewhere.

[–] palarith@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago

That brings memories. I also had fun with old school muds

[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago

ive been playing a port of the original rogue (which nethack is based on) and its pretty fun too