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Great games you would recommend from before 1990? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 days ago by Wrufieotnak@feddit.org to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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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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[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You are right, I never did play the first proper Mario game. Will check it out!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

The true first Mario game is Mario Bros. (the arcade game). Or maybe Donkey Kong if you're a stickler.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bros.