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

submitted 1 day 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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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think all of them are in the 90s, great games though.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Ack, misread.

Well earlier i'm mostly in Atari 2600 territory. But dmg you have dadalean opus, you have the assorted marios and donkey kongs, MK,, castlevania etc etc

Hubs recommends wonderboy in monster land and wonderboy 3: the dragon's trap.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I still play Dungeon Keeper and recently GOG has it easier with their mod system, so not a lot of harm done :)

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 20 hours ago

FX is not a GOG creation, it's a fan community expansion that's been around for centuries and still very actively being worked on. :). GOG just recently put it in their store