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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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[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 points 3 days ago

Covert Action is the game that Sid Meyer hated the most and often will mention during talks.

I've seen it played in Youtube and I thought it was fantastic, but I struggled a lot with certain minigames, the myriad of shortkeys it is demanding you to learn and how disconnected the minigames feel from the whole campaign. This is probably a game I really wanted to like, but playing it instead of watching someone play felt like a chore.

That said, RPS folks said it is still fun to play.

[-] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Covert Action was a masterpiece and super fun, I had no idea that Sid Meier hated it.

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

I think I would love it in a renewed interface and better history generation or just crafted missions, but it's my go to choice when I'm asked what game I wished was remade.

That and the "Life and Death" series.

Have you ever played Floor 13? It's similar to Covert Action in some parts, except for the arcade minigames, and reminds me of Papers Please, in some sense.

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