Carmaggedon(1997), via a reverse engineered dethrace

The first Sonic the Hedgehog for the Mega Drive. I play all 3 (4?) of the original Sonic games, but that's the oldest though.

I play through my Mega Drive games occasionally. Alex Kidd is probably older... Wonder Boy is great, too!

Shadow President (1993)

Sonic 1 for the Sega Genesis.

Doom. Gothic.

And Warsim is not old but it could very well be. And it's great.

Technically Team Fortress 2. Though not often.

I'm playing through Final Fantasy 2 right now but the pixel remaster version which came out in 2021 which is why I say technically.

MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat (1995)

Wing Commander on the ol' Dosbox.

Sometimes I'll pop open Mega Man 1 when my blood pressure is too high to focus on anything. I plan to no-hit it one day (without major glitches)

Which is older, Tetris, or Chess? /s

I may or may not still have a pvpgn vm and a Windows xp vm with a lot of baal rush setups set to run.

I'll play D2 till I die.

Solitaire and Minesweeper. Literally the best games for when I just want to play something that doesn't require a lot of attention (no story lines, long load times, or remembering what I was doing the last time I played). Just enough to focus my attention while waiting around, but able to close out when whatever I was waiting on is ready. Just really calming for the most part.

Streets of Rage 1&2

Through the Ages, the app edition of the board game.

I play that at least twice on a long flight.

Darklands - a cRPG released in 1992 by Microprose. It's set in medieval Germany; you are a party of fledgling adventurers looking to build fame and money, and somehow you get pulled into a battle against the forces of the apocalypse. Instead of magic, you invoke saints and use alchemy to craft potions. I loved it when I was younger, and I still, somehow, enjoy it today.

If you hate the following things, then I highly recommend checking it out!

• great graphics
• good music and sound design
• easy to understand game mechanics
• stable, bug-free game play
• yourself

The oldest I can go reliably is the late 80’s and early 90’s.

DuckTales NES, Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis, Puzzle Bobble.

Once we start getting into the mid 90*s games start to get good.

Chrono Trigger, Doom, Rayman, DK Country

I dunno if it really counts, because these days I play Diablo 2 Resurrected instead of the real OG, but god I still love Diablo 2. I was playing a Druid Maul build a little bit just last weekend in anticipation of Path of Exile 2 adding animal transformations. It's just one of those classic Blizzard titles I go back to at least once every year, alongside Warcraft 3 and Starcraft. They're like the triumvirate of my childhood nostalgia.

Wish the company wasn't so awful.

Ive played through Kingdom Hearts every couple of years since it came out! I was in 1st or 2nd grade when it came out and it was one of the first "big" games I ever beat.

Diablo 1 (it runs really well with the devilutionx engine reimplementation)

I play retro games I missed growing up so I’ll soon be starting final fantasy 6

Heroes of Might and Magic III

Worms Armageddon

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

The oldest single player game I keep going back to is Super Mario World on the SNES, Copyright 1990.

I will occasionally play games older than that, but the SNES is where my actual nostalgia begins.