Early 80's is as far back as I go which is pretty far.
Galaga is peak arcade game. i've got the emulated version on my 3DS which makes it perfect for short sessions.
I play mid 80s games. Must admit I was recently very pleasantly surprised by Final Fantasy 2 (actual 2, not 5), especially how modern it felt compared to number 1.
There are a few (very few) Atari 2600 games that I can enjoy and some arcade games from the very early 80s like Tempest and Missile Command that I think hold up.
Probably the DOS era side of things.
How dare you say that about the original System Shock. It is beloved (by me)
The oldest games I've played tend to be Nes and Master System games, but I have been making bedroom eyes at Ultima III for a while now. I wanna poke at the origins of the role playing video game.
It was actually the original Fallout that made me realise, behind dogshit or incomprehensible PC interfaces sometimes there will be an ultraclassic banger of a game. It'll probably be worth slamming my head against Ultima III's weird menu keymaps.
I know System Shock is a great game, but every time I look at the controls and the interface I just go I don't have issues with a complex, text-heavy interface with lots of buttons on isometric turnbased 2D games but in a first person game it's a "no thanks"
I got System Shock 2 and the other Dark Engine games, Thief and Thief II, off GOG ages ago and loved all of them, but I just haven't been able to get myself to start the original. Now the remake's been out for like a year and I'll eventually probably just play that instead (since it looks like SS2)
shills annoyingly You should in fact try the remake instead then! The game does fuck ✨ it's about to get a major patch, and I can confirm the remake is one of the best games ever made.
Fallout 2 is even better then 1. I haven't played in years but I bet they're some of the few games that still hold up.
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Tabletop, DnD, board games, and minecraft. Also Animal Crossing.
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