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[JumpJeff84]

Just like it sounds...what's the oldest game that you can still sit down and play to this day and enjoy?

A lot of games hold fond memories for me, but often don't hold up.

The oldest game I still love is Robotron 2084, from 1983 I believe. Still the most intense, challenging and fun twin stick shooter I've ever played, and the sounds in this game are great. Arcade version is the best, but I also love the XBLA port.

 

[oldmario]

kaboom, i used to play it a lot on black ops 2 once i found about the easter egg on nuketown

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

puzzle bobble 4

 

[NJShadow]

Uh... I guess the first game I've ever played? Sonic The Hedgehog 1.

But if you say ACTIVELY, then I'd say the combination of Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Streets of Rage 2 and Road Rash 3.

 

[Deleted member 102362]

I haven't played it in a long time, but I could fire up the original Doom and still have a blast. Music, monsters, maps and mayhem all in one beautiful, bloody box.

Actively? Fallout: New Vegas (lol).

 

[Vandole]

Dig-Dug. I can sit down just about anytime and happily try to beat my score. I never do mind you, but I'm happy to try.

 

[zaxor0]

I still play the shit out of Ms. Pac-Man at a local video game bar.

 

[FloatOn]

If I had to pick one: Galaga

 

[shira]

Solitaire/Mine Sweeper

 

[dog$]

Nethack.

Robotron 2084

Good answer.

 

[fredrancour]

ninja gaiden for the nes off of wii vc.

 

[SolsticeZero]

I still play the shit out of Fast Food on my 2600

 

[Parapraxis]

Super Mario Kart, hands down.

 

[mrboo001]

I played Mega Man 1 (for the nes) for the 1st time last month. Never played a MM game before, but I really enjoyed it! It was simple but controlled well and the level/boss design was interseting too. I really have to get around to playing MM2 now.

 

[Gamerloid]

Minesweeper. We (siblings) recently had a competition on who could finish expert the fastest.

 

[crazy monkey]

i can play nes games and still enjoy it. probably random nes games. the one with the sports in one cart. i do not know the name

 

[Mr.Fusion]

Super Mario Bros. I usually beat it about once every couple of months.

 

[oneils]

This doesn't count, but I've been playing the remake of Flashback and have been having a blast.

For a while, it was Morrowind. Right now I don't really have a go-to-game that is older than 6 or 7 years old. Does feel kind of weird. That is what I usually do, go back to an old favourite.

Uh...wait. I guess it would be the GTA III trilogy. I keep forgetting that it is up to 12 years old, now. I replayed it this summer and I dust them off from time to time.

I don't play a lot of games from when I was a kid (back in the 80s).

 

[terrisus]

I can never get tired of Galaga (1981). Never.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Vice City.

 

[JumpJeff84]

This doesn't count, but I've been playing the remake of Flashback and have been having a blast.

For a while, it was Morrowind. Right now I don't really have a go-to-game that is older than 6 or 7 years old. Does feel kind of weird. That is what I usually do, go back to an old favourite.

Uh...wait. I guess it would be the GTA III trilogy. I keep forgetting that it is up to 12 years old, now. I replayed it this summer and I dust them off from time to time.

I don't play a lot of games from when I was a kid (back in the 80s).

Man, I would find it so hard to go back to the older GTA games now, mostly because of the shooting mechanics.

 

[JacksUsername]

Mega Man 2; I can always pick that game up and have fun.

 

[Dr.Acula]

Every time I see a Tetris cabinet I'm good for a half hour and a few bucks.

 

[Korosenai]

Halo 3 maybe? I don't know, i'll play Pokemon Blue every now and then for nostalgia purposes.

 

[system11]

I've got an Atari Star Wars machine from 1983 which still gets played almost weekly.

 

[Absinthian]

Pong

 

[Magnus]

Actively? As in, regularly play often? World of Warcraft.

Actively as in, like, at least once every couple years? Probably....Mega Man X.

 

[Spanx McFranks]

Tetris on GameBoy.

 

[Hayama Akito]

I still enjoy almost every Pong home console from the 70's.

Active: Konami's Scramble, still fighting for a good high score.

 

[JumpJeff84]

I've got an Atari Star Wars machine from 1983 which still gets played almost weekly.

Niiiice!

 

[FloatOn]

I can never get tired of Galaga (1981). Never.

my man,

I went to a video game bar recently and got my non-gaming wife to play. She scored something like 10k points.

 

[runnin_blue]

Loaded up Megamania (1982) on an Atari 2600 emulator the other day and found myself still playing it 30 minutes later. Was one of my favourite games as a kid and I still own it . Sadly, my original console's rc adaptor has bit the dust which is why I resorted to emulation.

 

[damaph]

Tetris

 

[Hellshadow]

Doom - just played it last week.

 

[Pallad1um]

The NES classics, especially Megaman 2.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

I can never get tired of Galaga (1981). Never.

Yeah guess that would my mine as well.

 

[BiggNife]

Ms. Pac-Man, probably

When I see a machine in a bowling alley or a pizzeria I always put in a quarter if I have the time.

 

[emb]

Super Smash Bros. Melee. Over the past five or six years, I've rarely gone more than two weeks without playing. And I've been playing since the day it came out, though it was more off and on from 2002-2007.

I also play through LoZ, LttP, and Super Metroid fairly often. Not nearly as consistent though.

 

[terrisus]

i can play nes games and still enjoy it. probably random nes games. the one with the sports in one cart. i do not know the name

Quattro Sports?

 

[Farslain]

Zelda Link to the Past for me.

21 years later I can still sit and play it through like i'm 12.

 

[EMT0]

Tetris or Earthbound, whichever came first.

 

[Novocaine]

Megaman and Doom.

 

[Various Artists]

Super Mario Bros. Or maybe Doney Kong

 

[Feichaw]

Super Mario Bros.

 

[Skilletor]

Punch out, super Mario bros, legend of zelda, nes ninja Gaiden 1 and 2.


Still play them very often. Thank you 3ds.

 

[yet_another_alt]

Tetris. Oldest game that I still play regularly would be FreeSpace 2.

 

[thekonamicode]

Easily Galaga.

 

[Grudy]

Shadow of the colossus for sure. The atmosphere never gets old for me.

 

[Valkerionseven]

Enjoyed my last playthrough of Xenogears.

 

[terrisus]

Tetris or Earthbound, whichever came first.

Tetris - 1984
Earthbound - 1995