I'd argue either pic related, or maybe Tempest
Probably Tetris, since even people who weren't into video games got hooked on it.
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>>12307917Yeah, Tetris probably has the best balance when it comes to how old it is and how popular it still isHard to say what's the oldest game I can enjoy a decently long session of, but Galaga is a strong contender. Pac-Man is a classic for a reason too, but I just enjoy Galaga more
>>12307951I can enjoy a good number of classic pre-Nintendo video games like DigDug, Missile Command, Asteroids, etc. But Pacman I've always found pretty boring, I never understood how it go as huge as it did.
>>12307912Windows Write.
>>12307958Pac-Man isn't a bad game but yeah, in my opinion it might a bit overrated when it comes to the "golden age"
>>12307912Gotta be Double Shuffle. Flippers were a game changer.
Adventure, Space Invaders, Oregon Trail...
Breakout (1976)
It's a great game but you need a trackball
>>12308687Why do you hate people with epilepsy?
>>12307912Space Invaders./thread
Lunar Lander is great fun
>>12309515i fuckin love this game
>>12307912A few years ago I gave Zork a spin and honestly I was hooked. Can't think of anything earlier than that that I'd recommend to anybody.
>>12307958>pacmanIt’s women. I’m dead serious
>>12307958>I never understood how it go as huge as it did.Pac-Man was one of the first video games to have identifiable characters, and the lack of shooting in it appealed to people who thought that that was too violent.Personally, I think it's held up exceptionally well for a game from 1980, and I'd take it over Missile Command, which it predates by a month.I feel obligated to shout out Rally-X and Berzerk too, even though both of those games came out several months after Pac-Man or Missile Command.
>>12310729Gonna give a shout out to Crazy Climber too. I'm surprised that one came out in 1980. Fucking love that game.
>>12307912Probably Space Invaders, I can't think of an older game that was better, but it was surpassed by Galaxian and the Galaga. Missile Command and Tempest were really good too. So we're Breakout and Pacman.
>>12307912Lunar lander, it didn't really get copied much and the concept wasn't expanded on until at least flight simulators in the late 90's.
>>12307984Pac-man was the casual scum game of its day.
>>12307912I'd say breakout provides more of a dopamine hitthe old versions of missile command I've played just mindlessly scale according to some algorithm until you reach a point where it's physically impossible to win, so even if you're going for "high scores" there's just a brick wall at some point
>>12310807That’s true of most early classics. How is that any different than Tetris?Also the record Missile Command high score played for 56 hours straight, so you just need to git good
>>12310848>How is that any different than Tetris?Most versions of Tetris hit a maximum difficulty that's still playable, that's when the actual competition starts. Compare that to Space Invaders where the enemies eventually move so fast you can't even shoot them down with a TAS. I don't know about Missile Command, I've definitely played versions where after a certain point RNG becomes the deciding factor.
>>12310943>Most versions of Tetris hit a maximum difficulty that's still playable, that's when the actual competition starts.Be that as it may, 99.9% of people aren't playing any of these games with global competition in mind. The fact that someone could play Missile Command for 56 hours on one coin means the game must be relatively fair.
>>12309578I don't carry a gunI Drive (1976)
