What is the oldest game you still play & install today?

adolf hamster · 10 Dec 2017 at 16:00

oldest game i have for pc would be war of the ring, which about once every 2 years i take a notion to play again.

oldest game i've played recently would probably be oblivion.

if we're talking consoles i have a copy of ridge racer 4 around somewhere

texasjohn · 10 Dec 2017 at 16:16

“The sanctity of this place has been fouled.”

Original Diablo for me.

Pighardia · 10 Dec 2017 at 16:28

I occasionally like to play Theme Hospital

AeroSmurf · 10 Dec 2017 at 17:13

midnight resistance on my spectrum. love this game

oh and monkey island.

DEL 707 · 10 Dec 2017 at 17:52

Still have Elite 2: Frontier sat in my games directory.

Also like to play Doom 1+2 with the Brutal Doom mod everynow and then.

bayo000 · 10 Dec 2017 at 19:00

1st Colonization from 94 probably though it's been a while since I last played it

Malevolence · 10 Dec 2017 at 19:17

Does my 'heavy six' 2600 count? 40 years old and still going strong.

breadturbo · 10 Dec 2017 at 19:17

bayo000 said:
1st Colonization from 94 probably though it's been a while since I last played it

I loved the original Colonization!, remember getting it at chrimbo along with Transport Tycoon on (before they had to change the train names) both on floppies

Oh and they ran lovely on the Pentium 90mhz I got

one of those packard bells that went in the corner!

Kutter · 10 Dec 2017 at 22:26

DAOC for a bit of RVR every now and again.

Tek81 · 10 Dec 2017 at 23:22

I occasionally replay Monkey Island and its sequel. I must have completed both of them dozens of times.

thegreysquirrel · 11 Dec 2017 at 08:32

Theme Hospital was on my list for a long time. I have a memory of actually finishing the game and there's no way I want to test that by trying again.

One Vision · 11 Dec 2017 at 09:45

Double Dragon 1987 and Shao Lins Road 1985....i can still smell the chip fat when i play these games.

Beasty · 11 Dec 2017 at 10:37

Knights and Merchants, 1997 I think

suenstar · 11 Dec 2017 at 11:03

Depending if you count playing on an Amiga, the oldest I played would be NewZealand Story (last weekend).
Otherwise, I think the oldest game that I played through GOG in the past 6 months was Superfrog.

One Vision · 11 Dec 2017 at 12:02

suenstar said:
Depending if you count playing on an Amiga, the oldest I played would be NewZealand Story (last weekend).
Otherwise, I think the oldest game that I played through GOG in the past 6 months was Superfrog.

New Zealand Story, an amazing conversion on the Amiga but are you not better off playing the Coin-op version?

suenstar · 11 Dec 2017 at 12:07

I've only ever played it on the Amiga 500, so I wouldn't know if another version is better.

Ravenger · 11 Dec 2017 at 12:15

Depends if it's PC specific or not. Earliest PC games I've installed and played on a modern PC are probably the Ultima RPG's. Most of the early PC games I install and play are from the 1990's PC gaming golden age, such as System Shock, Crusader No Remorse, Lucas Arts adventures and Starwars games, and later games like Thief.
With emulation, I regularly play games from the dawn of computer games - mostly coin-op classics like Space Invaders, etc., but I have a full-sized arcade cabinet running MAME on Windows XP (not internet connected!) for that. Also I occasionally play C64 or other old computer games, via emulators on my main PC, but I recently got a Raspberry Pi for TV retrogaming.

GIBURROWS · 11 Dec 2017 at 12:23

C & C + CM01/02 always get installed on every PC or Work laptop I used to get.

RichL · 11 Dec 2017 at 12:42

Probably Wolfenstein Enemy Territory

Black Dog · 11 Dec 2017 at 16:23

Medal of honor original
Soldier of fortune
Resident evil 4, 5
Devil may cry 4
Return to castle wolfenstein

All classics that I just keep going back to.