What is the oldest game you have ever played?

[Erana]

Everyone's played Pong, but the oldest game I have a particular affinity for is NetHack.
Ah, NetHack...

I still feel bad about accidentally eating that cat. XD

 

[mr.aravaro]

pong

 

[MadeinHell]

Pong ofc. The one that originally had it's own console. (this huge wooden box)

 

[lewiswhitling]

Ive played the royal game of Ur on some museum website.. i think it's the oldest game ever excavated. that count?

 

[Proteus214]

I got to play the oscilloscope table tennis in a tech museum. That was the first video game ever made.

 

[Heraklitus]

I've played Pong.

 

[Lucane]

Pong... on an Atari!

 

[Shadowfaze]

Probably defender on an old old old arcade machine. shooty blast goodness, fresh from the early 80s.

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

I got to play the oscilloscope table tennis in a tech museum. That was the first video game ever made.

In the British Science Museum? It was very cool.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Pong, original Dong Kong, etc. We have an arcade downtown with all the retro games called 1984.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

Pong, but it wasn't the original (I haven' been around for that long).

 

[Daedalus1942]

Since discussion here seems to concentrate on newer releases, I thought it would be interesting to find out some of the oldest games that people have played. I don't mean the first game that you played (although it could well be the same), but the game that was released longest ago.

For me, it would be "Jetpac" on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, which Wikipedia tells me was released in 1983.

Joust on the Atari, or....Joan of Arc on the Amiga.

 

[Pingieking]

Pong and Tetris.

I also played Go, and that game's at least 2000 years old.

 

[Captain Pancake]

Last saturday, it was me, a couple of mates, and a retro game thing with pacman, bosconian, dig dug... so take your pick, really.

 

[Rooster893]

Dig Dug.

 

[Dingoman013]

the original tmnt on the super nintendo

 

[Xorghul]

I think anyone who's ever played Pong wins this one.

Wee! I win!

 

[jimtheviking]

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600. It was released in '82, but I wasn't old enough to play video games until '86 or so, so there you go.

 

[RanD00M]

I think anyone who's ever played Pong wins this one.

So i win?.Score.

 

[Playbahnosh]

My very first computer (that can be called computer, I don't count hand-held Tetris) was a Commodore Plus/4 which most of you doesn't even know existed, since it was a total flop in the US but mildly popular in Europe, mostly in Hungary. It was designed to replace the C64, but ultimately fell short in some areas. You can find more info HERE.

Since I got my Plus/4 in 1985, most of my first ever games are from that period, like Paperboy, Loco-Coco, Jet Set Willy, Karate King, Treasure Island, Apollo Rescue but the great majority of games were Hungarian. Since the console was mostly popular here, the great majority of games for the Plus/4 is either made by Hungarians, Germans or ported (hacked) by Italians from other consoles. My memory is a little hazy (it was, like, 20 years ago), but I remember I had lost of fun with that compy.

If you want some more info, there is a Plus/4 portal with info, programs, games n stuff at the Plus/4 World website. You can download most of the games and play it with an emulator and you can even play some of them online!

Gosh, I'm old...