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What's the oldest game anyone here has played in 2024? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago by HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Was playing a bit of Stunt Car Racer for the Amiga this week, from 1989, and wondered how far back people are going!

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[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I still play Treasure of Tarmin (Intellivision, 1983) on my phone from time to time. I don't think the core gameplay loop would be entirely out of place in a small roguelite game today.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

You have my attention, now sell me on it!

Edit: I decided to give it a try. For anybody else interested, I believe the internet has archived it. It is listed under Mattel Intellivision, with the full title being D&D - Treasure of Tarmin

Edit: scratch that. I have exec.bin and grom.bin in my Retroarch system folder, and I'm just getting a green screen with occasional flicker, followed by Intellivision Halted.

Edit: bad ROM. What you want is Advanced D&D Treasure of Tarmin. I also grabbed the Mountain one to check out

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The Cloudy Mountain one is more like classic Intellivision stuff. I think that one was well-received at the time, but I actually don't often hear much chatter about Treasure of Tarmin. Tarmin being a first-person dungeon crawler gives it some legs since it's an inherently "classic" style, although calling the graphics and controls dated would be a huge understatement.

Players are absolutely going to need the game manual, and even then some item use cases will have to be figured out.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah, I made it down like one floor I think lol. It was definitely interesting, and I'm not opposed to going back in. Thank you for the manual, I was being a bit lazy

I think the other game I got was Cloudy Mountain. I have absolutely no idea how to play it, and I haven't decided if I actually want to