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Great games you would recommend from before 1990? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 week ago by Wrufieotnak@feddit.org to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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I noticed that pretty much all games I played in my life have been released after 1990. So now I'm asking those with earlier experience here:
Which games can you recommend from before that time?

But: they should still be fun in their own right and not just interesting to play in an historian sense of trying to understand how genres developed.

Games I played that are older than 1990:

Tetris (classic for a reason)
Pacman (interesting but simple)
Prince of Persia (was too young to understand how to correctly play this game, I should maybe try to play it again)
The Legend of Zelda (too old school and clunky for my liking)

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[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

M.U.L.E. (1983) still holds up, though I'd appreciate some QOL improvements. It's a multiplayer game where you develop your production and then sell your commodities at auction to the other players (or what the bank will pay as minimum). The theme song is a banger.

Sid Meyer's Covert Action is a fun espionage game. Break-ins, wiretapping, following clues, etc. Released in 1990, so on the line.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Covert Action is the game that Sid Meyer hated the most and often will mention during talks.

I've seen it played in Youtube and I thought it was fantastic, but I struggled a lot with certain minigames, the myriad of shortkeys it is demanding you to learn and how disconnected the minigames feel from the whole campaign. This is probably a game I really wanted to like, but playing it instead of watching someone play felt like a chore.

That said, RPS folks said it is still fun to play.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Covert Action was a masterpiece and super fun, I had no idea that Sid Meier hated it.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think I would love it in a renewed interface and better history generation or just crafted missions, but it's my go to choice when I'm asked what game I wished was remade.

That and the "Life and Death" series.

Have you ever played Floor 13? It's similar to Covert Action in some parts, except for the arcade minigames, and reminds me of Papers Please, in some sense.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would love a remade Covert Action as well, I do own it on steam along with other games whose interface didn't age well (Darklands immediately comes to mind). I haven't heard of Floor 13, but I'll check it out. Thanks!

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Note: it's unforgiving, obtuse and aged, but the premise is great (though I suggest checking the original rather than the new version).