Oldest game you recently played?

[Random Encounter]

Earthbound (1995).

Had to use an emulator since a PAL version was never released.

 

[Savagezion]

X-Com (this afternoon actually)
Tropico 1
Bully
Hunter: The Reckoning.

 

[Mordekaien]

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (1999)

 

[Lukeje]

Tex Murphy: Mean Streets, 1989. And then I started playing its sequel and got pissed off by all the insta-deaths (well, that and the clunky interface).

Edit:

I played Outcast a couple months ago. It was a PC game that came out in 1999 right when 3D accelerators were taking off... but it didn't use 3D acceleration, so it had this weird Voxel technology. It wasn't too ugly. The game was amazing though.

I try to fire up XCOM once a year or so, just to revel in its awesomeness.

Looked up some images, looks quite interesting

so "Voxel" technology, how was that different to 3d accelerators? can you name any games that used it?

You mean like MineCraft? And here, have a wiki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voxel] page.

 

[GreatVladmir]

Soldier of Fortune 1 & Unreal Tournament, when the fps (to me personally) was at its prime.

 

[Antwerp Caveman]

Shadowman. Awesome.
Also, Space Quest 6

 

[thousandthson]

In order of recentness (least recent-most recent)
Starcraft brood war
Dawn of war winter assault
Halo 1
Pong

 

[Asuka Soryu]

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2010
Reverse of Arcadia

 

[Di'kut]

Baldurs Gate II, all day every day.

 

[Sacman]

Deus Ex- 2000 yesterday...

 

[King of the Sandbox]

It hurts my age pride to see games from the FUTURE YEAR OF 2000!! referenced in an old games thread.

Yeah, yeah, computer phones that do everything are cool, but I'm still pissed I haven't gotten my hoverboard yet.

 

[Hateren47]

We have a Bubble Bobble (1986) arcade machine at work. I play that at least once a day.

 

[Pinklespork]

Wild Arms the first. PS1. 1998 for PAL
A rented game from back when I was a wee little kid, added to my collection on my birthday last year and finally finished it the other day with the addition of a tv to my room.
Awwwwesome!

 

[SMILEYkyle21]

Just went through and replayed the original Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), which is as old as I am, ahh nostalgia

 

[spiritslayr]

Abe's Oddysee on my PC. The original came out on PS1 in 1997.

 

[number2301]

Sopwith [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopwith_(computer_game)]. Although that's a little bit of a cheat as its been ported to my phone. Makes a fantastic phone game

I played Outcast a couple months ago. It was a PC game that came out in 1999 right when 3D accelerators were taking off... but it didn't use 3D acceleration, so it had this weird Voxel technology. It wasn't too ugly. The game was amazing though.

I try to fire up XCOM once a year or so, just to revel in its awesomeness.

Looked up some images, looks quite interesting

so "Voxel" technology, how was that different to 3d accelerators? can you name any games that used it?

Voxels are 3D shapes as opposed to polygons which are 2D. 3D cards only work with polygons. Aside from Outcast, the early Delta Force games used them. It allowed devs to make massive outdoor environments which you couldn't make in polygons at the time.

 

[Leppy]

Played, and finally finished (20 years after release) Kings Bounty. Amazing game, the predecessor to Heroes of Might and Magic, a great series.

 

[Dan Houghton]

I introduced my Dad to DOSBox the other day and it wasn't long before we were both playing Dungeon Keeper Deeper Dungeons.

Also playing through the Thief series again.

 

[rockyoumonkeys]

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (admittedly it was the X360 Arcade version).