OK, what is the oldest game you have in your possesion?

[glarec]

gurm: YES, that was the game!!! god i loved that game. i have to say it's even better than ultima. of course it's also because it's the first rpg game where i finished without having to cheat :P seriously though.. great story line..

[Jord]

The oldest game anyone should have in his/her possession ofcourse is Chess

If not on on the first computers (Vic20, C-4, C16, ZX-81, C64 or better) then as a board game

Sorry, couldn't resist that pun

Jord.

[Gurm]

Jorden,

Umm... is the word "pun" different for you than it is for me? I'm not asking to be mean, this is an interesting tangent.

In Chinese, a "pun" is a series of words which "rhyme" (although we can't hear the differences, to westerners it sounds like the same word over and over again because our ears don't work that way) and make a little ditty. There's one which goes "the monk went up the stairs and then fell down and..." but all you hear is "Shao shao shao shao shao shao shao".

In English, a pun is a clever play on words, usually to use a word in a double-sense, or to use a word which sounds very much like the proper word but isn't.

You obviously have some third meaning for the word "pun". Enlighten me!

- Gurm

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Listen up, you primitive screwheads! See this? This is my BOOMSTICK! Etc. etc.

[Genom]

Oldest C64 Game I have is still Solo Flight (Copyright 1983). Oldest Amiga game I got is original King of Chicago, made in 1985. Oldest game I have period, is back in 1981 when I had my TRS-80 portable, I bought a book with programs you typed in yourself (only had 1K in that thing and a 80x8 LCD screen) that's copyrighted 1981. Farther back than that only stuff from my collection, but thats hardware only (got an IBM mainframe from 1973, same year I was born).

Also as a side note, I used to play that Star Trek game on TTY terminals when I was like, 8 or so, but my memory of last week is sketchy, forget about 19 years ago or so.

[Jord]

Jason... exactly what I meant... pun, as in double meaning. Oldest game on the PC against oldest game know

Jord.

[ahartman]

What was the name of that game on every office PC - you flew a ship against someone else and there was a black hole in the middle of the screen constantly pulling you inward?

I want to say you typed "spwar" to play it. It was pretty universal at any office PC I ever sat at as a kid.

[xortam]

How about oldest network game (not just playing against the machine)? Anbody remember Snipes on NetWare?

[Muad'Dib]

oh, I remember this one game similar where you fly around in your space ship and can mine planets and stuff like that. I think it was starship or something like that? I'll might find it at home later. I'll let you know.

Dimitri

[Jorden]

Andy, I think it was either I-Ball or Wizzball, both of them also on the C64

Jord.

[JC]

I still have RockMan for my Vic-20.

[Dyre]

I think i've got a copy of F/A 18 Interceptor for my Amiga. It was one bootable 3.5" floppy disk. I also have SimCity, and a whole bunch more games (Roger Rabbit Game. It was 2! whole 3.5: disks)

I still have the software, but i fired the Amiga2000. I was only like 8....

[Zaphod]

The oldest game in my possesion is gunship for C64 from 1986.
But what about that game that was included in dos, how old is that thing.
The oldest game i ever played gotta be that tennis game on tv back in the 70's.

Zaphod@work

[Paddy]

I have pole position on the BBC,
Spy vs. Spy on the Amstrad CPC6428?
- you know the non-standard 3 and a bit disks only spelt disc.?

I love basic

I have a bright orange 'thing' which plugs into the tele and plays pong.

on the PC.....
hitch hikers guide to the galaxy text adventure game?
Not sure how old it is, but classy nevertheless!

[Paddy]

btw,
I still didn't get your 'pun' Jord?

[Jord]

**sigh**

never mind

Chess isn't probably the oldest game after all... maybe checkers is...

Jord (100)