# What is the oldest computer game that you still play? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067 "2014-10-01T08:35:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/21 "2014-10-01T15:59:28Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > I’ve recently dusted off **Emperor:Rise of the Middle Kingdom** and I’m loving it. I’m a sucker for a city builder, but I find the more recent versions (like Sim City) are “open play” without specific objectives to meet. > > Anyone else still play older computer games? Whatcha playing? I googled it, thought that the game was very beautiful for an oldie, but then saw on wikipedia it was published in 2001. I’m too old to think of a 2001 game as “old” ☹ For the record, mine is probably Master of Magic from 1995. ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/22 "2014-10-01T16:15:00Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > I’m too old to think of a 2001 game as “old” ☹ I don’t think it has so much to do with age. I’m 30, and I certainly don’t think of 2001 games as old. And seeing Civilisation 4 mentioned in these threads amazes me. I only played that game for the first time a few months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/23 "2014-10-01T16:31:32Z")
Tetris. I still play Tetris. I’ve given up on “Pong” though. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/24 "2014-10-01T16:34:38Z")
Umm – Solitaire? ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/25 "2014-10-01T17:20:21Z")
I still fire up NetHack once a year or so. First published in 1987, last updated in 2003. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/26 "2014-10-01T18:41:01Z")
I found Heroes of Might and Magic II for Droid so I have that on my tablet. It doesn’t have the quests but there are a lot of maps available. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/27 "2014-10-01T18:50:48Z")
Not counting Tetris, probably the original Dungeon Master on PC ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/28 "2014-10-01T18:53:09Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I don’t play it regularly, but I have the “Lost Treasures of Infocom” boxed set (which includes the original Zork game, among many others) and every once in a while I’ll fire up DOSBox and try to play through one of them. This could probably also go in the “games I’ve never finished” thread since I don’t think I’ve ever gotten all the way through any of them. You have been eaten by a grue. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/29 "2014-10-01T18:54:05Z")
Still chipping away at my Baldur’s Gate game here and there. It’s on the remastered version, so it’s got some modern amenities like widescreen support and a scalable UI, but the core game is the same one from 1998 so 16 years old. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/30 "2014-10-01T19:22:11Z")
I go through Doom and Doom II once every couple of years. I’ve still got my original CDs and DosBox makes it work, but I usually just download the port for whatever console I’m using at the time. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/31 "2014-10-01T19:41:16Z")
I don’t usually play any game until they’re pretty old. To me, 3D engines still seem like the “new thing.” For example, the two games I have running right now are Baldur’s Gate and Fallout Tactics. I only have a few hours a week to play them though. As for the oldest: about once a year, I pull up my Genesis emulator and play the ROM for [Master of Monsters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Monsters) (1991). Battle for Wesnoth is essentially the same game updated, but there are some things about Wesnoth that I’m not quite as fond of. (For those who want the details: Master of Monsters makes you the most powerful character on the board, even from the very start of the game, but binds you to your home squares. Wesnoth starts “you” as a weak and mobile character no different from any other. The Master in MoM is ridiculously powerful; even with the most powerful units, it requires several of them to take him down. Your character in BfW is never more powerful than his peers. BfW also removes the long-range magic powers that further emphasized the power and uniqueness of your main character. So BfW loses that bad-ass-wizard wish-fulfillment that I so love about MoM.) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/32 "2014-10-01T20:15:49Z")
Hah, I loved that game and its half-assed translations. My friend and I used to play it and ham it up. “Prepare to feel the wrath of… _CARTHAGO_!” “I’ll stop him with my Marmaid!” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/33 "2014-10-01T20:47:10Z")
The Microprose Magic the Gathering game that came out in 1997. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/34 "2014-10-02T03:53:32Z")
I downloaded the Android port of Karateka a while back. You can play it in green or amber monochrome if you want to really recapture the Apple II feel. That damned eagle is still as annoying as ever. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/35 "2014-10-02T08:49:29Z")
Warlords (fantasy turn passed strategy game) was first released in 1989. Theres now a “warlords classic” iPad app which is very faithful to the original and still plays really well. > **[‎Warlords Classic Strategy](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/warlords-classic-official/id532024361)** > > ‎Warlords Classic is an official port of the fabulous game you have been playing in your childhood on PC, Mac or Amiga computers. Now it's available on your iPad and iPhone! Enjoy old-school graphics, old-time map and factions! Recall great... Played many games in the last few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/36 "2014-10-02T11:38:32Z")
Thieves and Kings, not sure how old it is. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/37 "2014-10-02T12:29:32Z")
I still play “The Bard’s Tale” from 1985. The original one that taught me how to map dungeons. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/38 "2014-10-02T13:18:19Z")
I, too, still play Emperor: RotMK. I still also play MoO II from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/39 "2014-10-02T13:59:36Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I downloaded the Android port of Karateka a while back. You can play it in green or amber monochrome if you want to really recapture the Apple II feel. That damned eagle is still as annoying as ever. I had that on Commodore 64. Don’t forget to come out of your fighting stance when you get to the princess… How do the controls work on the droid? I get easily frustrated by virtual joysticks on touchscreens because they just don’t work for me. I would pay good money (maybe $3 or so) for someone to put Buck Rogers Countdown to Doomsday on my Droid tablet. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067/40 "2014-10-02T21:30:33Z")
I still play Star Control 2 occasionally, which I first played during its initial release in 1992. I like it so much I wrote up a comprehensive walkthrough that touches every aspect of the game, even the ones that aren’t required. That walkthrough still lives on [here](http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3825.0). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-computer-game-that-you-still-play/700067.md?page=3)