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What are your favorite pre-2000 computer games? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by NewEnglandBlueberry@lemmy.ca to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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I'm setting up my MiSTer FPGA and want to prioritize a bit. I currently have DOS and Win 95 running, but plan to setup Macintosh and any other worthwhile computer platforms. Any computer platform welcome (I already have the consoles figured out). What are your "must try" game suggestions?

Edit: I just got back to this post and am pleasantly surprised by the response. I'll probably be adding most if not all of these to test since I have the space. Thank you to everyone who commented.

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[–] whelk@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wasted hours playing with After Dark as a kid. I recreated the Starry Skyline one with Python a few years back. So much nostalgia from just watching these little screensaver modules do their thing.

[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

I don't know what it was about that program that was so entertaining as a child. Maybe it was just easy to tinker with all the knobs and sliders and discover what would happen. The one I remember wasting the most hours on was the pins and marbles. A ball would pop out the top of the screen and fall down and hit the pins. But every now and then a smiley face would fall out and would make a little "meep" sound every time it hit something. And me and my brother and sister would watch it go until a smiley face popped out and we'd all shout "a smiley face!!!" and giggle to ourselves. My parents probably thought we were nuts.