Re: When Is A Game Old?

On 4/9/2024 6:07 AM, Mike S. wrote:

On Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:09:57 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
 

On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 09:27:05 +0200, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
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On a related note: what's the oldest media (tape, floppy, cd-rom,
cartridge) you still have for a game?

 Quick glance....
 I think the oldest for me on the PC at least is tied between Wizardry
1 and Might & Magic 1 - Copyright 1987 - 5 1/4 Floppies.
 But the oldest I can quickly tell is Questron on the C-64, 5 1/4
Floppies, Copyright 1983

You beat me there!  Elite was copyright 1984 & 1985 by Acornsoft, though the box says it's made by Firebird.
I don't have any way to use it, I haven't had a 5 1/4" drive for probably more than a decade.

 But I have a lot more C-64 games stored away in bins in my garage,
including many Infocom titles. They are probably even older.

Unfortunately my Intellivision, C-64, and Kaypro are long gone,traded off or sold for something else I don't remember.
I do have a Dungeons & Dragons Computer Labyrinth Game from 1980 that still worked the last time I dusted it off, though I had to press rather hard for it to register piece moves.
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