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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:49 pm
by Guest
What is the oldest game downloadable?
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:10 pm
by Wally
Hmm Good question..
Starting off with text based games.
Could be 1981.. could be not
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:39 am
by Interon 2.0
DOS was first released in 1981, so I think he's looking for a DOS game that came out in 1981. Since it takes a fair amount of time to make a game, it might be hard to find a DOS game that was released in 1981.
The Zork series. According to this site, that came out in 1982.
Chances are that demos/freeware/shareware didn't exist back then, so all software may have been the stuff you HAVE to buy at the store.
Also DOS Games Online can search by year.
http://www.dosgamesonline.com/index.php?page=search
Click the drop down menu and select Year, then type in a 4-digit year. The earliest I found was Paratroopers made in 1982.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:57 am
by Joris
Here are all games ordered by year... games on the top of the page are the oldest games:
http://www.dosgamesonline.com/index.php ... order=year