Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Old Games For The Win Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:50:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:50:04 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f27079509014424486010d6427a2ce1f"; logging-data="371330"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19yDca2uPoP7CGjDpPR3u/EMWzJPetZVrpTFQiZF1H4Kg==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:h0Cq17iBfBBO7XdHoyQJTuOf72k= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 14:55 this Monday (GMT): > On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:46:44 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson > wrote: > >> > Tangentially related: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pp6yfJmKFg > > (okay, not really. It's a brief comedy skit about a guy realizing > games he enjoyed in his youth are now considered old. I found it > amusing. But it's games that aren't new, and I didn't want to start an > entirely new post just for the link, so I'm sticking it here ;-) > > (This video doesn't have as much impact on me as it might once have, > just because I'm long past the point where I've realized all the > things I've enjoyed in the past are considered long out of date. > Nowadays I'm more surprised when things I liked are still enjoyed by > youngsters. ;-) > > > > > > > > (although -20 points for the videographer for filming in portrait > mode.) I mean, most games I like are in the 2000-2015 ish range, with the oldest pc game being spess13 -- user is generated from /dev/urandom