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  • S Southmountain

    I try to introduce some old computer games to my nephew, so he can pick up some computer programming concepts. I only remember some games like Alien invasion, Tetris, Card games...

    diligent hands rule....

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    Amarnath S
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    Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, 4th Edition | No Starch Press[^] Found this book quite good for young ones.

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    • S Southmountain

      I try to introduce some old computer games to my nephew, so he can pick up some computer programming concepts. I only remember some games like Alien invasion, Tetris, Card games...

      diligent hands rule....

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      Super Lloyd
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      Master of Orion 2 The best 4x game that ever was!! :O :)

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        Internet Archive has a bunch, but figuring out the right keystrokes is a pain: [Internet Archive Search: classic arcade games](https://archive.org/search.php?query=classic+arcade+games&sin=&and\[\]=mediatype%3A"software")

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        Southmountain
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        thanks for this great link!

        diligent hands rule....

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          Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, 4th Edition | No Starch Press[^] Found this book quite good for young ones.

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          Southmountain
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          I am surprised that Python can create so many games:rose:

          diligent hands rule....

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            Master of Orion 2 The best 4x game that ever was!! :O :)

            A new .NET Serializer All in one Menu-Ribbon Bar Taking over the world since 1371!

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            Southmountain
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            for four players, do they any special devices to play?

            diligent hands rule....

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            • S Southmountain

              I try to introduce some old computer games to my nephew, so he can pick up some computer programming concepts. I only remember some games like Alien invasion, Tetris, Card games...

              diligent hands rule....

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              Jeremy Falcon
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              How old we talking? Back in the DOS 2 days the game Jeopardy was all it took.

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              • S Southmountain

                I try to introduce some old computer games to my nephew, so he can pick up some computer programming concepts. I only remember some games like Alien invasion, Tetris, Card games...

                diligent hands rule....

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                Jeremy Falcon
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                Also, if you do find some good ones... choose ones you can get the source code to. Playing is one thing. Seeing the juju that makes it work is a whole 'nother level.

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                  Internet Archive has a bunch, but figuring out the right keystrokes is a pain: [Internet Archive Search: classic arcade games](https://archive.org/search.php?query=classic+arcade+games&sin=&and\[\]=mediatype%3A"software")

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                  Tip: to play Railroad Tycoon online you have to press the num-lock key to lay track, don't build iron girder bridges as this will crash the game.

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                  • S Southmountain

                    I am surprised that Python can create so many games:rose:

                    diligent hands rule....

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                    RickZeeland
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                    You will probably need some C++ too to get games to run at an acceptable speed :-\

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                    • J Jeremy Falcon

                      Also, if you do find some good ones... choose ones you can get the source code to. Playing is one thing. Seeing the juju that makes it work is a whole 'nother level.

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                      David ONeil
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                      Do you have any sources?

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                      • D David ONeil

                        Do you have any sources?

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                        Jeremy Falcon
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                        There are some cool open source games out there like this city builder one. Probably not beginner friendly though, but could be enough to spark curiosity. Or if you really want to go old school, there are DOS games like Nibbles. The QBasic source has been floating around the Interwebs for a while now.

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                          There are some cool open source games out there like this city builder one. Probably not beginner friendly though, but could be enough to spark curiosity. Or if you really want to go old school, there are DOS games like Nibbles. The QBasic source has been floating around the Interwebs for a while now.

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                          Jeremy Falcon wrote:

                          ...like this city builder...

                          Reading that page, it looks like a life project that has sucked up some time!

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                            I try to introduce some old computer games to my nephew, so he can pick up some computer programming concepts. I only remember some games like Alien invasion, Tetris, Card games...

                            diligent hands rule....

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                            There are always the old standbys - Go, Chess, Checkers (or Draughts), Backgammon, Reversi, ... All of these may be found on the internet, including source code.

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                              I try to introduce some old computer games to my nephew, so he can pick up some computer programming concepts. I only remember some games like Alien invasion, Tetris, Card games...

                              diligent hands rule....

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                              Lemmings!

                              Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                              • S Southmountain

                                I try to introduce some old computer games to my nephew, so he can pick up some computer programming concepts. I only remember some games like Alien invasion, Tetris, Card games...

                                diligent hands rule....

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                                This is another site I have used from time to time. BrowserGames[^] It is in german, but I think you might get a good enough translation to know about what a game is using your favourite online translator. Titles I liked as a kid: Rainbow island, double bobble, snow brothers, bobble shooter, ...

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                                  I try to introduce some old computer games to my nephew, so he can pick up some computer programming concepts. I only remember some games like Alien invasion, Tetris, Card games...

                                  diligent hands rule....

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                                  In my teens I started with some text-based adventures. Concepts such as parsing and mapping, adapting text output to include random (but sensible) variations etc. An early graphic one I started on was an air-traffic control simulator. Never finished it but found one a few years ago in Javascript. It was buggy and lacked some usability so I extended it. Air traffic control 'simulator'[^]

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                                    Jeremy Falcon wrote:

                                    ...like this city builder...

                                    Reading that page, it looks like a life project that has sucked up some time!

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                                    Jeremy Falcon
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                                    Well, at least the author didn't spend all that time on crystal meth. :laugh:

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                                    • S Southmountain

                                      for four players, do they any special devices to play?

                                      diligent hands rule....

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                                      Super Lloyd
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                                      ha.. nope, but the networking version of the game is painfully slow at the start of the game (because the start of the game is mostly waiting for research/build to complete, but now it's quite slow down, because each turn goes stop and wait for all player to press next..)

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                                      • J Jeremy Falcon

                                        There are some cool open source games out there like this city builder one. Probably not beginner friendly though, but could be enough to spark curiosity. Or if you really want to go old school, there are DOS games like Nibbles. The QBasic source has been floating around the Interwebs for a while now.

                                        Jeremy Falcon

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                                        Southmountain
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                                        this is a great one! will that city builder games lead to Metaverse?

                                        diligent hands rule....

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                                        • S Southmountain

                                          I try to introduce some old computer games to my nephew, so he can pick up some computer programming concepts. I only remember some games like Alien invasion, Tetris, Card games...

                                          diligent hands rule....

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                                          charlieg
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                                          xcom :) might be a bit more complicated

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