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any old games to suggest?

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  • S Southmountain

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

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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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        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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        • 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.

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          David ONeil
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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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          • 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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            Daniel Pfeffer
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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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            • 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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              Lost User
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              Lemmings!

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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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                Nelek
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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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                • 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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                  DerekT P
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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?

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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.

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

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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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                          • 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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                            englebart
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                            Hyperoids is an Asteroids clone with source available. Hopefully they fixed the bug where your ship color matches the background on level 15(?). It is hard to maneuver when you are invisible.

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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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                              englebart
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                              Breakout is another classic. One step above Pong.

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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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                                Paul Sanders the other one
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                                Defender was always my favourite. Played it way too much at college (and that really does date me!).

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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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                                  Gaston Verelst
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                                  I had hours of fun with [Leisure Suit Larry - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure\_Suit\_Larry)

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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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                                    Chris Nicolatos
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                                    Minesweeper, Lounge Suit Larry, Hero's Quest

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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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                                      Graham Coulby
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                                      Going to break the mould here. Can I suggest check out some old gameboy games… the graphics are simple and the programming is often also not too complex. I then recommend this playlist: [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeEj4c2zF7PaFv5MPYhNAkBGrkx4iPGJo\](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeEj4c2zF7PaFv5MPYhNAkBGrkx4iPGJo) I’m not sponsored here, I did this playlist myself and made a couple of gameboy games. Since the graphics are simple you can be making games in a matter of hours. Yes it is C language, but the engine/libraries take fair of most of the heavy lifting.

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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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                                        Matt Bond
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                                        In the early 90's there were a bunch of text-based MORG's played on dial-up. There were also a lot of text-based stand-alone games. I played Moria (as in the Mines of Moria from Lord of the Rings). You were a capital "H". All the easy monsters were lower case and the hard ones were upper case. Add a few keyboard commands for attack, move, and portal to the town to haggle for goods. Very simple but very addictive.

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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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                                          JohnDG52
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                                          If you can get by with text-based, try to find "The Colossal Cave" or one of the similar variants. You should be able to find the source code (basic), which you can dissect to see how it works.

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