All through 2023 we've been asking Computerphile contributors to tell us about their first brush with computer games. This is the 2023 sound-check compilation!

Links etc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17...

Playable:

Horace & the Spiders:
Horace & the Spiders (torinak.com)
Horace goes Skiing:
Horace Goes Skiing (torinak.com)
Painter:
Complete BBC Micro Games Archive - Play
The Hobbit:
VICE: C64, press "F12" for the menu. (archive.org)
3D Monster Maze
Play online: 3D Monster Maze (zx81stuff.org.uk)
Tetris (tetris.com):
Play Tetris | Free Online Game | Tetris
Blockout (3D version of tetris)
DOSBox SVN, CPU speed: 3000 cycles, Frameskip 0, Program: BL (retrogames.cz)
Manic Miner:
Manic Miner (DOS) - online game | RetroGames.cz
Chuckie Egg:
DOSBox SVN, CPU speed: 3000 cycles, Frameskip 0, Program: CHEGA (retrogames.cz)
Sonic The Hedgehog:
Play SEGA Master System Sonic The Hedgehog (USA, Europe) Online in your browser - RetroGames.cc
AtticAttack:
Atic Atac (torinak.com)
Doom:
Doom (DOS) - online game | RetroGames.cz
Doom II:
DOSBox SVN, CPU speed: max 100% cycles, Frameskip 0, Program: DOOM2 (retrogames.cz)
Atari Combat:
Combat - Atari 2600 video games, free online game play in your browser. (free80sarcade.com)
Ghosts and Goblins:
VICE: C64, press "F12" for the menu. (archive.org)
Mariokart - snes
Super Mario Kart - Play Game Online (arcadespot.com)
Bounty Bob Strikes Back
Complete BBC Micro Games Archive - Play
Daley Thompson’s Decathlon
Decathlon (torinak.com)

Videos:

Pilot Wings on SNES
(YouTube via NintendoComplete)
Pilotwings (SNES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete - YouTube

Guldcorn on Amiga (Freeware Advertising Game from Denmark)
(YouTube via Abandonware)
   • Guldkorn expressen - Amiga full playt...  

Zelda on SNES
(YT World of Longplays)
   • SNES Longplay [022] The Legend of Zel...  

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe on Game Boy Color
(YouTube via NintendoComplete)
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (Game Boy Color) Playthrough - NintendoComplete (youtube.com)

Prince of Persia 3D (1999) - PC
(YouTube via Firstplays HD)
Prince of Persia 3D (1999) - PC Gameplay 4k 2160p / Win 10 (youtube.com)

Pokémon Yellow for Game Boy ᴴᴰ
(YouTube via Nintendo Utopia)
Pokémon Yellow for Game Boy ᴴᴰ Full Playthrough - YouTube

Age of Empires II
(YouTube via SergiuHellDragoonHQ)
Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition - Gameplay (PC/UHD) (youtube.com)

River Raid
(YouTube via RZX Archive)
River Raid Walkthrough, ZX Spectrum (youtube.com)

Flight Simulator
(YouTube via Smooth Touchdown)
ZX Spectrum Flight Simulation 48K Game - YouTube

SimCity
(YouTube via LGR)
SimCity 30 Years Later: A Retrospective (youtube.com)

SimCity2000
(YouTube via LGR)
SimCity 2000 30 Years Later: An LGR Retrospective (youtube.com)


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