What Was Your First Computer Game? (Soundcheck Question 2023) - Computerphile

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/17VH5BuYun5ApNGmkChMnm4ppkQrw8pLHsu1roODAC24/edit?usp=drivesdk 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 MazePlay 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 - snesSuper Mario Kart - Play Game Online (arcadespot.com) Bounty Bob Strikes BackComplete BBC Micro Games Archive - Play Daley Thompson’s DecathlonDecathlon (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)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9pFxLdqN4Q Zelda on SNES (YT World of Longplays)https://youtu.be/Z6hjG6MCcZ8?si=MqOW-obBr4kT02tj 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) https://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: https://bit.ly/nottscomputerComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.comThank you to Jane Street for their support of this channel. Learn more: https://www.janestreet.com