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Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Centipede, Defender, Doom (in order of complexity (and replayability).
Introduce him to Doom and the fan produced Hires version - and shut him up until the new year ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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thank you! I will check them out...
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Minecraft is great. written in Java (Well the main version is Java, but there are console versions, etc too). and technically, its old...and new.
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RetroGames.cz has a plethora of games that can be played online: MS-DOS, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo (SNES), Game Boy (GB), Game Gear (GG), Sega SG-1000, Sega Master System (SMS), Sega Mega Drive (Genesis), and Nintendo 64.
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this is a complete list I ever see
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Thank you for this.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Scramble.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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thanks for this great link!
diligent hands rule....
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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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I am surprised that Python can create so many games![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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You will probably need some C++ too to get games to run at an acceptable speed 
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Master of Orion 2
The best 4x game that ever was!!  
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for four players, do they any special devices to play?
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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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How old we talking? Back in the DOS 2 days the game Jeopardy was all it took.
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.
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.
Jeremy Falcon
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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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Well, at least the author didn't spend all that time on crystal meth. 
Jeremy Falcon
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this is a great one! will that city builder games lead to Metaverse?
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Yes, and the new XYZ_OMG_123 token, that was copy/pasted by a 13 year old, will be the new official US Dollar standard.
Jeremy Falcon
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