✦ VIDEO GAMES · THE YEARS YOU KNOW

Game years.
Press play.

Arcade memories. One more save.
Guess when the games first arrived.

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VIDEO GAMES · YOUR OWN STRETCH OF ROAD

From your first arcade to one more save.

Explore 45 game launches: arcade favourites, console adventures and PC worlds you stayed up too late in. A short clue is all you get. Think about generations, sequels and the games you were playing around the same time.

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An actual question and pixel world from Early’s Video Games year-guessing game.
A real release-year question in Early’s Video Games mode.

First release, or full release?

The question tells you which launch to date. Some games arrived in one country first; others spent years in early access. Minecraft and Hades questions name their full release. Use that detail, then open the source after your guess if you want the story.

  • Pong
  • Minecraft
  • Stardew Valley

One good guess leads to another.

Enter a year and press Go. An exact answer earns 100 accuracy points; a close one earns 85. Consecutive close or exact answers add a streak bonus, starting at +5 on the second and growing to +25 per answer.

Watch the traveller dash or take flight. The real year appears straight away, and Space skips the performance. Choose “Rest here” after an answer to open your time log and review.

Your own personal best.

This topic saves its question, time and score in this browser. Return to continue, or start a new run after finishing. Fresh moments come first; after the 45-question pool cycles, familiar ones return.

Today’s seven questions and your other trips keep their own records. Try another topic, or take the whole bank on Unlimited roam.

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