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Is there a way to find older games without just scrolling (sort feature/different view format/ etc)?

A topic by ThursdayPlaid created May 28, 2023 Views: 908 Replies: 4
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Apologies if this is a duplicate, I tried to find the answer and the only similar questions I could find were archived.  

I'm looking to play older games as a way to potentially find gems that the current sorting features kind of obscure, so I've been trying to figure out how to get to older games without just scrolling down for three hours.  If there is another type of view, like pages instead of endless scroll or a way to sort oldest first I haven't been able to find it one my own. Given the current search and sort features (that I can find), if a game isn't able to gain a level of popularity or rating when it's new, then it is buried and then can't become more popular or rated any higher.  For someone who enjoys more unique or obscure games that aren't necessarily popular with a wider audience this can be a little frustrating.

If there isn't another way to find older games except scrolling, would it be possible to include either 1) an oldest first sorting feature, 2) an optional page view so the address bar can be used to skip to the end, or 3) a list view to make an endless scroll more bearable.  Given the effort it can take to make changes to a website, I totally understand that these changes might be outside the scope of what can be currently done, but I feel like at the very least being able to flip sorting categories (newest to oldest, most popular to least popular, etc) would be really helpful for the developers and the players.

Thank you for your help!  ^_^

Moderator

You can disable endless scroll by ticking the checkbox labeled "Disable auto-loading next page when browsing" in your account settings. As for sorting options, I'm not sure. Sorry.

Ah!  You're a hero!  Thank you so much!  I never would have thought of that.  I really appreciate you (very quick) help! <3

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You can try the “year” filters if you want to see games that were published in different years: https://itch.io/directory

eg. you can see the currently most popular games that were published on itch.io in 2013: https://itch.io/games/year-2013

There’s also the “/oldest” sort, eg. https://itch.io/games/oldest which will do the opposite of “/newest”

Thank you!  I really appreciate it!  This is super helpful! <3

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