I was thinking about this phenomenon where games re-release an older version. The obvious examples are old school runescape and classic wow. Then there's the example of minecraft, although there's no official "old school minecraft" release that I'm aware of, you can easily select old versions from the launcher and importantly, there exist strong communities around those alpha versions. There are also "alternate timeline" mods like Better Than Adventure, which aim to expand upon the design of the older versions of minecraft. Along the same lines there's team fortress 2 classic, a mod for tf2 which does the same sort of thing, reverting to something close to the original state of the game and adding new content which is more in line with the original design.
Any other examples of this kind of thing?

theres novetus for old roblox clients

Dracula X Chronicles, a remake of Rondo of Blood for the PSP, includes the full original game packaged inside and honestly I find it superior. You can also play Symphony of the Night.

Obviously playing with old cards isn't a rarity in digital card games but hearthstone briefly included a classic format that played like hearthstone before its first expansion.Xenonauts is a sort of old school xcom clone that I enjoyed despite not having nostalgia for the original. I also recently tried sovl on steam which as far as I am aware is a sort of clone of warhammer fantasy along with a digital client with single player. Speaking of tabletop games Old School Essentials are basically reprints of 1st ed D&D.
Personally I dream of an 'overwatch classic' that brings pre-rework mercy so I can ressurect entire teams with a single button press but that will probably never happen

you can play alpha minecraft in a browser
https://classic.minecraft.net/

>>5
That isnt alpha. Its classic.

>>6
okay