Devyn Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Samus was the first non-stereotyped heroine, if you ask me. Sure, there were a couple of ladies, but did any of them have the dominant ovaries that Samus possesses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Author Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 E.T. First movie tie in that SUCKED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Harvest Moon - First day / night cycles? Nope. Enduro (1983) by Activision for the Atari 2600 was a racing game that featured this 14 years before Harvest Moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Ninja Gaiden - First cinematic action game? Or the first well-known one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Ristar - first game to have an interactive soundtrack? Super Mario World had that drum track that appeared or disappeared depending upon whether you were riding Yoshi, so I think that counts as interactive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palpable Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Would Donkey Kong Country be the first game to break the fourth wall (reference the fact that it's a video game from inside the context of the game)? Or is there another one that did it earlier? As far as I'm aware, Cranky's comments were the first to do this. I think Bubsy did some stuff like this back in 1992 (knocking on the screen when you leave him idle), though I doubt either one was first. I'd have to think something beat them both by a long while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azul v2 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Nope.Enduro (1983) by Activision for the Atari 2600 was a racing game that featured this 14 years before Harvest Moon Not only that but there were loads of NES games with day/night cycles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-pa Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I know that I, Robot was the first game to use polygons. --back in 1983, a full 10 years before my first exposure to them in StarFox! And as far as 4th-wall breaking, Adventure had--so I've heard--the first hidden "easter egg:" a hidden room with the developers' names. Does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDKenyon Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 If I'm not mistaken they used one swear word at the end of the original Bionic Commando, although I don't remember what it was. If anyone has played the Tex Murphy games, I'm pretty sure that was the first time I saw FMV and spoken dialogue in a game. I believe Dragon's Lair (1983) was the first.Tex Murphy games started in 1989. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloGamer Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Dragon Buster - first game to feature a double jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Sam & Max 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die! today, where I saw this (also check out my thread in offtop). Pretty sure it's the . Pretty sure it's not. I can't think of the first but Curse of Monkey Island has this beat by like a decade. Door hinge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybell Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Donkey Kong 64 was the first Nintendo game with spoken naughty words. Chunky kong is, indeed, one hell of a guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-pa Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 What do you mean by "first original music number?" If we're talking original in-game music, popularized by Super Mario Bros., it would date back to the early 80s if not before that. If we're talking original music with vocals, then it was already said that that would be Psycho Soldier. Wow, all of a sudden I feel like somebody who works at the Grammys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Donkey Kong 64 was the first Nintendo game with spoken naughty words. Chunky kong is, indeed, one hell of a guy. That was also the first game that had an intro that made me cry as a child. On another note: I know there was one video a long time ago, but that made me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calpis Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I believe Dragon's Lair (1983) was the first.Tex Murphy games started in 1989. Sorry, I should have said full motion videos of live actors. I never played Dragon's Lair but isn't that the animated kind of choose-your-own-adventure game ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Legendary Zoltan Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Enduro (1983) by Activision for the Atari 2600 was a racing game that featured this 14 years before Harvest Moon Wow! And the days and nights actually occurred on a specific time schedule? Cause it wouldn't count if they just happened to have some races during the day and some during the night. Nor do I think it should count if it just changed after reaching a certain point in the race (for example change from day to night once you've reached the halfway point of the race). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumUltimA Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Super Mario World had that drum track that appeared or disappeared depending upon whether you were riding Yoshi, so I think that counts as interactive. maybe.. i mean like, one of the levels in ristar was actually based on the music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Wow! And the days and nights actually occurred on a specific time schedule? Cause it wouldn't count if they just happened to have some races during the day and some during the night. Nor do I think it should count if it just changed after reaching a certain point in the race (for example change from day to night once you've reached the halfway point of the race). There is no end. Enduro plays like its title suggests... you go until you lose. You have to pass a certain number of cars during the game's "24 hour" period (which is about 5 minutes or so), or you're done. The game cycles on a steady timer, so regardless of how fast or slow you go, you have the same amount of time to pass the needed number of cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesPip Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I remember back when Nintendo Power had, like, call in contest-like type deals. So either Star Fox or DKC [i..forget, cause I think I got the question wrong] was the first game to use...er...some sort of nifty graphical thinger. Vague! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drack Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Super FX Chip? Starfox was the first. Now, did any ogames before the Super FX ones have on-cartridge Coprocessors? Edit: Some 1991 games used DSP-1 chips, such as Pilotwings. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_NES_enhancement_chips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mac Attack Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Comments on the following topics... Games with Musical Numbers (or just with songs) Don't forget that the original Sam & Max game had a song too! I can't remember what it was about, but it was sung by that Conroy Bumpas guy. ...and for the trivia of it all, I'd like to throw in that Gabriel Knight 2 (1995) had a few arias in it, as the game involves you discovering and attending a performance of a lost Richard Wagner opera. Games with Swearing In those early text adventures you could type the swear words yourself and get some interesting results. Also, in You Don't Know Jack (1995), if you keep typing "f**k you" as an answer, the host becomes increasingly annoyed to the point where he says it right back at you and exits the whole application. Someone mentioned the Nintendo Zapper According to wiki, the first light gun game was the Seeburg Ray-O-Lite (1936), but that might be going a bit too far before what we would classify as a 'video game'. Breaking the fourth wall I suspect The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) might've done this, but can't think of a particular example. First Female Protagonist Does Ms Pac Man (1982) count? (and what on earth is a dominant ovary?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygecko Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 First game to realisticly simulate physics: Trespasser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
about:blank Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I might be wrong in this, but I'm pretty sure that The Guardian Legend was the first game to incorporate both scrolling shooter and Zelda-like adventure elements, and on top of that it had somewhat of level-up system, where if you got enough points, your health bar would grow. Honestly, I've never really seen any other game do anything like this, well, except for Starfox Adventures, but even then, there wasn't really an even balance between the flying and adventure portions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 "Does Ms Pac Man (1982) count? (and what on earth is a dominant ovary?)" Pardon my alien language. What I meant to say was that Samus was the first non-stereotypical female game character. You know, not a girl who struts around with bows and wearing dresses and stuff. But, yeah, I think Ms. Pac Man takes the title anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Least100Seraphs Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Ah, but by that definition, it couldn't be Ms. Pac-Man, for the only things indicating her to be female were 1) the Ms., and 2) the bow on her head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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