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Well the original post didn't make that very clear and Renegade is nothing like a modern a beat 'em up as it didn't even scroll along, the action took place in a fixed setting. Double Dragon would be a much better example there (which was originally billed as the sequal to Renegade) Well it did scr...

Nope. It's about games from 25 (or more) years ago which helped shape modern genres or gameplay mechanics, not game genres in general. The game must have gameplay, or at least some quality, which is still used today. They must be recognised in some way as being modern, or precursors of modern gaming...

Here's something which is hardware related: Back in '85-'86 Texas Instruments released the first programmable GPU, the TMS-3410. Watch a demonstration . They even approached Nintendo and Sega to make a console based on the GPU, but it never happened. If it did we would probably have moved to the 3D ...

I really liked the Larry games back in the day. Thing is...Sierra had already made a remake of Larry 1 with shiny VGA graphics and a point and click interface. So...Why do it again? Since Al Lowe is on board, I'd love to see a proper new Larry game (not the recent crap they passed for Larry games), ...

The title of this thread kind of gives a clue as to how inaccurate this discussion is all going to be really. Even 35+ years barely cuts it. Well, I was talking about modern genres and games from around 25 years ago which paved the way, and can be recognised as starting or influencing modern genres...

1987 MIDI Maze - First simultaneous 16 Player FPS? For personal computers, I think Maze Wars+ for the Mac beats it by 1 year and it allows 30 people multiplayer through Appletalk . Both Midi Maze and Maze Wars+ are remakes of Maze War (1973) which had multiplayer. Also SPASIM for PLATO back in '74 ...

Stealth The first "real" stealth game is arguably Castle Wolfenstein (1981). But since the Metal Gear (1987) franchise is still alive and kicking, I think it's a genre defining moment. Without it, we probably wouldn't have the modern stealth genre. Survival Horror War of the Dead is considered the ...

Write about games from (and before) 1987 which have either started a genre which still exists today, or have shaped in some way modern genres or modern gaming in general. I'll get the ball rolling. Point and Click Adventures Maniac Mansion (1987): Adventure games have changed very little since Mania...

Since there are way too many PC titles to mention, I'm going to list a couple console only FPS games which I tried to play and failed miserably once they added aiming to the equation (mouse/keyboard man only). Alien vs Predator for the Jaguar: Pretty impressive for the time. The first console FPS wh...

According to the report, the specs select developers are working towards include an AMD x64 CPU and an AMD Southern Islands GPU, the name given to AMD's 2012 high-end PC cards. The PS4 will apparently be capable of playing games at a resolution up to 4096x2160, and will play 3D games in 1080p. Basi...

The Atari 800 was brilliant; way ahead of its time. It could go head to head with the C64 which came out 3 years later! No wonder, since Jay Miner was involved in the development of this amazing piece of hardware. Great games library too. Some of the most influential games made their debut on the sy...

The only thing I argue about is people not stating facts and passing opinions off as facts. Now can we get this thread back on topic please. Megadrive: CPU is over twice as fast meaning it can use raw power to pull off pretty much any effect that the SNES can do and is far better suited to games th...

Let me put it plainly: NO . XBLA, PSN? It's an effing joke. If you want decent independent titles, the PC is the only way to go. Far, far bigger variety, tons of remakes, tons of retro inspired games. All far cheaper than the console rip-offs (lke...free). But still, why would I want that? If I wan...

We can build an arcade cabinet with a PC emulating old arcades. We can put a PC (with a HTPC case or even inside some retro console's case, a VCR whatever "retro") under the telly with a nice fronted (like Hyperspin, Maximus Arcade, etc.) connect wireless joypads, joysticks, wheels, light guns, etc....

Do you have the 3DO port? At the time it was the most accurate port from the arcade original.