Firsts in video games

[K]

1 hour ago, deKay said:

Vindicators in the arcade was twin stick over a decade earlier. And Robotron did it in 1982 but IIRC was digital not analogue.

I meant FPS games that use the twin-stick control method, i.e. move and strafe on one stick, and look on the other. 

[deKay]

34 minutes ago, K said:

I meant FPS games that use the twin-stick control method, i.e. move and strafe on one stick, and look on the other. 

Ah, right. I was about to also suggest Battlezone, a FPS with two sticks, but doesn’t control like that.

[the_debaser]

What was the first game with dlc. Or micro transactions? 

[Camel]

8-bit micro games for which you could buy expansion packs?

[electricmastro]

1 hour ago, Clipper said:

Even if you stick to Amiga Midwinter predates Hunter

Ah, how would they compare to Hunter?

[electricmastro]

48 minutes ago, the_debaser said:

What was the first game with dlc. Or micro transactions? 

 

Could be the Character Library for Chrono Trigger, using the Satellaview.

 

[b00dles]

What was the first game where you went left instead of right? 

 

Probably one of the dizzy's or even jetsetwilly now that I type this but it's still often a way to find a secret in a 2d game that not everyone tries. 

 

What about first game that hid something behind a waterfall? Maybe a final fantasy? I'm thinking it must have been a jrpg...

[SeanR]

Just now, b00dles said:

What was the first game where you went left instead of right? 

 

Probably one of the dizzy's or even jetsetwilly now that I type this but it's still often a way to find a secret in a 2d game that not everyone tries. 

 

What about first game that hid something behind a waterfall? Maybe a final fantasy? I'm thinking it must have been a jrpg...

uh, defender did both? Left and right 

[b00dles]

10 minutes ago, SeanR said:

uh, defender did both? Left and right 

Oh yeah right. Lol.

 

I suppose more as a platform game then really. Because a lot of those 2d shooty jobs did that now my brain has slightly engaged more...

[electricmastro]

3 hours ago, b00dles said:

What was the first game where you went left instead of right? 

 

Earliest I could find was The Legend of Kage (1985).

[electricmastro]

Apparently the first game with sound, though I'm not sure if that's actually meant to be sound for the game or if it's just sound coming from the engine used to run the game:

 

 

[Rayn]

On 31/07/2022 at 01:26, b00dles said:

Oh yeah right. Lol.

 

 

...and left!

[Made of Ghosts]

Think I remember reading somewhere that Metal Gear Solid was the first game to blur/pixelate nudity. Monumental milestone there. 

[matt0]

On 31/07/2022 at 00:26, b00dles said:

Oh yeah right. Lol.

 

I suppose more as a platform game then really. Because a lot of those 2d shooty jobs did that now my brain has slightly engaged more...

 

Pitfall was 82, that's the oldest one I can think of.

 

Anyone else?

[deKay]

11 hours ago, Made of Ghosts said:

Think I remember reading somewhere that Metal Gear Solid was the first game to blur/pixelate nudity. Monumental milestone there. 

How to be a Complete Bastard did that over a decade prior. Pretty sure some versions of Rampage did too.

[electricmastro]

Softporn Adventure (1981) - First game to use profanity: