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I’m sick and tired of people saying that all games are the same on new console and nothing is original anymore, when it comes down to it all games are based on from what I can remember four games, they are pong (sport), space invaders (shoot-em-up), pac-man (action) and missile command (strategy).
These four were the first major games that came out in the seventies and since then all games somehow or another are slightly based on these games, if it is not apparent in today’s games then it is clear in games from the eighties.
The games based in the nineties, derived from the eighties and those games were based on games from the seventies, so somehow or another all games were based on the four mentioned in the first paragraph.
Other games that came along in the eighties that would be the stepping stone for games to come was platform games like Jet Set Willy and Manic Minor but of course there were games before that which was platform inclined and was a BBC micro favourite if I can remember that game was Joust.
So before you all start raving on about how all the new games that comes out for the X-box, PS2 are all the same just remember that they will undoubtedly be in some way similar to the very earlier games that we all used to play expect of course those youngsters that didn’t.
These four were the first major games that came out in the seventies and since then all games somehow or another are slightly based on these games, if it is not apparent in today’s games then it is clear in games from the eighties.
The games based in the nineties, derived from the eighties and those games were based on games from the seventies, so somehow or another all games were based on the four mentioned in the first paragraph.
Other games that came along in the eighties that would be the stepping stone for games to come was platform games like Jet Set Willy and Manic Minor but of course there were games before that which was platform inclined and was a BBC micro favourite if I can remember that game was Joust.
So before you all start raving on about how all the new games that comes out for the X-box, PS2 are all the same just remember that they will undoubtedly be in some way similar to the very earlier games that we all used to play expect of course those youngsters that didn’t.
Yes, I agree that all games come from one of those four origins. The thing is that they have developed them and made some new genres.
Take Harvest Moon 64. You cannot put that in one of the categories. It is a farming RPG, one of a kind in the whole world. Started from the gameboy game and has now been put on the 64 and now a new version on GBC. It has been developed from one category.
Wrestling and Beat-em-ups. They are not in there.
Most of the games are from one of those things. They have invented third person games like Metal Gear Solid.
The aim of developers I think is to make the most realistic game they can combined with great game play are graphics. That is the aim.
The biggest step to that has been seen is the jump from 2D to 3D. That jump started the race of who can make the game with the best graphics. But for all I care then the graphics could be rubbish but if the game play is great then that is what makes a good game. I keep on going back to my NES and just playing through all of my favourite games to find that piece of the jigsaw that makes a game good which is missing from most of nowadays games.
Most people just look at the screen shots in a magazine instead of the actual text telling you how it plays. It is like judging a book by its cover. That is why in my magazines review of Conkers BFD, they only gave it about 85% because of the rubbish camera angle and the impossibility of some bits. It made up for it in the humour which I think is lacking in most games now (not that it was in there in the first place).
Going back to what you said, most games are derived from the first four games that you mentioned. Pac man, that is still being made now, an old game that has stuck.
Pong which was the first ever game to be made has now gone. It cannot get much better though. They have now turned that into games like Mario Tennis (N64, GBC), which is a great game made better by the advances in programming.
Space Invaders has now turned into things like Perfect Dark and Metal Gear Solid (Shoot-em-ups). This is another example of a game being improved by the advances. This game is so old now, its even been fitted onto a phone.
Missile Command has been replaced by Command and Conquer and games like that (strategy). They have been made better, only by the graphics though.
My favourite game on the N64 for classics is Donkey Kong because of the Jetpac and Arcade Donkey Kong games. They are great and addictive.
That is what I think anyway.
TOM1232
Yes, I agree that all games come from one of those four origins. The thing is that they have developed them and made some new genres.
Take Harvest Moon 64. You cannot put that in one of the categories. It is a farming RPG, one of a kind in the whole world. Started from the gameboy game and has now been put on the 64 and now a new version on GBC. It has been developed from one category.
Wrestling and Beat-em-ups. They are not in there.
Most of the games are from one of those things. They have invented third person games like Metal Gear Solid.
The aim of developers I think is to make the most realistic game they can combined with great game play are graphics. That is the aim.
The biggest step to that has been seen is the jump from 2D to 3D. That jump started the race of who can make the game with the best graphics. But for all I care then the graphics could be rubbish but if the game play is great then that is what makes a good game. I keep on going back to my NES and just playing through all of my favourite games to find that piece of the jigsaw that makes a game good which is missing from most of nowadays games.
Most people just look at the screen shots in a magazine instead of the actual text telling you how it plays. It is like judging a book by its cover. That is why in my magazines review of Conkers BFD, they only gave it about 85% because of the rubbish camera angle and the impossibility of some bits. It made up for it in the humour which I think is lacking in most games now (not that it was in there in the first place).
Going back to what you said, most games are derived from the first four games that you mentioned. Pac man, that is still being made now, an old game that has stuck.
Pong which was the first ever game to be made has now gone. It cannot get much better though. They have now turned that into games like Mario Tennis (N64, GBC), which is a great game made better by the advances in programming.
Space Invaders has now turned into things like Perfect Dark and Metal Gear Solid (Shoot-em-ups). This is another example of a game being improved by the advances. This game is so old now, its even been fitted onto a phone.
Missile Command has been replaced by Command and Conquer and games like that (strategy). They have been made better, only by the graphics though.
My favourite game on the N64 for classics is Donkey Kong because of the Jetpac and Arcade Donkey Kong games. They are great and addictive.
That is what I think anyway.
TOM1232
Take Harvest Moon 64. You cannot put that in one of the categories. It is a farming RPG, one of a kind in the whole world. Started from the gameboy game and has now been put on the 64 and now a new version on GBC. It has been developed from one category.
Wrestling and Beat-em-ups. They are not in there.
Most of the games are from one of those things. They have invented third person games like Metal Gear Solid.
The aim of developers I think is to make the most realistic game they can combined with great game play are graphics. That is the aim.
The biggest step to that has been seen is the jump from 2D to 3D. That jump started the race of who can make the game with the best graphics. But for all I care then the graphics could be rubbish but if the game play is great then that is what makes a good game. I keep on going back to my NES and just playing through all of my favourite games to find that piece of the jigsaw that makes a game good which is missing from most of nowadays games.
Most people just look at the screen shots in a magazine instead of the actual text telling you how it plays. It is like judging a book by its cover. That is why in my magazines review of Conkers BFD, they only gave it about 85% because of the rubbish camera angle and the impossibility of some bits. It made up for it in the humour which I think is lacking in most games now (not that it was in there in the first place).
Going back to what you said, most games are derived from the first four games that you mentioned. Pac man, that is still being made now, an old game that has stuck.
Pong which was the first ever game to be made has now gone. It cannot get much better though. They have now turned that into games like Mario Tennis (N64, GBC), which is a great game made better by the advances in programming.
Space Invaders has now turned into things like Perfect Dark and Metal Gear Solid (Shoot-em-ups). This is another example of a game being improved by the advances. This game is so old now, its even been fitted onto a phone.
Missile Command has been replaced by Command and Conquer and games like that (strategy). They have been made better, only by the graphics though.
My favourite game on the N64 for classics is Donkey Kong because of the Jetpac and Arcade Donkey Kong games. They are great and addictive.
That is what I think anyway.
TOM1232
Yes, I agree that all games come from one of those four origins. The thing is that they have developed them and made some new genres.
Take Harvest Moon 64. You cannot put that in one of the categories. It is a farming RPG, one of a kind in the whole world. Started from the gameboy game and has now been put on the 64 and now a new version on GBC. It has been developed from one category.
Wrestling and Beat-em-ups. They are not in there.
Most of the games are from one of those things. They have invented third person games like Metal Gear Solid.
The aim of developers I think is to make the most realistic game they can combined with great game play are graphics. That is the aim.
The biggest step to that has been seen is the jump from 2D to 3D. That jump started the race of who can make the game with the best graphics. But for all I care then the graphics could be rubbish but if the game play is great then that is what makes a good game. I keep on going back to my NES and just playing through all of my favourite games to find that piece of the jigsaw that makes a game good which is missing from most of nowadays games.
Most people just look at the screen shots in a magazine instead of the actual text telling you how it plays. It is like judging a book by its cover. That is why in my magazines review of Conkers BFD, they only gave it about 85% because of the rubbish camera angle and the impossibility of some bits. It made up for it in the humour which I think is lacking in most games now (not that it was in there in the first place).
Going back to what you said, most games are derived from the first four games that you mentioned. Pac man, that is still being made now, an old game that has stuck.
Pong which was the first ever game to be made has now gone. It cannot get much better though. They have now turned that into games like Mario Tennis (N64, GBC), which is a great game made better by the advances in programming.
Space Invaders has now turned into things like Perfect Dark and Metal Gear Solid (Shoot-em-ups). This is another example of a game being improved by the advances. This game is so old now, its even been fitted onto a phone.
Missile Command has been replaced by Command and Conquer and games like that (strategy). They have been made better, only by the graphics though.
My favourite game on the N64 for classics is Donkey Kong because of the Jetpac and Arcade Donkey Kong games. They are great and addictive.
That is what I think anyway.
TOM1232
I’m sick and tired of people saying that all games are the same on new console and nothing is original anymore, when it comes down to it all games are based on from what I can remember four games, they are pong (sport), space invaders (shoot-em-up), pac-man (action) and missile command (strategy).
These four were the first major games that came out in the seventies and since then all games somehow or another are slightly based on these games, if it is not apparent in today’s games then it is clear in games from the eighties.
The games based in the nineties, derived from the eighties and those games were based on games from the seventies, so somehow or another all games were based on the four mentioned in the first paragraph.
Other games that came along in the eighties that would be the stepping stone for games to come was platform games like Jet Set Willy and Manic Minor but of course there were games before that which was platform inclined and was a BBC micro favourite if I can remember that game was Joust.
So before you all start raving on about how all the new games that comes out for the X-box, PS2 are all the same just remember that they will undoubtedly be in some way similar to the very earlier games that we all used to play expect of course those youngsters that didn’t.
These four were the first major games that came out in the seventies and since then all games somehow or another are slightly based on these games, if it is not apparent in today’s games then it is clear in games from the eighties.
The games based in the nineties, derived from the eighties and those games were based on games from the seventies, so somehow or another all games were based on the four mentioned in the first paragraph.
Other games that came along in the eighties that would be the stepping stone for games to come was platform games like Jet Set Willy and Manic Minor but of course there were games before that which was platform inclined and was a BBC micro favourite if I can remember that game was Joust.
So before you all start raving on about how all the new games that comes out for the X-box, PS2 are all the same just remember that they will undoubtedly be in some way similar to the very earlier games that we all used to play expect of course those youngsters that didn’t.