10 More Forgotten Video Game Firsts

It's time to talk about video game firsts, although ironically, this is the second time we've done this. Who came up with loot boxes? What was the first movie tie-in? When did open world games first appear? Here are 10 More Forgotten Video Game Firsts!

Video Editor: Liam Carroll (IG: ThatGeordieLiam)

#LootBoxes #MovieTieIn #OpenWorld

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[sneakyskunk]

The entry at the number one spot is absolutely insane. Imagine being so intelligent that you create some thing that only works in theory, only to have later generations use that blueprint to create the very thing that was not possible in your time. My mind, it has been blown.

[lordtraust]

Best thing about Alley Cat is how brilliantly it was programmed, it's actually still playable on modern PC's without needing things like DosBox to slow down the clock speed of the PC (DosBox may be needed for compatibly for 16 bit software however). The programmer actually has the game slow down to something like 4 MHz or speed up to that if you were playing on slower hardware at the time, all while keeping the frame rate smooth.

[listerofsmeg]

#1 is truly amazing to be honest. Reminds me of that Mitchell and Webb skit with a Renaissance inventor coming up with a computer mouse, can opener and Sky Digi box

[modernretro]

The IGN Michonne score is most likely just an aggregate error no one bothered to fix. Most of the episodes fell in the 7s.

[carvermicheal]

Best thing about auto race is how brilliant the graphics are, I can 100% tell that's a red Corvette.

[andrewhill]

Ada Lovelace is credited with writing the first computer program long before computers existed so Turing writing a video game before video game hardware existed seems completely reasonable to me.

[paulharries]

Alan Turing was literally ahead of his time. Shame society wasn't.

[pastyles]

I had that Mattel Autorace (yes I am that old) - it was brutally difficult to get a perfect run, but I did do eventually after hundreds of attempts. Dark Souls PAH!

[lauri]

I'll never forget Alley Cat. My first DOS game. 😊🐈

[Extrema]

Alley Cat, one of my favourites! It was probably the first game I've ever played

[MrBeardsley]

Not only was Olympic Hockey Nagano ‘98 just Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey ‘98 with a different license, but Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey ‘98 was basically just the previous year’s Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey (itself notable for not only being a decent game, but the first title for the N64 to support four players) with some minor tweaks to the gameplay and AI.

[kevinbarber]

I played Alley Cat on my IBM back in the day and loved it!!!

[Beestification]

I missed the whole D-pad entry because I was laughing too hard at the "bachelor...apartment" joke.

[renatoism]

it's okay, I already forgotten the first forgotten firsts

[jrchmgn.]

Can't wait for stray to play as a cat for ps5.

[mootang]

Was going to mention Splitting Images on the speccy in 1986 but Domark were forced to rename it Split Personalities, not recall it

[ColanTonkin]

1st Battlefield like game - Codename Eagle, 1999 saw the chance to hop in vehicles and trash your friends online. God it was fun.

[knightdriver]

Alley Cat was a really fun game. I played the DOS version. Lots of variety to the play, would have made a good arcade game. Wouldn’t mind seeing somebody port that.

[SEBSEB]

Anyone interested in more background info on the very first video game should check out the video ‘The First Video Game’ by Ahoy. He came to a different conclusion on what the first video game should be, since he used a different definition of a video game than this video.

[ArkaneStephanie]

Next first item should be "which worst game was almost thrown out the window first" as some seem to get very close