I believe one of the earliest 3D games is Elite, from 1984. (Example of gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmCaNwBwXoQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um

I believe one of the earliest 3D games is Elite, from 1984. (Example of gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmCaNwBwXoQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmCaNwBwXoQ) But I too didn’t know of it until very recently, when Elite: Dangerous came out. In my social environment, the Quake series was however very well known. I have the impression that Elite was more restricted to the British market.