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You can go back further, the original Herzog on MSX had RTS elements, and 1984's Stonkers[1][2] for the ZX Spectrum was the first commercially published RTS (AF
by iuguy 8y ago
You can go back further, the original Herzog on MSX had RTS elements, and 1984's Stonkers[1][2] for the ZX Spectrum was the first commercially published RTS (AFAICT). Whether it's sales constitute mass market success is a different thing.
[1] - http://www.mobygames.com/game/zx-spectrum/stonkers http://www.mobygames.com/game/zx-spectrum/stonkers
[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-TkuFVj48E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-TkuFVj48E
- kungtotte 8y agoDune 2 invented the C&C/Warcraft/Starcraft style RTS though. Other games had RTS elements to them before that, but not like Dune 2. And certainly not to the extent that subsequent games tried to copy their successful format.
- iuguy 8y agoI'm not sure I follow. I linked to a video of an RTS game from 1984. Stonkers (AFAICT) invented the RTS. It didn't have RTS elements. It was an RTS, similar to Dune 2 and the others to follow. Most of the successful games that copied Dune 2's format were written by the same studios (Westwood for the C&C franchise, Blizzard for *Craft).