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"Pioneered" is relative. I was playing 3D Monster Maze [0] in the early 80s, on a ZX81, which had a lightning-fast 3MHz Z80 processor and a whole 1 KB of RAM [1
by ggambetta 6y ago
"Pioneered" is relative. I was playing 3D Monster Maze [0] in the early 80s, on a ZX81, which had a lightning-fast 3MHz Z80 processor and a whole 1 KB of RAM [1].
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKvd0zPfBE4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKvd0zPfBE4
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81
- beefok 6y agoI'd say that's more of a Dungeon Master/Ultima style system, not 2.5D raycasting [0]. I would argue that Midi Maze for Atari ST was more of a pioneer in 1987 [1]. :) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_casting#Ray_casting_in_early_computer_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_casting#Ray_casting_in_ear... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hSoy1S43dw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hSoy1S43dw