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I’m sure Cunningham’s Law will deliver some improvements to this list as people trawl their youth for innovations. But one thing I think is equally interesting
by thom 4y ago
I’m sure Cunningham’s Law will deliver some improvements to this list as people trawl their youth for innovations. But one thing I think is equally interesting is the list of _lasts_ in video games. For example I’m pretty sure Frontier: Elite II was the last commercial game written by a single person, in assembly language, released on a single floppy disk. And it’s been nearly 15 years now since a single game was released without a crafting system, nobody remembers what the last one was.
- flohofwoe 4y agoAs for the "written by a single person in assembly": RollerCoaster Tycoon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RollerCoaster_Tycoon_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RollerCoaster_Tycoon_(video_ga...) was quite a bit later (1999) than Frontier. Probably not released on floppy though(?)
- thom 4y agoYep, fair point. David Braben and Chris Sawyer were quite close over the years (Frontier even had an in-game ad for Transport Tycoon).
- YurgenJurgensen 4y agoUsually Firsts lists contain influential things (although this list shows that a lot of the time it's the Second that becomes influential), while a list of Lasts will probably be full of irrelevant things. I suspect the last game that came out on most consoles or formats will be some movie tie-in or low-budget children's title.