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MMORPG
The First: Neverwinter Nights
The Formula: Everquest
The Definer: World of Warcraft
You can't deny that WoW has made a massive impact on the MMO market. It use to be for nerds in their basements now it's nerds who secretly hide in their basements while during the day they play at real life.
NWN was an MMO? Shows how much I know!
Wiki said it was!
I never played NWN and only know the general idea of it, as it sorta grew out of the Baldur's Gate games. But I think the thing was it was playable online, completely customizable, and extremely popular, so it grew to the point that it probably could be considered an MMO, just not in the typical sense. I don't think it was intended to be an MMO, it was just set up so it could easily become one. But like I said, I don't know for sure, as I never got involved in it :(
Defining the first MMO is pretty tricky. It was an evolutionary progress, limited by the hardware of the time. There are games which back in the 80s counted as the MMOs of their day when you can have more players in a FPS game today. Probably some MUD at some point crossed a rather arbitrary line that makes it the first MMORPG but pinning that line and that point down is going to be subjective.
Oh, and the Neverwinter Nights that is cited as the first MMORPG is not the same game as the one BioWare made.
Ahhh, that makes more sense.
Hm, I didn't realize there was two of them
Don't know what to call this genre. Non-linear side-scrolling adventure?
The first: Metroid
The formula: Super Metroid
The definer: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
2D fighters:
The first: No idea. Street Fighter 1?
The formula: Street Fighter II
The definer: Probably up for debate but for me it's Marvel vs. Capcom 2. I feel it's the standard.
2D platformer:
The first: Pitfall?
The formula: Super Mario Bros.
The definer: Super Mario Bros. 3
Point and click adventure
First: Enhanced Scepter
Formula: Maniac Mansion
Definer: Sam and Max Hit the Road
excluding the Myst series here because it's a different subgenre
The genre is usually referred to as Metroidvania :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Del Murder
AFAIK the first 2D fighter is generally taken to be Karate Champ, whilst the first 2D platformer is Donkey Kong (A few other games had experimented with various elements of it earlier, but DK was the first to put them into the pot that we can now recognize as "2D Platformer").Quote:
2D fighters:
The first: No idea. Street Fighter 1?
The formula: Street Fighter II
The definer: Probably up for debate but for me it's Marvel vs. Capcom 2. I feel it's the standard.
2D platformer:
The first: Pitfall?
The formula: Super Mario Bros.
The definer: Super Mario Bros. 3
Real life simulationQuote:
Originally Posted by kotora
The First: Little Computer People
The Formula: The Sims
The Definer: The Sims 2
no you're wrong Shiny
Sam and Max had voice acting and dropped that stupid verb system, and therefore defining the genre more than Indiana Jones did
Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis had voice acting too. So what?