Top 10 Video Game Firsts
07. First Animated Cut Scene
Considering that animated CS's are pretty much a standard feature in practically every modern video game genre, and particularly are well-used for bridging loading screens and zone-changes, you might find it fascinating to learn that the very first game to include them was actually one of the most famous of the arcade classics: Donkey Kong!
When the stand-up arcade version of DK was first released in 1981 -- a game that not only presented gamers with the first CS, but also served as a place for them to get rid of a LOT of coins. Just saying.
Purists will likely call shenanigans on this, and point out that Pac-Man came out in 1980 and it also featured CS's but no, that does not count because the CS's in Pac-Man were not actually CS's in the sense that they did not actually reflect a bridging scene in the story of the game being played, but were in fact small film-like intermission shorts.The CS in Donkey Kong came at the end of the game, and was a direct extension of the story it told, hence its being designated as CS Numero Uno!
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I was thrown off by the "First 3D shooter question, as it isn't necessarily accurate.
For one thing, it associates 3D to equate to FPS, which is incorrect. Considering the number of vector-based or even sprite-based flight games that started in the 80s, many of these had a step up on Wolfenstein as far as 3D engines go. I mean, Red Baron's vector graphics presented a much more real 3D "shooter" than Wolfenstein.
Secondly, if you ARE simply talking FPSes, while Wolfenstein 3D is the first widely honored game, the same engine was used for the older Catacombs 3D, featuring largely identical mechanics, minus the commercial success and recognize-ability.
Given your attention to detail in so much else on this article, this seems a rather strange area to veer away from the otherwise well-researched path.
turns out you can do good and still turn out evil. Just saying.
that descibes ea and activision