Older Than the NES: Difference between revisions

Line 24:

* [[Character Level]]: ''[[Dnd (Video Game)|Dnd]]'', 1975, or ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', 1974

* [[Clairvoyant Security Force]]: ''[[Zork (Video Game)|Zork]]'', 1979, for one.

* [[Color Coded Multiplayer]]: Some ''[[Pong]]'' systems, 1975.

* [[Color-Coded Multiplayer]]: Some ''[[Pong]]'' systems, 1975.

* [[Color Coded Armies]]: Kreigsspiel, the first example of [[War Gaming]] and used to train the Prussian General Staff, 19th Century

* [[Color-Coded Armies]]: Kreigsspiel, the first example of [[War Gaming]] and used to train the Prussian General Staff, 19th Century

* [[Controllable Helplessness]]: ''[[Adventure (Video Game)|Adventure]]'', 1979

* [[Cores and Turrets Boss]]: ''[[Bosconian]]'', 1981

Line 52:

* [[Faux First Person 3D]]: ''[[Maze War (Video Game)|Maze War]]'', 1974

* [[Final Boss]]: ''[[Dnd (Video Game)|Dnd]]'', 1975

* [[First Person Shooter]]: ''[[Maze War (Video Game)|Maze War]]'', 1974

* [[First-Person Shooter]]: ''[[Maze War (Video Game)|Maze War]]'', 1974

* [[Flip Screen Scrolling]]: ''[[Adventure (Video Game)|Adventure]]'', 1979

* [[Game Over]]: ''[[Space Invaders]]'', 1978

Line 69:

* [[In Vehicle Invulnerability]]: ''[[Gran Trak 10 (Video Game)|Gran Trak 10]]'', 1974

* [[Inventory Management Puzzle]]: ''Colossal Cave'', 1975

* [[Invincibility Power Up]]: ''[[Pac-Man]]'', 1980

* [[Invincibility Power-Up]]: ''[[Pac-Man]]'', 1980

* [[Invisible Grid]]: ''[[Maze War (Video Game)|Maze War]]'', 1974

* [[Job System]]: ''[[Avatar (Video Game)|Avatar]]'', 1979

Line 87:

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Of course -- if you're ignorant of anything Nintendo preNES -- the title may now break your mind.

* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: ''[[Star Trek Text Game (Video Game)|Star Trek Text Game]]'', 1971, running out of fuel.

* [[No Plot No Problem]]: Sports and board games in general are [[Older Than Dirt]].

* [[No Plot, No Problem]]: Sports and board games in general are [[Older Than Dirt]].

* [[Numbered Sequels]]: ''[[Space Invaders]] II'', 1981; not to be confused with Space Invaders ''part'' II.

* [[Obvious Beta]]: ''[[ET the Extra Terrestrial (Video Game)|ET the Extra Terrestrial]]'', 1982

* [[Old Save Bonus]]: ''[[Wizardry (Video Game)|Wizardry]]'' 2, 1982

* [[One Hit Kill]]: ''[[Space War]]'', 1962

* [[One-Hit Kill]]: ''[[Space War]]'', 1962

* [[One Hit Point Wonder]]: ''[[Space War]]'', 1962

* [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]: ''[[Space War]]'', 1962

* [[One Bullet At a Time]]: At least as early as ''[[Space Invaders]]'', 1978

* [[One Up]]

Line 101:

* [[Porting Disaster]]: ''[[Pac-Man]]'' on the Atari 2600, 1982

* [[Press X to Die]]: ''[[Star Trek Text Game (Video Game)|Star Trek Text Game]]'', 1971

* [[Press X to Not Die]]: ''[[~~Dragons~~ Lair (Video Game)|Dragons Lair]]'', 1983

* [[Press X to Not Die]]: ''[[Dragon's Lair (Video Game)|Dragons Lair]]'', 1983

* [[The Problem With Licensed Games]]: ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Video Game)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', May 1982, [[Ur Example]]; ''[[ET the Extra Terrestrial (Video Game)|ET the Extra Terrestrial]]'', 1982, [[Trope Codifier]]

* [[Puzzle Boss]]: ''[[Donkey Kong]]'', 1981

Line 109:

* [[Scoring Points]]: ''[[Pong]]'', 1972

* [[Shielded Core Boss]]: ''Star Castle'', 1980

* [[Shoot Em Up]]: ''[[Space Invaders]]'', 1978

* [[Shoot'Em Up]]: ''[[Space Invaders]]'', 1978

* [[Side View]]: ''[[Tennis for Two (Video Game)|Tennis for Two]]'', 1958

* [[Silliness Switch]]: The potion of hallucination in ''[[Rogue (Video Game)|Rogue]]'', 1980.