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Post by phediuk on Jul 27, 2018 19:47:15 GMT -5
Ninja Gaiden for NES was ahead if its time for having cutscenes, which is something that really didn't become popular until the 00's. I don't know if it was the first, but it was pretty ambitious, what with the "Studio Tecmo Presents" as an opening splash screen
The first video game cutscene is in Space Invaders Part 2 (arcade, 1979), depicting a UFO fleeing the scene and calling in the next wave:
(note that Space Invaders Part 2 is a different game from Midway's Space Invaders 2--Midway made their own sequel without Taito's involvement, much like Ms. Pac-Man later.)
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Post by Preki on Jul 31, 2018 5:07:24 GMT -5
I don't know if it was the first, but it was pretty ambitious, what with the "Studio Tecmo Presents" as an opening splash screen To my knowledge, Valis games for Japanese 8-bit computers predated Ninja Gaiden with cutscenes by two years.
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Post by surnshurn on Jul 31, 2018 19:55:57 GMT -5
oh gosh i am such a scrub. i'll be sure and check those out. I still enjoy Ninja Gaiden's cutscene breakdown, and progression through the levels... i'm interested to see how Valis handled it before that.
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Post by Preki on Aug 13, 2018 7:29:37 GMT -5
Wasn't Bionic Commando the first game with Hitler as a villain?
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Post by phediuk on Aug 13, 2018 11:58:50 GMT -5
I don't know if it was the first, but it was pretty ambitious, what with the "Studio Tecmo Presents" as an opening splash screen To my knowledge, Valis games for Japanese 8-bit computers predated Ninja Gaiden with cutscenes by two years. The original Valis from 1986 does not have cutscenes, as far as I can tell:
They were added for the Genesis version in 1991.
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Post by phediuk on Aug 13, 2018 12:06:46 GMT -5
Wasn't Bionic Commando the first game with Hitler as a villain? Beyond Castle Wolfenstein (1984)
Even has Hitler on the cover.
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Post by phediuk on Aug 14, 2018 18:17:51 GMT -5
What's the first instance of a playable "guest character" in a video game, by which I mean a character owned by a different company than the one who made the game?
Pepsiman, from the Saturn version of Fighting Vipers (1996), is the oldest I can think of off the top of my head, but I'm about 99.9% sure there are others I'm forgetting.
I guess you could point to Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the console versions of NBA Jam TE (1995), though the creators didn't bother licensing their likenesses, AFAIK.
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Post by phediuk on Oct 20, 2018 13:50:18 GMT -5
Is Switchblade for the Amiga (released December 1989) the first non-Japanese game with an anime-style aesthetic?
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Post by condroid on Oct 20, 2018 16:33:28 GMT -5
Is Switchblade for the Amiga (released December 1989) the first non-Japanese game with an anime-style aesthetic? Cobra (1987) Samurai Warrior (1988)
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Post by phediuk on Oct 20, 2018 16:52:05 GMT -5
Nice, was not aware of Cobra.
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Post by phediuk on Oct 21, 2018 14:16:47 GMT -5
Is Altered Beast for the Genesis (November 1988) the first game where you can control your character during the end credits?
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Post by phediuk on Oct 21, 2018 14:21:47 GMT -5
Also, I'm pretty sure The Bilestoad for the Apple II (1982) is the first game with onscreen blood:
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Post by Jungyin on Oct 21, 2018 15:32:48 GMT -5
Cobra is based on a Japanese property though, does that really count as "non-Japanese"?
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Post by phediuk on Oct 21, 2018 16:04:53 GMT -5
Cobra is based on a Japanese property though, does that really count as "non-Japanese"? Samurai Warrior Usagi Yojimbo is in a similar predicament.
So I guess either Cobra (1987) or Switchblade (1989) could be the first animesque non-Japanese game depending on whether you require the artwork to be original to the game or not.
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Post by phediuk on Oct 21, 2018 16:08:00 GMT -5
Actually, my question about Altered Beast got me thinking of something else: what was the first game to roll credits at the end? Until about 1986, credits are usually at the title screen or not in the game at all. I'm going to look into this.
I'll set a baseline here at The Legend of Zelda (February 1986) but I'm assuming there are earlier ones:
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