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Post by vnisanian2001 on Oct 11, 2020 14:57:50 GMT -5
Mini-games are now so much common, but does anyone know how they started? Which game was the first to more or less invent such a thing?
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Post by ommadawnyawn2 on Oct 11, 2020 15:08:24 GMT -5
Depends how you define them. Lazy Jones (C64) was like a mini-game compilation style game, probably one of the earlier ones.
Major Havoc from 1983 has TP rail shooter segments and escape segments and 005 (ARC, 1981) had shooter segments, though you could see them as genre hybrid games.
Edit:
Donald Duck's Playground (C64, 1984/Multi) is an Edutainment/Adventure game where you earn a living by doing simple jobs, and these play out like mini-games
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2020 15:16:45 GMT -5
Earliest I know of is Konami's Track & Field in 83.
Edit: Microsoft's Olympic Decathlon was a similar concept and came out in 1980.
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Post by mainpatr on Oct 11, 2020 15:32:38 GMT -5
Gorf,from 81 maybe?
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Post by phediuk on Oct 11, 2020 15:48:21 GMT -5
Each of the six mazes in Escape from the Mindmaster (Atari 2600, 1982) contains its own optional minigame that can be cleared for bonus points.
Any examples older than that?
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Post by blackdrazon on Oct 11, 2020 17:02:15 GMT -5
The actual answer is probably a pinball table, those have had alternate modes for a while.
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