Comments on: Gaming Innovation Database

By: Irish Al

Irish Al — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:35:48 +0000

Laser Squad (ZX Spectrum et al) had a sniper rifle …

By: John Walker

John Walker — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:38:31 +0000

Geoff: We don’t, don’t, don’t “shun” consoles. We all four love them lots to bits. This, however, is a PC gaming site, so we focus on PC games.

By: Pod

Pod — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:27:35 +0000

@roryok: Yes. I would love to see this.

I still have my (very very battered) PC Gamer “game-o-history” poster. It’s ace, even if it is severly outdate.

I think this site used to be a wiki, which would be a lot better than this flash non-sence. Also: As if Dues Ex was the first game with multiple paths and multiple endings. Blade Runner, for starters….

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:56:38 +0000

Janek: It was both. First month was the poster, second month was the booklet.

Written by Jonathan Smith, who you’ll know best from his work on Lego Star Wars.

(In fact, I believe he used the pair of them as his portfolio when he got his first designer job at Codemasters)

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:58:26 +0000

OXO makes some really nice kitchen ware.

On a serious note – I know you shun the consoles here, but man – Eternal Darkness credit for the sanity meter. That was such an excellent game mechanic. If they’re not going to make a sequel, then others need to start shamelessly copying that idea.

By: Janek

Janek — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:36:09 +0000

Was it a poster? I thought it was a booklet.

But yes it did come to my mind too.

By: Sum0

Sum0 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:33:03 +0000

Ah, I remember a copy of PC Gamer from long, long ago that had an awesome poster like that which connected together 30 years of gaming from 1970-2000. (Ooh, great, I still have it!)

By: Crispy

Crispy — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:48:36 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I lost it from my bookmarks a long time ago after seeing it on Gamasutra. Yes, that’s right, RPS is on a par with Gamasutra for newsworthiness. ;)

By: roryok

roryok — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:43:17 +0000

@MeatCircus

You’re right about the limit, i think the best way would be for us to take a vote on each entry, maybe have a poll for each new suggestion to decide if it should be added to the list.

Yes, contribution would most likely be a paragraph or so on why you think the game should be included – i.e; something it did that was innovative or some reason that it was heavily influential on future games.

By: Sean Noonan

Sean Noonan — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:15:40 +0000

Seen this passed around a bit at work – it’s a shame it’s currently so undeveloped.

I have always wondered who did the whole on screen Half-Life esque damage direction detection HUD markers first, or health that replenishes if a player was to avoid damage for long enough (ala Call of Duty)…

Somebody answer these!

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:17:17 +0000

MDK traditionally gets it. Can’t see any justification for it not to get the credit if it came first. You’re first-person when you’re sniping.

By: Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:12:09 +0000

I thought MDK traditionally got “first sniper rifle” but that was 3rd person. Outlaw is certainly the earliest FPS I ever played with a sniper rifle (Such an excellent game that).