History of Video Games (80's)

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Mistery House (1980) - First game with ending
Space Tactics (1980) - First pseudo-stereoscopic 3D effect
Quarter Horse (1981) - First game to use LaserDisc
Yakyuken (1981) - First adult game with graphics
Bradley Trainer (1981) - First 3D professional military simulator
Lolita: Yakyuken (1982) - First anime game
Treasure Haunt (1982) - First third-person 3D game
Tumbleweeds (1982) - First exergame
AX-6: Powered Knight (1982) - First Mecha game
Star Arthur Legend - Planet Mephius (1983) - First point and click game
King's Quest (1983) - First animated adventure game
Cosmo Lemans (1983) - First stereoscopic 3D handheld game
NFL Football (1983) - First game on vinyl disc
Dancing Feats (1983) - First music simulator
video Jogger (1983) - First game with floor game controller pad
Air Race (1985) - First racing game with flat-shaded 3-D polygons
NASA Virtual Reality Headset (1985) - First Virtual Reality headset
Scene of the Crime (1986) - First game on a videotape

Defender
Defender
Advanced side-scrolling game
Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia
Advanced rotoscoping
Space Harrier
Space Harrier
First shadow from player in 3D game
Spartan X
Spartan X
First sidescrolling beat 'em up
Alien Garden
Alien Garden
First art game
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong
First jumping over the objects
Haunted House
Haunted House
First survival horror
Scramble
Scramble
First forced side-scrolling game
Berzerk
Berzerk
First game that killed a player
Ice Climber
Ice Climber
First censored game
Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun
Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun
First isometric beat 'em up
Otocky
Otocky
First generative music game
TwinBee
TwinBee
First cute'em up
Xevious
Xevious
First pre-rendered graphics

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I, Robot
I, Robot
First 3D polygonal graphics

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Pac-Man
Pac-Man
First cutscenes

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Space Panic
Space Panic
First platformer

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.38 Ambush Alley
.38 Ambush Alley
(1987) - First live action light gun home game

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Alternate Reality: The City
Alternate Reality: The City
First game to use ray casting

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Assault
Assault
First massive sprite rotation

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Astron Belt
Astron Belt
First LaserDisc game with sprites

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Astron Belt
Astron Belt
First home LaserDisc game with sprites

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Athletic World
Athletic World
Advanced floor game controller

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Battlezone
Battlezone
Advanced 3D vector graphics

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Blue Lightning
Blue Lightning
First 3D handheld game

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Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
First beat 'em up

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Chiller
Chiller
First game to feature blood and gore

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Dance Aerobics
Dance Aerobics
First rhythm game

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Die Hard
Die Hard
First full screen third-person shooter

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Dragon's Lair
Dragon's Lair
First interactive animated movie

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Driller
Driller
First FPS where you can look up and down

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Exterminator
Exterminator
(1989) - First 3D digitized graphics for every element of the game

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Football Manager
Football Manager
First sports manager

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Gorf
Gorf
First game with different level design

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Habitat
Habitat
First MMORPG

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Hang-On
Hang-On
First game to use 16-bit graphics

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Hogan's Alley
Hogan's Alley
First rail shooter

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Journey
Journey
First game with digitized graphics

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Jump Bug
Jump Bug
First parallax scrolling

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Karateka
Karateka
First rotoscoping game

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Lock-On
Lock-On
First realistic road in 3D racing

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Maze Mania
Maze Mania
(1982) - First interactive live action game

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0
Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0
First full color flight simulator

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Midi Maze
Midi Maze
First first-person shooter with visible bullets

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Moondust
Moondust
First music game

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Moon Patrol
Moon Patrol
Advanced parallax scrolling

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Narc
Narc
First color digitized graphics

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Night Life
Night Life
Advanced adult game

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No-Ri-Ko
No-Ri-Ko
First game on compact disc

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Pac-Land
Pac-Land
Advanced parallax scrolling

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Pole Position
Pole Position
Advanced 3D racing game

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Red Baron
Red Baron
Advanced 3D flight game

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Reikai Doushi
Reikai Doushi
First digitized fighting game

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Rescue on Fractalus!
Rescue on Fractalus!
First 3D flight game with landscapes

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Softporn Adventure
Softporn Adventure
First adult game

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Star Castle
Star Castle
Advanced artificial intelligence

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Star Rider
Star Rider
First LaserDisc game with 3D graphics

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Stratovox
Stratovox
First synthesized voices

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S.T.U.N. Runner
S.T.U.N. Runner
First high-speed 3D polygonal graphics

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SubRoc 3D
SubRoc 3D
First stereoscopic 3D game

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Thayer's Quest
(1984) - First speech recognition video game

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The Colony
The Colony
First full screen poligonal first person shooter

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The Phantom Slayer
The Phantom Slayer
First color first-person shooter

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The Wizard and the Princess
The Wizard and the Princess
First adventure color game

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Thunder Blade
Thunder Blade
Advanced 3D flight game

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Tropical Angel
Tropical Angel
First realistic female protagonist

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Turbo
Turbo
First third-person 3D racing

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TX-1
TX-1
First nonlinear racing game

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Vette!
Vette!
First 3D open world racing

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Wabbit
Wabbit
First depiction of female protagonist

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Wayout
Wayout
First 3D game with 360 degree freedom

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WEC Le Mans 24
WEC Le Mans 24
First realistic road in 3D racing

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Wibarm
Wibarm
First third-person 3D polygonal game

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Winning Run
Winning Run
Advanced 3D racing game

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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
First 3D RPG with color graphics

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Xybots
Xybots
First 3D third-person shooter

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Zaxxon
Zaxxon
First isometric game

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