May 25, 2008
Eye-dentify
As the punny title says, identify this path-breaking game which achieved many things for the first time and paved the way for one of the most commercially successful gaming paradigms ever.
If you have some extra time, let us know a few firsts this thing achieved.
Cracked by: priyananda , udupendra , varuns88 , akhi , shashank , Dibyo , madhur.
Answer:
Maze War
leading to First person shooters, gaming over a network and many others. Take a look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_War
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May 25th, 2008 at 10:17 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1211779054 )
Maze War - first person shooter
May 25th, 2008 at 10:52 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1211781133 )
Maze War
May 25th, 2008 at 11:49 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1211784597 )
Wolfenstein 3D - first popular FPS game?
May 26th, 2008 at 3:22 am, GMT -0700 ( 1211797358 )
Maze War
May 26th, 2008 at 4:41 am, GMT -0700 ( 1211802118 )
Maze war
things it pioneered… First person 3D perspective and Avatars.
May 26th, 2008 at 5:07 am, GMT -0700 ( 1211803648 )
Maze War
leading to First person shooters…
features: quite a lot actually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_War
May 26th, 2008 at 6:11 am, GMT -0700 ( 1211807515 )
Maze War
May 26th, 2008 at 6:23 am, GMT -0700 ( 1211808218 )
Maze War, the earliest known FPS. Also introduced the world to Avatars, network gaming, etc.
May 26th, 2008 at 7:38 am, GMT -0700 ( 1211812716 )
Arrrghh… I remember playing this game! Actually, I want to say it was a screen saver, but I’m not sure. The goal was to reach an object… another object (can’t remember what it was) would flip you upside down… I wish I could remember the NAME of the thing!
May 26th, 2008 at 8:41 am, GMT -0700 ( 1211816490 )
Maze War
First game to feature avatar and 3D perspective.
May 26th, 2008 at 9:14 am, GMT -0700 ( 1211818461 )
3D Maze ScreenSaver game
May 26th, 2008 at 10:19 am, GMT -0700 ( 1211822398 )
I think its a 3-d maze. Think the whole concept of virutual reality and 3-d games was revolutionized by this?
May 26th, 2008 at 10:44 am, GMT -0700 ( 1211823856 )
pacman
May 26th, 2008 at 9:27 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1211862432 )
AE269: eyes
May 27th, 2008 at 9:02 am, GMT -0700 ( 1211904169 )
@Ginkgo100: too bad you could not get the name :)