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    • May 25, 2008

    Eye-dentify

    — devadutta @ 9:50 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1211752200 ) Play

    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


    15 Responses to “Eye-dentify”

    1. priyananda

      Maze War – first person shooter


    2. udupendra
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      Maze War


    3. Goyal
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      Wolfenstein 3D – first popular FPS game?


    4. varuns88
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      Maze War


    5. akhi
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      Maze war

      things it pioneered… First person 3D perspective and Avatars.


    6. duriel
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      Maze War
      leading to First person shooters…

      features: quite a lot actually.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_War


    7. Maze War


    8. Dibyo
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      Maze War, the earliest known FPS. Also introduced the world to Avatars, network gaming, etc.


    9. 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!


    10. madhur
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      Maze War

      First game to feature avatar and 3D perspective.


    11. 3D Maze ScreenSaver game


    12. Ashwin

      I think its a 3-d maze. Think the whole concept of virutual reality and 3-d games was revolutionized by this?


    13. yaksha
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      pacman


    14. sidsen
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      AE269: eyes


    15. @Ginkgo100: too bad you could not get the name :)


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