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Old School Gaming History
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Relieve gaming olden days, from the beginnings to the mid 2000s! 3 posts each day: one video game history fact, and two retro game box art, arcade flyers or print ads.
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 2h
- The daily video game history fact -

An MDK (1997) animated TV series was announced in the late 1990s but was ultimately never aired.

It was set to be produced by Mainframe Entertainment, famous for ReBoot (1994).

Gameplay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzh3...
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 20h
Prince of Persia (Genesis, 1994)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 23h
Print ad | Battle Arena Toshinden (Playstation, 1995)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 1d
- The daily video game history fact -

4-D Boxing (1991) is the first known 3D head-to-head fighting games.

It features stylized boxers in polygon-based graphics, composed of triangles.

Gameplay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1f...
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 1d
DragonStrike (NES, 1992)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 1d
Wardner no Mori (arcade, 1987)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 2d
- The daily video game history fact -

Tempest (1981) was one of the first video games with a progressive level design where the levels themselves varied rather than giving the player the same layout with increasing difficulty.

Gameplay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUIc...
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 2d
Strider Hiryu (arcade, 1989)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 2d
Diablo II (PC, 2000)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 3d
- The daily video game history fact -

TwinBee (1985) is credited as one of the earliest archetypes of the “cute 'em up” subgenre within shoot-’em-ups.

Gameplay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMDn...
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 3d
- Weird video game cover art -

Superhero League of Hoboken (DOS, 1994)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 3d
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Chocobo Racing (PSX, 1999)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 4d
- The daily video game history fact -

Greg Johnson, the creator of ToeJam & Earl (1991), has cited Rogue (1980) as a major influence on the game's design.

The game features randomly generated levels and items.

Gameplay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rrg...
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 4d
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Adventures of Lolo 3 (NES, 1990)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 4d
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Sultan's Maze (Amstrad CPC, 1984)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 5d
- The daily video game history fact -

Terranigma (1995) was not released in North America primarily because Enix had already closed its U.S. branch by the time localization was finished.

Gameplay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1m-...
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 5d
Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA, 2002)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 6d
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Ancient Magic: Bazoe! Mahou Sekai (Super Famicom, 1993)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 6d
- The daily video game history fact -

Rolling Thunder (1986) influenced later arcade action franchises such as Shinobi and Time Crisis, which borrowed mechanics such as taking cover behind crates.

Gameplay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sjB...
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 6d
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Ghost Lion (NES, 1989)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 7d
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Grim Fandango (PC, 1998)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 7d
- The daily video game history fact -

Rare intentionally made Battletoads (1991) extremely difficult in order to increase its longevity.

Gameplay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxuc...
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 7d
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Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive, 1990)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 8d
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Ghouls (Amstrad CPC, 1984)
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Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social · 8d
- The daily video game history fact -

Joust (1982) popularized the concept of two-player cooperative video games.

Gameplay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=btI-...
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