What Was the First 3D Platformer? (videos.abnormalbeings.space)
from AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 07 Mar 21:57
https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/36251

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MajorHavoc@programming.dev on 07 Mar 22:16 next collapse

Not Jumping Flash, after all? Neat.

sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works on 07 Mar 23:48 next collapse

I played Specter on the Super Nintendo as a kid, that might be a contender. It’d older than Super Mario 64.

It’s a tank game where you roam around an endless flat space, hunting other extremely-low-poly tanks. The only other objects are cylinders sitting there. It was actually pretty fun.

<img alt="" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/718c3c39-ea3e-47bc-a9e3-1a7b9c441408.png">

lazyViking@lemmy.world on 08 Mar 00:02 next collapse

Doesn’t really look like you are jumping on platforms, But I could of course be wrong

DadVolante@sh.itjust.works on 08 Mar 00:41 collapse

Looks like a clone of Battlezone, which predates this by quite a lot

Krudler@lemmy.world on 08 Mar 01:32 collapse

Alpha Waves by Infogrames

Saved you 20 minutes.

AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space on 08 Mar 10:09 collapse

Funnily enough, he reveals that quite early in the video, so you saved them maybe 5 minutes at best. EDIT: It’s actually at about the 1:15 mark

Krudler@lemmy.world on 08 Mar 10:27 collapse

Great, but nobody’s going to be able to guess that until they sit through

And I don’t really care about this person or their video

I’m not trying to be hurtful but that’s the truth

AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space on 08 Mar 10:39 collapse

That’s understandable and fair enough - main reason I pointed it out was because your comment made it seem like the video was one of the watchtime bait ones, that only reveal the answer halfway through or even only at the end, potentially keeping even people interested from even trying to watch. Thankfully, its right at the beginning, and the rest is just details about development, context, gameplay and such.