I think Spyro was the first mainstream game to standardise achievements, you could do random stuff in-game and it gave you a little pop up, carried over to Ratchet and Clank and now every game has official achievements

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think Spyro was the first mainstream game to standardise achievements, you could do random stuff in-game and it gave you a little pop up

Which one did that?

[–] rekorse@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I believe the very first one had skill points that unlocked an extended ending and game art.

[–] Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This. They were indeed called Skill Points, and Insomniac loved to tie cheats and bonus material to completing them. I played the shit out of Spyro and Ratchet and Clank back in the day.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Actually introduced in Ripto's Rage. The Reignited version backported them to the first game, though.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago

Not the first one on the PSX, that's for sure. Also, getting some extra stuff for 100% a game wasn't new by the time of Spyro, both Donkey Kong Country and Crash Bandicoot already did that

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mortal Kombat for the Genesis did that though. Every once and a while on good hit, little dude would pop into the corner and call out, "Toasty!!"

Really makes you feel like you achieved something great

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just a heads up that I think you replied to the wrong comment in the chain

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Some like heads up but I far prefer butts up