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What games popularized certain mechanics? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by ApollosArrow@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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I was trying to think of which games created certain mechanics that became popular and copied by future games in the industry.

The most famous one that comes to my mind is Assassin’s Creed, with the tower climbing for map information.

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[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The first GPU card sold to the public was the GeForce 256 in 1999

3dfx cards like the Voodoo and Voodoo2 were 3d accelerators that predated nVidia's offerings.

And even from nVidia themselves, the Riva TNT was a GPU released before the GeForce models.

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

Ohhhh! I think the Riva TNT (or Riva TNT 2?) was my first 3D accelerated graphics card! What a time to be alive was that.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The first PC that I bought myself has a TNT2 with 8mb of memory. I upgraded it some time later with a GeForce 2 and the difference was shocking.

[–] Thaurin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I remember having a GeForce 2 as well. Yes, I was really into graphics at that time. :) Ever since Wolfenstein 3D, or DooM, to be honest.

Colored lighting in Unreal for the first time!

Did you have dreams of DooM back then? I remember opening doors in DooM with that iconic sound in my dreams, lol.

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