The most radical innovation in gaming

What do you think is the most radical innovation ever in gaming? Most of the innovation occurs incrementally, but every now and then (usually with the transition to a new gen of gaming) something very radical thoroughly changes the way we play games. What did so most according to you?

I think going from 2D to 3D to me represents the most iinnovative step gaming took over the last years. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought this took place when going from the SNES/Genesis to the N64/Playstation gen.

What do you think is the most radical innovation ever in gaming? Most of the innovation occurs incrementally, but every now and then (usually with the transition to a new gen of gaming) something very radical thoroughly changes the way we play games. What did so most according to you?

I think going from 2D to 3D to me represents the most iinnovative step gaming took over the last years. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought this took place when going from the SNES/Genesis to the N64/Playstation gen.

NielsNL

Vectrex(and some arcade units).

Vector displays are awesome.

I am so upset they never caught on

Half Life's use of scripted sequences pretty much changed the FPS genre overnight.

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What do you think is the most radical innovation ever in gaming? Most of the innovation occurs incrementally, but every now and then (usually with the transition to a new gen of gaming) something very radical thoroughly changes the way we play games. What did so most according to you?

I think going from 2D to 3D to me represents the most iinnovative step gaming took over the last years. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought this took place when going from the SNES/Genesis to the N64/Playstation gen.

Irick_cb

Vectrex(and some arcade units).

Vector displays are awesome.

I am so upset they never caught on

You'll have to explain that one..

I would say 2d-3d is probably one of the biggest. And if it was a few years down the road and it was just being announced i would say onlive.

You'll have to explain that one..

NielsNL

Instead of the displays drawing pixels, they drew lines.

Basically, it would do away with rasterization and allow near infinite 'resolution'

kind of like scalable vector graphics, but in hardware.

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You'll have to explain that one..

Irick_cb

Instead of the displays drawing pixels, they drew lines.

Basically, it would do away with rasterization and allow near infinite 'resolution'

kind of like scalable vector graphics, but in hardware.

Kinda like .eps files then. Where did his technology go?

Kinda like .eps files then. Where did his technology go?

NielsNL

It died.

I don't know of anything that uses it now in days.

Which makes this one very sad.

Metal Gear Solid. the first true 3-D stealth game that did it right, and became legendary.LeGoofyGoober

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I stopped playing thief when I got to the zombies that kept coming back after you shot them. They annoyed me tremendously...

The first 3d graphics card

The first game to support online multiplayer, I think thats pretty innovative.

The first 3d graphics card

adamosmaki

Voodoo right?

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The first 3d graphics card

NielsNL

Voodoo right?

The first game to support online multiplayer, I think thats pretty innovative.

EVOLV3

Why would that be innovative? LAN multiplayer was already invented. Online multiplayer is just the exact same thing, except that its a bigger network. Anyone could figure that out, it was a completely natural step forward.

The first 3d graphics card

adamosmaki

Wasn't the first processor more innovative then, which allowed computergaming in the first place?

Its not like you couldn't do 3D without a graphics card anyway...

Wasn't the first processor more innovative then, which allowed computergaming in the first place?

omgimba

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good point.

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Wasn't the first processor more innovative then, which allowed computergaming in the first place?

Irick_cb

good point.

But that basically is the invention of computer gaming and not an innovation in it.

But that basically is the invention of computer gaming and not an innovation in it.

NielsNL

Not true.

I don't think he means processor in the sence of "Something that can do math"

but processor as in CPU/Programable array.

I mean, pong is a game, but it can't do anything else.

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But that basically is the invention of computer gaming and not an innovation in it.

Irick_cb

Not true.

I don't think he means processor in the sence of "Something that can do math"

but processor as in CPU/Programable array.

I mean, pong is a game, but it can't do anything else.

Got a point there I guess. Still it feels like ´cheating´ to call the CPU an innovation :P

I stopped playing thief when I got to the zombies that kept coming back after you shot them. They annoyed me tremendously...NielsNL

Me too, I stopped playing the game at the exact same place. And oh my god how dissapointed I will be if the new Thief do the same.

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Wasn't the first processor more innovative then, which allowed computergaming in the first place?

NielsNL

good point.

But that basically is the invention of computer gaming and not an innovation in it.

The processor is required for every single innovation though. And its not like a 3D card is required to do 3D graphics. Nor would it be able to render 3D graphics without a processor.

When Nintendo introduced Super Mario Bros to everyone, the transition from 2D to 3D with Super Mario 64, and Sony's Playstation completely changing the demography of video gamers.hiphops_savior

For me it was XBOX LIVE. I still rememeber firing up Mechassault that first day Live went live and saying to myself "it all changes after today" I had played PC online but it was not like this.

i think it was quake 1 first time they used polygonsfunsohng

I second that, not to forget it also featured CO-OP, the mouse as gaming tool and death match gaming.

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The first 3d graphics card

omgimba

Wasn't the first processor more innovative then, which allowed computergaming in the first place?

Its not like you couldn't do 3D without a graphics card anyway...

When the controller became wireless.

For me it was XBOX LIVE. I still rememeber firing up Mechassault that first day Live went live and saying to myself "it all changes after today" I had played PC online but it was not like this.

The_Brodeo

The first 3d graphics card

adamosmaki

Functional addon card you mean. Voodoo 1 did change a lot.

The first game to support online multiplayer, I think thats pretty innovative.

EVOLV3

Quake I and Diablo I where the first to my knowledge.

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The first game to support online multiplayer, I think thats pretty innovative.

omgimba

Why would that be innovative? LAN multiplayer was already invented. Online multiplayer is just the exact same thing, except that its a bigger network. Anyone could figure that out, it was a completely natural step forward.

It wasn't that simple by any means.

The first time i saw castle wolfenstein on my rich spoiled buddies PC (what was it 1992?) I was like whoa man that cant be happening! the technology is so advanced, this has to be close to the end of the world man!