The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe fact that even 3D games are old now blows my mind on a regular basis.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe fact that even 3D games are old now blows my mind on a regular basis.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago Yes, the original is lines and crude unlike some of the other examples of “old 3D games”, but this is (maybe) the first actual 3D space game, so it has to start somewhere.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoAtari Star Wars arcade game came out in 1983. One year prior to Elite in 1984: Vectrex Starhawk was 1979
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSpasim is a 3d space simulator from 1974, first person and multiplayer.
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoMode 7 enabled some pseudo-3D effects on the SNES too.
Yes, the original is lines and crude unlike some of the other examples of “old 3D games”, but this is (maybe) the first actual 3D space game, so it has to start somewhere.
Atari Star Wars arcade game came out in 1983. One year prior to Elite in 1984:
Vectrex Starhawk was 1979
Spasim is a 3d space simulator from 1974, first person and multiplayer.
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Mode 7 enabled some pseudo-3D effects on the SNES too.