Relieve gaming olden days, from the beginnings to the mid 2000s!
3 posts each day: one video game history fact, and two retro game box art, arcade flyers or print ads.
Old School Gaming History
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Prince of Persia (Amiga, 1990)
- The daily video game history fact -
Batsugun (1993) was one of the first games to feature dense, screen-filling bullet patterns that would become the hallmark of the bullet hell genre.
Gameplay: youtu.be/cEjwbpYQE_o
Print ad | Legend of Mana (PlayStation, 1999)
Super Bomberman (Super Famicom, 1993)
SimTower (MAC, 1994)
- The daily video game history fact -
Stratovox (1980) was the first video game to feature voice synthesis. It used a speech chip to produce four distinct phrases: "Help me, help me!", "Very good!", "We'll be back!", and "Lucky!".
Gameplay: youtu.be/qXMVCE2FuiY
Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess (PC, 1990)
Mr. Bones (Saturn, 1996)
Print ad | Chrono Trigger (SNES, 1995)
- The daily video game history fact -
Splatterhouse (1988) is often cited as the first video game to feature a parental advisory-style disclaimer, which appeared on the TurboGrafx-16 version’s packaging.
Gameplay: youtu.be/jfpcRd_hb4Y
