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Posted March 14, 2013
Carmack, Romero and Hall combo? Must be really good game.
Posted March 14, 2013
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grviper: Keep digging, id isn't really the first to go in this direction
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dark-side
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Snickersnack: I'm aware, I just answered a different question. ;)

My candidate for first fps isn't a shooter but a 2.5D maze game with smooth 360 degree movement from 1982.

Way Out
Don't forget that the S stands for shooter...

All FPSs are first person, but not all first-person games are shooters...
Posted March 14, 2013
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F4LL0UT: Also: for some reason the post from the frontpage isn't visible in this thread. o_O
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JMich: Well, I ninja'd them.
Lol. What's next? Just walking into their office and pretending that you work there? :D
Posted March 14, 2013
Wow this reminds me of Pathways into Darkness, Bungie's second game and the "prequel" to Marathon (which would make it by extension the grandfather of Halo, I suppose).

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/17/stiq-figures-february-4-10-pathways-into-darkness-edition/
Posted March 14, 2013
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F4LL0UT: Lol. What's next? Just walking into their office and pretending that you work there? :D
Hm, I should try that should I ever visit Warsaw. Doubt it will work though.
Posted March 14, 2013
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F4LL0UT: Lol. What's next? Just walking into their office and pretending that you work there? :D
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JMich: Hm, I should try that should I ever visit Warsaw. Doubt it will work though.
Message me once you're here. I have a plan.
Post edited March 14, 2013 by F4LL0UT
Posted March 14, 2013
Whoa, so this means that this week is an all-classics week. We should have more of those. :D
Posted March 14, 2013
YES!

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tfishell: I wonder what the "music track" is.
The only song the games have. :)
Posted March 14, 2013
Putting the O back in GOG ;) It's great to see the that Catabombs-shaped hole in the catalogue is now filled. It's quite dated, but this was THE game that brought the FPS genre to the masses. (at least until Wolfenstein, Doom and possibly Quake brought the genre to progressively-larger masses, so I guess Catacombs's "masses" were quite small by comparison, but it was still my first FPS, darnit!)

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TheEnigmaticT: Epic ninja award, there. :P

EDIT: :: Shake fist:: G-DOOOOOOOOOOOC!
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G-Doc: See, not one but TWO epic ninjas in this thread ;-)
Double ninja all the way across the sky!
Posted March 14, 2013
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grviper: These oldies come via Flat Rock Software who have some SoftDick titles, just like Dangerous Dave.
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fortune_p_dawg: SoftDick titles?
Lol

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Nergal01: Whoa, so this means that this week is an all-classics week. We should have more of those. :D
I'm certainly not against those, but realistically I'd just like GOG to guarantee at least 1-2 old games released per week. (as long as they don't rush compatibility testing and gathering of bonus stuff) :)
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Posted March 14, 2013
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fortune_p_dawg: SoftDick titles?
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tfishell: Lol
Lmao! Dat hand gesture!
Posted March 14, 2013
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Snickersnack: I'm aware, I just answered a different question. ;)

My candidate for first fps isn't a shooter but a 2.5D maze game with smooth 360 degree movement from 1982.

Way Out
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Austrobogulator: Don't forget that the S stands for shooter...

All FPSs are first person, but not all first-person games are shooters...
IMHO, the acronym First Person Shooter isn't enough to define the genre. It doesn't exclude popular games like Star Raiders or Battlezone which few would put in that category. From my perspective, FPS is the more modern title for the genre that evolved out of 'Doom clones'. I selected Way Out because it has a lot of similarities to Hover Tank. I wouldn't be surprised if Romero or Carmack played it.
Posted March 14, 2013
This is classic. I'm glad it's finally here.
Posted March 14, 2013
I used to play the shareware versions of these off one of those "Epic Mega Games" discs.
I loved it.
Very cool release.
Posted March 14, 2013
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tfishell: I wonder what the "music track" is.
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adambiser: The only song the games have. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-29NvPMYXI ?

Not bad for a minute. EDIT: with 30 seconds of nothingness.
Post edited March 14, 2013 by tfishell
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