There used to be a video game database that tried to catalog firsts. It was almost always wrong because fans would put in their faves and not know the history.
One example I remember is the claim that Sonic was the first character with an idle animation. Plenty of examples from 10 years before Sonic.
Others were things like first game with an inventory. First game to scroll. Someone would always find some older game. Then people would argue about influence or trying to define genres (first RPG, that depends on what an RPG is, etc...)
One example I remember is the claim that Sonic was the first character with an idle animation. Plenty of examples from 10 years before Sonic.
Others were things like first game with an inventory. First game to scroll. Someone would always find some older game. Then people would argue about influence or trying to define genres (first RPG, that depends on what an RPG is, etc...)