Dude, platformers like Hollow Knight were popular in arcades back in the 80s and d early 90s. Contra (87) and Metal Slug (96) are the first two that came to mind but there were tons of others.
They were literally arcade games and adapted to new mediums like home gaming systems and computers.
Canconda@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Totally. I wasn’t saying platformers were invented in the 00s. I saying games like pong and space invaders technically predate platformers despite both of them being arcade games.
Please remember I was trying to answer he question, “When is a genre old”. Which is somewhat difficult with older genre’s that evolved in tandem with each other.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
30+ years is old for sure, and platforms fit in that range.
20+ years could be debated, but I consider that old too.
Being old is not a negative, just a description about how long something has been around.
Canconda@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
completely agree. I probably pick up another side scroller, turn based, or RTs game anytime soon… but I’m glad those game genre’s are still coming out with new games.
Minnels@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I am asking this as I am interested in how other people choose games and think about things but you choose games to buy by the looks of it or does gameplay mechanics play any role in it?
I have been playing games since 1988 so I have played a lot of stuff during my whole life but I have never considered only buying games of a certain genre or camera perspective etc. Gameplay is what catches me and the amount of indie games in my library is proof of this. That said I mostly play to see and experience different rules and mechanics in games. Very seldom I finish a game because once I figured it out it is probably dead to me as I find something new to play. There are exceptions of course. And yes, I know I have a problem 😂