Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics?

delitomatoes@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think Spyro was the first mainstream game to standardise achievements, you could do random stuff in-game and it gave you a little pop up

  Which one did that?

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  • rekorse@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I believe the very first one had skill points that unlocked and extended ending and game art.

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    • Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This. They were indeed called Skill Points, and Insomniac loved to tie cheats and bonus material to completing them. I played the shit out of Spyro and Ratchet and Clank back in the day.

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    • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Actually introduced in Ripto’s Rage. The Reignited version backported them to the first game, though.

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    • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not the first one on the PSX, that’s for sure. Also, getting some extra stuff for 100% a game wasn’t new by the time of Spyro, both Donkey Kong Country and Crash Bandicoot already did that

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  • SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mortal Kombat for the Genesis did that though. Every once and a while on good hit, little dude would pop into the corner and call out, “Toasty!!”

    Really makes you feel like you achieved something great

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    • UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Just a heads up that I think you replied to the wrong comment in the chain

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      • SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Some like heads up but I far prefer butts up

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