| Player1x3 said: It is considered a first platformer by everyone. Just because it doesnt have elements from 'more modern' platformers, doesnt mean its not a platformer. Thats like saying Doom and Wolfenstein arent true FPSs because you cant regenerate health and aim down the sights |
That's why on its page it says:
Space Panic is a 1980 arcade game designed by Universal, which Chris Crawford calls the first ever platform game,[1] as it pre-dates Nintendo's Donkey Kong (from 1981) which is often cited as the original platform game.
I mean, if everyone calls it, then Chris Crawford (who) shouldn't have wasted his time.
man, use your beliefs from before searching "first platformer" on google and findind this to prove a point against the other post - you probably really wanted it to have some kind of jumping mechanic and real platformers gameplay right? Burger time is a platfomer to you?
your example would be true if wolfenstein did not have a "shooting device viewed from a first person view". Just like that text I used says: sometimes it's considered the first platformer, but the first true platformer is DK.
