Early Evolution

Let's uncover the origins and early evolution of major innovations in video games such as mechanics, narrative tools and new tech!

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

I put together my take on the nine most important years in video game history before the 2000s. Not just commercially, but the moments where the medium noticeably changed technologically, creatively or culturally.

Which years would you pick, and why?
https://t.co/4KEcosrfEB

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

@David_Khait Historically, Somalia practiced Sufism which blended with local culture. But after the 1991 state collapse, foreign-funded Wahhabism from the Gulf was imported, enforcing strict veils & erasing native traditions. To locals, this felt like Arabization, not their historical Islam.

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

@TRobinsonNewEra Why isn't it more like the notting hill carnival

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

https://t.co/YVpPmEZG78
Maximum gameplay at minimum cost

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei helped shape Pokémon. Caverns of Freitag (1982) led directly to Dragon Slayer and Japan's entire action-RPG lineage. My ranked list of the 1980s' most influential games traces chains like these, not just the famous names.
https://t.co/x6SNxd7p7W

[CR1337 @CR1337]

The home of Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen was raided by masked police forces after he published his 'two favourite numbers', a 10 digit and a 8 digit number, spelled out in letters; it were the social security and phone number of Mette Frederiksen, the Prime Minister of Denmark, who wants to ban encryption (CSA) and introduce mass surveillance.

"Rules for thee, but not for me..."

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

Easy and/or relaxing games:
https://t.co/efuGiYJzJb

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

Games with missed potential:
https://t.co/081B0xhYcu

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

Top Games Without a Sequel
https://t.co/OgEnDh1uNf

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

Retro sound chips doing what they weren't supposed to (early-mid '80s consoles, arcades & computers)
https://t.co/cKJtvgexL5

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

Top 2D to 3D Transitions
https://t.co/qH5rvChZE4

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

@RantaPaRanta It's just a gathering for kids? The song is about dinosaurs

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

@frazettagirls Buns of steel geronimo

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

I put together my take on the nine most important years in video game history before the 2000s. Not just commercially, but the moments where the medium noticeably changed technologically, creatively or culturally.

Which years would you pick, and why?
https://t.co/4KEcosrfEB

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

I built a quiz to test your knowledge of the second gen period in video game history (ca 1976–1983).
https://t.co/zZILsVVFsB

Swedish/Svenska: https://t.co/Gv02awj7rg

More in-depth info on this period: https://t.co/NTiZ1mjpkf

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

@eStarland AI image detectors say this is AI, but it might be the case that you grabbed the characters from elsewhere and placed them themselves and then asked a generator to make them look like part of the scene. The croc and bomberman models are from their box art

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

@jonsson_henrik Democracy is under threat, and therefore...
we need chat control / we don't need free spech / tax payers need to continue funding partial media outlets

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

Do you know your early Metroidvania (Platform Adventure) history? Test yourself here:
https://t.co/DG82xvg7Hk

In-depth info on the subgenre's history: https://t.co/Oxas2PdzZI

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

Test your knowledge of the third gen period here! https://t.co/Ktc57fYgKe

Swedish version: https://t.co/rihU8GNClW

More in-depth info on this period: https://t.co/WXnhKWwuq1

[Early Evolution @residentleever]

Test your knowledge of the fourth gen period with this quiz!
https://t.co/4OCYCCRI0t

Swedish version: https://t.co/VgUeOeTHPF

More in-depth info on this period: https://t.co/XsukKXoMfD