005 is the most influential game you’ve never played.
005 is the most influential game you’ve never played.
005 is the most influential game you’ve never played.Now, why is it super unlikely that you’ve played this game? Because it was only ever released in arcades. And it wasn’t exactly a huge runaway s...
Now, why is it super unlikely that you’ve played this game? Because it was only ever released in arcades. And it wasn’t exactly a huge runaway success. But in terms of actual gameplay mechanics, this game had some monumental firsts.
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Just because some unnoticed game implemented some fairly easy to conceive game mechanic doesn't make that game influential. It just makes it first. To be influential you have to show that later game developers had played it and been inspired to build on it.
And I can confidently state that without 005, there would be no Metal Gear.
Ah c'mon
Unnoticed? Not at all. The Guinness World of Records recognizes this game as the first to "utilise basic stealth game mechanics".
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-console-game-to-use-stealth
I happen to disagree with them, but they certainly noticed.
The reason you've never played this game is because it didn't have a dedicated cabinet. It used the Raster Scan Convert-a-Game system. Which means many of the cabinets that were once used for this game no longer host it. And if that's not enough 005 never got a home port.
It is also highly likely Konami knew about 005 since this game was developed and made by SEGA, got great reviews upon its release, and well, Metal Gear used its mechanics.
So SEGA and Konami (the corporation) knew about it. Let's assume that. Are there records or interviews (from studios, individual developers, games historians, etc.) from that time on record saying they played and enjoyed it?
Simultaneous/independent invention in a highly experimental and novel industry is way more likely to me, but if you can produce some sort of proof of influence on studios that explicitly iterated on what 005 did, then that's much more convincing than a Guinness World Record that only "proves" they were first (historically, they did barely any fact-checking and, in some cases, you could bribe them).
It also hurts the credibility of the article for it to say "people liked it," and then not link to any sources like reviews or sales numbers. How can I know that anyone liked it unless I do independent verification of these claims? It's striving to be informative but with a "trust me bro" type of approach.
Very valid, I also noticed he goes off talking about the motivations for a cartridge-based deployment system, and he misses the mark completely.