Stuff Video Games Were Obviously Influenced By

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I think Aliens must be the most obvious if not the top example, but what examples from other sorts of media have influenced games?

antexit, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:05 (fifteen years ago)

Film noir had a big influence on point & click adventures.

a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:07 (fifteen years ago)

lord of the rings

Bobby Wo (max), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:11 (fifteen years ago)

Neuromancer, The Jesus Incident

Euler, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:14 (fifteen years ago)

Saving Private Ryan

surfing on hokusine waves (ledge), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:18 (fifteen years ago)

^^ real talk

antexit, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:19 (fifteen years ago)

watching tarkovsky's stalker, a lot of parts seemed very video game-y, even though it was made pre-video games. the first act sequence where they're evading soldiers in the burnt out city could have been from half life 2.

Ømår Littel (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:32 (fifteen years ago)

uh, King Kong.

JimD, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:37 (fifteen years ago)

star wars/first edition d&d/masturbatory fantasies of 14 yo boys

history maybe (Lamp), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 19:50 (fifteen years ago)

Alice in Wonderland

"I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 20:51 (fifteen years ago)

Escape from NY, Vietnam, Gulf Wars, bad metal.

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago)

Pretty much everything that dudes liked before video games existed.

Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:08 (fifteen years ago)

Pinball (hi scores, zany sound effects)

I got RIPPED in 4 weeks (Z S), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago)

anyone know the origin of 1up?

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:13 (fifteen years ago)

"free ball," possibly?

antexit, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:35 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMZlr5Gf9yY

abanana, Monday, 19 October 2009 08:21 (fifteen years ago)

stupid japanese anime crap

Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 02:06 (fifteen years ago)


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