The First Sandbox game?
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I suppose it is Elite depending on your definition. You could say that it is a trading sim but it still is a sandbox. You could also call Sim City a sandbox. This is like the "is Monkey Island an RPG" debate all over again.
Didn't Midwinter come out before that?delta4062 said:
I'd really like to say Freelancer but I can't back that up since I know a lot more before it. Fallout is a good example but I don't really know the answer to this question.
Not to mention that Fallout came before Fallout 2 anyways, plus it was a spiritual sequel to a much older game called Wasteland or something like that.nikki191 said:
Lol Well I couldn't not do this nowmadbird-valiant said:
1st platformer was called Mr Robot on the ZX81. It was a very simple afair that consisted of a square that had to jump other squares to reach the right hand side of the screen. Took about 30 mins to program (you had to program all your games in those days) and about 10 seconds to complete.
1st sandbox game would probably have to be either elite (BBC micro) or Dun Darach (ZX spectrum) depending on your definition. Both gave you a free to roam environment but one was more of a puzzle game and the other more of a space sim.
Thats why I ask if space sims can be considered sand box, because then elite would be prety much the only one (space sim) that is considered sand box, since its the only one that you can use everything in there, alto you cannot build like X universe
About the first, i was thinking Elder scrolls but we do have to find a definition of Sand Box, I remember playing Fallout but I didn't associate it with sandbox game
most of the times we have Sand box games associated with RPG or 3rd person Shooters, that we only remember them that way, i don't really remember how free was Fallout 1 ? In Elder Scrolls i do know we could enter any house (or most at least) in the landscape
And its not only the free to roam, i guess, how Sand Box can X3 be considered, you are free to roam, but with in those system, you never actually manage to get close to a planet on into it like Elite
About the first, i was thinking Elder scrolls but we do have to find a definition of Sand Box, I remember playing Fallout but I didn't associate it with sandbox game
most of the times we have Sand box games associated with RPG or 3rd person Shooters, that we only remember them that way, i don't really remember how free was Fallout 1 ? In Elder Scrolls i do know we could enter any house (or most at least) in the landscape
And its not only the free to roam, i guess, how Sand Box can X3 be considered, you are free to roam, but with in those system, you never actually manage to get close to a planet on into it like Elite
first gta 3 style 3d sandbox game I can recall(and have) is bethesda's The Terminator from 1990, though I have no idea if it is indeed the first. Granted, regardless of being the first, the fact that they implemented a decent sized LA and added options such as carjacking, robbing stores, gunplay and going to the hospital for treatment(or scares if yer a terminator), mixed with being able to choose to play either the terminator or Kyle Reese (with different objectives) makes it pretty impressive nonetheless.
Funnily enough, Hunter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_(computer_game)] was my first sandbox game, as well as being the first sandbox game.delta4062 said:
I loved that game, I probably put more hours into that than any other game at the time, despite not being very good at it. I never completed all of the missions, but I loved just wondering around, discovering new locations and vehicles.
I still yearn for a modern sandbox game which will allow me to row a boat or windsurf while being harassed by a shark.
I thought of Dun Darach as it had a bloke freely walking around a town with other people seeming to walk around on their own free will. I think that it might only seem to be a sandbox game now as GTA games are the one that gave the sub genre it's name and they feature a bloke walking around a town with other people seeming to do their own thing...scouto said:
Ant Attack might be an earlier example of something that is as much of a sandbox. You can either do the missions and rescue the people or just go wandering around Antescher messing around with the ants. Maybe it's the first Isometric game and the first Sandbox in one game.