/vr/ - Retro Games

>>11010612
Jet Set Willy already gave you a whole world to explore in 1984, Sonic the Hedgehog is mediocre in willyvania terms.

The Metroidvania genre was created in 1984 by Jet Set Willy. No amount of seethe will change this. Thus, we can deduce that since Metroid wasn't released until 1986, the Metroidvania genre should actually be referred to as Willyvania. Look at the map. It's a Metroidvania. It's a Willyvania. The first.

>>6928624
Look at the map of Jet Set Willy and tell me it's not the father of Metroidvania

>>6922006
This game was a soulless cash grab ripoff of Jet Set Willy, fuck off Jeremy "The Retro Nonce" Parish

Many, among them the man who claims to have coined the phrase, Jeremy Parish, say that Metroid was the originator of this style of game. However, Jet Set Willy, a game on the ZX Spectrum that released a full TWO years before Metroid, was the actual father of the Metroidvania genre. Pic related, it's the game map. Look familiar?

This game is a fucking acid trip.