/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5820276
1st and 2nd gen consoles get very little attention at all beyond historical curiosity. Some of the games are still good but are extremely primitive by modern standards, far moreso than even 8-bit consoles which at least had viable platformers and shoot em ups.

Notice how before 1997 or so, you have massive shifts. You have the huge shift from arcade to consoles. you have the surge in platformers during the 80s and 90s followed by one for fighting games. You see text adventure games disappear almost entirely. But then after the late 90s, you mostly have gradual trends with just a little noise, until an increase in puzzle games around 2007 (probably on handhelds and mobile. The 1st gen iPhone was 2007)

Pre-2000, those changes are closely related to technological innovation. Post-2000, those changes are more about demographics and changing trends. And honestly this graph probably uses some terms that make the progression through the 80s and 90s into the 2000s more homogeneous than it really is. "Eye of the Beholder" and "Ultima Underworld" are probably both classified as "RPGs" despite the latter signaling the death knell of the former.