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I'm bored so I'm playing Phantasy Star IV. As I was walking past a mirror, it struck me how cool it was the first time a mirror in a game showed my characters reflection in it. PS4 doesn't do this, but the first time I noticed it was in some RPG.
What's the earliest game that had something like that going on?

[Opaque]

What's the earliest game that had something like that going on?

That's actually an interesting good question though. Use of mirrors is interesting in entertainment media; I remember flipping a shit in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust when the main character who is half vampire and half human was transparent in a mirror. It was a really smart touch and quick enough that they didn't shove it down your throat. Still, it showed a lot of care and detail to think of something like that.

[dog$]

Wasn't something like that featured in that one Capcom Disney NES game, the Adventures in Magic Kingdom or whatever? I think it was the Haunted House part that had reflective mirrors which functioned.

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Knowing this, there's probably some 7800 game or something which I never played that had it first.

[bVork]

I'm sure it isn't the first, but Prince of Persia in 1989 showed your character's reflection in a mirror. And then got really creative.

[NeoZeedeater]

I think Ys 1 had character reflections in mirrors. There must be older examples but I can't think of any. With questions like this, I find that with nearly all of them the first is from no later than 1984.

[Yoshi]

With questions like this, I find that with nearly all of them the first is from no later than 1984.

That's because all innovations started with Nintendo and the Famicom, right NZE?

[Dyne]

Nintendo is like Nazi Germany. We can't find any info because they burned it all.

[gameoverDude]

Splatterhouse's (arcade JPN ver./1988) hall of mirrors scene from stage 4 is the first time I've seen something like this. If NZE is right then Ys 1 (1987) has it beat.