The Secret History of Donkey Kong

[Melf]

Damn Travis, why did you tell us about this great article you wrote for Gamasutra?

[Dyne]

I read that today and never looked at the author.

[Frogacuda]

Because I wrote it like 6 weeks ago and didn't know it was up, haha.

Thanks for the kind words. This one was harder to find a home for than most, but I'm glad it found a good one. I like Gamasutra a lot and expect to be sending them more of my writing.

[Deewtaei]

Great article. So few and far between these days...

[gamevet]

Great article!

[dog$]

Thank you for not saying that DK was the first game with Physics.

Now go tell that to Chris Kohler.

[James]

Why would anyone say Donkey Kong was the first game with physics? Spacewar! in 1961 had a star in the center, complete with gravity. Not that I've ever played it, but it's pretty clearly physics at work. Hell, even Asteroids has momentum physics playing an incredibly important part in both control of the ship and the movement of the asteroids.

James

[Frogacuda]

Thank you for not saying that DK was the first game with Physics.

Now go tell that to Chris Kohler.

I'd like to tell a lot of things to Chris Kohler.

Why would anyone say Donkey Kong was the first game with physics? Spacewar! in 1961 had a star in the center, complete with gravity. Not that I've ever played it, but it's pretty clearly physics at work. Hell, even Asteroids has momentum physics playing an incredibly important part in both control of the ship and the movement of the asteroids.

He also said it was the first game with a complete story.

He's a fucking idiot.