did the VCS have every gaming genre?

[tom]

Sports: Soccer, Football, Tennis, Horse, Decathlon, etc
Driving: Enduro, Indy 500, Street Racer, Pole Position, etc
Platform: Hero, Jungle Hunt, Pitfall, etc
Beat 'em up: Karate, Chuck Norris Superkicks etc
Education: Math Gran Prix, Hangman, Basic Math
Programming: Basic
Boardgames: Backgammon, Chess, Checkers
Gambling: Black Jack, Casino
Puzzle: Brain Games, Codebreaker, Glib, Video Cube
Shoot em up: Many
RPG: Adventure, Dragon Stomper, Swordquest, Venture
FPS: Crypts of Chaos, Escape from the Mind Master
Sex games: X-Man, Beat em eat em, etc
Workout : Exus video reflex, jogger plus mat (forerunner of Dance mat?)
Flying: Time Pilot, Spitfire Attack, Space Shuttle
based on comic: Superman, Spiderman
based on film: Star Trek, Star Wars, Krull, ET, 20th Century Fox games
based on music: Journey's Escape
Strategy: Stellar Track
online gaming: Gameline

What am I forgetting here? Anything new post VCS?

[MarioAllStar2600]

Don't seem to be missing anything, but I thought a FPS has to be done from a first person perspective? If im right on that one, which im not sure. That would be the only missing category.

[tom]

with FPS I was really struggling anyway, so you're right, that could be the one missing....

[robotriot]

Were there any point- and click adventures Lucasfilm style? :)

[IntvGene]

I think that the Simulation section is pretty weak for the VCS. No Fortune Builder, no Utopia, etc.

I would consider Tunnel Runner a FPS. It's not a shooter, but it has the same principles of the genre.

I'd add the party game genre: Party Mix and Warlords are good examples.

[AB Positive]

If you count homebrews, there is a FPS: Skeleton+


-AG

[hydr0x]

fps and action-adventures (beyond good&evil...) are missing

[SoulBlazer]

I would'nt consider any of those to be TRUE RPG's. For me, a RPG has to be something like Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy. Those are the foundations upon which all RPG games today take their inspiration from.

And as allready mentioned, there really was'nt anything for simulation games.

Also, where there many side scrolling shoot-em-ups for the 2600 like Gradius and Contra?

[MonkeyWizard]

Ummm... how about some FMV games? LOL

[ubersaurus]

I would'nt consider any of those to be TRUE RPG's. For me, a RPG has to be something like Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy. Those are the foundations upon which all RPG games today take their inspiration from.

And as allready mentioned, there really was'nt anything for simulation games.

Also, where there many side scrolling shoot-em-ups for the 2600 like Gradius and Contra?

FPS: Skeleton+
RPG: Dragonstomper and the upcoming Homestar Runner RPG
Side scrolling shmups? Vanguard, anybody? Space Jockey?
Simulation: Video Life, Space Shuttle

[kai123]

What about stealth games like Metal gear?

[tom]

Side scroller: Defender

Stealth game: Amidar


Thanks for all your help guys

[Queen Of The Felines]

Survival Horror: Haunted House

Eh, I tried.

Kristine

[YoshiM]

Up to a point the VCS has every genre but when the NES and SMS hit the market, everything changed. I think perhaps the NES could be pegged as having most every genre (or at least the basic elements of what we know today).

To peg some of the suggestions:

Point and Click: Maniac Mansion, Shadowgate

Simulation: I think Romance of the Three Kingdoms could be pegged at as Sim as you had to do more than just war. Or perhaps Wall Street Kid?

Action adventures:tons of games that fall into this category.

Survival Horror: Nightmare on Elm Street or better yet, Friday the 13th.

Stealth Action: Of course, Metal Gear, baby.

The VCS pretty much had most of everything until at least the early 90's when genres started to merge even more.

[ubersaurus]

What about stealth games like Metal gear?


Hide n Seek? :P

[Jasoco]

What about GTA style games?

[ubersaurus]

What about GTA style games?

Where you go around killing people? Texas Chainsaw massacre :P

[le geek]

Dragonstomper is a real RPG and Space Shuttle is a simulator (is F14 Tomcat?), but riddle me this!


Are there any RTS games on VCS?

Also can't think of any Point and Click adventures (Kings Quest, Maniac Mansion).

No MMORPGs obviously...

[robotriot]

And what about text adventures with a parser and all? :)

[ubersaurus]

And what about text adventures with a parser and all? :)

There's been some homebrew text adventures, including one based on lord of the rings.

Real time strategy, depends on if you consider chess an RTS :P since in real chess you DO move one at a time, the way it plays it is awfully real.

[kai123]

What about stealth games like Metal gear?


Hide n Seek? :P

Well played my friend. :D