First Principles

We love to talk about historical firsts, but it's fraught with risk.

Montage

Games in order of appearance, with links to source footage:

• Sewer Shark
• Mutant League Football
• Adventures of Lolo
• Little Computer People
• Mercenary
• The Incredible Machine
• Links LS: Championship Course
• Culdcept Saga
• Emergency Call Ambulance
• Ecco the Dolphin
• Dark Cloud 2
• Vib-Ribbon
• Tropical Angel
• Tobal 2
• Tin Star
• Robinson's Requiem
• Republic: The Revolution
• Densha de Go! Ryojōhen
• Raw Danger!
• Echochrome
• Transarctica
• Exile
• Gangsters: Organized Crime
• Anachronox
• Laser Squad
• Comix Zone

Music

• Sigma Tauri / Assembling the Fleet
  from the Stellaris soundtrack by Andreas Waldetoft
  © 2016 Paradox Interactive AB. www.paradoxplaza.com

Other sources

Footage from Ready Player One © 2018 Warner Bros. Pictures.

Stills and screenshots from MobyGames, Shmuplations, Keith Smith, Ed Fries and RT-55J.