With the game I was going to make I decided that the genres had to fit in with the idea/theme that I was trying to go with, that being nostalgia. After this I started to look at what types of games came out during and around the 1990s that were popular and recognisable.
Whilst looking around I found an article that had quite a few games on it that were popular during the 90s and are still well known and popular today. This list included things such as:
- GoldenEye 007 – 1997
- Resident Evil – 1996
- Doom 64 – 1993
- Grand Theft Auto – 1997
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past – 1991
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – 1992
- Final Fantasy VII – 1997
- Super Mario World – 1990
- Super Metroid – 1994
After looking through these the ones I decided to base my game off of was Final Fantasy VII, Doom 64, Super Mario World and Grand Theft Auto. These were all iconic games that have expanded and grown from what they once were, and it felt as though a lot of people had grown up playing them.
The first genre of the four is an Role-Playing Game or more commonly known as an RPG. In an RPG the player will normally assume the roll of a character, or group of character within a fictional and normal fantasy based setting. Within these games the player will normally undergo multiple quest to increase the power of your character/s in both stats and skills.
The second genre of the four is First Person Shooter or also known as a FPS. Within an FPS the player experiences the action through the eyes of the protagonist, this genre is also centred around the use of guns and or weapons within a 3D environment. Normally these games will share common similarities with that of the “Action” genre of games due to there high octane gameplay loop and narrative.
The third genre of the four is a Platform Game, often referred to as a platformer. A platformer is a sub-genre of the action genre in which the main goal is to move the player character through a 2D environment. The levels that are formed for this genre normally consist of having traits such as, uneven terrain and suspended platforms of varying heights that require the player character to traverse to finish the level.
The fourth and final genre of the games is a Shoot ’em up game also known as a STG. This genre can vary a lot, spanning from games such as space invaders to enter the gungeon. This genre is defined normally by two things that being a shooting element within the game as well as it’s requirement to be 2D.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game
- https://gamerant.com/video-games-90s-best/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_game