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* DeathThrows: ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongJr'', 1982

* {{Cutscene}}: ''The Sumerian Game'', 1966

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Here are TheOldestOnesInTheBook for VideoGames, from before UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983. The US introduction of the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in October 1985 marked the beginning of the beginning of the [[UsefulNotes/The8BitEraOfConsoleVideoGames Third Generation of consoles]].[[note]]We have chosen it as a cutoff date for TheOldestOnesInTheBook of VideoGameTropes. Mainly because the crash is kinda hard to precisely date, thus making an exact cut-off hard to calculate. Also there are a few major 1983 games that get labeled as "Oldest Ones in the (Video Game) Book", most notably ''VideoGame/DragonsLair.''[[/note]]

* CosmeticAward: Creator/{{Activision}} [[http://www.digitpress.com/archives/cc_patches_2600.htm mailed out physical ones]] for achieving a preset score in their UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} games.

* NintendoHard: Of course -- if you're ignorant of anything Nintendo pre-UsefulNotes/{{NES}} -- the title may now break your mind.

* Main/PinballProjectile: ''VideoGame/{{Combat}}'', Atari 2600, 1977

* EveryTenThousandPoints: Many, many arcade games. Goes back to {{pinball}}.

'''Examples''':

* SpringSpringsEveryere: ''VideoGame/{{Mappy}}'', 1983 (non-springboard version), ''VideoGame/NutsAndMilk'', 1984 (springboard version)

* DeathThrows: ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong Jr.'', 1982

Here are TheOldestOnesInTheBook for VideoGames, from before UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames to the UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983. The US introduction of the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in October 1985 marked the beginning of the beginning of the [[UsefulNotes/The8BitEraOfConsoleVideoGames Third Generation of consoles]].[[note]]We have chosen it as a cutoff date for TheOldestOnesInTheBook of VideoGameTropes. Mainly because the crash is kinda hard to precisely date, thus making an exact cut-off hard to calculate. Also there are a few major 1983 games that get labeled as "Oldest Ones in the (Video Game) Book", most notably ''VideoGame/DragonsLair.''[[/note]]

* GameMod: ''VideoGame/Spacewar'' had many such as adding mines, 1962

* CollisionDamage: ''VideoGame/PacMan'' and ''VideoGame/SpacePanic'', 1980

* OneUp

* {{Cutscene}}: ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders Part II'', 1979

* EasterEgg: Fairchild Channel F Demo Cart, 1976, UrExample; ''VideoGame/{{Adventure}}'', 1979, TropeCodifier

A good number of the RPG tropes can be found here, since these games trace their roots pretty much directly back to {{Tabletop RPG}}s such as ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', which were among the first commercial games to be adapted for a video game system. And to be clear: As long as it was an actual game, it counts for the purposes of this index, video or not; that being said, if a pre-1986 video game example exists, it should also be listed here.

* LevelGrinding: ''[[VideoGame/{{Ultima}} Akalabeth]]'', 1979

* ArbitraryMaximumRange: ''VideoGame/{{Spacewar}}'', 1962