Games that did it earlier - an IFDB Poll

What are some lesser known games that were first to have a feature that was later perfected by a more well known game?

	Rameses, by Stephen Bond 3 votes "Rameses'..." [+]"Rameses' central device - a protagonist whose sense of misery and oppression is mechanically expressed through denial of player agency - has since been used by many, many Twine works." () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... "What SKA said...." [+]"What SKA said. Twine before its time." () --Jeremy Freese... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DJ... Vote for this game

	Nevermore, by Nate Cull 2 votes "Alchemical..." [+]"Alchemical rituals and inference before Hadean Lands." () --Floating Info... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game

	Theatre, by Brendon Wyber 2 votes "Did Lovecraft lens puzzle before Anchorhead" [+]"Did Lovecraft lens puzzle before Anchorhead: Did a telescope lens puzzle involving a Lovecraftian horror before Anchorhead." ( - Full review) --MathBrush... "Anchorhead's lens puzzle was borrowed from this piece" [+]"Anchorhead's lens puzzle was borrowed from this piece: I had played through Theatre once, before I played Anchorhead. When I got to the observatory and looked through that one lens, I had a frightful sense of déjà vu. Michael Gentry, the author of Anchorhead, admitted to having borrowed this part from Theatre." --mjhayes... Vote for this game

	Tapestry, by Daniel Ravipinto 1 vote "inescapable car crash before Photopia" [+]"inescapable car crash before Photopia" ( - Full review) --OtisTDog... Vote for this game

	Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre 1 vote "Thematic..." [+]"Thematic resemblance: deals with quite a few of the same subjects as The Baron, with a similar set-up, though the storyline is ultimately very different." () --Christina Nordlander... Vote for this game

	Colossal Cave Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods 1 vote "Did a maze, a thief, a troll, before Zork" [+]"Did a maze, a thief, a troll, before Zork: Many of the most famous details of Zork are from Adventure; an abandoned house with food; a lamp; a maze; a thief; a troll; collecting treasures; and a lot more." ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game

	Masq, by AlterAction 1 vote "Telltale Games style timed choice-and-consquences" [+]"Telltale Games style timed choice-and-consquences: Did The Walking Dead's gameplay style over a decade earlier." () --jakomo... Vote for this game

	The Reliques of Tolti-Aph, by Graham Nelson 1 vote "A plot-light RPG..." [+]"A plot-light RPG adventure with randomised combat and restricted SAVE/UNDO capacities, features later to appear in Kerkerkruip" --Christina Nordlander... Vote for this game

	Large Machine, by Jon Ingold 1 vote "Has several..." [+]"Has several devices to manipulate the letters in a word, including an anagrammer and a letter remover, before Counterfeit Monkey." () --Zape... Vote for this game

	The Nemean Lion, by Anonymous 1 vote "did goal-directed multi-step action resolution before Hadean Lands" [+]"did goal-directed multi-step action resolution before Hadean Lands" --OtisTDog... Vote for this game

Is there another game that you think should be on this list? Just fill in the title of a game you'd like to vote for.

Poll created on August 26, 2015