Forums > Game Talk > games that copy original gameplay from other game
BdR (7207) on 5/12/2011 11:42 AM · Permalink · Report
Lately on MobyGames, I've been looking into games with original new gameplay, and other games that copied those gameplay ideas. For example I found that elevator, a DOS game I used to play a lot, was actually a based on an old C64 game Spy's Demise. And the arcade game Pang appeared much earlier in the form of Cannon Ball
So I don't mean games that have more general similarities, like Damnation and maybe some other steampunk western themed game, but I mean games that copy core gameplay ideas and mechanics.
Reusing older gameplay ideas is especially prevalent in mobile games (apple, android). Btw I'm not saying that it's a bad thing to copy gameplay ideas, I just think it's "right" to give recognition to the original creators. Here are some examples:
So, I'd be interested to see if anyone knows some other big hit games that are actually copies of older less known games. Any other examples?
vedder (70795) on 5/12/2011 12:30 PM · Permalink · Report
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Winterbells did it earlier, but using mouse controls instead of touch or gyro controls.
BdR (7207) on 5/12/2011 2:41 PM · Permalink · Report
I just remembered another one.
PopCap's Zuma Deluxe, idea originally from Mitchell's arcade game Ballistic aka Puzzloop.
j.raido 【雷堂嬢太朗】 (95185) on 5/13/2011 3:12 AM · Permalink · Report
Incidentally, Mitchell also made the aforementioned Pang, itself an apparently copy of Hudson's Cannon Ball.
Curious...
ZenicReverie (2132) on 5/13/2011 1:27 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Does it matter that a group of the same students that made Narbacular Drop were hired by Valve to turn the project into a full game, which became Portal?
Klaster_1 (57612) on 5/13/2011 3:56 AM · Permalink · Report
Same goes for Tag: The Power of Paint with Portal 2. And the rest of Valve games.