Maze War

[clockworkcorvid]

Killer's definitely using an Aimbot.

[JapaneseModernist]

Wow, it also bakes an entire pizza while you play!

[M4ruta]

Wait, 'Ego shooter' is how Germans say 'FPS'?

[123forRock]

@M4ruta Yes it is, in Germany we say only Ego-Shooter or Shooter. I never heard anyone say in Germany First Person Shooter - only in some PC Papers or other Newspapers they use Sometimes FPS or First Person Shooter

[boyznum1]

thanks cracked

[Randomkloud]

from this to Battlefield 3, how far has gaming come.

[Kitailyn1]

this guy is an awesome shoutcaster

[Maxaxle]

I still don't understand how we've managed to screw up shooter games.

[crazybay46913]

@Maxaxle You mean like, made them too hard?

[Maxaxle]

@crazybay46913 No, I mean made them shitty (as Yahtzee points out time and again, but then again he's a fan of the old stuff if it's not pointlessly rehashed). Example of a good multiplayer FPS (balanced weapons, good gameplay, etc.): Halo. The original one, that is, though its sequels aren't bad either.

[crazybay46913]

@Maxaxle If you mean CoD, then yes, I agree. But there are some pretty good ones. The metroid games (that came out recently-ish) were amazing.

[chan00chap]

shitty graphics

[MobileThinker]

it's amazing...we've come so far, and yet, gone nowhere...

[gigawebsurfer]

This game was created 10 years before I was born... amazing.

[ingz00]

cracked link XD

[QuadfishTym]

I wonder if the narrator is still alive today?

[SpannerMcHammer]

@QuadfishTym Truly a mystery of our age.

[videogamelover4300]

This is like the great grandfather of fps games

[lwnf360]

are they using "wasd" as the movement keys at the end? man, this game pioneered a lot--even the camper tactic!

[7183Ryan]

Some one should make a remake of this.

[7183Ryan]

I wish I had a collection of games like these.

[kraetyz]

Next big e-sports game?

[Bvenged505]

I'd play this over CoD any day.

[joseaca]

this was before plasma grenades, cover systems, vehicles, hats and killstreaks

and yet, you just know that at the end of the day one of them called the other "CHEATER FAGGOT GO EAT A BAG OF DICKS" and it has been the same for shooters ever since

[chrisherself]

@joseaca

Listening your coworker launch a string of homophobic expletives upon losing a game: Annoying

Watching him unknowingly do it in front of a gay coworker and backpedal when he realizes it: Priceless

[etherraichu]

@chrisherself It gets really weird when you date slightly yonger guys...Ive heard *my boyfriend* do it.Its really distracting.

[ikillstupidcomments]

I'd rather play this than CoD.

[Aenigmaa]

This was 39 years ago. Kinda awesome :D

[MrOMGWTFxCorp]

PROHACK anyone?

[wafuf14]

Yeah I need to practice programming

[DancingHippo332]

Sent by cracked, but I must say, this game looks like fun.

Also the running commentary gets bored at about the eyeball. :)

[zackunderscorefalcon]

Several decades later, and with the exponential increase in computing power since then, the world gave us...

Call of Duty: MW3... Which I'd like to believe is somehow, much, much worse than this.

[mattonthecomp]

Is there a way to download this game either for Windows or Mac?

[SimmeringPotpourri]

So, I'm confused. He puts the pizza in the little pizza oven and then it plays a game?!?! And I thought my pizza was special when it had extra cheese.

1973. Heck, this sort of thing was impressive 14 years later with Midimaze. This must have been freakin' awesome back then.

[halfmanhalfmetal]

Rcacked!

[PintSizedYoshi16]

It really is a microwave and plastic pizza...

[CarlosPetrikowski]

This created COD. . .thanks a lot NASA. . .

[Erk2542]

I respond to Cracked's calling. They sent me here as well.

[EasyPeege]

This looks so much fun i want to play :)

[lispectorando]

They're baking pizza? What is that?

[angryoldfatman]

@lispectorando It's a disk platter being inserted into a reader. A small one. The ones I saw used back in my pre-teens were more like buckets being inserted into washing machines.

[LarryOsterman]

This brings back memories - I played this game back in college.

[TheOtherLioyd]

I'm waiting for someone to make a MONOCULUS reference.

[Terraxos]

Fake. If this is a real multiplayer FPS, where's all the swearing and gay jokes?

[CaptainThunderWolf]

NASA: Making the first FPS ever sound boring as hell, since 1973.

[plasticbazooka]

Killer is screen cheating.

[snappercactus]

The first fps match ever....we're all technically noobs now...

[donbasuradenuevo]

Cracked sent me here. LOL.

[danbringsit]

@donbasuradenuevo me too! I was born the day this game was created, how cool is that?

[MaXCKY]

@danbringsit Wow, I have that same birthday, and I thought I was going to be the only that was gonna say "I have the same birthday as this game!"

[ds16653]

That software disc is bigger than my laptop, probably heavier too.

[Aerozmith]

I didn't know video games could be carried on white magnetic pizzas...

[Sport351]

Bomber: The Original Camper.

[brav3h3art545]

@Sport351 hahahahaha t-shirts need to be made!

[Zebonka]

That's so fucking metal

[DarkRubberDucky]

"Called the "ethernet."" I like that this is so old timey, they use "Bomber" and "Killer" as screen names and its normal.

[NoMoarOxygen]

I love the UUH! when bomber got shot..

[Vraptor962]

The players look like the Homunculus from FMA. O.o

[TheTattedspyder]

Thumbs up for being here becaue of Cracked.

[McJaews]

Are they playing with WASD??? That's waaay ahead of their time^^

[ragnaroxas]

Ahh... the good ol' days when screen names were as simple as a single word.

[kranktank]

that giant white disk is a hard drive?

[CrrackTheSkye]

@kranktank No, it's like a CD-ROM or a DVD. A container to load up software.

[kranktank]

@CrrackTheSkye thought the (extremely boring) narration said it was "magnetic"?

[CrrackTheSkye]

@kranktank Well yes, it being magnetic means that it's comparable to a hard drive in terms of how it's build, but it's function is more like a CD or DVD. Actually the best comparison would be a floppy disk.

[Iainfixie]

Bomber is a fucking camper



[premsrj]

So this is where all those multi player FPS games came from..

[PsyK0m0nk3y]

Incidentally, the phrase "Fucking lag!" was also invented in 1973.

[DarkLoadThor]

esports casters used to suck!



[jacobbill]

Are you inserting a disc or baking a cake? :\

[brentor111]

So, who else got here from Cracked?

[gnulen]

almost fell asleep watching this.. 

[irken24]

Did anyone see that no-scope?

[reike]

Almost as old as i am.

[dudewithaboard12]

bomber was campin!

[inmymouthlopop]

Call of duty; rustic warfare

[KABLAMO17]

i guess "poo" and "ass" had already been taken for user names...

[Viktor13036]

Man... Bomber is terrible

[BadLuckAttack]

4:12 are they using WASD ?!

[xonar778]

Wicked LAN party.

[1957pinup]

Sounds like that famous libtard Al Franken narrating?

[ArtypNk]

Back then ethernet cables were wide as dick.

[Tweekki]

still better than Atari's E.T. Game

[JayAr02]

Wow, this computer was way ahead of its time

[gage212121]

First first person shooter

[jucarave]

is even better than Halo Reach XD

[TurKdiRty]

BIG DISK>

[Sincuedom]

Even if its old it still is boring^^

[123forRock]

Thx need it for my history section on my Website and is was really hard to find a Vid of Maze War

[ledillman]

classic.. classic.. great video

[deftdelivery]

@BongaFish Actually my head is pretty fucking huge :(