Games That Were Innovative and/or Ahead of Their Time

Commented chronological lists on innovative and/or ahead of their time games based on my own research and comments from various gaming forums.

Thanks to the HG101 and GOG communities for their suggestions and corrections!

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Arcade (1980s)

Western PCs (1980s)

Japanese PCs (1980s)

Microsoft/Sanyo MSX
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​Nintendo NES/Famicom

Sega Master System/Mark III

NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 & PC Engine CD WIP

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis & Mega CD WIP

Nintendo Game Boy & Game Boy Color WIP


Arcade (1990s) WIP

Western PCs (1990s) WIP

Japanese PCs (1990s) WIP

Nintendo Super NES/SNES/Super Famicom WIP

Sega Game Gear WIP
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Sega Saturn WIP

Sony Playstation WIP

Virtual Boy WIP

Nintendo 64 WIP

Neo Geo Pocket & NGPC

Sega Dreamcast WIP

WonderSwan & WSC

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Arcade (2000s) WIP

Western PCs (2000s) WIP

Playstation 2 WIP

Game Boy Advance WIP

Nintendo Gamecube WIP

Microsoft Xbox WIP
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Nintendo DS WIP

Sony PSP WIP

Xbox 360 WIP
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​PS3 WIP

​Nintendo Wii WIP

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Dead End Innovations - Things new games gave up on WIP