D_chelyst Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Mario was the first male video game character to parkour, and Samus Aran was the first female to parkour.Dissenters, anyone? Current inspiration for my journey: Prov. 14:23All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. Link to comment
Scorpion1674 Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hmm... tried to think of an argument, but I can't. I'm pretty old school, so I tried to think of Atari, Intellivision, and Coleco. Honestly, the oldest example of parkour I can think of is Donkey Kong... and that was Mario. Scorpion1674 Human Ranger - Level 1 STR: 8 DEX: 3 STA: 2 CON: 3 WIS: 4 CHA: 2 "Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn." - Arnold Schwarzenegger Link to comment
leadchipmunk Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hmm... tried to think of an argument, but I can't. I'm pretty old school, so I tried to think of Atari, Intellivision, and Coleco. Honestly, the oldest example of parkour I can think of is Donkey Kong... and that was Mario.Technically, it wasn't Mario yet. Just Jump Man. As far as I know, the name was retrofitted later.Also, I was about to contest it with Pitfall Harry, but Donkey Kong came out one year before Pitfall! (in 1981). Level 1 Woodwose STR 5 | DEX 2 | STA 1 | CON 2 | WIS 5 | CHA 4 WAR 0 | RNG 0 | SCT 0 | ASN 0 | MON 0 | DRU 0 | ADV 1 Current Challenge: Specialization is for Insects Previous Chapters: 1 Link to comment
Scorpion1674 Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Yeah, Harry was pretty hardcore at parkour. Tough Mudder indeed! Scorpion1674 Human Ranger - Level 1 STR: 8 DEX: 3 STA: 2 CON: 3 WIS: 4 CHA: 2 "Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn." - Arnold Schwarzenegger Link to comment
FutureInt Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 What about Pitfall for Atari...? Just sayin... Link to comment
D_chelyst Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Y'know, that game looks kinda cool for being one of the original video games I love how they included the old atari sound effects....what a blast from the past! But I think Mario was still the first one. He was known as Jumpman in the original Donkey Kong game (see here), which came out in 1981, but the Atari Pitfall game came out a year later. Current inspiration for my journey: Prov. 14:23All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. Link to comment
Scorpion1674 Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Ok, not sure who's more hardcore: Harry for hopping on gators' heads or Mario for whacking Donkey Kong. Scorpion1674 Human Ranger - Level 1 STR: 8 DEX: 3 STA: 2 CON: 3 WIS: 4 CHA: 2 "Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn." - Arnold Schwarzenegger Link to comment
FutureInt Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Y'know, that game looks kinda cool for being one of the original video games I love how they included the old atari sound effects....what a blast from the past! But I think Mario was still the first one. He was known as Jumpman in the original Donkey Kong game (see here), which came out in 1981, but the Atari Pitfall game came out a year later.duly noted... heh. I was just thinking 2nd gen vs. 3rd gen... failing to remember Donkey Kong was in the arcades before they ported it to the NES... good catch... Link to comment
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