How the Minimap Changed Gaming (and real life, too)

The minimap is a loved and hated part of almost every video game today. But it wasn't always that way. Follow Mapster along with the history of the minimap, from its earliest days in the 1980s with Battlezone and Defender, all the way through popular titles like Zelda, Counterstrike, Dune 2, Oblivion, World of Warcraft, Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, and more. This video goes over the interesting and gradual history of the minimap and contemplates why the minimap has become such a ubiquitous and controversial thing in modern gaming.

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00:00 - 01:09: Introduction
01:10 - 03:56: Battlezone, Rally-X, Defender
03:57 - 05:17: RPGs and Zelda
05:18 - 06:35: RTS and Strategy
06:36 - 07:25: First-Person Shooters
07:26 - 08:15: Grand Theft Auto
08:16 - 09:15: The Power of the Map
09:16 - 11:05: Minimaps in Real Life
11:06 - 12:00: The Quest Compass
12:01 - 13:51: Minimap Controversy
13:52 - 15:00: To Use or not to Use?

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#video_games #video_game #minimaps #maps #history #video_game_history #Halo #Baldur's_Gate_3 #Defender #mapping #cartography #game #game_history #World_of_Warcraft #Cyberpunk #Oblivion #Skyrim

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