Official Video Games Topic for the Year 2022

[Tinister]

What was the first ever video game series to reach its fourth installment?

[juner]

if arcade variants count, my guess would be at pac-man or similar

[wilde32]

[Tinister]

No way, Dragon Quest IV and Ultima IV both predate Mega Man IV.

[SquareWheel]

The Jumper series by YoMamasMama

[wilde32]

super bogus world 4

[suizinshu]

NEW super cat planet deluxe

[aimaina]

i would not be surprised if there is something older than ultima (ultima iv released in 1985) but i cant think of anything.... old computer rpgs might be a good place to look. i thought maybe dragon slayer, but dragon slayer 4 was 1987. wizardry 4 was also 1987

oh this game from 1983 was apparently supposed to be the fourth zork game, but they changed their minds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanter_(video_game)
that wiki page describes it as part of the "zork universe" though so maybe it counts

[dcco]

didnt they just come out with pacman 99? with 99 sequels the 4th one must have been pretty early right 

[dcco]

anything interested from this yr's e3?

[SquareWheel]

I'm just saying that Elden Ring was the Dark Souls of E3 submissions

[dcco]

apparently metroid dread was a working concept for a sequel all the way back when metroid fusion came out, and metroid prime 3 even references "project dread" somewhere inside of it. i think it's cool that they're acutlaly making it.

also wario owns

[SquareWheel]

wowns

[wilde32]

squarewheelenix

[dcco]

wiilde