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Old video games introduced many of the basic concepts and genres that are still used today, which were refined over time. Platformer shooters still exist for example – see Cuphead. Beat-em-ups still exist as well, such as Super Crush K.O. or even The Wonderful 101, both of which put original twists on that genre’s style of gameplay. There are also the games which are credited with birthing or popularizing a genre, such as Wizardry or Ultima, among the earliest dungeon crawlers and RPGs in existence.

To a modern gamer, playing the oldest examples of such genres might be like watching the movie Halloween or TV show Seinfeld – the ideas that they pioneered have since been copied and refined many times over, so much so that the progenitors look bland by comparison.

But some old games tried ideas that were not only original, but not truly copied since. Final Legacy, developed by Atari themselves, is a game that innovated for its time, and is based around a concept that could well be considered original by modern standards. It lacks the polish of modern games, but its originality makes it stick out both for the time and even now.

Just a playlist with a little bit of everything. Songs I’ve loved throughout the years (and some from before my time). 

“Would You Go With Me” - Josh Turner

“Wagon Wheel” - Darius Rucker

“American Honey” - Lady Antebellum

“Drive” - Alan Jackson

“Beer Money” - Kip Moore

“What Ifs” - Kane Brown and Lauren Alaina

“If I Die Young” - The Band Perry

“Restless” - Alison Krauss and Union Station

“Chicken Fried” - Zac Brown Band

“Kerosene” - Miranda Lambert

“How Do You Like Me Now?!” - Toby Keith

“Cowboy Casanova” - Carrie Underwood

“Heaven” - Kane Brown

“Hard to Love” - Lee Brice

“Don’t You Wanna Stay” - Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson

“Parachute” - Chris Stapleton

“Flirtin’ With Disaster” - Molly Hatchet

“La Grange” - ZZ Top

“No Good” - Kaleo

“Wanted Dead or Alive” - Bon Jovi

“Armageddon It” - Def Leppard

“Pour Some Sugar On Me” - Def Leppard

“Enter Sandman” - Metallica

“Hell Yeah” - Rev Theory

“Kickstart My Heart” - Motley Crue

“Sharp Dressed Man” - ZZ Top

“You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” - Judas Priest

“Rebel Yell” - Billy Idol

“Danger Zone” - Kenny Loggins

“Rock You Like a Hurricane” - Scorpions

“Round and Round” - Ratt

“Kiss It” - Dorothy

“Maybe” - Sick Puppies

“Life After You” - Daughtry

“Here Without You” - 3 Doors Down

“One Last Breath” - Creed

“Right Here” - Staind

“You and Me” - Lifehouse

“Lips of an Angel” - Hinder

“Iris” - Goo Goo Dolls

“Breakeven” - The Script

“Wild Horses” - Natasha Bedingfield

“A Little Too Not Over You” - David Archuleta

“Wait For You” - Elliott Yamin

“Gotta Be Somebody” - Nickelback

“Youngblood” - 5 Seconds of Summer

“Hall of Fame” - The Script

“Unavoidable” - Neon Trees

“Safe and Sound” - Capital Cities

“Shut Up and Dance” - Walk the Moon

“Start a Fire” - Ryan Star

“Wake Up Where You Are” - State of Sound

“Fireflies” - Owl City

“Green Light” - Lorde

“Red Lights” - Tiesto

“Heroes Tonight” - Janji ft. Johnning

Genregender: when your gender is related to certain genre(s) of writing in some way. Also an umbrella for any genric gender identity, such as fantagender and scifigender, literary subgender examples.

Similar to bookgender, it stands more for literature’s genres than music, film/television/movie and video game genres, since there are already terms for them, such as moviegender, showgender, musigender and gamegender. 

Not to be confused with gendergender. ~ap

oh goodness. i listen to a lot of genres so this will be one hell of a mixtape haha

Gorillaz, Arctic Monkeys, Green Day, The Neighborhood, The 1975, Metric, Electric Guest, Glass Animals, Electric Mantis, Psychic Mirrors, Shiloh, Whethan, Joywave, No Doubt/Gwen Stefani, Weezer, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Red Line Chemistry, Quasar, Brockhampton, Lil Pump, Ava Max, Tove Lo, Shlohmo, Lorde, The Fratellis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rihanna, BANKS, ScHoolboy Q, Halsey, SWMRS, Kreayshawn, Childish Gambino, Daft Punk

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