General / Off-Topic guinness world records about E : D - First use of procedural generation in a videogame

[Raino]

found this at red dit

E : D is now - officially amazing

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-use-of-procedural-generation-in-a-video-game/

 

[JeffRyan]

Someone claimed the other day that SC considered Procedurally generated terrain before Frontier Developments. Braben's been playing around with it since the 90s.

 

[Shadowdancer]

This is not about Elite Dangerous but about the 1984 Elite. It's been amazing for over 30 years

 

[Patrick_68000]

Yes to have a galaxy whole in a few kilobytes was already a great performance at the time

 

[Manticore]

Good times!

 

[Patrick_68000]

Good times!

Yes unforgettable days