X-Nico

unusual facts about The First Game


The First Game

The First Game is a painting by Arnold Friberg, and was commissioned in 1968 by Chevrolet Motor Division as one of four paintings to commemorate the then-upcoming centennial celebration of college football in the United States.



see also

1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season

Because of the injuries of the first game, Winnipeg needed replacements and added Tammy Hamber of the Toronto Argonaut Rowing Club.

1960–61 FA Cup

United had the ball in the net through Derek Pace in the first game and although the player insisted that it hit his shoulder, the referee disallowed for handball.

1983 FA Cup Final

The first game is famous for the Radio commentary quote by Peter Jones "...and Smith must score" talking about a shot by Gordon Smith which was actually a save by the Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey; the quote was subsequently used as a title for a Brighton Fanzine.

1988 NSWRL season

1988 was the year of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations, and on 4 March, the season opened with the first game of rugby league played at the newly built Sydney Football Stadium.

2005 in machinima

its simulation game The Movies, the first game to contain dedicated tools for creating machinima.

2009–10 WWHL season

Minnesota Whitecaps sweep Edmonton Chimos: in the first game (Saturday January 30, 2010 in Edmonton) Whitecaps player Rachael Drazan giving the Whitecaps a 2-1 overtime win over Edmonton.

Ad Lib, Inc.

Sierra On-Line's King's Quest IV became the first game-title to support the AdLib.

Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica

The Gust sound team of Akira Tsuchiya, Ken Nakagawa and Daisuke Achiwa returned from the first game to compose the music for this game, as did Haruka Shimotsuki, Takashige Inagaki and Akiko Shikata for the composition of several of the songs and Hymns.

Arkanoid

Commodore 64 conversion of Arkanoid is known as the first game for the system to feature music that used digitized samples (composed by Martin Galway).

Barry O'Connor

The first game was against the hosts who included Luis Figo and Rui Costa in their line up in front of 65,000 at the Estádio das Antas in Porto.

Belgium national cricket team

The first game of modern cricket in Belgium appears to have been a match played by British soldiers before the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, though research has suggested that cricket may be related to a game exported from Flanders to England in the Sixteenth Century.

Chet Covington

His first and only major-league win was in the first game of a doubleheader against the Braves at Shibe Park on April 30, 1944.

Children of Mana

Children of Mana is the first game of the World of Mana and was developed by Nex Entertainment under the supervision of Koichi Ishii.

Dawn of Mana

According to producer Koichi Ishii, Dawn of Mana is the first game chronologically in the Mana series, showing the origins of both the Mana Tree and the Spirits of Mana.

Daytona USA

Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition, exclusive home-based extension of the first game

Deception series

The change in how traps functioned gave this game a much more strategic edge than the first game, with traps able to interact with one another in long strings that could be likened to Rube Goldberg set-ups, just much more lethal and involving other people.

Detroit Wolverines

Founded at the suggestion of Detroit mayor William G. Thompson, the Wolverines played the first game of major league baseball in Detroit on May 2, 1881, in front of 1,286 fans.

Dice pool

Shadowrun (1989), designed by Bob Charrette, Paul Hulme, and Tom Dowd, was probably the first game to use the "success" mechanic rather than adding the dice together.

Droylsden F.C.

The first game was abandoned at half time, with Droylsden leading 1–0, because of fog which restricted visibility to less than fifty yards, the second was a 2–2 draw, then the replay at Droylsden was abandoned after the floodlights failed on 72 minutes with Chesterfield leading 2–0.In the final replayed game Droylsden won 2–1,with defender Sean Newton scoring twice for Droylsden to secure the club a third round tie against Ipswich Town.

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd

Every module and character from the first game returns, as well as a host of brand new modules including a Resonance of Fate module for Rin and a Virtua Fighter module for Luka.

Herb Moford

On April 11, 1962, Moford was one of four New York Mets pitchers in the first game in franchise history, an 11–4 defeat against the St. Louis Cardinals at Sportsman's Park.

Iñigo Martínez

In the following year, he was picked by manager Luis Milla for his squad that appeared in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London: in the first game against Japan, he was sent off late into the first half for bringing down Kensuke Nagai thus denying a clear goalscoring opportunity, in an eventual 0–1 loss.

Interstate '82

The vehicle models have been updated to reflect the change in era, and overall, the game has a New Wave feel, with several hitherto-unreleased Devo songs being on the soundtrack, as opposed to the first game's funk-inspired style.

Jenrry Mejía

Mejia was activated from the 60-day disabled list on July 26, 2013, and started the first game of a day-night doubleheader against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.

Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues

The game predicts that faith in the Jurassic Park concept is undiminished after the first game's events, and that International Genetics Technologies intends to reestablish control.

Lips: Canta en Español

Unlike the first game which featured a regionalized soundtrack with very few songs in Spanish, the music of Canta en Español is entirely in that language.

Marques Hagans

Hagans replaced incumbent quarterback Matt Schaub during the first game of the 2002 season against Colorado State University.

Mason Crosby

The kick was the first game-winner by a rookie on opening weekend since 1979 (when Matt Bahr achieved the same feat).

Monkey ball

Super Monkey Ball, the first game in the series, originally an upright arcade cabinet called Monkey Ball

MotorStorm: Arctic Edge

Unlike previous games in the series, the game was developed by Bigbig Studios and it's the first game in the series not to be released on the PlayStation 3.

Mountain West Conference

The first game was on November 13, 2009, featuring the Bradley Braves and the BYU Cougars in Provo and it concluded on December 23 with the Wyoming Cowboys visiting the Northern Iowa Panthers in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium

When Mountaineer Field was dedicated on September 6, 1980, which also marked the first game for head coach Don Nehlen, fans were surprised when singer John Denver made an appearance and led the fans in the singing of his hit song "Take Me Home, Country Roads".

Paul Dietzel

During the first game of the 1968 season, Dietzel heard the school's band play the Broadway show tune "Step to the Rear" and decided that it should be the school's new fight song, and proceeded to write a new set of lyrics to the tune.

Peter Sterling

After travelling with part of the team to Perth to face a Western Australian team and thus missing a place in the test against Papua New Guinea, Sterlo was presented a golden opportunity by coach Frank Stanton when he was chosen for the first game of the tour against English club side Hull Kingston Rovers.

Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire

There are several references to other games or movies in magician Keapon Laffin's shop: a doll of princess Rosella (from the King's Quest series), a Cookie Monster doll, and an antwerp doll (a reference to the first game), among other things.

Rusty Torres

This time, at least, Rusty wasn't on the field when the madness started; the first game had ended and Torres (who had singled and scored the Sox' only run in the 4–1 loss) was in the dressing room when disc jockey Steve Dahl "blew up" a box of disco records, causing thousands of fans to run onto the field, which was eventually cleared by police in riot gear.

Starkiller

Revan, another character in the Knights of the Old Republic series and the main character of the first game.

The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way

USC band director James Pritchard obtained a band arrangement of the Elmer Bernstein-penned song "Step to the Rear" from the Broadway musical How Now, Dow Jones in 1968 and the marching band played the song at the first game of the 1968 season.

Trigun

Gungrave, the first game released as Red Entertainment, is thought to have been based upon this Trigun game.

Tyrell McCrea

In the first game of his senior year against historic Odessa Permian High School, McCrea had an 80 yard touchdown run during the first half to begin his season.

UConn–UMass football rivalry

The first game played between the two schools took place on November 6, 1897, in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3

This is also the first game of the Ultraman Fighting Evolution series to feature Ultramen and Ultra Monsters from the Heisei era with the addition of Ultraman 80.

Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?

Rand McNally's Concise Atlas of Europe was included, and the game also contained a database of information on flag colors, currencies and languages, the first game in the series to do so.

Wii Balance Board

Wii Fit was the first game to make use of the Wii Balance Board.

Wii Party

It is also the first game in the Wii series that Shigeru Miyamoto did not produce.

Wipeout 3

Wipeout 3, continuing the tradition set by the first game, contains techno and electronica offerings from various artists, including The Chemical Brothers, Orbital, and the Propellerheads.

Yukinori Taniguchi

The success of the Toukon Retsuden series made Yuke's obtain capital and the company developed Evil Zone the first game to sell under the name of the Yuke's.