Do you know which is the first video game in history to have an open world?

Every day more and more is demanded of developers. Better stories, better graphics, more gameplay, bigger worlds, more powerful weapons, and more realism. Many times we look to the future, without looking at the past and seeing how we have reached this point and what has made it possible. Undoubtedly, the increase in the power of computers has allowed games to become better graphically, offer more possibilities and worlds are more open, but which video game was the first in history to offer an open world for to explore?

We have become accustomed to the vast majority of car games, role-playing, shooter and many other styles of play, having a large open world that it is possible to explore. If we talk about open world and with an infinity of possibilities, we must talk about Minecraft, which is possibly the game par excellence when it comes to an open game, but it is not by far the first. Far Cry, Need for Speed, World of Warcraft, Age of Empires or Final Fantasy, are some of the great titles with open world games. But who has been the pioneer?

Well, it is very difficult to know who has been the pioneer in the world of video games, when it comes to having an open world. Well, on the YouTube channel Ahoy they have done a spectacular investigation in this regard, to see what was the first video game in history to have an open and explorable world and what was its genre. The video is in English, but there is no problem, because it has subtitles in Spanish and the truth is, we must say that it is a really elaborate and spectacular video.