This open-world action game paved the way for literally thousands of titles that followed, which evolved from general action games into the more complex RPGs, action-adventure, and other games we know and love today. Western Gun is thought to be the very first of its kind, and it was a worthy title indeed. In fact, one of the earliest action games to hit the arcades came all the way back in 1975. In other words, it didn’t take fans long at all to ask for titles that would allow them to go on epic adventures, slay bad guys, and look awesome doing it. The history of action games, one of the most popular genres in all of gaming fandom, basically goes hand-in-hand with the history of all video games.
