Still quite a few genres that the Japanese didn't create first, based on their absence from that list.

Horde coop shooters/hack and slash. An array of strategy game genres. Arena shooters (and all other manner of first person shooters). Probably (combat) flight simulators too. CRPG's. Basically, a lot of genres that originate on the PC.

Obviously they got a good head start on consoles and arcade machines, and stuck with that stuff for quite a long time.

Still quite a few genres that the Japanese didn't create first, based on their absence from that list.

Horde coop shooters/hack and slash. An array of strategy game genres. Arena shooters (and all other manner of first person shooters). Probably (combat) flight simulators too. CRPG's. Basically, a lot of genres that originate on the PC.

Obviously they got a good head start on consoles and arcade machines, and stuck with that kind of thing quite heavily for a long time.

Still quite a few genres that the Japanese didn't create first, based on their absence from that list.

Horde coop shooters/hack and slash. An array of strategy game genres. Arena shooters (and all other manner of first person shooters). Probably (combat) flight simulators too. CRPG's. Basically, a lot of genres that originate on the PC.

Obviously they got a good head start on consoles and stuck with that quite heavily for a long time.