Genre: Stealth

Stealth games originated in the late 70's and began with the first ever stealth game published in 1979 called "Manbiki Shounen" (Shoplifting Boy). The game was developed by Hiroshi Suzuki and featured a 2D black & white game where you enter a convenience store trying to collect the $ symbols.

Current titles include Hitman, Payday, Dishonored and Metal Gear Solid. All these still contain the same mechanics as the original game, but with improved graphics and other features. They still contain the original mechanic of stealing something whilst dodging other characters and objects.

References:

Wikipedia (2018) Stealth Game [Online]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_game [Accessed 8 October 2018].#

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