10 most important video games of all time - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

MikeWaters · 12-03-2007, 07:44 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/ar...prod=permalink

Quote:

Spacewar! (1962), Star Raiders (1979), Zork (1980), Tetris (1985), SimCity (1989), Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990), Civilization I/II (1991), Doom (1993), Warcraft series (beginning 1994) and Sensible World of Soccer (1994).

I'm not familiar with the first 3.

I never played SimCity and have never heard of Sensible World of Soccer.

Super Mario Bros. as the archetypal "fun" scrolling adventure game. Doom as the first (?) 3D first person shooter. Civ as an important strategy/building game.

No Atari games that I played as a kid? Defender, combat, etc.?

No cyberball?

DrumNFeather · 12-03-2007, 07:50 PM

No Techmo Bowl?

This list is bunk.

Tex · 12-03-2007, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/ar...prod=permalink

I'm not familiar with the first 3.

I never played SimCity and have never heard of Sensible World of Soccer.

Super Mario Bros. as the archetypal "fun" scrolling adventure game. Doom as the first (?) 3D first person shooter. Civ as an important strategy/building game.

No Atari games that I played as a kid? Defender, combat, etc.?

No cyberball?

I don't know Spacewar!, but Star Raiders and Zork I know. The Infocom text-based games were my inspiration for finally learn to type. I can't count the number of hours I spent playing Civilization. Great game.

Tex · 12-03-2007, 07:55 PM

Speaking of SimCity and "god" games ... anyone remember Populous?

jay santos · 12-03-2007, 07:57 PM

Pong?

PacMan?

myboynoah · 12-03-2007, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jay santos

Pong?

PacMan?

What about Pong? That game started it all.

And Space Invaders.

MikeWaters · 12-03-2007, 08:14 PM

Gauntlet? The first MMORPG?

Tex · 12-03-2007, 08:20 PM

I could be wrong, but I thought I read his Top Ten list to consist of those that carved out a gaming genre still relevant to today.

I'd be hard-pressed to identify a present-day genre that Pong, Space Invaders, or Pac-Man resembles. Technically those are all arcade games of a similar flavor.

Oregon Trail might have a case, but I think it's summed up in Zork (adventure games).

Gauntlet the first MMORPG? Heh. Do you know what that acronym means, Mike? If we're going to be fair to MMO's, I'd really have to go with Ultima Online.

MikeWaters · 12-03-2007, 08:21 PM

Those were two separate sentences.

Gauntlet, by itself. Then MMPORG.

TripletDaddy · 12-03-2007, 08:37 PM

Some of my early faves:

Home console (Atari)

1. Pong
2. Warlords
3. Circus Atari
4. Pitfall!
5. Kaboom
*Honorable mention: Yar's Revenge

Home Console (Nintendo)

1. Super Mario Bros.
2. Mike Tyson's Punch Out!
3. Super Mario Bros. 2
4. Double Dribble
5. Contra

Apple //

1. Secret Agent
2. Karateka
3. Lode Runner
4. Zork
5. The Serpent's Star/Mask of the Sun (tie)
*Honorable Mention: Law of the West

Arcade

1. Shinobi
2. Crystal Castles
3. Quartet
4. Dragon's Lair
5. Kung Fu Master
* Honorable Mention: Berzerk (Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!)

12-03-2007, 07:50 PM	#2
DrumNFeather Active LDS Ute Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nantucket : ) Posts: 2,566	No Techmo Bowl? This list is bunk. __________________ "It's not like we played the school of the blind out there." - Brian Johnson.

12-03-2007, 07:55 PM	#4
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	Speaking of SimCity and "god" games ... anyone remember Populous? __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

12-03-2007, 08:20 PM	#8
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	I could be wrong, but I thought I read his Top Ten list to consist of those that carved out a gaming genre still relevant to today. I'd be hard-pressed to identify a present-day genre that Pong, Space Invaders, or Pac-Man resembles. Technically those are all arcade games of a similar flavor. Oregon Trail might have a case, but I think it's summed up in Zork (adventure games). Gauntlet the first MMORPG? Heh. Do you know what that acronym means, Mike? If we're going to be fair to MMO's, I'd really have to go with Ultima Online. __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

12-03-2007, 08:37 PM	#10
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	Some of my early faves: Home console (Atari) 1. Pong 2. Warlords 3. Circus Atari 4. Pitfall! 5. Kaboom Honorable mention: Yar's Revenge Home Console (Nintendo) 1. Super Mario Bros. 2. Mike Tyson's Punch Out! 3. Super Mario Bros. 2 4. Double Dribble 5. Contra Apple // 1. Secret Agent 2. Karateka 3. Lode Runner 4. Zork 5. The Serpent's Star/Mask of the Sun (tie) Honorable Mention: Law of the West Arcade 1. Shinobi 2. Crystal Castles 3. Quartet 4. Dragon's Lair 5. Kung Fu Master * Honorable Mention: Berzerk (Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!) __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

12-03-2007, 07:57 PM	#5
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	Pong? PacMan?

12-03-2007, 08:14 PM	#7
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Gauntlet? The first MMORPG?

12-03-2007, 08:21 PM	#9
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Those were two separate sentences. Gauntlet, by itself. Then MMPORG.