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12-03-2007, 07:44 PM | #1 | |
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10 most important video games of all time
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/ar...prod=permalink
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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? |
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12-03-2007, 07:50 PM | #2 |
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No Techmo Bowl?
This list is bunk.
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12-03-2007, 07:55 PM | #4 |
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Speaking of SimCity and "god" games ... anyone remember Populous?
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12-03-2007, 07:57 PM | #5 |
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Pong?
PacMan? |
12-03-2007, 08:14 PM | #6 |
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What about Pong? That game started it all.
And Space Invaders.
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12-03-2007, 08:14 PM | #7 |
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Gauntlet? The first MMORPG?
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12-03-2007, 08:20 PM | #8 |
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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.
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12-03-2007, 08:21 PM | #9 |
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Those were two separate sentences.
Gauntlet, by itself. Then MMPORG. |
12-03-2007, 08:37 PM | #10 |
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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!)
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