Video Games Canon
Game that I think are influential, important, and impactful to the progression of video games.
I'll try to provide a reason for each game here.
If you have any games that you should be here mention them, preferably with why they should be here.
Games Under Consideration:
-Computer Space (1971)
-Heiankyo Alien (1979)
-Akalabeth: World of Doom (1980)
-Mystery House (1980)
-Tempest (1981)
-M.U.L.E. (1983)
-Archon (1983)
-Hydlide (1984)
-Commando (1985)
-Gauntlet (1985)
-Maniac Mansion (1987)
-Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)
-Dungeon Master (1987)
-Herzog (1988)
-Herzog Zwei (1989)
-Populous (1989)
-Lemmings (1991)
-Micro Machines (1991)
-Flashback: The Quest for Identity (1992)
-Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993)
-Day of the Tentacle (1993)
-Tokimeki Memorial (1994)
-Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996)
-Grim Fandango (1998)
-Baldur's Gate (1998)
-Suikoden II (1998)
-Planescape: Torment (1998)
I'll try to provide a reason for each game here.
If you have any games that you should be here mention them, preferably with why they should be here.
Games Under Consideration:
-Computer Space (1971)
-Heiankyo Alien (1979)
-Akalabeth: World of Doom (1980)
-Mystery House (1980)
-Tempest (1981)
-M.U.L.E. (1983)
-Archon (1983)
-Hydlide (1984)
-Commando (1985)
-Gauntlet (1985)
-Maniac Mansion (1987)
-Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)
-Dungeon Master (1987)
-Herzog (1988)
-Herzog Zwei (1989)
-Populous (1989)
-Lemmings (1991)
-Micro Machines (1991)
-Flashback: The Quest for Identity (1992)
-Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993)
-Day of the Tentacle (1993)
-Tokimeki Memorial (1994)
-Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996)
-Grim Fandango (1998)
-Baldur's Gate (1998)
-Suikoden II (1998)
-Planescape: Torment (1998)
156 Games
While not the first, it is the most widely remembered early purely text-based adventure.
Acted as a means for hundreds of millions of people around the world to interact in the early 2020s when public interaction was far more restricted.
Arguably the starting point of the mobile gaming explosion
Acted as a means for tens of millions people around the world to interact in the early 2020s when public interaction was far more restricted.
Arguably the first of it's kind
Imagine conflating an entire subgenre to the a part of the name of a single game.
Contender for being the first video game
Partially responsible for the creation of Steam.
Basically created and popularized the MOBA genre.
Nintendo made a funny gorilla game and hasn't left me alone since.
Imagine conflating an entire subgenre to the name of a single game. Made shotguns one of the defining weapons in first person shooters. Big step for multiplayer and modding in games.
The template for almost every RPG after it.
The typical response to the question of "what caused the American Gaming Crash of 1983?". Crippled Atari and gave Nintendo an easy slot to fill in their stead.
Made "Free-to-Play" a viable strategy. Also brought games to a more casual social network.
Effectively established the market for Japanese role-playing games in the West.
Popularized interactive storytelling in video games.
Popularized online gaming on consoles.
The amount of game developers that have credited Ico as an influence is pretty crazy.
Popularized cinematic games and stealth games.
The origin of the term "MUD" and the progenitor of the MMORPG.
The grandfather of all visual novels.
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Also you put Adventure for the VCS/2600 when you meant to put Colossal Cave adventure
Alena_03
1 year ago