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
Effectively established the market for Japanese role-playing games in the West.
Made "Free-to-Play" a viable strategy. Also brought games to a more casual social network.
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.
The template for almost every RPG after it.
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.
Nintendo made a funny gorilla game and hasn't left me alone since.
Basically created and popularized the MOBA genre.
Partially responsible for the creation of Steam.
Contender for being the first video game
Imagine conflating an entire subgenre to the a part of the name of a single game.
Arguably the first of it's kind
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 starting point of the mobile gaming explosion
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.
While not the first, it is the most widely remembered early purely text-based adventure.
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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