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BreakABone

04-14-2013, 02:25 AM

Lists are always fun because no one can ever agree with them.
But fun to discuss

GamesRadar has put together a list of what they consider the 50 most important games of all-time, which of course doesn't mean the same as best games of all time

What do you think of the list?

50. Zork (1980)
49. Gran Turismo (1997)
48. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
47. FarmVille (2009)
46. Resident Evil (1996)
45. RuneScape (2001)
44. King's Quest (1984)
43. Dance Dance Revolution (1998)
42. Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)
41. Gears of War (2006)
40. Starsiege: Tribes (1998)
39. Command & Conquer (1995)
38. SimCity (1989)
37. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002)
36. Shenmue (1999)
35. Myst (1993)
34. Metroid (1986)
33. League of Legends (2009)
32. Minecraft (2011)
31. Diablo (1996)
30. Halo 2 (2004)
29. Tomb Raider (1996)
28. Final Fantasy VII (1997)
27. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
26. StarCraft (1998)
25. Metal Gear Solid (1998)
24. Tetris (1984)
23. Virtua Racing (1992)
22. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
21. World of Warcraft (2004)
20. Angry Birds (2009)
19. GoldenEye 007 (1997)
18. Mortal Kombat (1992)
17. Super Mario 64 (1996)
16. Space Invaders (1978)
15. Quake (1996)
14. Donkey Kong (1981)
13. Street Fighter II (1991)
12. Pac-Man (1980)
11. Wii Sports (2006)
10. Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
9. Half-Life (1998)
8. Pokemon Red & Blue (1996)
7. EverQuest (1999)
6. The Legend of Zelda (1986)
5. The Sims (2000)
4. Doom (1993)
3. Super Mario Bros. (1985)
2. Pong (1972)
1. Spacewar! (1961)

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Combine 017

04-14-2013, 02:49 PM

Wtf is Spacewar!?

TheGame

04-14-2013, 02:55 PM

Combine 017

04-14-2013, 03:06 PM

Halo 2 is there because it set the standard for xbox live games. Not for its campaign. Thats my guess anyways.

Jason1

04-14-2013, 03:39 PM

Ocarina of time should be much higher.

BreakABone

04-14-2013, 03:44 PM

I wonder what makes Halo 2 more important then the original, and why no sports games are listed (Madden, Tecmo Superbowl, NBA Jam)

And I'm assuming Spacewar is one of the first, if not the first video game lol. But I've never heard of it either.

Halo 2 is there because it set the standard for xbox live games. Not for its campaign. Thats my guess anyways.

Yeah it was the defining moment for online gaming in the console space.

And SpaceWar is consider the first video game.

TheSlyMoogle

05-07-2013, 02:04 PM

From the Website:

The second Halo is the weakest game of the original trilogy but, bizarrely, it’s arguably the most important. While Combat Evolved was Microsoft’s Xbox system-seller, allowing the PC giant to gain a foothold in the console market, it was the follow-up that popularized online gaming on consoles, finally fulfilling the promise that earlier titles like Chu Chu Rocket had shown back in the Dreamcast era.

While Halo 2 was by no means the first game to include modes like King of the Hill and Oddball, these multiplayer variants helped to set the game apart from other, more vanilla shooters that just offered deathmatch or team deathmatch modes. Without Halo 2, Xbox Live might have never found its footing.

1. Spacewar! (1961)
Programmed by Steve Russell in 1961, Spacewar! pitted two players against each other, each controlling a tiny ship that spun around a gravity well in the center of the screen. Both ships had limited ammo and fuel, as well as a "hyperspace" ability that could be used as a last-ditch attempt to avoid an enemy's shot--pretty complex for a game running on a computer only marginally more powerful than a sun dial.

What, you haven't played Spacewar!? That's fine, we won't hold it against you. It's not like you have a Programmed Data Processor-1 computer sitting in your basement or anything. But despite being relatively unknown in 2013, it's unarguably significant to the history of video games for one, important reason: It's the very first one to gain any semblance of popularity. Like, ever. Spacewar! wasn't a replica of a real-world sport, either--it was its own thing, and that originality inspired development of future games like Computer Space, Tank, and Combat. It laid the foundation for our industry, and earns its place as the most important game ever made. Though there were some experimental game-type-things before it, Spacewar! is the one that's most directly related to the foundation of the game industry.

Teuthida

05-09-2013, 03:44 PM

I feel like I might have played the Atari 2600 version of SpaceWar!. Then again a lot of games for the system looked like this.
http://www.atarimania.com/2600/screens/space_war_2.gif

Oh, I was thinking of Combat:
http://www.atarimania.com/2600/screens/combat_6.gif

Angrist

05-10-2013, 05:53 AM

I wonder why Tennis For Two isn't on that list. It came out 3 years before SpaceWar!

It's fun to go through that list and realize you know all those games, and in most of the cases know why it's on that list. :D Well, the top 25 at least, above that it gets tricky.
Interesting to see E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) in the list. One of the games that caused the game bubble to pop around that time. This game must have taught the industry a lesson.

I didn't really understand what Warcraft III's doing there, but apparently it's because of its map editor and the MOBA genre it spawned. :)

Shadow Fox

05-19-2013, 01:51 AM