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The Most Influential Computer Games of All Time
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Hi all,
I was wondering what everyone thought were the most influential computer games of all time? It doesn't matter what platform, but I thought I'd break it down into genres, so here are some that I thought might be considered:
First Person Shooter: Unreal Tournament / Doom
Real Time Strategy: Warcraft / Age of Empires / Command & Conquer
Turn-based Strategy: Heroes of Might and Magic
Role Playing: Diablo / Baldur's Gate / Elder Scrolls
Racing: Gran Turismo / Mario Kart
Action / Adventure / Puzzle: Impossible Mission / Broken Sword / Myst
Sport: EA's FIFA Soccer
Platform: PacMan / Donkey Kong / Super Mario Brothers
Fighting: Mortal Kombat / Street Fighter
Horror: Resident Evil / Silent Hill
Crime: Grand Theft Auto
Any thoughts, comments or suggestions?
I was wondering what everyone thought were the most influential computer games of all time? It doesn't matter what platform, but I thought I'd break it down into genres, so here are some that I thought might be considered:
First Person Shooter: Unreal Tournament / Doom
Real Time Strategy: Warcraft / Age of Empires / Command & Conquer
Turn-based Strategy: Heroes of Might and Magic
Role Playing: Diablo / Baldur's Gate / Elder Scrolls
Racing: Gran Turismo / Mario Kart
Action / Adventure / Puzzle: Impossible Mission / Broken Sword / Myst
Sport: EA's FIFA Soccer
Platform: PacMan / Donkey Kong / Super Mario Brothers
Fighting: Mortal Kombat / Street Fighter
Horror: Resident Evil / Silent Hill
Crime: Grand Theft Auto
Any thoughts, comments or suggestions?
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Civilization, Tetris, Prince of Persia (the first one), Wolf3D, Street Fighter, Digger, Dave
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I agree PacMan, Donkey Kong, Super Mario Brothers, Doom and Diablo were probably the most influential to the gaming industry. Most of the others were probably very good games but did they have all that much influence on the way gamers wrote games in the future ?
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remembered a couple more: LSL, Loom, Kyrandia, all those old Sierra quests - Quest for Glory, Police Quest, Space Quest...
UFO - another game that kept me captive for a few months.
Wing Commander, especially Privateer and Armada
and who remembers UGH! ?
UFO - another game that kept me captive for a few months.
Wing Commander, especially Privateer and Armada
and who remembers UGH! ?
Real stupidity always beats Artificial Intelligence. (Terry Pratchett)
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THE most influential game of all time must be the original Pong.
For RTS games, the most influential ever is Total Annihillation. It redefined the genre when it was released in 1997 (I believe it was, maybe late 1996) and set the standard to which RTS games are measured to this day.
For RTS games, the most influential ever is Total Annihillation. It redefined the genre when it was released in 1997 (I believe it was, maybe late 1996) and set the standard to which RTS games are measured to this day.
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Originally Posted by jwenting 
THE most influential game of all time must be the original Pong.
For RTS games, the most influential ever is Total Annihillation. It redefined the genre when it was released in 1997 (I believe it was, maybe late 1996) and set the standard to which RTS games are measured to this day.
Others that would be on my list are:
Civilisation
Super Madio Bros
Sim City
Mario 64
Elite
Tetris
Dragon's Lair
Doom
Half Life
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
I realise that many of these aren't the first of their genre but they are the ones that stand out
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Originally Posted by pty
I'd actually nominate Dune 2 as the most influential RTS; although TA brought 3D to the table.
Others that would be on my list are:
Civilisation
Super Madio Bros
Sim City
Mario 64
Elite
Tetris
Dragon's Lair
Doom
Half Life
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
I realise that many of these aren't the first of their genre but they are the ones that stand out
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Originally Posted by jwenting
THE most influential game of all time must be the original Pong.
For RTS games, the most influential ever is Total Annihillation. It redefined the genre when it was released in 1997 (I believe it was, maybe late 1996) and set the standard to which RTS games are measured to this day.
Also, I forgot the MMORPG genre. I haven't really played any in this category, but may I suggest EverQuest and World of Warcraft?
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Originally Posted by Infarction
RTS = Starcraft. 'Nuff said.
I agree that Starcraft is a fantastic RTS, but the reason why I included Warcraft in my original list and not Starcraft was that I thought that Starcraft was pretty much the same game just with slight variations for Sci-Fi as opposed to Fantasy.
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