The Top 10 Most Important Games Ever

[Tron_Fan]

Keeping in mind that these are "important" games, not necessarily the most popular or my personal favorites:

1) Pac Man : First example I can think of of a MAJOR commercial, merchandising, and cultural phenomenon.

2) Super Mario Bros. (NES) : Redefined the role of the console game into something more than a quick 30 second jaunt. Redefined platformer genre.

3) Dragon's Lair : Revolutionary use of new technology for the purposes of gaming.

4) Doom : An early example of outrage caused by video game violence, and would set the stage for violent 3-D shooters after that.

5) E.T. (Atari 2600): Showed that a commercial tie-in doesn’t always guarantee success. Notorious for it’s complete and total failure.

6) Pong : Just for historical purposes, really.

7) Final Fantasy 7 : Redefined the RPG on the console forever.

8) Zork : Example of early RPG and immersive game play. Set the stage for story-driven gameplay.

9) Myst : First example of near photo realistic graphics in a game. Set the stage for all game graphics after that.

10) Tetris: Pioneer of puzzle/block games. However, also a good example of a game being released WITH a console that was arguably one of the best titles for it.

[quzar]

I think some list should have shenmue in it due to the fact that it was the first "blockbuster budget" videogame.

[eLAy12]

Goldeneye should be #2 it basically revolutionized the multiplayer world!

[ACID]

OK tron fan i can say you hit it right on the button bi saying what they all ment in there respective times. Even though i still hate FF games i agree with your order.

[JKKDARK]

I think some list should have shenmue in it due to the fact that it was the first "blockbuster budget" videogame.

I have this one in my list

[donne]

This is my 10 list on most important Video games :

Tetris
Street Fighter II
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fight
Super Mario Bros
Pokemon
Doom
Resident Evil
Virtua Fighter
Virtua Racing

[GeEkPiE]

The Legend Of Zelda - Ocarina Of Time

was the best game ever and always will be.

[JKKDARK]

The Legend Of Zelda - Ocarina Of Time

was the best game ever and always will be.

Only for your and some people...