The 10 Most Important Video Games

**aznflameboy** · March 12th, 2007, 21:58

wat happened to Zelda or Pokemon? LOL Those were like my all time fav RPGs and it should make this list also. I agree w/ tetris though. Its still as addictive. LOL

**JKKDARK** · March 12th, 2007, 22:30

omg this is an horrible list

**wolfpack** · March 13th, 2007, 00:24

even though wolfenstein came before doom, id still say doom should be on the TOP of that list... plus i want to make an addition to that list... TOONSTRUCK!

**Ziim** · March 13th, 2007, 01:38

This list is mostly BS! The big one missing is Mario 64. How the F#@k can you leave out the game that ushered in the 3D era???? How many games have been based off of it? This list is crap and it shows that the D#@k weeds dont know jack about gaming, PERIOD!

**Shadowblind** · March 13th, 2007, 02:07

Wolfenstein came before doom, but encompassed extremely little to what the entire FPS genre has became. Doom, I say is the absolute perfect FPS for that list!

**Basil Zero** · March 13th, 2007, 02:52

I think this list is meant for the OLD OLD OLD Classics and not like LOZ OoT.

But out of the entire list, i would agree with Super Mario Bros.

**DragonPimpsta** · March 13th, 2007, 03:19

i think this is a good top "10" list... im sure some of those games mentioned in replies would be in top 50 maybe... only one i dun agree with is that soccer game, prolly cuz ive never even heard of it.. just cant imagine a soccer game being important to gaming =/ unless it introduced some new general sports things that everyone uses now

**robocelot** · March 13th, 2007, 03:26

My 10 most influential (in no particular order):

-SpaceWar (and Computer Space)
-Pong
-Space Invaders
-Donkey Kong (or Hard Hat Mack, if you prefer computers)
-Elite (yes, over Star Raiders)
-Doom (it wasn't the first but it was the one that made people take notice of FPS's)
-Sim City (tied with Populous, with Civ a very close second)
-Grand Theft Auto (the original, though I must give honorable mention to Hunter)
-Ultima IV (RPG with goals other than hack/slash)
-Colossal Cave (Zork is derived from the old mainframe game CC, so by all rights you should go to the source)

Honorable mentions:

-Rogue (which led to Hack, Nethack, Apshai, Agaband, Diablo, etc)
-Dragon's Lair (crap game but introduced the concept of FMV and cutscenes, and yes -- I know Astron Belt was first)
-Pirates!
-Alone in the Dark (survival horror and a huge boost for suspense/horror games in general)
-The Softporn Adventure (M rated games, and Leisure Suit Larry is a graphical re-make of Softporn)
-Mortal Kombat ('realistic' graphics, media outrage)
-M.U.L.E. (how many games are 4-player simultaneous party games these days?)
-Any original multiplayer BBS door games (the predecessor to MUDS, which then begat MMORPG's)
-Half Life (tied with Marathon -- adds story and depth to the rather shallow FPS genre. Of course Marathon begat Halo...)
-Prince of Persia (I was also considering Karateka, an earlier game by Mechner, but I think the original PoP had more far reaching influence, most notably Tomb Raider)