Comments on: 64 Important Games From Video Game History

By: Dave "HybridMind" Evans

Dave "HybridMind" Evans — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:20:39 +0000

@teri: Games on the list noted as landmark are not necessarily there for only being first in a concept but sometimes for having both been early enough in a certain genre and reached a much larger audience then their peers.

Regarding which came first would just require an in depth search since cursory googling does not reveal it. Perhaps the websites of the creators would have that info? Let us know if you find it.

By: Teri

Teri — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:26:21 +0000

Is there any way for you to find out which game came first: Diner Dash or Betty’s Beer Bar? I seem to remember that Betty came out before Flo…but I could be wrong.

By: Dave "HybridMind" Evans

Dave "HybridMind" Evans — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:09:48 +0000

@video games: The sandbox style gameplay of the GTA series is quite monumental!

@LoneStranger: While I personally agree about Ultima IV deserving a spot it ended up not making the cut when we finally tried to place a cap on the game. I feel good enough that Ultima III made it on this list as I felt strongly that at least one early Ultima game should be there. Thanks for leaving your detailed thoughts on it though. There will likely be some slight revisions to this list and you make some good cases.

@Raphael L: Thank you for leaving your points regarding ‘Super Smash Bros.’ I was never super familiar with that game (having only played it a little bit) and I wasn’t involved heavily on that particular game making this list or not. That was mainly on Jeremy’s side. I’ll have him check out your comment for sure!

@Porter: Yeah, crazy amount of history in this list! It really boggles my mind for sure. I never played ‘Super Mario World’ but 20 million copies sold is quite an amazing number. I’ll mention that to Jeremy. I did enjoy reading your article on classic games too. I’ve been playing a lot more classic games these days and really finding it recharging when taking a break from my own development.

@jjwallace: Ah, ‘Commander Keen’ is great. It is probably landmark in some type of Shareware fashion and was a solid series of games but I don’t believe it had any nominations for the list if I recall correctly.

Well, thanks for leaving your thoughts everyone!

By: jjwallace

jjwallace — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:24:03 +0000

great list of games, i would have to say commander keen would have been a good add. Well, i love that game but actually it was not a landmark at all

By: Porter

Porter — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:23:05 +0000

That’s a history lesson and a half. I’m disappointed to not see Super Mario World on there, best selling SNES game with 20 million copies sold. I actually just did an article on how important the classic games are a little while back, the above is yet another reason why.

By: Raphael L

Raphael L — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:16:48 +0000

I must persist that Super Smash Bros. deserves to be on this list. Although my first argument was a bit crude, there is no denying that this game became a staple “party game.” Smash Bros. both revolutionized the fighting genre and created its own specific genre. While it took nods from the classic fighting games with the combos and large scale attacks, the grand value of the game comes from the more revolutionary aspect. These are–up to 4 players fighting, the damage percentile, kills and death score system, and simplified controls. The 4 player option and simplified controls is what what made it a landmark game. The damage percentile ushered in a new method of understanding damage in a game. It provided excitement and gave an exaggerated and fun perspective to death. You could essentially take infinite damage. Kills had to be forced off. For these reasons, this game should be on the list. If anything simply because everyone has played some incarnation of the series.

By: LoneStranger

LoneStranger — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:54:50 +0000

I think this list is pretty good, however, I think you are missing Ultima IV. It was groundbreaking in regards to the choices that the character made affected their virtue, and how the NPCs reacted to the player. Your eight virtue values changed whether or not you stole, allowed fleeing monsters to go, lied, and so on. In order to beat the game, you had to follow what was ‘right’ to become the Avatar, and not just attack everything and take anything you came across, as it was in earlier RPGs.

By: video games

video games — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:34:37 +0000

The role playing games like gta offer an entirely new world to live in.