20 Important Games

[cutmymilk]

I am creating a display on the History of Computing for my classroom and horizontally along a wall I plan on having 20 screen shots of important games. These need to show graphical advancements obviously but also need to be important in some way. I have fairly quickly decided on the following 20 but I could easily have missed something. I know Ocarina of Time isn't there but Half-Life is from the same year so a bit torn on that.

The games, in order of release:

Spacewar!
Pong
Pac-Man
Donkey Kong
Super Mario Bros
Tetris
The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario World
Street Fighter II
DOOM
Pokemon
Super Mario 64
Final Fantasy VII
Half-Life
The Sims
World of Warcraft
Wii Sports
Littlebigplanet
Uncharted 2



This could easily have been 40 games... How would you change it?

[Fader209]

It all seems in fairly good order except for Uncharted 2 at the end.
Maybe add Minecraft in there some where?

[Brad]

No need to change a thing. That's a great representation I reckon.

[cutmymilk]

It all seems in fairly good order except for Uncharted 2 at the end.
Maybe add Minecraft in there some where?

Minecraft is a good call, but already have that in the actual history of computing! Also the social aspect of games is covered with LBP. Not too sure about Uncharted 2 myself. Maybe by next week Last of Us can replace it! Can't think of anything more appropriate than that for the last 2-3 years though...

[Brad]

The only other choice to replace UC2 would be... I can barely bring myself to say it... Call of Duty? Or GTA maybe. Both have a big presence in gaming, as does the likes of Fifa. Personally I'd stick with UC2 though.

[112]

There's no survival horror in that list

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[wakka]

It's for a classroom though, so a bloodied zombie dog and Jill's tits might not be the most appropriate fare.

Good list.

[cutmymilk]

Ha, yeah. I did have to think of that. DOOM has to cover scary games! Glad no one has called me on the 3 Mario games. Almost put Sonic instead of Mario World but there's no contest, really.

COD4 would be a good replacement for U2 but in the interest of quality I will stick to U2. It remains the pinnacle of the current gen for most, I guess (that, Mario Galaxy or GTA 4 for me but again, not classroom friendly enough)

[jimtendo]

Chu Chu Rocket.

Might not have been the best, but probably the first console game with online.

[112]

Lol... Well I remember doom causing controversy for its violence and gore back in the day, but I guess the sane standard have changed these days and will serve as a good discussion point in a class. Though you could argue that half life was a progression from doom and as such may not necessarily need to be on the list... How about n64 golden eye instead

May I also suggest Mari kart on the snes and last ninja on the c64?

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[nakamura]

Uncharted is not remotely important. Neither is Fifa or CoD. I would bump it and add either Ocarina of Time or something like Robotron with its amazing twin stick control system.

[J0e Musashi]

Star Fox 64? It was the first game with rumble. Honestly, I'm dealing with novices here. Virtua Racing MD too.

[nakamura]

Surely Virtua Racing arcade.

[J0e Musashi]

Either really.

[J0e Musashi]

LBP too? Really?