10 most important games ever

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   28 Nov 2007 ~ 1:07pm Linc No. Myst was responsible for the mass-adoption of CD drives. That pretty much outweighs things like "changing peoples perception of a genre" that they cite for a few of them. This is the list of most important games for gaming milestones, perhaps, not the industry.
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   28 Nov 2007 ~ 1:35pm primesuspect I can't believe Pac Man didn't make that list. I would count it as one of the most influential and important video games of all time. Surely more than "wipeout" or "Tomb Raider"
   
   I believe Myst should be on that list as well, it brought gaming to "mom". It transcended games and became a cultural phenomenon.
   
   Arguably, you could also include Grand Theft Auto for bringing gaming into the media spotlight, bringing controversy and politics into gaming, and for being responsible, literally, for actual attempts at legislation. Remember, these are "most important" games, not "best".
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   28 Nov 2007 ~ 1:45pm Kwitko Definitely Pac Man. How many other games had a song, a TV show, a cereal, and countless spin-offs?
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   28 Nov 2007 ~ 1:47pm Thrax Mario! Zelda! Sonic!
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   28 Nov 2007 ~ 2:11pm primesuspect I don't think Zelda or Sonic are in the 10 most important games ever. Mario, yes.... But SMB1 was already on that list.
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   28 Nov 2007 ~ 2:19pm Kwitko What about Donkey Kong?
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   28 Nov 2007 ~ 2:29pm Thrax

   primesuspect wrote:

   I don't think Zelda or Sonic are in the 10 most important games ever. Mario, yes.... But SMB1 was already on that list.

   
   No, I was referring to Seth's post about cereals and shows.
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   28 Nov 2007 ~ 2:32pm GHoosdum Bunk. There's no way to summarize the importance of gaming with a list of only ten games.
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   28 Nov 2007 ~ 2:44pm Kwitko

   Thrax wrote:

   No, I was referring to Seth's post about cereals and shows.

   
   wut?? They all had shows and cereals?
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    28 Nov 2007 ~ 2:45pm Leonardo Agreed about Pac Man. I couldn't believe it wasn't on the list. Super Mario Brothers, Space Invaders, and Pong though, were major, major milestones that the article writer properly recognized.
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    28 Nov 2007 ~ 2:46pm Thrax

    Kwitko wrote:

    wut?? They all had shows and cereals?

    
    Yus.
12. 
    28 Nov 2007 ~ 2:47pm GHoosdum Mmm... 8-bit breakfast
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    28 Nov 2007 ~ 3:00pm Kwitko

    Thrax wrote:

    Yus.

    
    But did they have their own pasta?
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    28 Nov 2007 ~ 3:16pm primesuspect God I used to make my Grandma buy me the Pac Man spaghetti in a can. Oh the heady 80's of my youth.. Where art thou?
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    28 Nov 2007 ~ 3:27pm BuddyJ Your youth has been regurgitated onto Hanes Beefy-Ts and is now sold at Hot Topic for $19.99
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    29 Nov 2007 ~ 11:29am CB Meh. This list doesn't even make it onto my list of 'The Ten Most Important Lists of The Ten Most Important Videogames ever ever'