Most Important game in History?

I have compiled a list of 5 trend setter games that lead the way to great sales and Opened the doors for other games in the same genre. From over 15 years of me playing Games these are the games that Stood out as the games that opened doors and brang people in front of the TV to play Games rather than Watch TV or Movies on them and the list has begun

Madden , this game is way more important than Most gamers realize. Football is popular here in american and if it wasn't for Madden we would have not saw the explosion in The Snes and Sega genesis. in fact most times theres a best selling games list it says (Non sports) cause madden will easly win the best selling franchises. The N64 skipped Madden for a year and look what Happened. Madden wasn't on dreamcast and look what happend.

Final Fantasy 7 , Sure there were many Before it but this game maid RPG's mainstream and prooved if done right can make anyone buy it not just Hardcores, nowadays people add RPG elements to like ever game before FF7 RPG's where hardcores only.

Super Mario Brothers , when this game came out it just destroyed Atari and the Master System. most us still know the tunes and this game opened the Doors for games like Sonic and crash bandicoot. had there never been mario would anyone thing that just jumping platform to platform would be fun? i doubt it.

Metal Gear Solid , when this game came out it showed that Video games can be betetr than a Movie. with a script like this and the awsome presentation it felt like you were watching a good movie but it was a game truly the first game to get it right and after this game , alot of copie cats and games trying to make games that had the movie quality of MGS.

Mortal Kombat , sure there was Doom but mortal Combat brang Violence to Consoles first and if this game would have not sold well they would not have ever know there was a market so big for violent and gory games. This game was in fron of congress this game was huge when it first came out and GTA has this game to thank for opening that door.

Agree or disagree post your most important game to you.

Pong, It provided proof that people would buy video game consoles.

Pong, It provided proof that people would buy video game consoles.

 

Riverwolf007

doom or quake, first 3d, and first FPS.muscleserge

fisrt FSP? didn't castle Wolfenstein come before doon or quake

ET for the Atari. Without it, the gaming industry might not have fallen and caused the creation of all the games you listed. zomgrad

You have some good ones, but I would Replace MORTAL KOMBAT with Street Fighter II.

SFII's impact on gaming far outshines MK, even if MK was mature.  Games were mature before MK, and would have continued that way anyways, as you said, DOOM was first and proves that.

Others :

FF, MGS, Mario, and Doom(or Wolfenstein 3D). 

[QUOTE="zomgrad"]ET for the Atari. Without it, the gaming industry might not have fallen and caused the creation of all the games you listed. peacebringer

Yes. I wanted to make a point that no single game can be the "most important". 

Another one would be Ocarina of Time.starwarsgeek112

NO way. LOL.
I may have said that when I was younger, but NO way.

MOST IMPORTANT IN HISTORY....not most revered N64 savior game. 

Ancient Hunting

Uhh... Starcraft? Doom? Starseige: Tribes? Metroid? Diablo?foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="peacebringer"][QUOTE="zomgrad"]ET for the Atari. Without it, the gaming industry might not have fallen and caused the creation of all the games you listed. zomgrad

Yes. I wanted to make a point that no single game can be the "most important".

Street Fighter 2- laid the foundation of fighters and has one of the biggest fanbases of any game even to do this day
Super Mario Bros- saved gaming in NA
Tetris- Think Super Mario Bros except for handhelds.

Street Fighter 2- laid the foundation of fighters and has one of the biggest fanbases of any game even to do this day
Super Mario Bros- saved gaming in NA
Tetris- Think Super Mario Bros except for handhelds.

kage_53

[QUOTE="starwarsgeek112"]Another one would be Ocarina of Time.SolidTy

NO way. LOL.
I may have said that when I was younger, but NO way.

MOST IMPORTANT IN HISTORY....not most revered N64 savior game. 

good picks. but when those game came out there were already game like it. minus Diablo wich i should put up there. But i said 5 and i think in my experiance those are the top 5 from what i saw the outcome of them was.
peacebringer

Definitely Pong, first hit game in history, though there were games before it

Street Fighter 2, created the fighting genre as it is today, though I could see how a case could be made for MK2 (created the ESRB)

Though there were FPSs before Doom and Wolfenstein 3d, those were the first ones that sold well and they basically created the FPS market of today

ET, it crashed the video game industry and created the video game industry as we know it

Finally Grand Theft Auto 3, though there were 3d sandbox games before it, GTA 3 made people realize that gaming isn't for kids anymore and was a major factor in PS2's 100+ million sales last gen

Honorary mention for Donkey Kong, creating the biggest series of games ever: Mario

Honorary mention for Tetris, making the Game Boy win the first round of handhelds and created Nintendo's market dominance in the handheld market ever since

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="starwarsgeek112"]Another one would be Ocarina of Time.starwarsgeek112

NO way. LOL.
I may have said that when I was younger, but NO way.

MOST IMPORTANT IN HISTORY....not most revered N64 savior game.

[QUOTE="peacebringer"]good picks. but when those game came out there were already game like it. minus Diablo wich i should put up there. But i said 5 and i think in my experiance those are the top 5 from what i saw the outcome of them was.
foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

Pong, It provided proof that people would buy video game consoles.

 

peacebringer

[QUOTE="peacebringer"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

Pong, It provided proof that people would buy video game consoles.

 

Riverwolf007

[QUOTE="starwarsgeek112"][QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="starwarsgeek112"]Another one would be Ocarina of Time.peacebringer

NO way. LOL.
I may have said that when I was younger, but NO way.

MOST IMPORTANT IN HISTORY....not most revered N64 savior game.

5 games

1.- PONG- I dont care how did Mario improved videogaming. Pong started videogaming history. Simple and nice, two lines and a pixel (think of it as 7 pixels in movement), started the revolution.

2.-Mario (NES)- This is a no brainer in videogaming history. It made a standard for videogames for many many years. Almost every platformer has some elements Mario has.

3.-Final Fantasy I- Although the importance of this game has been somewhat ommited, Squaresoft did something way beyond the era. Started videogames with characters, each one with personality and most important, a story sequence which affects the game.

2.-Street Fighter 2 - This little piece of junk made many (if not all )of us readers, loose our quarters in a simple game. It introduced characters with unique movements, story behind each one, and... ok.. just let me say that this great game TRULY began a genre.

5.-MARIO 64- If people see 2 mario games, may call me a sheep, but  Mario 64 introduced a platformer 3d world with unique parts as NEVER SEEN BEFORE. Mario 64 was the first true solid 3d Game.

SPECIAL MENTION:

FF7- Final fantasy 7 did what no other game could. Introduce RPG´s into mass market and make RPG players not geeks, but videogame players.

GTA is mine

I have compiled a list of 5 trend setter games that lead the way to great sales and Opened the doors for other games in the same genre. From over 15 years of me playing Games these are the games that Stood out as the games that opened doors and brang people in front of the TV to play Games rather than Watch TV or Movies on them and the list has begun

Madden , this game is way more important than Most gamers realize. Football is popular here in american and if it wasn't for Madden we would have not saw the explosion in The Snes and Sega genesis. in fact most times theres a best selling games list it says (Non sports) cause madden will easly win the best selling franchises. The N64 skipped Madden for a year and look what Happened. Madden wasn't on dreamcast and look what happend.

Final Fantasy 7 , Sure there were many Before it but this game maid RPG's mainstream and prooved if done right can make anyone buy it not just Hardcores, nowadays people add RPG elements to like ever game before FF7 RPG's where hardcores only.

Super Mario Brothers , when this game came out it just destroyed Atari and the Master System. most us still know the tunes and this game opened the Doors for games like Sonic and crash bandicoot. had there never been mario would anyone thing that just jumping platform to platform would be fun? i doubt it.

Metal Gear Solid , when this game came out it showed that Video games can be betetr than a Movie. with a script like this and the awsome presentation it felt like you were watching a good movie but it was a game truly the first game to get it right and after this game , alot of copie cats and games trying to make games that had the movie quality of MGS.

Mortal Kombat , sure there was Doom but mortal Combat brang Violence to Consoles first and if this game would have not sold well they would not have ever know there was a market so big for violent and gory games. This game was in fron of congress this game was huge when it first came out and GTA has this game to thank for opening that door.

 

Agree or disagree post your most important game to you.

 

peacebringer

wrong. madden is **** anyone with half a brain would never play a sports game on a video gaming console. metal gear solid is more underground than above ground. where i've lived (primarily midwest and east coast) i didn't hear **** about it untill the metal gear solid 4 article in game informer. way more revolutionary games are such as super smash brothers, the original donkey kong(with mario) and the halo franchise. pong makes way more sense than mortal kombat. also the sonic franchise (before 2002) deserves an honorable mention.

[QUOTE="peacebringer"][QUOTE="starwarsgeek112"][QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="starwarsgeek112"]Another one would be Ocarina of Time.starwarsgeek112

NO way. LOL.
I may have said that when I was younger, but NO way.

MOST IMPORTANT IN HISTORY....not most revered N64 savior game.

[QUOTE="peacebringer"]

I have compiled a list of 5 trend setter games that lead the way to great sales and Opened the doors for other games in the same genre. From over 15 years of me playing Games these are the games that Stood out as the games that opened doors and brang people in front of the TV to play Games rather than Watch TV or Movies on them and the list has begun

Madden , this game is way more important than Most gamers realize. Football is popular here in american and if it wasn't for Madden we would have not saw the explosion in The Snes and Sega genesis. in fact most times theres a best selling games list it says (Non sports) cause madden will easly win the best selling franchises. The N64 skipped Madden for a year and look what Happened. Madden wasn't on dreamcast and look what happend.

Final Fantasy 7 , Sure there were many Before it but this game maid RPG's mainstream and prooved if done right can make anyone buy it not just Hardcores, nowadays people add RPG elements to like ever game before FF7 RPG's where hardcores only.

Super Mario Brothers , when this game came out it just destroyed Atari and the Master System. most us still know the tunes and this game opened the Doors for games like Sonic and crash bandicoot. had there never been mario would anyone thing that just jumping platform to platform would be fun? i doubt it.

Metal Gear Solid , when this game came out it showed that Video games can be betetr than a Movie. with a script like this and the awsome presentation it felt like you were watching a good movie but it was a game truly the first game to get it right and after this game , alot of copie cats and games trying to make games that had the movie quality of MGS.

Mortal Kombat , sure there was Doom but mortal Combat brang Violence to Consoles first and if this game would have not sold well they would not have ever know there was a market so big for violent and gory games. This game was in fron of congress this game was huge when it first came out and GTA has this game to thank for opening that door.

 

Agree or disagree post your most important game to you.

 

mistervengeance

wrong. madden is **** anyone with half a brain would never play a sports game on a video gaming console. metal gear solid is more underground than above ground. where i've lived (primarily midwest and east coast) i didn't hear **** about it untill the metal gear solid 4 article in game informer. way more revolutionary games are such as super smash brothers, the original donkey kong(with mario) and the halo franchise. pong makes way more sense than mortal kombat. also the sonic franchise (before 2002) deserves an honorable mention.

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"][QUOTE="peacebringer"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

Pong, It provided proof that people would buy video game consoles.

 

peacebringer

[QUOTE="mistervengeance"][QUOTE="peacebringer"]

I have compiled a list of 5 trend setter games that lead the way to great sales and Opened the doors for other games in the same genre. From over 15 years of me playing Games these are the games that Stood out as the games that opened doors and brang people in front of the TV to play Games rather than Watch TV or Movies on them and the list has begun

Madden , this game is way more important than Most gamers realize. Football is popular here in american and if it wasn't for Madden we would have not saw the explosion in The Snes and Sega genesis. in fact most times theres a best selling games list it says (Non sports) cause madden will easly win the best selling franchises. The N64 skipped Madden for a year and look what Happened. Madden wasn't on dreamcast and look what happend.

Final Fantasy 7 , Sure there were many Before it but this game maid RPG's mainstream and prooved if done right can make anyone buy it not just Hardcores, nowadays people add RPG elements to like ever game before FF7 RPG's where hardcores only.

Super Mario Brothers , when this game came out it just destroyed Atari and the Master System. most us still know the tunes and this game opened the Doors for games like Sonic and crash bandicoot. had there never been mario would anyone thing that just jumping platform to platform would be fun? i doubt it.

Metal Gear Solid , when this game came out it showed that Video games can be betetr than a Movie. with a script like this and the awsome presentation it felt like you were watching a good movie but it was a game truly the first game to get it right and after this game , alot of copie cats and games trying to make games that had the movie quality of MGS.

Mortal Kombat , sure there was Doom but mortal Combat brang Violence to Consoles first and if this game would have not sold well they would not have ever know there was a market so big for violent and gory games. This game was in fron of congress this game was huge when it first came out and GTA has this game to thank for opening that door.

 

Agree or disagree post your most important game to you.

 

peacebringer

wrong. madden is **** anyone with half a brain would never play a sports game on a video gaming console. metal gear solid is more underground than above ground. where i've lived (primarily midwest and east coast) i didn't hear **** about it untill the metal gear solid 4 article in game informer. way more revolutionary games are such as super smash brothers, the original donkey kong(with mario) and the halo franchise. pong makes way more sense than mortal kombat. also the sonic franchise (before 2002) deserves an honorable mention.

Madden is only a milestone in the US. Soccer games in Europe sell the same. Metal Gear Solid did not introduce cutscenes, and though it had a good narrative, there were already games with better narratives that were popular before it. Final Fantasy 7 was popular and did basically create the modern JRPG genre, but there are games that are better deserving of that spot that have been more influential in creating the modern video gaming world. 

[QUOTE="peacebringer"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"][QUOTE="peacebringer"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

Pong, It provided proof that people would buy video game consoles.

 

Riverwolf007

I think the term important is a little open ended. If you said the games that innovated I would have said something different. As far as games that are important to me as a gamer I listed two. I would say RE introduced the concept of mixing story and action without having RPG elements before MGS. I think it came out before MGS...

[QUOTE="peacebringer"][QUOTE="mistervengeance"][QUOTE="peacebringer"]

I have compiled a list of 5 trend setter games that lead the way to great sales and Opened the doors for other games in the same genre. From over 15 years of me playing Games these are the games that Stood out as the games that opened doors and brang people in front of the TV to play Games rather than Watch TV or Movies on them and the list has begun

Madden , this game is way more important than Most gamers realize. Football is popular here in american and if it wasn't for Madden we would have not saw the explosion in The Snes and Sega genesis. in fact most times theres a best selling games list it says (Non sports) cause madden will easly win the best selling franchises. The N64 skipped Madden for a year and look what Happened. Madden wasn't on dreamcast and look what happend.

Final Fantasy 7 , Sure there were many Before it but this game maid RPG's mainstream and prooved if done right can make anyone buy it not just Hardcores, nowadays people add RPG elements to like ever game before FF7 RPG's where hardcores only.

Super Mario Brothers , when this game came out it just destroyed Atari and the Master System. most us still know the tunes and this game opened the Doors for games like Sonic and crash bandicoot. had there never been mario would anyone thing that just jumping platform to platform would be fun? i doubt it.

Metal Gear Solid , when this game came out it showed that Video games can be betetr than a Movie. with a script like this and the awsome presentation it felt like you were watching a good movie but it was a game truly the first game to get it right and after this game , alot of copie cats and games trying to make games that had the movie quality of MGS.

Mortal Kombat , sure there was Doom but mortal Combat brang Violence to Consoles first and if this game would have not sold well they would not have ever know there was a market so big for violent and gory games. This game was in fron of congress this game was huge when it first came out and GTA has this game to thank for opening that door.

 

Agree or disagree post your most important game to you.

 

got_systems

wrong. madden is **** anyone with half a brain would never play a sports game on a video gaming console. metal gear solid is more underground than above ground. where i've lived (primarily midwest and east coast) i didn't hear **** about it untill the metal gear solid 4 article in game informer. way more revolutionary games are such as super smash brothers, the original donkey kong(with mario) and the halo franchise. pong makes way more sense than mortal kombat. also the sonic franchise (before 2002) deserves an honorable mention.

Madden is only a milestone in the US. Soccer games in Europe sell the same. Metal Gear Solid did not introduce cutscenes, and though it had a good narrative, there were already games with better narratives that were popular before it. Final Fantasy 7 was popular and did basically create the modern JRPG genre, but there are games that are better deserving of that spot that have been more influential in creating the modern video gaming world.

I think the term important is a little open ended. If you said the games that innovated I would have said something different. As far as games that are important to me as a gamer I listed two. I would say RE introduced the concept of mixing story and action without having RPG elements before MGS. I think it came out before MGS...

JiveT

[QUOTE="got_systems"][QUOTE="peacebringer"][QUOTE="mistervengeance"][QUOTE="peacebringer"]

I have compiled a list of 5 trend setter games that lead the way to great sales and Opened the doors for other games in the same genre. From over 15 years of me playing Games these are the games that Stood out as the games that opened doors and brang people in front of the TV to play Games rather than Watch TV or Movies on them and the list has begun

Madden , this game is way more important than Most gamers realize. Football is popular here in american and if it wasn't for Madden we would have not saw the explosion in The Snes and Sega genesis. in fact most times theres a best selling games list it says (Non sports) cause madden will easly win the best selling franchises. The N64 skipped Madden for a year and look what Happened. Madden wasn't on dreamcast and look what happend.

Final Fantasy 7 , Sure there were many Before it but this game maid RPG's mainstream and prooved if done right can make anyone buy it not just Hardcores, nowadays people add RPG elements to like ever game before FF7 RPG's where hardcores only.

Super Mario Brothers , when this game came out it just destroyed Atari and the Master System. most us still know the tunes and this game opened the Doors for games like Sonic and crash bandicoot. had there never been mario would anyone thing that just jumping platform to platform would be fun? i doubt it.

Metal Gear Solid , when this game came out it showed that Video games can be betetr than a Movie. with a script like this and the awsome presentation it felt like you were watching a good movie but it was a game truly the first game to get it right and after this game , alot of copie cats and games trying to make games that had the movie quality of MGS.

Mortal Kombat , sure there was Doom but mortal Combat brang Violence to Consoles first and if this game would have not sold well they would not have ever know there was a market so big for violent and gory games. This game was in fron of congress this game was huge when it first came out and GTA has this game to thank for opening that door.

 

Agree or disagree post your most important game to you.

 

peacebringer

wrong. madden is **** anyone with half a brain would never play a sports game on a video gaming console. metal gear solid is more underground than above ground. where i've lived (primarily midwest and east coast) i didn't hear **** about it untill the metal gear solid 4 article in game informer. way more revolutionary games are such as super smash brothers, the original donkey kong(with mario) and the halo franchise. pong makes way more sense than mortal kombat. also the sonic franchise (before 2002) deserves an honorable mention.

Madden is only a milestone in the US. Soccer games in Europe sell the same. Metal Gear Solid did not introduce cutscenes, and though it had a good narrative, there were already games with better narratives that were popular before it. Final Fantasy 7 was popular and did basically create the modern JRPG genre, but there are games that are better deserving of that spot that have been more influential in creating the modern video gaming world.

I'd say Hideo Kojima's Snatcher had a better narrative, plus many adventure games like Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream and The Secret of Monkey Island, RPGs like Fallout, the Ultima series and Baldur's Gate and even other games like Starcraft. Metal Gear Solid was a brilliant game, but there are many more deserving games out there. 

I'd say Hideo Kojima's Snatcher had a better narrative, plus many adventure games like Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream and The Secret of Monkey Island, RPGs like Fallout, the Ultima series and Baldur's Gate and even other games like Starcraft. Metal Gear Solid was a brilliant game, but there are many more deserving games out there.

got_systems

[QUOTE="got_systems"]

I'd say Hideo Kojima's Snatcher had a better narrative, plus many adventure games like Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream and The Secret of Monkey Island, RPGs like Fallout, the Ultima series and Baldur's Gate and even other games like Starcraft. Metal Gear Solid was a brilliant game, but there are many more deserving games out there.

peacebringer

You're calling those games sleepers? Those are some of the most popular games of all time. Many are on Gamespot's Greatest Games of All Time list.  Every single one of those games made major strides in the industry. Besides, I thought we were talking about narrative, which Starcraft was great at. If you want to know just what Starcraft did though, it created the biggest e-sports industry in the world (the South Korean one), it was the first RTS game to get three massively different races balanced just right, it secured Blizzard's spot as a major player in the games industry and it was the best selling RTS of all time, selling over 9 million copies. 

You're calling those games sleepers? Those are some of the most popular games of all time. Many are on Gamespot's Greatest Games of All Time list. Every single one of those games made major strides in the industry. Besides, I thought we were talking about narrative, which Starcraft was great at. If you want to know just what Starcraft did though, it created the biggest e-sports industry in the world (the South Korean one), it was the first RTS game to get three massively different races balanced just right, it secured Blizzard's spot as a major player in the games industry and it was the best selling RTS of all time, selling over 9 million copies.

got_systems

 none of those games minus ultima and starcraft deserve the top 5 most important games. in my opinion atleast.  Just cause there good doesn't mean they gave something to the industry. i see more Copie cats of the games i listed and i see more games use elements from the games i listed. the games you listed will be lucky to get a casual to even know what they are so how are those important. the games i listed helped make Videogames as mainstream as they are. the titles you listed minus ultima and Starcraft did not populrize gaming. What makes a game important to the Development of future titles is not just being good. heck Chrono Cross is amazing but it's not an important game to the Industry it took the same RG formula and fix some stuff but didn't even sell that well. 

Also no game made this day in age is important to Adding new elements to the games minus a handfull. game like guitar Hero and DDR are some of the recent games of Importance becuase they added new genres thats important. but if a company made the best dance gamer ever and it doesn't populrize Dance games more it's not as important. 

FF7 made RPG's mainstream something before was not Possible. heck they didn;t even release tales games till after FF and we got like some of the games toward the end of the series not the begining. Ultima is the only game o your list that Actually deserves to be Listed if ultima didn't catch on would there be WOW? no but WOW better but it's not as important to Ultima Since ultima was very popular and set a trend, 

Another one would be Ocarina of Time.starwarsgeek112

DEF OoT.