#10 - Pong (1972)
Imagine a world without video games. No arcades, no home consoles, no late-night gaming sessions with friends. It’s hard to picture, right? Well, that was the world before Pong.
#9 - Space Invaders (1978)
Just a few years after Pong introduced the world to video games, a new arcade game from Japan arrived and took the world by storm.
#8 - Pac-Man (1980)
If Pong was the spark and Space Invaders was the fire, then Pac-Man was the explosion that propelled video games into the mainstream consciousness.
#7 - Donkey Kong (1981)
In the early 1980s, a young Nintendo artist named Shigeru Miyamoto was tasked with creating a new arcade game that would appeal to the American market.
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#6 - Tetris (1984)
Some games are a product of their time, a snapshot of the technology and trends of a particular era. And then there’s Tetris.
#5 - Street Fighter II (1991)
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, arcades were in a bit of a slump. The golden age of Pac-Man and Donkey Kong was over, and the industry was in need of a new champion.
#4 - Doom (1993)
In 1993, a small Texas-based developer called id Software unleashed a game that would not only revolutionize PC gaming but also create a new genre that would dominate the industry for decades to come.
#3 - Super Mario 64 (1996)
The transition from 2D to 3D was one of the most significant moments in the history of video games.
#2 - Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
In 2001, a game was released that would not only redefine the open-world genre but also spark a cultural debate about the role of violence in video games.
#1 - World of Warcraft (2004)
In 2004, a game was released that would not only become the most successful massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) of all time but also a cultural phenomenon that would change the way millions of people play games.