The 10 Most Influential Video Games of All Time

**Kugyince** · 06-12-2010, 05:12 PM

The 10 Most Influential Video Games of All Time - 10. Tecmo Super Bowl (1991) - Slideshow from PCMag.com

**Demon-Mask** · 06-12-2010, 05:22 PM

That's actually a very good list, I can see the influence of all of the games, and it doesn't mention Halo as the father of first person shooters, a lot of 'most influential' lists do that.

**Slime Slayer** · 06-12-2010, 05:58 PM

I don't agree with this list besides a couple of them.

**samejamesbond** · 06-12-2010, 06:07 PM

That's a really good list, the only one I didn't agree with is Guitar Freaks.

**jim5cents** · 06-12-2010, 08:46 PM

No RTS? Shame. No RPG's Even bigger shame.

**samejamesbond** · 06-12-2010, 09:37 PM

I agree, the original Final Fantasy changed gaming forever.

**Dudebro** · 06-12-2010, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jim5cents

No RTS? Shame. No RPG's Even bigger shame.

Shame isn't the right word. Fail would've summed it up perfectly.

**Kugyince** · 06-12-2010, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by samejamesbond

I agree, the original Final Fantasy changed gaming forever.

I'd go with Dragon Warrior.

**samejamesbond** · 06-12-2010, 10:06 PM

I need to play it.
Can you pick your own party?

**jim5cents** · 06-12-2010, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ten

I'd go with Dragon Warrior.

Agree, I would even go Ultima before I went FF.

**Slime Slayer** · 06-12-2010, 10:10 PM

You can in 3, it's a really good one.

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Definetly DW, also Double Dragon maybe in there somwhere. Most of these titles should have been pre 1995

**samejamesbond** · 06-12-2010, 10:26 PM

Zelda deserved a place on this list, it was the first free roaming game.

**Kugyince** · 06-12-2010, 10:28 PM

Tetris should be in there.

@SJB: While Dragon Warrior didn't create JRPGs it is responsable for the genre's popularity, mostly thanks to a Nintendo Power give away.

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Originally Posted by samejamesbond

Zelda deserved a place on this list, it was the first free roaming game.

Not even the first free roaming console game.

**Slime Slayer** · 06-12-2010, 10:28 PM

And as we just found out, the creator of earthbound credit's DW for inspiring his series.

**samejamesbond** · 06-12-2010, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Tenser

Not even the first free roaming console game.

Wierd, the Guiness Book of World Records of Gaming said it was.

**Kugyince** · 06-12-2010, 10:34 PM

E.T. is free roaming.

**samejamesbond** · 06-12-2010, 10:35 PM

Yes, but wrong kind of influence Tenser.

**Kugyince** · 06-12-2010, 10:36 PM

That's opinion. Fact is, E.T. was still free roaming and came out two years before Zelda.

**samejamesbond** · 06-12-2010, 10:38 PM

I'll give you that.
But that game was extremely unfinished.

**Slime Slayer** · 06-12-2010, 10:40 PM

Raiders of the lost ark came out 1 month before E.T. also free roaming.

**Kugyince** · 06-12-2010, 10:41 PM

It was officially licensed and published. It was finished.

Could it have benefited from more development time? Sure, but you can say that about almost any game.

**Slime Slayer** · 06-12-2010, 10:43 PM

The game was finished, it was a rushed but it was finished.

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Ten ninja'd me.

**Kugyince** · 06-12-2010, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by stevencassidy13

Raiders of the lost ark came out 1 month before E.T. also free roaming.

So did/is Frenzy. I'm not claiming E.T. was the first. I'm just using it as a well known example of a free roaming game released before Zelda.

**Slime Slayer** · 06-12-2010, 11:00 PM

I know, it's Raiders was the first one to pop into my head so I figured I cite it as another example.

**Tails** · 06-13-2010, 02:37 AM

I like Tecmo Super Bowl, but I feel Pacman ahead of Mario is wrong.