Wednesday, December 28, 2005

1up's Essential 50 Videogames.

From 1up's Essential 50 Videogames. Italicize the ones you've played, bold the ones you've beaten (or played to such a sufficiently high level that you could routinely beat the scores of your average joe). Make a note if you didn't actually play it on its original platform, but instead played it on a MAME emulator or some "Greatest Hits" package.
  1. Spacewar (1962: PDP-1)
  2. Pong (1972: Arcade/Console) (and PC)
  3. Space Invaders (1978: Arcade) (and PC)
  4. Adventure (1979: Atari 2600)
  5. Battlezone (1980: Arcade)
  6. Pitfall! (1982: Atari 2600) (All my friends beat it, but I never did.)
  7. Zork (1977-79: DEC PDP-10)
  8. Game & Watch (1980-88)
  9. Star Wars (1983: Arcade)
  10. Pac-Man (1980: Arcade) (and handheld emulator)
  11. Donkey Kong (1981: Arcade) (and handheld emulator)
  12. Rogue (1980: VAX/BSD UNIX)
  13. E.T. (1982: Atari 2600)
  14. Dragon's Lair (1983: Arcade)
  15. King's Quest (1983: PC)
  16. One-on-One (1983: C64)
  17. Super Mario Bros. (1985: Arcade/NES) I saved the princess! w00t!
  18. Gauntlet (1985: Arcade)
  19. M.U.L.E. (1983: C64)
  20. Dragon Warrior (1986: NES)
  21. Ultima IV (1985: Apple II/PC)
  22. The Macintosh (1984)
  23. Tetris (1986: PC/NES/GameBoy)
  24. Prince of Persia (1989: PC)
  25. FaceBall 2000 (1990: GameBoy)
  26. Doom (1993: PC)
  27. John Madden NFL Football (1990: Genesis)
  28. Sonic the Hedgehog (1991: Genesis)
  29. Super Mario Kart (1992: Super NES)
  30. Populous (1989: Amiga/PC)
  31. Herzog Zwei (1991: Genesis)
  32. Street Fighter II (1991: Arcade)
  33. Myst (1993: Mac/PC)
  34. Mortal Kombat (1992: Arcade/SNES/Genesis)
  35. Virtua Fighter (1993: Arcade/32X)
  36. Super Mario 64 (1996: Nintendo 64)
  37. Tomb Raider (1996: PS/Saturn/PC/Mac)
  38. Final Fantasy VII (1997: PS/PC)
  39. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (1999: PS)
  40. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998: N64)
  41. Metal Gear Solid (1998: PS)
  42. Half-Life (1998: PC)
  43. Gran Turismo (1998: PS)
  44. Parappa the Rapper (1997: PS)
  45. Ultima Online (1997: PC)
  46. Pokémon (1998: GameBoy)
  47. The Sims (2000: PC)
  48. Jet Grind Radio (2000: Dreamcast)
  49. Grand Theft Auto III (2001: PS2/Xbox/PC)
  50. Halo (2001: Xbox/PC/Mac)

I play more than I win, and yet I keep trying...

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