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Pong
One of the most influential games ever created. -
Breakout
Breakout is another game that uses physics and turns it into a fun game. -
Space Invaders
Space Invaders was a fun and exciting game where you would defend planet earth from the space invaders. -
Asteroids
You play as a space ship trying to destroy other space ships and avoid asteroids at the same time. -
Pac-Man
Pac-Man is a classic arcade game still used today in close to the same format as the original. -
Galaga
In Galaga you play as a space ship trying to dodge and destroy alian space ships as they move and attack you. -
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong introduced a fun and quick game to play. The elements of the game were simple yet they seemed very hard to get past. -
Centipede
You play as a centipede that eats things to grow, but it soon encounters the problem of being so large it could accidentally consume part of itself. -
Tetris
Tetris was mind game. It reminds me of a puzzle, except puzzles dont move. -
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. paved the way for platform games. It used new unused elements to bring it out as a very important game in history. -
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda allows you do adventure through a giant world and battle creates with many different mechanics. -
Metroid
Metroid was another platform game that transformed plateform games. It uses long range attacks as well as other moves to get past certain obstacles. -
Street Fighter
Street Fighter is a button mashing beat the opponent to a pulp game. -
Mega Man
Mega Man was yet another important platformer game introducing even more game mechanics to the field. -
Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II was a fighter game and uses a similar layout as todays Street Fighter games use. -
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog was a platformer that used speed mechanics to get through the level as quickly as possible. -
Mario Kart
Mario Kart is a racing game that features the characters from the Super Mario Bros. series racing head to head on Super Mario Bros. inspired race tracks. -
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat is another fighter game. Mortal kombat uses elements of magic and other worldly gods as characters to use in the game. -
Earthworm Jim
This was a platform shooter developed for the Sega. -
Grand Theft Auto
In this game you look down on the city and the person you control, and you can basically do whatever you want.
