The top classic video games of the beginning of gaming. This list features the most popular games for any platform (arcade or home consoles and portable devices) in the 1960s to in the 2000s (which in this list could be considered to mark the beginning of the "modern age" in gaming.) This list includes all the most popular games from arcade games and the first consoles with 8 bits and 16-bit sequels.
A lot of the games from the past included in this list remain highly popular to this dayand are being played by avid gamers using preserved consoles or computers with emulator software. A few among these are franchises which remain essential even to this day like the iconic "Mario Bros." games, " Legend of Zelda" titles , and combat games such as "Mortal Kombat." The concept of video games has been in existence since the 1950s but it was two game innovations in the 1970s' early years that truly brought games popular notice. "Spacewar!" first released in 1961 gained enough popularity to create approximately 1500 arcade machines, yet it was too complicated to understand that it didn't achieve widespread appeal. It was the opposite of the 1972's "Pong," from the same team of creators that brought table tennis back to arcades and sold over 22,000 machines. By the end of the 1970s gaming consoles with video games for homes became more popular as both Intellivision and ColecoVision being sold in toy stores, and providing many of the games that we're familiar with to this day (including"Donkey Kong," the first "Donkey Kong" and "Space Invaders.") The year 1978 is generally regarded as to be the year that began the Golden Age of video games In particular, in relation to arcade games, including the release of many nostalgic titles (including "Frogger" as well as "Galaxian.") In the year 1985 Nintendo released the initial Nintendo Entertainment System to stores that came in with "Super Mario Bros.," a landmark game in the history of consoles. |