Welcome to my growing list - a quest to uncover the very best video games known OR forgotten. There's nothing like starting at the beginning, and gradually experiencing the actual games wherever possible - to appreciate the development, growth and the creativity of the industry. However, I'll also add games from any year as I end up playing them.
Playing video games through history gives you a chance to appreciate each game in the context of its peers, and also see trends and genres spring forth. Watching game evolution over the years is some of the most fun you'll ever have learning art & history. ;-)
Without constraints on picking a certain number of games - such as a TOP 10, or 1001 Videogames or something.... we plan to showcase the most fun & important games simply as they were launched. No upper limit here - let's just get started and see how much fun we can have creating this BEST OF ALL TIME compilation.
pre-1976
Computer Space / Galaxy Game / Space War (original) - (1971) - Arcade/Mainframe
Oregon Trail - (1975 - 1978 BASIC versions) - Mainframe
Pedit5 (aka. Dungeon) - (1975) - PLATO
Pong - (1972) - Arcade
1976
Adventure (a.k.a "Colossal Cave") - Mainframe
Breakout - (Arcade)
Death Race - (Arcade)
Night Driver - (Arcade)
Sea Wolf - (Arcade)
Sprint 2 - (Arcade)
1977
Air-Sea Battle - (Atari 2600)
Boot Hill - (Arcade)
Combat - (Atari 2600)
Mind Reader: NIM - (Channel F)
Shooting Stars - (Apple II)
Space Wars - (Arcade)
Star Wars - (Apple II)
Video Olympics - (Atari 2600)
Zork - (Mainframe) not the home computer versions
1978
Adventureland (Scott Adams #1) - various
Avalanche / Cascade - (Arcade)
Beneath Apple Manor - (Apple II)
Cosmic Conflict! - (Odyssey 2)
Dungeon Campaign - (Apple II)
Gunfighter - (Apple II)
Mystery Mansion - (Mainframe)
Phazor Blast - (Apple II)
Pirate Adventure (Scott Adams #2) - various
Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio - (Apple II)
Sea Wolf II - (Arcade)
Sky Raider - (Arcade)
Space I - (Apple II)
Space Invaders - (Arcade)
Videocart-16: Dodge-It - (Channel F)
Videocart-20: Video Whizball - (Channel F)
1979
Asteroids - (Arcade)
Astro Fighter - (Arcade)
Atari Basketball - (Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit)
Count, The (Scott Adams #5) - various
Dog-Star Adventure - (TRS-80)
Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai - (Apple II, TRS-80)
EAMON 1: Beginner Cave - (Apple II)
Galaxian - (Arcade)
Head-On - (Arcade)
Human Cannonball - (Atari 2600)
Lemonade Stand - (Apple II)
Lunar Lander - (Arcade)
Monaco Grand Prix - (Arcade)
Radar Scope - (Arcade)
Sheriff - (Arcade)
Space Invaders: Part II - (Arcade)
Superman - (Atari 2600)
Tai-Pan - (TRS-80)
Tailgunner - (Arcade)
Warrior - (Arcade)
Westward 1847 - (TRS-80)
Wilderness Campaign - (Apple II)
Yahtzee - (TI-99/4)
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