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RobMarley420
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The original DOOM never had multiplayer.
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georgeM
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Remember (back in the early portion of the 90s) the shareware cds containing encrypted demos of all the FPS of the day? You were supposed to go online and buy a code to unlock them, but you could simply snatch a bit of dos code and unlock the full version of all the games contained on the disk for free.... yepperdoodle... playing a stolen copy of doom all stoned in the middle of the night...
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Oracle Of Delphi
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Okami is so amazing - I cant believe it was so low on the list. Shadow of the Colossus is what happenings in our house now - Holy shit it is intense. OoD
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CosmicFool
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DOOM Why It Made Our Top 100 List
What can be said about DOOM to sum up exactly what it meant for gaming? While first-person shooter stalwarts such as Wolfenstein solidified the market by treading the multiplayer ground where no gruesome, mangled soldier had gone before, DOOM took the multiplayer realm one step further by offering LAN support way ahead of the curve.
But more importantly, DOOM was the first FPS to rely on shocking visuals to aid the gamer through the halls of each corridor, using crazy, yet down-to-Earth guns to blast mutant beings in half. No game prior to DOOM made such potent, horrifying imagery in a first-person setting. It didn't quite predate Mortal Kombat, but it sure offered a fresh perspective, and thusly changed the landscape of the industry hand-in-hand with Ed Boon's baby. User maps, anyone?
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CosmicFool
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OK here we go the TOP 10
10 - Resident Evil 4 9 - Final Fantasy III (US) 8 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 7 - Super Metroid 6 - Half-Life 2 5 - Super Mario 64 4 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time #4? 3 - Civilization II 2 - Tetris
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CosmicFool
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# 1
Super Mario Bros.
Why It Made Our Top 100 List Super Mario Bros. is gaming.
Carved into those deliberately fashioned pixels is the collective childhood of an entire generation of gamers -- many of whom have gone on to work in the industry, creating the videogames that we all play on a daily basis. As one of the foundations upon which the industry was built, Super Mario Bros. not only set the standard for 2D side-scrollers, but for videogames in general: gameplay that is demanding but not frustrating, pixel-perfect controls, inspired level design and a musical score that, to this day, remains synonymous with videogames.
It will not remain that way forever, as the industry matures and gamers are weaned on entirely different experiences the influence of Super Mario Bros. will inevitably fade, but for now we give tribute to not just a videogame, but to the videogame. For many of us, it's the reason we're still involved in the industry to this day.
A masterpiece.
Fun Facts Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima has been quoted as saying, "It's simply impossible to grow tired of Super Mario Bros." Shinji Mikami, best known for the Resident Evil series further praised the title stating that, "I don't think there are many games that we can identify immediately by a simple sound effect."
In 1999, Super Mario Bros was inducted into the Guinness World Book of Records as the best-selling videogame of all time with (as of then), 40.23 million copies sold.
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