The most important Game

[S1lent]

What do you think is the most important game that contributed the most to the evolution of Gaming? (Though the DOOM series was important, it isn't an acceptable answer).

[Ichor]

Pong -> everything else

[Darkman 4]

Doom 1.

[Sephiroth]

if you are talking FPS's then yes doom was imporatant. however gameing as a total. dig deeper
pong, one of the first games made.

no one single game is the most important

[Grazza]

Toss-up between chess (or one of its early forms, which mutated in different ways as it spread out of India/Persia) and the Royal Game of Ur. Hard to say exactly how influential the latter was.

[Darkman 4]

I believe he's talking about video games.

[Grazza]

He didn't say so. Gaming has a long history, and computer games are just the most recent manifestation.

[NiGHTMARE]

Darkman 4 said:

Doom 1.

S1lent said:

(Though the DOOM series was important, it isn't an acceptable answer).

[S1lent]

Thank you NightMare.

[Terra-jin]

Grazza said:

Toss-up between chess (or one of its early forms, which mutated in different ways as it spread out of India/Persia) and the Royal Game of Ur. Hard to say exactly how influential the latter was.

What about tradtional playing cards? Were they invented before or after chess?

[S1lent]

Ok, I'd like to clarify something since SOME of you didn't understand really. By "Gaming" I was referring to VIDEO GAMES (which is what most people think of when they say "gaming"!)

[Grazza]

Terra-jin said:

What about traditional playing cards? Were they invented before or after chess?

Judging from this and this, probably several centuries after.

S1lent said:

... VIDEO GAMES (which is what most people think of when they say "gaming"!)

The word "gaming" makes me think more of casinos than anything else.

[wildweasel]

Super Mario Bros. Without it, America's game industry would never have grown to such a height. Remember, it almost died around 1984.

[Ichor]

Yes, let's all thank Atari for that. ET will always be the biggest video game mistake of all time.

[Dron]

Pacman, Tetris, Space Invaders, etc.

[Scuba Steve]

Ichor said:

Yes, let's all thank Atari for that. ET will always be the biggest video game mistake of all time.

No, somehow I think Custer's Revenge is. Not only is it bad... but incredibly offensive too.

[S1lent]

Grazza let me stress the word "Most." But I know what your saying.

[Grazza]

OK... Most places where you might look up the word "gaming" (such as this) refer to gambling in the primary definition. :p

[Stealthy Ivan]

Frogger!!!
Pong!!!
Space Invaders!!! Played on a 8086...
Nuff said...

[S1lent]

How did any of these games contribute to making video games better?

[wildweasel]

S1lent: Did you suddenly change the point of this topic? I thought were were talking about the most important game to contribute to gaming's evolution...my point fits, because if the industry DIED (hence the fate would be without Mario Bros) then gaming would have deevolved...not sure about the rest of these replies, but I'm sure some of them fit.

[AndrewB]

This is a ridiculous question because video games have not been made better. They've just been made more.

[Lutrov71]

Dron said:

Pacman, Tetris, Space Invaders, etc.

Seconded.

[Psyonisis]

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[myk]

I'd agree Chess, in general.

In the computer games' department; Pong, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and DOOM.

[Bucket]

Shaq Fu.

[Job]

Mankala.

[Captain Red]

AndrewB said:
This is a ridiculous question because video games have not been made better. They've just been made more.

Do you read what you post?

[Mogul]

S1lent said:

What do you think is the most important game that contributed the most to the evolution of Gaming? (Though the DOOM series was important, it isn't an acceptable answer).

WTF are you talking about? Seriously - I wouldn't even be considered a DOOM fanboy by most people and it's OBVIOUS that DOOM contributed IMMENSELY to the evolution of games.

That is absolutely absurd, as it is currently written.

IMO.

[zark]

Captain Red said:

Do you read what you post?

You know he's only trolling.

And anyway, I'd have to say Pong.