misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months agoThe BAFTAs dares to ask the internet: 'What is the most influential videogame of all time?'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
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minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoMario Bros. Literally every gamer has played it or a game like it. Even non gamers recognise it. It’s copied and iterated on to this day. It certainly wasn’t the first 2D platformer, but it’s success made everyone else go “that’s what we’re making now”
minus-squareel_psd@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoSeriously. For a lot of people, SMB single-handedly answered the question of whether home consoles or arcades were the future.
Mario Bros.
Literally every gamer has played it or a game like it. Even non gamers recognise it. It’s copied and iterated on to this day.
It certainly wasn’t the first 2D platformer, but it’s success made everyone else go “that’s what we’re making now”
Seriously. For a lot of people, SMB single-handedly answered the question of whether home consoles or arcades were the future.