Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum?

Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Great list!

  I would add KSP, Guitar Hero and/or DDR, and Beat Saber.

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  • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Kerbal Space Program is awesome :)

    Videogames are still a young medium, very diverse and changing so rapidly, that i feel like there is no established canon of ‘classics’ or ‘high impact’ works. We’ll probably end up with dozens of lists like this in such a topic, and might end up without a single game that made it onto all of them, besides tetris.

    if a simmiliar question was asked in a movies community i’d bet any list with more than 10 entries would include metropolis, nosferatu, citizen kane and star wars, just because those are widely agreed upon movies that had an impact.

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    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      i’d bet any list with more than 10 entries would include metropolis, nosferatu, citizen kane and star wars,

      I’d add the Shawshank Redemption to that list as well, and probably the Godfather part 2.

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• jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would add Rogue for sure.

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  • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    oh, absolutely, rogue and nethack, they are the foundation of crpgs and dungeon crawlers.

    i just fear we’d need increased security to break up the fight between groups with various definitions what ‘roguelike’ means.

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• Dremor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Shadow of the Colossus should be in there too. It has pioneered orchestral music in video games and gad a huge impact on them as a whole.

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  • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    shadow of the colossus seems like a great game, but i’ve never heard its music referenced as pioneer work, what did it different in that department?

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    • Dremor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      To my limited knowledge, it was the first games where true orchestral music was used. It was influential enough to be remade for PS3 and PS4, there are few games to get such a treatment.

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      • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        i think that honour might go to total annihilation.

        i also remember the final fantasies on the psx having an orchestral pieces jn their soundtrack, but those might have not been performed by an actual orchestra originally.

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• knight_alva@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would add the OG Mortal Combat gave us the MSRP rating system.

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  • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Probably shouldadd Mike Tyson’s Punchout, Tekken 2, and Marvel vs Capcom.

    Double dragon, Street Fighter, the original Simpsons arcade game.

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• kurcatovium@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Amazing list. I personally would add couple games, that defined my "gaming hobby":
  - XCOM/UFO: Enemy Unknown - not sure how this fits in the list, but it was ground breaking for me: perfect blend of micro- and macro management, strategical decisions, tactical battles, what a great game and so much memories of it (and I'd put honorable mention of Jagged Alliance 1&2 here, 'cause they are very similar concept)
  - Civilization - genius idea, one of the 4X pioneers, easy to pick up, hard to master, and so much replay value; its overall depth is quite a feat, especially given it's from 1991, no wonder the franchise is still alive and well now
  - Fallout - esp. 1 & 2 might not be the best gameplay-wise, but their world building, characters and atmosphere are excellent... and everyone knows the legendary intro "War, war never changes..."
  - Planescape: Torment - similar to above, amazing world, unbelievable story, one of a kind game
  - Gothic - mainly 1&2 were simply awesome, there are no barriers (ahem), the world is your to explore, but it's deadly so you have to plan your progress, nothing is streamlined for you; I can't remember different game with such a vibe (other than piranha bytes later production)
  - VtM: Bloodlines - kind of similar to Deus Ex, but also taking from the table top; and in my book it has THE best atmosphere of all the games I've played
  - Witcher - this might be just European thing, but playing especially W1 felt kind of like folklore fairy tale from childhood turned into pretty grim adult game
  - Disco Elysium - this is probably the only "sort of new" game that I've played and which definitely deserves a place in the list, great characters, amazing story and writing

  there are plenty of others too, but my brain farts

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• Whitebrow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good list.

  Vampire the masquerade bloodlines also deserves a honourable mention

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• anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  • Grim Fandango, Kings Quest, Monkey Island, point and click adventures are there very own beast

  Maniac Mansion was the OG in the category, at least with graphics.

  Must deserves a place for is graphics too, even if it was mostly static renderings.

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• makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Awesome effort.

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• PacMan@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Missing Space Invaders it started a coin shortage in Japan.

  Others I can think of off the top of my head:

  • Donkey Kong
  • pacman
  • zelda
  • Halo
  • Unreal Tournament
  • Sonic
  • GTA
  • Gran Turismo
  • Chrono Trigger
  • Earthbound
  • Castlevanna

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  • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yes, arcade stuff is lacking on my list. The few i have played where mostly on an atari 2600 and simmiliar home consoles way after the fact and the only arcade i’ve ever seen was in a holiday resort thingy :D

    Zelda: yep, was surprised there was no mention of it after i looked over my “finished” list, original Zelda and ocarina of time should probably be there, maybe a link to the past. did not play breath of the wild, so don’t have an opinion on it. But zelda -> atlp -> ocarina of time is a nice showcase of 2d games transitioning to 3d, and the item based exploration and progression is found in a lot of games.

    halo: i am not a console shooter guy and on pc it felt like a very good game, but atleast to me not ground breaking. through the lense of console shooters it’s probably a huge milestone.

    unreal tournament: if i’d be listing my favourite games it would be there. but it did not have the impact on e-sport cs or the quakes had so it would be another technical showcase. the unreal engines became very important however.

    sonic: yes, at the very least to show another take on plattformers.

    gta: yeah, 3 onwards as blockbuster movie equivalents. don’t ask me why they are not on the list, no idea.

    gran turismo: if we include simulators, we should also list a bunch of microprose work, richard burns rally, the microsoft flight simulators and so on. Definitely an interesting section of gaming, but not one iam part of so hard to tell what to include for it.

    chrono trigger: yeah, my list lacks non western games and chrono trigger deserves to be there simply because of its ambitious scale and the fact that its one of the greatest games i’ve ever played, what was i thinking?

    earthbound: never played it :(

    castlevania: the early metroids and later castlevanias for what we know as “metroidvanias” today. I’ve played castlevania 1 and 2 and there is not much of what makes metroidvanias in them. fun games though.

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