This is a list of games that --- years after their release --- people keep talking about. They aren't necessarily the greatest games ever, or even my favorites. (Several of them I have not even played.) But these are the games that I keep hearing mentioned on podcasts, blogs, forums, and friendly conversation. No matter what their qualities, each of these games was somehow revolutionary and because they have not been forgotten.
Such a simple game, but so endlessly replayable. This game still appears on every platform from dedicated game consoles to phones. Personally, I must have spent hundreds of hours playing it in my life.
Apparently this is the RPG where you get to drive a forklift. I haven't played this game so I don't know much about it, but people won't stop praising it.
Console shooter
Game that made the Xbox.
I consider all of the Mario games special in their own way. This seems to be the 2-D Mario game people reference the most.
The first 3-D Super Mario, and still the standard to which 3-D platforming games are measured.
I've never played it, but my brother loves it.
This would deserve to be on this list even before Fallout 3.
I think the "puzzles" in this game are pretty weak and therefore it gets too much credit for that. However, it is one of the most fun and most atmospherically story-driven shooters of its era.
Made by the people who would later bring you Bioshock. With all the attention this game gets I would have expected a sequel by now.
People call this the spiritual successor to System Shock. I haven't played SS, but I think this is pretty similar in some ways to Half-Life.
The first 3-D installment in the franchise, it's spawned the success of several sequels and imitators.
Wolfenstein 3-D was earlier, many games since have been better. But this is the one that first introduced most people to FPS games.
Personally, I prefer the Command & Conquer series. But StarCraft still dominates RTS games to this day, and likely will until StarCraft II is released.
Much less popular than C&C or StarCraft, but amongst people who played it, there's still no comparison.
I don't know what this game is about at all, but it gets a lot of love in some parts.
Apparently people like the multiplayer.
Can you believe some people think this is even better than Super Mario Brothers 3?
