Most Famous Video Game

[leerock89]

What does everyone think is the most famous video game(s). Make sure when u decide, you consider what the games did to change the gaming world.

For me its Super Mario Brothers 2&3 two of the earliest and best side scroll games and Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Brothers best rpg of its time and Starfox for N64, Final Fantasy 7 which is the most pivotal game ever, Diablo Warcraft CS, and finally Halo.
On a sidenote i might add pokemon for gameboy only cause so many people played it me included.

[Jsj222]

well i love mario and zelda to pieces and warcraft is great to. im not into the whole Halo thing i mean 1 and 2 were great but 3 seemed like a major copy of 2 with little improvements other than a slight boost in graphics... i love the Call of duty series :)

[archangle]

i think that the most famous video game has to be the mario one it is the best the rest are good too but thye are not like mario

[Corwin]

I'm going to have to go w/ Final Fantasy, I know some ppl aren't a big fan of the series but the first one not only changed things in a big way for the company that produced it, but it also changed the way we game in a huge way, before that RPG style games didn't have much influence w/ gamers and now almost everyone has played at least one, they've grown in scope and complexity, and they are one of the driving forces behind console purchases

[archangle]

hey crowin i am a fan of final fantasy too...just didnt' mention it though did i

[Nabik33]

I would have to say that Everquest was huge for the video game industary. it was one first really big MMOs which really got people into that type of game.

[Crymson]

Here's a blast from the past: X-com (UFO Defense for some of you). It was very popular when it came out, and defined an entire genre.

[Thoza]

Warcraft...... !!!!
the whole entire world know that

[Koopaking]

The most famous and well known video game ever?

PONG

Think about it. Even old people know this game.

[pimpingout]

well i think that the legend of zelda games are the best and mario games are also very good

[Ariya]

Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, and WoW are probably the most popular.

[silent]

Final Fantasy of course, I love them

[nejih94]

id ahve to go with mario too,it does hav the most sequals and has an awsome storyline*LOL*but it is pretty good,final fantasy comes in 2nd

[silent]

FF rules I've played every part

[Koopaking]

Tetris pwnz

[leerock89]

The most famous and well known video game ever?

PONG

Think about it. Even old people know this game.

lmao~!~! fantasic man!! i had forgotten about that game!!

[Corwin]

ya know Nejih, if I had to pick one w/ the most sequels I think it would more likely be considered something like Breakout or Tetris, so many clones/sequels of those too, but yeah pong rocked, I remember playing that on my Atari system, that and the old Indiana Jones game, and Snoopy and the Red Baron, that rocked

[nejih94]

ya,they do hav alot osf games,but i get bored with them fast

[Koopaking]

And of course Pac Man and Space Invaders are some the most well known arcade games!

[nejih94]

well wat about st-fighter,it seems pretty popular and was huge for arcade(also MK)

[Persha]

I'll agree that pong, tetris, and mario had a lot to do with the start of the gaming industry and are still very well known. I also think that Final Fantasy VII played a big part with the transition from 2D graphics to 3D.

[newbsrule]

for most famous? mario and pokemon but u gotta add in world of warcraft cause its awsome

[Crubion]

think ill have to go with mario for most famous. lol my best friends grandma plays mario hehehe its awesomel... and 2nd has to be FF

[dannx]

mario and zelda of course, along with tetris, gotta love it, and of course resident evil!!

[Gogo]

Pong, Tetris, Mario, Final Fantasy, Warcraft, Starcraft, and pretty much anything else from Blizzard, especially Diablo.

[Koopaking]

The Ball in a Cup was a pretty intense game as well, and everyone knows it. Wait, a video game...?

[RetroRob70]

your all completly forgetting about the sleeper game that we've all played and that most every one who owns a computer has SOLITAIRE! i mean how many times in a move have we seen someone sitting at a comp playing. solitiare gets my vot for most famous. and as for influential..... i know i dont speek for myself when i say that its helped me pass some really boring days at both school and work

[newbsrule]

pong ftw oyes i went there

[supersaiyu]

The Halo trilogy

[athrun0017]

Sorry but am a final fantasy fan.. Although i do have most of the zelda games.. for me it has to be rpgs'..

[jujutsu]

legend of zelda

[monsoon 10]

This:
http://museoretro.com.ar/famicom/nes-jpg/battletoads.jpg

[Sun Tzu]

Here's a blast from the past: X-com (UFO Defense for some of you). It was very popular when it came out, and defined an entire genre.

YES!!!!! =)

shame my copy doesnt work with windows XP :mad:

[leerock89]

ggoooooooo battle toads!!!!! and civ 3!!!!!!!!!!!! and dod, moh, cs, tf2(great game)

[Sun Tzu]

ggoooooooo battle toads!!!!! and civ 3!!!!!!!!!!!! and dod, moh, cs, tf2(great game)

Civ 3 was decent, Alpha Centauri was better. Not quite of the Civ series but made by some of the same people.

[xantok]

i would hve to say mario and packman are the most well known... everyone knows who they are

[Shigami]

How about Diablo from blizzard and hmm,Pacman..anyone? :P

[kakashizzz]

mostl final fantasy and zelda

[shiv]

I think the most famous game would be C.Strike...its so damm stupid,and it has no sense!
I think its the most stupid game ever invented!! + destroyed thousands of inocent mids!
(i hope u all know that children realy aplied what they saw in c.strike and masacred their parents and friends!

[Itachi]

The best video game of all time has to be FFVII, Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2, Xenosaga 1 2 and 3, .hack//GU Halo 1 2 and 3, Mass Effect, Smash bros Brawl, and I know its not out yet but too human is gonna be ASWOME!!!!! lol

[shiv]

AION-tower of eternity will be realesed at the end of the year,i'm prety sure it will become greater then wow and lineage,cause they almost perfectly combine the 2 games!

[Felix42]

Clearly the most famous computergame ever, is either Pacman og ping pong. Pacman even had his own tv-show (and cereals)...
How do you make a tv-show with a cheesewheel as the main character i have no idea. I have never actually seen it.

[analogZero]

I personally wouldn't vote it, cuz I didn't play it, but I can always remember how many people I knew went nuts for grand turismo. I guess it was a turning point racing game. though personally mario kart 64 was my turning point racing game. and on the 64 note, golden eye.
aside from that, gotta give pivotal props to pong, space invaders, pac man, tetris, mario bros 3, zelda, doom, nba jam, street fighter, mortal kombat, star fox, ff vii (if I had to pick one), resident evil, tony hawk proskater (sorry, I skateboard, and it was nuts when me and my friends got to play it for the first time on the demo disc), GTA III, halo, and probably some others.
did anybody ever see that movie with fred savage they used to hype mario bros. 3? I remember seeing it and being totally stoked on that game and waiting to get my hands on a copy of it. don't remember what it's called. had some mute kid in it that was super good at video games. bah.

[arcose]

I Say Its Doom With Every New Doom Game They Reles The Chang The Face Of Gameing World Over

[Ryuuzaki]

I'd say WoW mostly cause they have 90 million+ members but also the GTA games and Halo games are pretty popular

[jinders]

hmm...most interesting...
i'll agree that most of the games mentioned are really good and classic...(not a console gamer myself, so i can't vouch for any of the console ones)
has anyone mentioned StarCraft yet? i personally think that it's perhaps one of THE most popular games of all times....was, anyway LOL. i'll always remember it as the game that launched an entire generation into LAN gaming....

[Shigami]

I'd say WoW mostly cause they have 90 million+ members but also the GTA games and Halo games are pretty popular


It's pretty old comment but oh well..

+90 million? looool

Get your facts right,it's 10 million

[spike81x]

FF7 was probably very pivotal for me

[sousuke]

yea ff7 is a very known game world wide

[Ino]

It's Metal Gear Solid or Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

[Bishop]

the mario series of course!

[totoro16]

I think that the ultimate strategy game for PC was Civilization. It has been followed by Three excellent sequels and the Civilization 2 remains very much a playable version.
I would put Heroes of Might and Magic 3 quite close. I'm not sure that the 4th version lived up to the hype, but some gamers I've talked to say that Heroes 5 has returned to the excellence of Heroes 3.
for action/role playing games I would go for another oldie: Diablo II Lord of Destruction. That's one of the few games upgraded by Apple to work on OS X. That alone implies a real longevity factor.
Would Sims count as a game? It is after all a simulation! If one counts it it is surely as famous as any of those mentioned above!
When it comes to handhelds, i think that Nintendo Gameboy and DS titles are the ones which dominate. I suppose Mario or Zelda have to be the most famous. It's hard to know which though. My own favourite--but probably not in the league of those two would be the Advance Wars series.

[fullmetal]

crisis core or ssbb

[Maydraie]

Halo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

[RavynMK]

I would say Zelda and Final Fantasy VII... both were very successful... both games while appearing hard are actually very easy to play... not that I play them... I just watch and strategise.. there are a lot of other reasons as well but my eyes hurt to much for me to continue typing.

[Rincewind]

What does everyone think is the most famous video game(s). Make sure when u decide, you consider what the games did to change the gaming world.

For me its Super Mario Brothers 2&3 two of the earliest and best side scroll games and Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Brothers best rpg of its time and Starfox for N64, Final Fantasy 7 which is the most pivotal game ever, Diablo Warcraft CS, and finally Halo.
On a sidenote i might add pokemon for gameboy only cause so many people played it me included.

Need say No more! Im speachless, you stole my words by the letter Lee !!

[Blooddrunk]

Final Fantasy VII, Counter-Strike and Diablo

[ForeverSin]

Pacman maybe?

[Elegroth]

The most famous Video Game is of course Pong!

[Dark Turbo]

It would be PONG! it was first Video Game Ever Released, who could beat that?

[monsoon 10]

It would be PONG! it was first Video Game Ever Released, who could beat that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwaqZfjIY

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Odysseye2m.png

[Silverleon]

What about the Metal Gear Solid or the Devil May cry series

[analogZero]

I forgot about where in the world is carmen sandiego.

[leerock89]

Pac Man and Asteroids.

[gravion17]

Madden Football: The day it comes out each year has become a Religious Holiday...with NCAA Football being a VERY close 2nd!

[Bishop]

i wouldnt spend so much money just to get the same game with minor updates, asmuch as i like the Madden/ncaa games

[sousuke]

id spend alot if the remade ff7 for ps3

[Fam1st]

i agree with souske i would giv my rite foot 4 a ff7 remade on the p3

[Elegroth]

I wouldn't give a body part for it, but I would defiantly pay $100 for a PS3 Remake.

[illuma]

I think i posted that mentioning that, i'm not too sure but i read it somewhere. I also would spend a lot of money if they remade that game. Personally though I think they should remake all of em. Id give an arm for that to happen.

[sousuke]

they made a ff7 remake on ps3 ONLY in JAPAN

[shadowmaks]

I would have to say Chrono Cross. I never really played it but I've seen my cousin play it and well he let me play but it was busted and could only play the first dungen and then it would freeze. It was also one of very few games that got a perfect 10/10 rating. That means everyone that ever rated it gave a 10/10.

[Shigami]

I would have to say Chrono Cross. I never really played it but I've seen my cousin play it and well he let me play but it was busted and could only play the first dungen and then it would freeze. It was also one of very few games that got a perfect 10/10 rating. That means everyone that ever rated it gave a 10/10.


Dont know that game .. but half life 2 had a higher score.

[shadowmaks]

Dont know that game .. but half life 2 had a higher score.

Who does something get higher than a perfect?

[sousuke]

there is only 1 game that got a 10/10 from EVERY critic an its zelda ocarnia of time, gta4 came CLOSE but thats about it

[AIDA]

its halo end of discussion i dont care who says watever its halo.

[sousuke]

halo aint got nothing on ff7

[scotsman]

I think FF9 has a better story than FF7. I still don't see what motivated Sephiroth to do what he did. but the best video games is just to hard to decide. there's to many things to take into account since games are generally aimed for a specific market you would need one that every one would enjoy. but it's most famous so I'm going with pong

[fullmetal]

super smash bros brawl

[Kenshy]

The most famous video game is either Street Fighter or Super Mario Bros. C'mon, even your parents will have heard of them!

[LoKiWorlD]

The famous title Final Fantasy puts all others to shame.

[quietchat]

Which one?

[Dolly]

Half-Life and Everquest.

[Mugen]

Sonic, Halo, Half Life and GTA.

[Stray_Wolf]

Screw you guys. THE best ansd most famous game is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

[atomsk]

gta 3
think if you could even get your hands on a good 3d game. then you get one and you can go anywhere in the game. kill anyone. do any hooker. kill friggin cops. i knew about gta3 before i knew about any classics.
next id have to say Mario
u know why
Zelda ocarina of time:
well firkin duh not only has everyone heard of this game. its practicly the only game you would pick if you could play any game in the world before you died.

<i love how spell check has Zelda and Mario in it

[Anime_Dude]

the best game ever is tetris,thats it no other game can match it^^

[alsharid]

Super Mario 64 and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

[wi_sam]

mario , pacman , tetris .

ff and now gta . i have to say resident evil is too .......

they are even famous here in the middle east ... lol ..espclly GTA ,oh and the disgusting counter strike .uuuck

[Mugen]

Counter Strike is awesome, how could I forget it!? I sucked at it, though. I'm not good at mouse + keyboard.

[AnbuItachi]

chrono trigger do i need to say more?!!

[suigintou]

I'm pretty sure that titles like Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Pong, and Pac-Man are always going to be the most famous games.

[am0184]

Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time was the first game to get a 10 out of 10 and it was amazing

[Sanehouse]

One of the top most famous video games, without a doubt, is Final Fantasy VII. I usually hear nothing about anything but Final Fantasy VII. Gets on my nerves after a while.

[Itachi]

hmm I would have to say Mario Brothers, FFVII, and halo are the top 3

[partyprobe]

There is no game that is the most poplular. it is a tie between alot of the oldies.

[conigwolf]

Final Fantasy Series

[Vakarak]

The Castlevania series. That series is just pure magic and putting aside the terrible graphics the gameplay systems were unlike anything seen before or will ever be seen again, they actually give you a reason to kill hordes of enemy monsters and the real thing that I like about it the most is that the gameplay systems change dramatically for the next game title.

[bluedragon]

i think Zelda was a famous game even today and also metroid i remember those games

[conigwolf]

It's the final fantasy series

[aa32wa]

Final Fantasy series and Streetfighter 2...

But I think you can't beat the classics like Super Mario Bros and Donkey Kong... they've been around for years so would be up there in term of being the most famous.

[InFaMY]

I Agree cant beat the classics Pac Man Pong Super Mario Bros Donkey Kong Dig Dug Galaga all those sweet Atari and Coin-Op games but with the new gen as much as i hate to say it the new icon that every one can look at and know exaccly who it is now adays is Master Cheif so Halo is winning the New wave now adays When halo came out for Orginal X-Box it took the gameing industruy by storm no one ever seen a game like that before it was very innovative and its become a juggernuat series now Final Fantasy is a good one but thats been around for awhile and personally i think its lost abit of its flavor but then again i never really was big into FF the only one i really love in FF8 and most people hate that one Kingdom Hearts was a Huge score for Square and Disney becuase Disney never really had a profitable game nor did they have a appeal to a 14 to 19 audiance when your that age you have no intrest in disney thats why disneys smartest move was for the rights of their chars to be made for kingdom hearts and that is one of Squares Best selling Franchises and highly anticapted how many people cant wait for KH3 (witch screen shots are out there people its being made for Ps3 sadly) This brings me up to Talking about corpoations doing good movies Square Micorsoft picking up the halo rights to talking about Bad choices Nintendo used to be the most dominating company in the gameing industry now they are struggleing my opinion game cube witch failed and the wii i personally hate the wii and i know alot of people who dont care for the wii as well i know several people who bought a wii and traded it in the wii was a great system idea in paper but the reality is its a terriable idea nobody wants to play FPS games moveing around and everything and that one game they came out with a banjo kazoie game maybe they advertised it that it was the first game you could play with your but cuase they head this slead like thing nobody wants that i know i wouldnt want to use my controler again if i had to use my arse to play it i much rather sit on my comppy chair and shoot locust or chainsaw them in a nice friendly game of horde So i know i just went on a little spree of rant there sorry but my point is games comes with fame in every genre and every time a new system or a new game engine comes out your gonna get a juggernuat game that will inspire a unfrogetable character so you cant put fame on games to many people know to many characters its in the eye of the beholder persay

[Ayabrea2]

I think the most famous game is Mario. Every mario that came out is extremely famous. Mario has been around forever and it is the most funniest game alove. From grown adults who played it since young to kids now so, this goes to mario.

[shadowmaks]

Well, this one is kinda in the new spot but, the whole Disgaea series is great. Truth is that it is one of the most indeph game I played, dispite it's lower than average graphics. It was because of this game, I started to play turn-by-turn strait games.