There are dozens of ways that we could build our list of the most famous video games ever: whether it’s by popularity with audiences, by huge sales, by critically acclaimed, or by importance in the context of its time. We have decided to collect those that we consider deserve a special place in this compilation.
We know that videogames advance by leaps and bounds; They have come a long way since the first games to be released and it has also changed the way we view gamers. At first, those who played video games were social outcasts, confined to dark, damp cellars full of junk and equipped with an Atari 2600, where they honed their skills in rudimentary games like Pong, Frogger, Space Invaders or Quake. As time passed, young men and women who had been excluded from popular culture were gradually accepted into the fold.
Video games went from being an activity for the socially poorly adapted to being the dominant form of entertainment for many members of the current generation of adolescents and a new form of social openness. It has been shown how quickly the approach to pop culture can change with the arrival of a new medium with entirely new possibilities. Video games are the best example of this, which have even surpassed television.
Today, video games are a mainstay of modern popular culture and famous brands and characters are ubiquitous.
And that trends come and go. But in this medium, hardware changes and new games are emerging all the time and surpassing with each release. It is a very fluid environment, in constant evolution, as well as the breadth of experiences that are had within it.
Video games involve feelings, the way a video game can capture the imagination, regardless of genre, release date or canonical status, makes us keep great memories of our individual passions related to saving planets, facing skeletons alone, zombies and other spooky creatures, stomp goombas (impossible not to quote from Super Mario Bros) or just chat with vivid characters.
Without further ado, these are the best video games of all time:
