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tgra957 t1_j6omk40 wrote

This is a really nice list portraying the popular titles of the those years. Since the popular titles were typically the ones to "break the mold" in some way, it's a good way of also showing neat milestones in gaming.

I saw you mentioned in a few comments that your knowledge only goes so far. If you haven't looked into them, I've put a few things in a list below since you seem interested in this kind of stuff. I'm happy to give you a tldr or more dates to look up if you want but since you seem interested in the research and details, you might enjoy these reads.

  • 1940 Nim

  • 1958 Tennis for Two

  • 1983 Video Game Crash

  • 1985 Nintendo's R.O.B. and its affect on the game industry after the crash

  • 1992 Nintendo vs Sony

  • 1993 Mortal Kombat and Night Trap, ESBR

  • 1999 Sega Dreamcast and online play

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Masspoint OP t1_j6oofeh wrote

Thanks, I didn't really list them by popularity though, allthough some are because the sales were so high. For instance space invaders created a shortage of yen coins apparently. I didn't know that before I listed it because I researched a lot of the titles that I didn't know much about.

I encountered nim, because I was planning to start from the start but since I don't know a lot from the time before the eighties (and even the eighties I'm not that adept in) I thought the home release of pong was a good cut off.

Never heard of tennis for two, the video game crash I know (hence why I listed E.T.)

I've seen nintendo r.o.b but don't know much about it.

Nintendo vs sony I know a lot about (funny that how playstation became such a behemoth, it's basically nintendo's fault)

I know mortal kombat and a lot there is to know but I don't know night trap, I presume it's also a game that was instrumental in creating the esbr ratings.

I don't know the relation between sega dreamcast and online play, but you made me curious.

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