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What's the Most Enduring Video Game of All Time?
SodaHead Slideshows
2011/02/11 20:00:00
SLIDESHOW: What's the Most Enduring Video Game?
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"Super Mario Bros."
We wasted hours with Mario and Luigi as a kid. Last year, the "Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition" was released, after the title spent two decades as the best-selling video game of all time.
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"Super Mario Bros."
We wasted hours with Mario and Luigi as a kid. Last year, the "Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition" was released, after the title spent two decades as the best-selling video game of all time.
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"Tetris"
The challenging puzzle game was released in 1984, and it's still going strong. Last year, it was announced that Tetris had sold more than 100 million copies for cell phones since 2005.
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"Pac-Man"
The 1980s arcade game is still popular today, and it's one of only three video games on display at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
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"World of Warcraft"
"World of Warcraft" was launched in 1994. Today, WoW is known as the world's most-subscribed MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game).
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"Call of Duty"
"Call of Duty: Black Ops" became the biggest entertainment launch of all time last year, making $650 million in its first five days. A freemium version is rumored to be coming soon.
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"Madden NFL"
As of last year, EA Sports had sold more than 85 million copies of the game, raking in sales of $3 billion.
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"Grand Theft Auto IV"
Despite being criticized for being too violent, "Grand Theft Auto" is still hugely popular, with "Grand Theft Auto IV" selling 17 million copies since its debut.
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"The Sims"
In 2002, the life-simulation game became the best-selling PC game in history.
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Bad news, "Guitar Hero" fans. Activision announced on Thursday that it will stop manufacturing the game that once gave you an excuse to pretend you were Slash.
"Guitar Hero" -- which originally was only available on Sony's PlayStation consoles -- became a big hit soon after its launch in 2005, earning a rockin' $1.7 billion in just three years, NPR reports.
Activision produced many versions of the game, including Metallica, Aerosmith and Van Halen. But sales peaked in 2008, and the fad appears to be fizzling out.
Meanwhile, "Rock Band" sales are also down, while "Call of Duty and" "World of Warcraft" are still raking in the dough -- implying, sadly, that music is out -- and war is in.
From "World of Warcraft" to "Super Mario Bros." to "Grand Theft Auto," click through our slideshow and let us know: What's the most enduring video game of all time?
"Guitar Hero" -- which originally was only available on Sony's PlayStation consoles -- became a big hit soon after its launch in 2005, earning a rockin' $1.7 billion in just three years, NPR reports.
Activision produced many versions of the game, including Metallica, Aerosmith and Van Halen. But sales peaked in 2008, and the fad appears to be fizzling out.
Meanwhile, "Rock Band" sales are also down, while "Call of Duty and" "World of Warcraft" are still raking in the dough -- implying, sadly, that music is out -- and war is in.
From "World of Warcraft" to "Super Mario Bros." to "Grand Theft Auto," click through our slideshow and let us know: What's the most enduring video game of all time?
Read More: http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/02/11/1336...
Top Opinion
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Lily247 2011/02/12 15:34:16"Super Mario Bros"
Super Mario Brothers, which as the slide show said, celebrated their 25th anniversary last year.
Final Fantasy, which will be celebrating its 25th next year, in 2012.
and
Zelda, which celebrates ITS 25th this year.
These three powerhouses have cranked out game after game across the years, to the point where most of my life has included them in some way, shape or form.
Others that still linger (but don't seem to be producing games as much, or aren't as popular) are Sonic (which turns 20 this year), Dragon Warrior/Quest (turns 25 this year, and is still cranking them out!), Mortal Kombat (which turns 20 next year), Castlevania (turns 25 this year)... I could go on for a while, honestly. But those top three still are high hitters in the gaming market, despite how old their franchise is.
A real classic ;-)
Atari is old school. Regular, plain old Nintendo is old school.
64 is 'middle-age' school. ;-)
The pinnacle of video games, right here
the game was like a interactive movie
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