• Zanmato@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Devil May Cry, definitely! Something that begun as one of many RE4’s demos, ended up as an inspiration for other series, such as Bayonetta!

    Dark Souls: it proved that gamers are still craving challenge and created its own genre as well.

    Metroid & Castlevania: without them, we wouldn’t have one of the greatest genres of all time!

    Onimusha: my favourite one. It’s a living proof that hope dies last. We’ll get another entry after 20 years! (Dawn of Dreams was released on 2006)

  • pH3ra@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    If I had to identify a game that radically changed the public perception of videogames, that would probably be The Legend of Zelda.
    It was one of the earliest examples of modern gaming, changing the game design from an “arcade” standard to something that was more suited for home consoles.

    • comfy@lemmy.ml
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      6 days ago

      There are also game archives, which aren’t curated as a museum typically is but I think it’s worth considering the Flashpoint Archive for web games to be somewhere in-between. I unlocked one of the games which I believe ended up in there.

  • arsCynic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age. It’s the Lord of the Rings equivalent of RPGs.

    ✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

  • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    All of Metal Gear Solid.

    The story of the whole series spans decades and decades, and even watching a video laying out an abridged version of that story takes like 6 hours to watch.

    Something as long running as that and with lore that goes that deep should definitely be preserved at all costs.

  • comfy@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    Just to avoid repeating the other suggestions here, Pathologic, less for historical significance or enjoyability and more for artistic significance for the time it was created. (note: I have not played it and probably never will)

    Crash Bandicoot (the game) for technical achievements.

    And I’m just going to mention Marble Marcher (play the community edition), a game with fractal-based physics (as opposed to basically every game ever).

  • realitista@lemmus.orgEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Another World

    Half Life

    Bioshock

    Elder Scrolls Oblivion

    Dragons Age Origins

    Baldurs Gate 3

  • pineapple@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Halo or doom or half life. All of these games pioneered different game styles in the fps medium.

  • Zerush@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    Pong, it was the first Videogame ever, also Pacman and Space Invaders as the base of almost all other games (Shooter, RPG, Racing games, Flight simulators, etc). Tetrix, the Snake game, inspiration of the Tron movie. These certainly belongs in a Museum of gaming history…