Sebatianos: Hehe thanks for the compliment. The long post tells you how much of a gamer I am. =) And yeah Maniac Mansion is a classic game. Love that game. I was into text adventure's (Infocom/Scott Adam games) at the time so I didn't get to play it till long afterward. Lucas Art's SCUMM system is definitely influential.
Calamity: Last Express! I was just talking about this game to friend the other day. What an underrated game. While maybe not influential because most people didn't play it, the creator, Jordan Mechner, definitely is influential. I loved this guy's games, like original Prince of Persia series, Karateka, etc. If I can find the link, there is a very interesting article by Jordan Mechner on Last Express, on why it was so innovative, and his thoughts on despite that fact it was critically acclaimed why it didn't sell well. Another game, along with Autoduel and others that belong in the "It should have been influential and sold millions of copies category".
GraveDigger: Yeah most definitely Myst. I forget the figures but I once heard how many copies that game sold and it was a staggering amount. Definitely an influential game.
Ajax: yeah, next to Lucas Art's SCUMM adventure system, Sierra Online's point & click games (thier first AGI system) are the most influential. While Sierra had other seminal Adventure games before King's Quest (Mystery House was the 1st??), King's Quest is probably the game that made Sierra most famous at the time.
Fawfulhasfury: Yeah, whle I'd say Breakzone on the atari (or even pong) was a big hit and predates Arkanoid, definitely Arkanoid is still the most played and more influential now since more people still play it. I love that game.
Kon-Tiki: I remember my uncle bringing home the first console system I ever saw. I was so young, but I was mesmerized by playing Pong on the TV and I thought it ruled because it could play 5 different variations of Pong!. Wish my uncle still had that. Must be a collectors item now.
DonCorleone: Zelda is a classic. Shigeru Miyamoto, the Nintendo game creator is a genious. Hard to say though which is the most influential of console (not PC) rpgs. Zelda & Final Fantasy both have thier "influential-merits". Zelda pre-dates FF here in the US since, and I remember playing it on the original Nintendo long ago (although FF games did come out on the original nintendo as well). However it seems currently FF is the bigger franchise. I see an argument go either way.
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