no matter where you go you’ll always be
able to find the effects of these games
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
video games that became cultural
phenomenon good to see you Master Chief
things aren’t going well for this list
we’re looking at the games that went on
to define gaming as a whole transcend
the medium they came from and became
blockbuster successes in all forms of
pop culture number 10 halo goes from
their spine and toss them away laughing
am i right Marines damn right I am in
November 2001 everyone was skeptical
about whether or not the new kid on the
block Microsoft would be able to
successfully enter the console ring with
the Xbox then everyone got to toss a
sticky grenade in halo and the rest is
history
not only did Bungie sci-fi shooter
single-handedly make the Xbox it quickly
acquired a rabid fan base of its own
due to its story driven campaign and
robust multiplayer which brought the
world of land to gaming consoles also
teabagging
almost overnight halo erupted into a
multimedia franchise to rival its
inspirations spanning 11 main games and
spin-offs as well as companion novels
like the fall of reach and movies like
Forward Unto Dawn it also provided the
inspiration for the machinima sensation
red vs. blue have to ask you to explain
shit number 9 Angry Birds
there were some mobile games before this
one but none that smashed into the world
with such power Finnish developer Rovio
released their avian based puzzle game
for the iOS in the waning days of 2009
resulting in a series that reached 13
games by 2016 the addictive easy to pick
up gameplay is the obvious reason for
the success as well as Rovio putting the
birds into existing worlds like Star
Wars and transformers the ubiquity of
the game made it easy for it to seep
into popular culture resulting in toys
theme parks in Finland and Malaysia and
a highly successful movie released in
2016 fun fact former British Prime
Minister David Cameron is a huge fan and
Angry Birds is also the way he refers to
female brexit supporters okay only half
of that is true number 8 minecraft if
your game sells a million copies while
it’s still in beta you know you probably
got something pretty big on your hands
at least in full in 2011 by Swedish
developer Mojang the effect that this
blocky building game has had on the
world is nothing short of staggering the
game’s infinite possibilities for
crafting and building powered a massive
mod community as well as a seemingly
endless amount of Let’s Plays and even
its own convention minecon to show off
everyone’s creations there’s not
actually fire we’re not allowed to have
it for real so just feel the warmth of
us perhaps most remarkably players have
even used the game’s environments to
craft their own stories resulting in
several series of books and a spin-off
game with a story mode come on everyone
come on don’t get greedy just I want to
know what happened for curiosity’s sake
number seven
Tetris sure the end of the Cold War was
pretty neat but the most important thing
to come out of Russia in the 1980s was
this legendary puzzle game created by
Soviet programmer Alexey Passion off
Tetris was the first game to be exported
from the USSR to the u.s. first
appearing on home computers then
Nintendo got their hands on it and
bundled a portable version with the
original Gameboy in 1989 that version
sold over 35 million copies and turns
the tetromino based puzzler into an
unprecedented phenomenon since then
versions of the game have appeared on
every electronic device known to man
from the NES to the Xbox one to mobile
phones and calculators making it the
most ported game of all time and for
good reason number 6 Tomb Raider
while it was a success right out of the
gate Sony’s PlayStation didn’t really
have a truly iconic franchise to rival
its competitors but in October 1996 I
dose and core design unleashed
archaeologist Lara Croft onto the world
creating a game and a cultural icon the
first Tomb Raider was one of the most
popular games on the ps1 selling over 7
million copies and starting a franchise
that spawned 11 main games and several
handheld and spin-off games more than
that Lara became one of the most
legendary characters on the planet due
to her him iconic design and providing a
strong role for females and gaming later
on she’s been brought to life by tons of
cosplayers and most notably Angelina
Jolie in two live-action movies with
Alicia vikander set to take over the
title of Tomb Raider in 2018 I’m sorry
it would have been welcoming number five
Call of Duty
world war ii first-person shooters were
a dime a dozen in the early 2000s but it
was until 2007 s modern warfare that
Call of Duty became the phenomenon it is
today not only did it feature a
fast-paced set piece heavy campaign but
the online multiplayer was like nothing
gamers had ever experienced soon care
packages UAVs and RC x DS became part of
the gaming lexicon the series became
more and more popular with every
subsequent game with celebrity
appearances in marketing material and
releases rivaling that of even the
biggest Hollywood movies on top of it
all modern warfare 3 and blackops even
became two of the best-selling games of
all time kochenko’s convo can’t be fired
faster station number 4
Namco maze game wasn’t the first game to
become a bonafide blockbuster but it was
the first to transcend the medium in
ways no one had ever seen every aspect
of pac-man is iconic from the design of
its titular character to its ghostly
enemies to the audio pack became
gaming’s first superstar spawning a
series with 46 games including miss
pac-man and it was the most successful
American arcade game of all time he’s
also starting two animated series made
crossover appearances in other games
like Super Smash Brothers Mario Kart and
Street Fighter X Tekken and was the
first video game character to be
featured on non gaming merchandise and
of course he inspired the legendary
one-hit wonder by Buckner and Garcia
pac-man fever
number three World of Warcraft Blizzard
had already introduced gamers to the
world of Azeroth with his beloved
trilogy of RTS games but it was with
their venture into the world of MMORPGs
that Warcraft took over the world
I’m Chuck Norris and I approve this game
the game became an instant success
rendering other mmo’s basically
irrelevant for a number of years
reaching 12 million subscribers at its
peak in 2010 the game also really shows
no signs of stopping with six expansion
packs being released so far and a
continually dedicated player base
you may have also seen it featured on a
certain episode of South Park scene the
big-budget Hollywood movie or heard
about the battle cry of the unprepared
guilt see it with us now number two
Pokemon
it seems like Japan introduces a new
craze into society every other week but
there’s no debate that Pocket Monsters
has been the only one that truly stood
the test of time with red and green on
the Gameboy or a red and blue for those
in the West and it caught fire
instantaneously the popular trading card
game debuted alongside the video games
and the long-running anime followed the
next year which itself spawned 17 movies
a hundred and twenty-two games and
spin-offs have been released so far
spanning almost every genre from RPG to
puzzle to fighter pikachu was turned
into a parade balloon the characters
were plastered on the side of a plane
and everyone from Robot Chicken to South
Park have had their way with the
franchise twenty years after its release
this series shows no signs of slowing
down as evidenced by the release of
these super popular Pokemon go
before we unveil our topic here a few
honorable mentions number one super
mario brothers this is at the top
because without it there would be no
list
Nintendo’s perfect platformer became a
hit when gaming was on its last breath
and seemingly overnight it became the
face of video games even to this day
he’s back all you had to do was ask
Super Mario Brothers 3 mario has
appeared in over a hundred main games
and spin-offs along with his equally
iconic pals such as Luigi peach and
Yoshi more notably mario has transcended
gaming itself the plumber became so
ubiquitous that it might be easier to
list what he hasn’t been featured in
needless to say this list includes
literally tons of merchandise several
animated shows tons of fan tributes
parodies and he’s even had the Japanese
Prime Minister cosplay as him at the
Olympics what other streets has had that
claim to fame there the Mario Brothers
and so are their names Mario Mario and
Luigi Mario no it’s just Mario and Luigi
there are no last names so do you agree
with our list in the outside world I’m a
simple geologist but in here I am Falcon
defender of the Alliance what other
games do you think had the biggest
impact on pop culture for more
phenomenal top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you
able to find the effects of these games
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
video games that became cultural
phenomenon good to see you Master Chief
things aren’t going well for this list
we’re looking at the games that went on
to define gaming as a whole transcend
the medium they came from and became
blockbuster successes in all forms of
pop culture number 10 halo goes from
their spine and toss them away laughing
am i right Marines damn right I am in
November 2001 everyone was skeptical
about whether or not the new kid on the
block Microsoft would be able to
successfully enter the console ring with
the Xbox then everyone got to toss a
sticky grenade in halo and the rest is
history
not only did Bungie sci-fi shooter
single-handedly make the Xbox it quickly
acquired a rabid fan base of its own
due to its story driven campaign and
robust multiplayer which brought the
world of land to gaming consoles also
teabagging
almost overnight halo erupted into a
multimedia franchise to rival its
inspirations spanning 11 main games and
spin-offs as well as companion novels
like the fall of reach and movies like
Forward Unto Dawn it also provided the
inspiration for the machinima sensation
red vs. blue have to ask you to explain
shit number 9 Angry Birds
there were some mobile games before this
one but none that smashed into the world
with such power Finnish developer Rovio
released their avian based puzzle game
for the iOS in the waning days of 2009
resulting in a series that reached 13
games by 2016 the addictive easy to pick
up gameplay is the obvious reason for
the success as well as Rovio putting the
birds into existing worlds like Star
Wars and transformers the ubiquity of
the game made it easy for it to seep
into popular culture resulting in toys
theme parks in Finland and Malaysia and
a highly successful movie released in
2016 fun fact former British Prime
Minister David Cameron is a huge fan and
Angry Birds is also the way he refers to
female brexit supporters okay only half
of that is true number 8 minecraft if
your game sells a million copies while
it’s still in beta you know you probably
got something pretty big on your hands
at least in full in 2011 by Swedish
developer Mojang the effect that this
blocky building game has had on the
world is nothing short of staggering the
game’s infinite possibilities for
crafting and building powered a massive
mod community as well as a seemingly
endless amount of Let’s Plays and even
its own convention minecon to show off
everyone’s creations there’s not
actually fire we’re not allowed to have
it for real so just feel the warmth of
us perhaps most remarkably players have
even used the game’s environments to
craft their own stories resulting in
several series of books and a spin-off
game with a story mode come on everyone
come on don’t get greedy just I want to
know what happened for curiosity’s sake
number seven
Tetris sure the end of the Cold War was
pretty neat but the most important thing
to come out of Russia in the 1980s was
this legendary puzzle game created by
Soviet programmer Alexey Passion off
Tetris was the first game to be exported
from the USSR to the u.s. first
appearing on home computers then
Nintendo got their hands on it and
bundled a portable version with the
original Gameboy in 1989 that version
sold over 35 million copies and turns
the tetromino based puzzler into an
unprecedented phenomenon since then
versions of the game have appeared on
every electronic device known to man
from the NES to the Xbox one to mobile
phones and calculators making it the
most ported game of all time and for
good reason number 6 Tomb Raider
while it was a success right out of the
gate Sony’s PlayStation didn’t really
have a truly iconic franchise to rival
its competitors but in October 1996 I
dose and core design unleashed
archaeologist Lara Croft onto the world
creating a game and a cultural icon the
first Tomb Raider was one of the most
popular games on the ps1 selling over 7
million copies and starting a franchise
that spawned 11 main games and several
handheld and spin-off games more than
that Lara became one of the most
legendary characters on the planet due
to her him iconic design and providing a
strong role for females and gaming later
on she’s been brought to life by tons of
cosplayers and most notably Angelina
Jolie in two live-action movies with
Alicia vikander set to take over the
title of Tomb Raider in 2018 I’m sorry
it would have been welcoming number five
Call of Duty
world war ii first-person shooters were
a dime a dozen in the early 2000s but it
was until 2007 s modern warfare that
Call of Duty became the phenomenon it is
today not only did it feature a
fast-paced set piece heavy campaign but
the online multiplayer was like nothing
gamers had ever experienced soon care
packages UAVs and RC x DS became part of
the gaming lexicon the series became
more and more popular with every
subsequent game with celebrity
appearances in marketing material and
releases rivaling that of even the
biggest Hollywood movies on top of it
all modern warfare 3 and blackops even
became two of the best-selling games of
all time kochenko’s convo can’t be fired
faster station number 4
Namco maze game wasn’t the first game to
become a bonafide blockbuster but it was
the first to transcend the medium in
ways no one had ever seen every aspect
of pac-man is iconic from the design of
its titular character to its ghostly
enemies to the audio pack became
gaming’s first superstar spawning a
series with 46 games including miss
pac-man and it was the most successful
American arcade game of all time he’s
also starting two animated series made
crossover appearances in other games
like Super Smash Brothers Mario Kart and
Street Fighter X Tekken and was the
first video game character to be
featured on non gaming merchandise and
of course he inspired the legendary
one-hit wonder by Buckner and Garcia
pac-man fever
number three World of Warcraft Blizzard
had already introduced gamers to the
world of Azeroth with his beloved
trilogy of RTS games but it was with
their venture into the world of MMORPGs
that Warcraft took over the world
I’m Chuck Norris and I approve this game
the game became an instant success
rendering other mmo’s basically
irrelevant for a number of years
reaching 12 million subscribers at its
peak in 2010 the game also really shows
no signs of stopping with six expansion
packs being released so far and a
continually dedicated player base
you may have also seen it featured on a
certain episode of South Park scene the
big-budget Hollywood movie or heard
about the battle cry of the unprepared
guilt see it with us now number two
Pokemon
it seems like Japan introduces a new
craze into society every other week but
there’s no debate that Pocket Monsters
has been the only one that truly stood
the test of time with red and green on
the Gameboy or a red and blue for those
in the West and it caught fire
instantaneously the popular trading card
game debuted alongside the video games
and the long-running anime followed the
next year which itself spawned 17 movies
a hundred and twenty-two games and
spin-offs have been released so far
spanning almost every genre from RPG to
puzzle to fighter pikachu was turned
into a parade balloon the characters
were plastered on the side of a plane
and everyone from Robot Chicken to South
Park have had their way with the
franchise twenty years after its release
this series shows no signs of slowing
down as evidenced by the release of
these super popular Pokemon go
before we unveil our topic here a few
honorable mentions number one super
mario brothers this is at the top
because without it there would be no
list
Nintendo’s perfect platformer became a
hit when gaming was on its last breath
and seemingly overnight it became the
face of video games even to this day
he’s back all you had to do was ask
Super Mario Brothers 3 mario has
appeared in over a hundred main games
and spin-offs along with his equally
iconic pals such as Luigi peach and
Yoshi more notably mario has transcended
gaming itself the plumber became so
ubiquitous that it might be easier to
list what he hasn’t been featured in
needless to say this list includes
literally tons of merchandise several
animated shows tons of fan tributes
parodies and he’s even had the Japanese
Prime Minister cosplay as him at the
Olympics what other streets has had that
claim to fame there the Mario Brothers
and so are their names Mario Mario and
Luigi Mario no it’s just Mario and Luigi
there are no last names so do you agree
with our list in the outside world I’m a
simple geologist but in here I am Falcon
defender of the Alliance what other
games do you think had the biggest
impact on pop culture for more
phenomenal top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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