these were the years when the stars
aligned in the world of video games oh
they’re gonna have to glue you back
together inhale welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be counting down our top
picks for the 10 best years in videogame
history
for this list we’re looking at the years
that made a huge positive impact on the
gaming industry both in terms of
software and hardware peggle number 10
2011 an important transitory year for
gamers in 2011 the 7th generation of
gaming was winding down in order to keep
gamers from losing interest in the
systems that had been around for half a
decade developers took the game’s
content in new direction with titles
like Skyrim and portal 2 which were
among the best of the era I’ll start
getting everything else working while
you perform this first simple test which
involves deadly lasers it was also the
year of user-generated content with
LittleBigPlanet 2 continuing its
predecessors success and minecraft was
also given a complete release this year
taking sandbox gaming to new levels
finally portable gaming was given a new
dimension with the release of the
Nintendo 3ds StreetPass is our name for
enhanced automatic local area connection
between Nintendo 3ds devices number 9
2004 thanks for the tank he never gets
me anything in 2004 Nintendo changed the
handheld market when they released the
original iteration of the DS with its
notable innovation making a touchscreen
on handheld systems mainstream 2004 was
perhaps one of the biggest years for PC
games when the revolutionary half-life 2
finally came out as well as the MMO
which still dominates the industry a
decade later World of Warcraft
of course home consoles also saw many
high-profile releases too including the
long awaited sequel halo 2 and the
infamously popular grand theft auto san
andreas get in the car
ease up man hey number eight 1980 video
games were just beginning to come into
their own in the early 80s slowly
turning from a fad
to a full-blown industry iconic arcade
hits from the prior decade including
space invaders arrived on the early home
console the Atari 2600
Safin there’s little devils from outer
space it’s fun at the same time many of
what are referred to today as retro
classics appeared in the arcades around
the world including popular titles like
pac-man Missile Command and centipede
game makers pushed the limits of the
technology and results were nothing
short of extraordinary number 7 1997
ninety-seven proved to be one of the
most diverse years ever in video gaming
the Nintendo 64 saw the release of
Goldeneye double-oh-seven
which brought first-person shooter
multiplayer to consoles as well as the
space epic Star Fox 64 you have pretty
crude flying Spock the PlayStation made
waves big time with the release of one
of the most beloved JRPGs of all time
Final Fantasy 7 Castlevania Symphony of
the night gave 2d gaming a new lease on
life by giving us the metroidvania genre
and on the PC two of the biggest
franchises today made their humble
debuts with the release of the original
Fallout and Grand Theft Auto number 6
2001 both Nintendo and Microsoft
released new home consoles this year
with the GameCube and Xbox respectively
both systems began producing legendary
games almost immediately like Gamecube
super smash brothers melee and Xboxes
Halo Rockstar completely changed the
gaming scene with the controversial and
revolutionary Grand Theft Auto 3 freeing
the sandbox genre to the mainstream go
and introduce a bat to his face then
take his car respray it
I want compensation fetes and health
2001 is also notably the worst for old
Sega fans as it was the year that the
Dreamcast was officially discontinued
and Sega left the console market for
good
number five 1996 the arrival of the n64
along with the still new playstation
made 1996 the year where blocky looking
3d games really began to have a
noticeable impact on the industry with
titles like super mario 64 on the n64
and tomb raider on the playstation in
this period of change classic 2d games
like Donkey Kong Country 3 still
frequently appeared survival horror hit
the mainstream with Resident Evil and a
number of amazing shooters were released
on the PC and our case notably with the
return of duke nukem and the arrival of
Metal Slug number 4 2013 2013 was a
massive year for great games on all
fronts The Last of Us gave us genuine
thrills and emotionally hard-hitting
moments this is not us do you know about
us about me BioShock Infinite helped the
series soar to new heights Grand Theft
Auto 5 became one of the fastest selling
games of all time and Assassin’s Creed 4
Black Flag made pirate school again
the 3ds also had a stellar year with the
likes of Fire Emblem awakening and Zelda
a link between worlds highlighting the
tip of a fantastic lineup and most
importantly this year saw the ps4 and
Xbox one released within a week of each
other
joining the Wii U to kick off the eighth
generation of gaming number three 2007
you are now in possession of the
Aperture Science handheld portal device
much of the modern landscape of video
games can trace their roots back to this
stellar year with a huge number of major
franchises beginning such as Bioshock
uncharted Sasson screed and Mass Effect
they are a to Sony I presume it was also
a banner year for shooters with the
conclusion of the original Halo trilogy
and call of duty 4 modern warfare
changing the gaming landscape as we know
it valve also released the orange box
which featured the iconic portal and
Team Fortress 2 and Nintendo reinvented
the platforming genre again with Super
Mario Galaxy
number two 1985 simply but 1985 was the
year that saved video games just two
years earlier the industry had crashed
due to an oversaturation of less than
amazing titles but a large number of now
iconic games like Super Mario Brothers
brought the industry back from the brink
in 85 it was also a banner year for both
PC games and hardware with the release
of the NES and a huge number of
well-made games that came out for both
consoles and home computers before we
reveal our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
yeah
number one 1998 excellent snake age
hasn’t slowed you down one bit
everything seemed to go right for gamers
in 1998 with almost every major company
releasing a slew of iconic and
influential games that still hold up
today where to start we’ve got the
action-adventure defining Legend of
Zelda Ocarina of Time the stealth action
defining Metal Gear Solid the first
person shooter defining half-life and
the real-time strategy defining
Starcraft forces orgasm then there’s
pokémon red and blue which started a
cultural phenomenon and we could
probably fit Spyro and Mario Party in
there while we’re at it most importantly
all of these were the titles that proved
that video games were a true modern-day
entertainment alternative to films and
television one that wasn’t going
anywhere for a while
do you agree with our list sarcasm
self-test complete which years do you
think revolutionize game know what’s up
for more in throwing top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
aligned in the world of video games oh
they’re gonna have to glue you back
together inhale welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be counting down our top
picks for the 10 best years in videogame
history
for this list we’re looking at the years
that made a huge positive impact on the
gaming industry both in terms of
software and hardware peggle number 10
2011 an important transitory year for
gamers in 2011 the 7th generation of
gaming was winding down in order to keep
gamers from losing interest in the
systems that had been around for half a
decade developers took the game’s
content in new direction with titles
like Skyrim and portal 2 which were
among the best of the era I’ll start
getting everything else working while
you perform this first simple test which
involves deadly lasers it was also the
year of user-generated content with
LittleBigPlanet 2 continuing its
predecessors success and minecraft was
also given a complete release this year
taking sandbox gaming to new levels
finally portable gaming was given a new
dimension with the release of the
Nintendo 3ds StreetPass is our name for
enhanced automatic local area connection
between Nintendo 3ds devices number 9
2004 thanks for the tank he never gets
me anything in 2004 Nintendo changed the
handheld market when they released the
original iteration of the DS with its
notable innovation making a touchscreen
on handheld systems mainstream 2004 was
perhaps one of the biggest years for PC
games when the revolutionary half-life 2
finally came out as well as the MMO
which still dominates the industry a
decade later World of Warcraft
of course home consoles also saw many
high-profile releases too including the
long awaited sequel halo 2 and the
infamously popular grand theft auto san
andreas get in the car
ease up man hey number eight 1980 video
games were just beginning to come into
their own in the early 80s slowly
turning from a fad
to a full-blown industry iconic arcade
hits from the prior decade including
space invaders arrived on the early home
console the Atari 2600
Safin there’s little devils from outer
space it’s fun at the same time many of
what are referred to today as retro
classics appeared in the arcades around
the world including popular titles like
pac-man Missile Command and centipede
game makers pushed the limits of the
technology and results were nothing
short of extraordinary number 7 1997
ninety-seven proved to be one of the
most diverse years ever in video gaming
the Nintendo 64 saw the release of
Goldeneye double-oh-seven
which brought first-person shooter
multiplayer to consoles as well as the
space epic Star Fox 64 you have pretty
crude flying Spock the PlayStation made
waves big time with the release of one
of the most beloved JRPGs of all time
Final Fantasy 7 Castlevania Symphony of
the night gave 2d gaming a new lease on
life by giving us the metroidvania genre
and on the PC two of the biggest
franchises today made their humble
debuts with the release of the original
Fallout and Grand Theft Auto number 6
2001 both Nintendo and Microsoft
released new home consoles this year
with the GameCube and Xbox respectively
both systems began producing legendary
games almost immediately like Gamecube
super smash brothers melee and Xboxes
Halo Rockstar completely changed the
gaming scene with the controversial and
revolutionary Grand Theft Auto 3 freeing
the sandbox genre to the mainstream go
and introduce a bat to his face then
take his car respray it
I want compensation fetes and health
2001 is also notably the worst for old
Sega fans as it was the year that the
Dreamcast was officially discontinued
and Sega left the console market for
good
number five 1996 the arrival of the n64
along with the still new playstation
made 1996 the year where blocky looking
3d games really began to have a
noticeable impact on the industry with
titles like super mario 64 on the n64
and tomb raider on the playstation in
this period of change classic 2d games
like Donkey Kong Country 3 still
frequently appeared survival horror hit
the mainstream with Resident Evil and a
number of amazing shooters were released
on the PC and our case notably with the
return of duke nukem and the arrival of
Metal Slug number 4 2013 2013 was a
massive year for great games on all
fronts The Last of Us gave us genuine
thrills and emotionally hard-hitting
moments this is not us do you know about
us about me BioShock Infinite helped the
series soar to new heights Grand Theft
Auto 5 became one of the fastest selling
games of all time and Assassin’s Creed 4
Black Flag made pirate school again
the 3ds also had a stellar year with the
likes of Fire Emblem awakening and Zelda
a link between worlds highlighting the
tip of a fantastic lineup and most
importantly this year saw the ps4 and
Xbox one released within a week of each
other
joining the Wii U to kick off the eighth
generation of gaming number three 2007
you are now in possession of the
Aperture Science handheld portal device
much of the modern landscape of video
games can trace their roots back to this
stellar year with a huge number of major
franchises beginning such as Bioshock
uncharted Sasson screed and Mass Effect
they are a to Sony I presume it was also
a banner year for shooters with the
conclusion of the original Halo trilogy
and call of duty 4 modern warfare
changing the gaming landscape as we know
it valve also released the orange box
which featured the iconic portal and
Team Fortress 2 and Nintendo reinvented
the platforming genre again with Super
Mario Galaxy
number two 1985 simply but 1985 was the
year that saved video games just two
years earlier the industry had crashed
due to an oversaturation of less than
amazing titles but a large number of now
iconic games like Super Mario Brothers
brought the industry back from the brink
in 85 it was also a banner year for both
PC games and hardware with the release
of the NES and a huge number of
well-made games that came out for both
consoles and home computers before we
reveal our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
yeah
number one 1998 excellent snake age
hasn’t slowed you down one bit
everything seemed to go right for gamers
in 1998 with almost every major company
releasing a slew of iconic and
influential games that still hold up
today where to start we’ve got the
action-adventure defining Legend of
Zelda Ocarina of Time the stealth action
defining Metal Gear Solid the first
person shooter defining half-life and
the real-time strategy defining
Starcraft forces orgasm then there’s
pokémon red and blue which started a
cultural phenomenon and we could
probably fit Spyro and Mario Party in
there while we’re at it most importantly
all of these were the titles that proved
that video games were a true modern-day
entertainment alternative to films and
television one that wasn’t going
anywhere for a while
do you agree with our list sarcasm
self-test complete which years do you
think revolutionize game know what’s up
for more in throwing top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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