More history
Nov 17th, 2007 by Ninja Dodo
I would be remiss if I didn’t also mention the IGDA’s efforts, notably the Digital Game Cannon, a list of ten landmark games forming the initial focus of gathering development history. Gamasutra meanwhile is providing a retrospective of these very games. Some are not my cup of tea – I have tried, really tried to enjoy DOOM – and others were a little before my time (Spacewar!), but I can certainly appreciate their significance historically. Within RTS I think I would’ve chosen Starcraft over Warcraft as the former was the more powerful game both in gameplay and narrative, but for overall impact as a series it’s a reasonable pick. I can only nod in agreement at the inclusion of Super Mario Bros 3 and Tetris.