The 25 Smartest Moments in Gaming

gorgon_123 writes "GameSpy has been running a feature on the 25 Smartest Moments in Gaming. The feature has been in progress all week, and comes exactly one month after another special series, the 25 Dumbest Moments in Gaming." This set of accomplishments are shrewdly divided into 'Smart Move!' ("This is your standard issue smart business decision."), 'Good Prediction' ("Someone had a vision."), and 'Blind Luck!' ("Somebody was in the right place at the right time and did something that just clicked.") Quake's multiplayer innovations, the Playstation, and, of course, Nolan Bushnell and Pong make the Top 5, but what's missing from this list, and why?

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Some missed items

[jvmatthe]

1) Joseph Syzlaki invents the joystick in 1974. Never files patent, commits suicide after visiting a video game arcade in early 1980s.
2) An engineer at Xerox PARC realizes that a 3D graph on his monitor looks like a pair of pyramidal breasts, leave position to form Core and make Tomb Raider.
3) Microsoft puts Freecell and Solitaire into Windows 98 instead of XBill.

RPG

[Stargoat]

They left out the first RPGs. What about the first time characters improved as the game progressed? Or the first game you could save a game? When was the first time stats were used in a game? What about the first time an influencable plot was added to a game?