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The Ten Greatest Years in Gaming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-i-was-seventeen-i-played-a-very-good-game dept.

Ground Glass writes "Next Generation has posted an abbreviated version of gaming's history by only chronicling the high points - the ten best years in the history of the medium. While it doesn't cover 1998 (and therefore forgets the birthdays of Half-Life, Starcraft, and Zelda: Ocarina of Time), most of the memorable moments are there. What was your best year for gaming?"

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  1. Re:Link dead already by Robmonster · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.mirrordot.com/stories/222733443c847e741 a8f3b197b4aa059/index.html

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  2. Slashdotted, here's a full mirror by bcat24 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wow, that was quick! Anyway, here's a full mirror of the one-page printable version.

  3. Re:Civ I and II by Ubergrendle · · Score: 4, Informative

    The early 1990s were clearly the best for innovation and gaming, on ALL platforms -- but particularly the PC.

    SimCity. Civilization I and II. Masters of Orion. Panzer General. X-Com. Wing Commander, Ultima 6 & 7. Doom. Tie Fighter. Dune 2. Warcraft. Not only were these games are very playable, but they defined genres unto themselves. The height of creativity.

    Most games today are incremental improvements upon those original gems. I am disappointed with the lack of solid turn-based games in recent years (Advance Wars on the DS notwithstanding), but most of the rest of those genres are doing well -- FPSes, RTSes, first person RPGs, etc.

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