misk@sopuli.xyz to GamesEnglish · 6 days agoThe BAFTAs dares to ask the internet: 'What is the most influential videogame of all time?'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkThe BAFTAs dares to ask the internet: 'What is the most influential videogame of all time?'www.pcgamer.commisk@sopuli.xyz to GamesEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThe question is influential though not iconic. Metroidvanias are popular. Contra doesn’t have a genre named for it
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI think the notion of a “git gud” game largely came from Contra. Yes, the genre didn’t last, but people crowding around the arcade machine translated to people making videos of themselves beating a hard game. It’s a different kind of connection.
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoGit Gud started with Donkey Kong. Younger gamers have no idea how hard some of the coin driven games were
The question is influential though not iconic. Metroidvanias are popular. Contra doesn’t have a genre named for it
I think the notion of a “git gud” game largely came from Contra. Yes, the genre didn’t last, but people crowding around the arcade machine translated to people making videos of themselves beating a hard game.
It’s a different kind of connection.
Git Gud started with Donkey Kong. Younger gamers have no idea how hard some of the coin driven games were