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By: GameSpot Staff Designed By: Collin Oguro The year 2000 has been punctuated by numerous attempts to examine history on a sweeping scale and to assess our civilization's progress, its meaning, and its future in the new millennium. Pessimists and optimists alike have paused to reflect on the last thousand years and to even predict the next thousand. And the old millenarianism still lingered in our consciousness: As 2000 approached, notions of the end of history, the year 2000 bug, and the fear of natural disasters preoccupied our thoughts. The sky didn't fall. We at GameSpot waited for the worries to dissipate and thought it was time to do our own examination of past years and to recognize the computer games that have made a lasting contribution to computer gaming. Thus, we debated over the history of games to determine the 15 most influential games of all time. Not only did these games introduce innovative features and extraordinary gameplay that later became conventions, but they also serve as models to other developers who seek to emulate and even outdo them. Last, these games were popular commercial successes and as such, they remain hallmarks of this fledgling industry.
But why 15 games, you ask? It seems like a rather arbitrary number, but we really didn't plan on a specific limit. However, in our process of determining which games were the most influential, some games stood out so much more prominently than others. So we decided to focus on the most important ones, which came to 15, and to include the ten others that deserved to be runners-up. We think that these 25 entries represent the most influential games of all time, and perhaps you'll agree with us.
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