People always misinterpret "Best game" for "My favourite game"
I was a coin-op junkie as a kid, I like this topic
That Guy said:
as for the best game, this is a no contest.
Street Fighter 2 - The World Warrior (the normal one) is and will always be number one.
Yep, reading the first page I was saying how can this be disputed.
Without doubt the number 1 arcade game of all time.
Other good ones include
Arcade:
Bad Dudes vs Dragoninja (this kicks arse)
This was actually average in sales. I liked it. Mortal Combat has it's measure by a long way.
Niche market game only
This is probably number 2 of all time.
Other mentions.
Afterburner.
Pacman.
I'll add PC games too
Only just went a step further from GTA 1, with the influence Driver trieds to rush.
A big one in so far as mood, atmospehere and story telling. This is the precursor to a lot of good games to come.
These games are a dime a dozen, and have never set the world on fire, or no one game has defined it's genre and crossed over genres.
Need for Speed probably started it for car games. Though this probably goes back to C64/PC game of Test Drive, which had a series of immensely popular games.
plus others I cant think of right now
Maybe not sales, but setting a genre is Doom.
Castle wolfenstein was the first decent 1st player shooter, but id software made the impact with Doom.
Virtually every big game now...
Counterstrike, Rainbow Six, Call of Duty, what will be brothers in Arms, etc... owes something to the legacy doom created.
Warcraft (1) - I really can't think of live-time multiple units game before this one. Probably was, but this made the impact. It's successor in Warcraft 2 was bigger, and paved the way for C&C's, Star Craft, WC III, etc.
Sid Meier's (BIG) Games: Civilisation and Sim City
