Via the latest edition of online games magazine The Escapist comes this tribute to the
games released between 1983 and 1993, the decade bookended by the fall of Atari on one end and the release of
Doom on the other.
The magazine names one game for each of these years as the most influential. Here they are in short format. Click the "read" link, below, for the list with the justification for the choices.
-
1983: M.U.L.E. (Electronic Arts)
-
1984: Archon (Electronic Arts)
-
1985: Super Mario Brothers (Nintendo)
-
1986: Tetris (AcademySoft)
-
1987: Legend of Zelda (Nintendo)
-
1988: King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (Sierra Entertainment)
-
1989: Populous (Electronic Arts) and SimCity (Maxis Software)
-
1990: Wing Commander (Origin Systems)
-
1991: Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (Origin Systems)
-
1992: Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (Virgin Games)
-
1993: Doom (id)
