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Most influential games of all time, 1951-2014

Notes

  • Only up to one game per year from 1951 to 1970.
  • Only up to two games per year from 1971 to 2013.

Showing 1-10 of 94 items

Chess

1. Chess

1951, United Kingdom Ferranti Mark I, Manchester University

OXO

2. OXO

1952, United Kingdom EDSAC, University of Cambridge

Tennis for Two

3. Tennis for Two

1958, United States Oscilloscope, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Spacewar!

4. Spacewar!

1962 United States PDP-1, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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5. Hamurabi

1968, Canada PDP-8, DEC Canada

Duck Hunt

6. Duck Hunt

1969, Japan Arcade, Sega

Galaxy Game

7. Galaxy Game

1971, United States Arcade, Stanford University

Computer Space

8. Computer Space

1971, United States Arcade, Nutting Associates

Table Tennis

9. Table Tennis

1972, United States Magnavox Odyssey, Magnavox

Pong

10. Pong

1972, United States Arcade, Atari

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