NatGeo's "The Evolution of Video Games" The 80's: The Decade that Made US

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Player2 said:

kain_kusanagi said:

I love that Halo is on the list, but it seems strange that Doom didn't make it. It also seems odd that Sonic is nowhere to be found.

Yeah, it's weird, the criteria isn't constant. They start with games that pioneered things (Pong, Pac-Man, Mario), then in the 90's they switch to games that become popular, like Starcraft.

And not a single racing game, not even Pole Position...

I doubt they used any scientific method when making the timeline. It looks to me like a short list of the biggest things that have had a lasting effect on the industry as a whole. The lack of racing games probably doens't mean anything other than the timeline is too small to list everything.