After a whirlwind of edits and a presentation to Namco that legitimized the entire project, Ms. So eager, in fact, that they ultimately gave up on waiting and embraced an American team’s conversion kit that transformed existing Pac-Man cabinets into an all-new sequel. Adjusted for inflation, it's made over $7,000,000,000 to date, most of that within just its first year of availability! After such insane success, it’s understandable that Midway, Pac-Man’s North American distributor, was more than eager for Namco to deliver a follow-up as the calendar flipped into 1982. The original Pac-Man had been a culture-shaking success in 1981 – an arcade game so popular that it's still the highest-grossing video game of all-time, entirely due to the sheer avalanche of quarters shoved into its coin slots over 30 years ago. The video game industry's first leading lady was created out of impatience. The moment must be emotionally impactful somehow: did it amuse, surprise, scare, sadden, anger, or excite us?.Can be a moment from a level, but not an entire level start to finish.A single scene, sequence of scenes, obstacle, or turning point that can be clearly identified and defined.Has the moment become definitive of the game or gaming as a whole in some way?įor the purposes of this list, we defined a moment as:.
Is the moment iconic, or does it hold some historical significance in games?.How much did the moment impact us? Did it make us genuinely feel something? (This was most important.).We judged each moment on the following criteria: No matter the genre or platform, there are an endless number of memories to be made in the world of games.īut which video game moments are the most unforgettable to us? Iconic? Impactful? IGN decided to find out. Games have surprised us, scared us, challenged us, and rewarded us. They’ve taken us to grand new worlds, introduced us to unforgettable characters, and let us carve out a role for ourselves in each extraordinary adventure. Video games have captured our imaginations since the medium’s earliest years.
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