I remember playing a ton of Gauntlet and gathering friends at the Fun Factory arcade in Valley West Mall. This game couldn’t really be played competitively against one another, since you all shared the mission of surviving long enough to make it through the level. Also, try not to let everyone die in one big fight, or you won’t be able to keep feeding the cabinet with my quarters to continue the quest. One fun thing was that you could easily have more than four friends involved. Players could swap out after a certain….
When determining the “most influential game,” some factors ought to be considered. Would it be the game with the largest genealogy? If that’s our metric, surely the most influential game would be whatever the first video game ever made was. A fascinating topic, but one of limited discourse. Perhaps it’s best measured by gut feelings and perceived passions—which game, in its totality, has brought video gaming together the most?
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