IGN's Top 10 Most Influential Games

[Cheebs]

Naw what was that "racing game" with all the killing and shit.

Who cares what the first game to get a rise out of a senator was?

Mortal Kombat made gore cool. Nobody gave a shit about red pixels in a game before MK. After MK, insecure teenage boys would only play a game if the blood flowed genreously.

[Frogacuda]

On the fighting game origins thing, NeoZeedeater did a nice article about this a while back:
http://www.got-next.com/features_read.php?id=407&pno=0

The following year had one of the most important games in the history of the genre, the arcade release Karate Champ, which was developed by Technos and distributed by Data East. Not only was it graphically more impressive than any other fighting game at the time, it had bonus rounds, voices, and was more complex as it gave you higher points for landing better blows. Being the first mainstream hit in the genre made it an influence on other developers.

[Yoshi]

RE: Hasn't fizzled out yet. There are plenty of tasteless releases every year.

How is Hitman tasteless? It's a well-made series that is not at all over the top in terms of gore.

[Cowutopia]

debatable.

[Uriel]

Yoshi is right. It is neither tasteless nor over the top. Almost every other violent game I can think of blows it out of the water in terms of gore. There is usually a game released each week that tops it. SoF: Payback, for example.

[Cheebs]

Mortal Kombat is the best selling bad game ever, so that actually might be worth something.

Madden says "hi".




And the difference is that Mortal Kombat is pure awesome in addition to it's "bad". It's the "House of the Dead - the Movie" of the video game world.

[Yoshi]

Madden says "hi".

Madden was once good though. It wasn't until the 32-bit versions where it really fell apart.

[YellerDog]

MK is inherently campy. Just like Master of the Flying Guillotine.

It is also completely awesome. At least until they gave up on digitized graphics.

[Tommy Tallarico]

Facts about Mortal Kombat from the year 2006:

* Once again the Mortal Kombat franchise takes home Spike TV's Video Game Award for Best Fighting Game of the Year for Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
* GameSpot awarded the Xbox Live downloadable Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 as Best Fighting Game of 2006
* IGN.com awarded Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Best Fighting Game of the Year 2006
* Mortal Kombat: Armageddon has received a number of awards, nominations and top review scores including IGN.com's Editors' Choice Award, 9 out of 10 from GamesRadar.com, 4.5 out of 5 from GameDaily, 9 out of 10 from Official Xbox Magazine and many more
* 1up.com nominated Mortal Kombat: Armageddon for Best Fighting Game of the Year

Facts about Street Fighter from the year 2006:

* There is still a SFII machine in the bowling alley across town. The stick is broken.


Street Fighter II can't touch Mortal Kombat in terms of lasting influence.

[YellerDog]

lol @ Spike TV. You can stop right there.