Every Year’s Most Iconic Video Game Since 1979 Explained | WIRED

Jon-Paul Dyson and Shannon Simons from the Strong Museum of Play dive into the last 40 years of video game history and come up with a list of some of the greatest games of all time. With memorable titles like Halo, Super Mario Bros., The Last of Us, DOOM, The Sims and more, see which games were chosen as the most memorable and iconic of the year they were released.



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Every Year’s Most Iconic Video Game Since 1979 Explained | WIRED

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