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1971- Computer Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ph5dcoMeTM
Other contenders: N/A
1972- Pong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHsYjWm8XSI
Other contenders: N/A
1973- Gotcha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoDZoZqsHF8
Other contenders: Gotcha is pretty much the only game from ’73 that isn’t Pong or a variation thereof.
1974- Speed Race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc5_UXYFJZo
Other contenders: Slim pickings, but Atari’s Gran Trak 10 is another early racing game.
1975- Gun Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYa0G6KGayk
Gun Fight was the first game to feature a microprocessor and, I believe,
the first game to feature recognizably human characters.
Other contenders: There’s also Taito’s Interceptor, the first arcade flight sim, but there’s no videos of it on Youtube.
1976- Night Driver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lArePoulGkg
Very early scaler game.
Other contenders: ?
1977- Super Bug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t2po_qGqnY
Super Bug features smooth multi-directional scrolling about a decade before it would become common on home platforms.
Other contenders: ?
1978- Fire Truck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMol8ES3DGM
The follow-up to Super Bug, and a significant improvement in both
background detail and the animation of the player sprite. The more
famous game of ’78, Space Invaders, also deserves a mention for the
sheer number of moving enemies onscreen at one time.
Other contenders: Space Invaders
1979- Speed Freak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tEgk4-5T-U
Speed Freak features the first-ever true Z-axis in a game.
Other Contenders: Starfire, Radar Scope
1980- Battlezone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymrYkbEbnEQ
Battlezone features the first ever fully-navigable 3D environment in a
video game, and is generally considered to be the first virtual-reality
game.
Other contenders: ?
1981- Turbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-CB0lo6SQ
The first of a bunch of Sega scaler games in this thread.
Other contenders: Donkey Kong, Sky Skipper, Defender
1982- Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnoEcMbj6FQ
The predecessor to Space Harrier both in gameplay and in visual effects.
The scaling is a few notches above anything else from this year.
Other contenders: Pole Position, Tac-Scan, Sub-Roc 3D
1983- I Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmvWxG2zvs8
Highly competitive year, but I Robot takes the crown due to its
pioneering use of polygonal graphics (the first-ever fully polygonal
game, in fact.) I’m not sure how to handle the Laserdisc games, as while
they do make great use of cutting-edge tech, they’re more like movies
than games.
Other contenders: TX-1, Astron Belt, Dragon’s Lair, Major Havoc, Star Wars
1984- TX-1 V8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0zfjqHDgFI
A strange year, as TX-1 V8 looks exactly like the first game, but this time, there’s nothing much to challenge it.
Other contenders: Pac-Land
1985- Space Harrier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPkZDlvDsgc
A new board from Sega, and another win.
Other contenders: Hang-On
1986- Outrun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tZFW4WedI
Sega’s scaling tech once again takes a fat dump on every other game.
Other contenders: ?
1987- Afterburner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq1rzgWAcVA
The only game that challenged Sega this year was another Sega game.
Other contenders: Thunder Blade
1988- Winning Run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G01FZUtIMX0
One of the easiest choices in the whole thread. It may seem like it’s
several years too early for a fully-polygonal racing game, but here’s
Namco on the bleeding edge.
Other contenders: Galaxy Force, Power Drift
1989- Winning Run Suzuka GP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCgNU9CZgIM
A minor update to Winning Run. No one caught up to Namco this year.
Other contenders: Stun Runner, Hard Drivin’
1990- Galaxian 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ0usw-L2nI
Some may object to Galaxian 3 due to being a laserdisc game, but it
still runs on Winning Run tech, which was still hands-down the best
arcade board around in 1990. The polygonal tricks seen here weren’t
being done anywhere else at the time. The only serious challenger this
year was another Namco game on the same board.
Other contenders: Driver’s Eyes
1991- Solvalou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LpkhK7QNJk
As with Galaxian 3, another Laserdisc game, whose only real challengers
were, once again, other Namco games using the Winning Run board.
Other contenders: Starblade, Winning Run ‘91
1992- Virtua Racing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3PcHBFsjxg
Sega finally caught up to Namco this year, with Model 1 offering the first real step up from Winning Run since 1988.
Other contenders: SimDrive
1993- Daytona USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAcMqFTkAs8
Another very easy choice. Model 2 was about an order of magnitude
superior to anything else at the time, and so Daytona utterly crushed
the competition this year.
Other contenders: Ridge Racer, Virtua Fighter
1994- Virtua Fighter 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7OYlmdhOZY
The only serious competitors for ’94 were other Sega Model 2 games. I’m
giving the title to VF2, though, because it’s the first game with
realistic polygonal humans.
Other contenders: Attack of the Zolgear, Desert Tank, Virtua Cop
1995- Sega Rally Championship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6REoftI1lbQ
Model 2 kept coasting along this year with no serious challengers.
Other contenders: ?
1996- Virtua Fighter 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUznrujBk48
And Sega shoots way out ahead of the pack, again, with its Model 3
hardware. However, it should be noted that Model 3 was the last board of
its kind; after 1996, arcade games would never again have a decisive
edge over home platforms, as the technological arms race became too
expensive, even for Sega.
Other contenders: Scud Race
1997- Harley Davidson & LA Riders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMcKS7fSzw4
Pretty tough choice this year. Any of Sega’s Model 3 games would be a
valid choice. I also included Quake 2 here, which was pretty much the
killer app for 3D accelerators on PC. Quake 2 didn’t quite match what
Sega was doing in the arcade, but it was clear the gap was closing.
Other contenders: The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Virtua Striker 2, Le Mans 24, Quake 2
1998- House of the Dead 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68p-TbW3kKs
Very tough call between Sega’s Model 3 games and Unreal, which was THE
technical benchmark for PC gaming in 1998. Anyone care to give their
input on this year? Also, I felt Sonic was worth a mention, if only for
that whale-chase scene in the beach level.
Other contenders: Unreal, Daytona USA 2, Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast)
1999- Outcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHTNj_hSl0
The level of detail in Outcast’s open world was unprecedented at the
time, and was extremely demanding for even the most powerful PCs. With
that said, it’s a tough choice between this and Quake 3, since they
focus on different things.
Other contenders: Quake 3, Nocturne, Unreal Tournament, Dead or Alive 2 (arcade), Shenmue (Dreamcast), Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)
2000- Giants: Citizen Kabuto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJD2Ox59kw
As with Outcast, this was a very impressive game in its day for its huge
environments with a high level of detail. Very nice textures for 2000,
too.
Other contenders: Sacrifice, The Bouncer (PS2)
2001- Return to Castle Wolfenstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHdBHeDjAY0
One of the toughest years to choose. It was a fairly weak year for PC
games, and a very strong year for consoles. I’m inclined to give it to
RTCW on principle of it being the go-to benchmark at the time, but I
could definitely see DOA3 getting the nod here. Serious Sam is mentioned
mostly for the huge final battle, which blew my mind back then.
Other contenders: Serious Sam, Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox), Star Wars: Rogue
Leader (Gamecube), Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2), Gran Turismo 3 (PS2)
2002- Unreal Tournament 2003
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiuJwZGTWF4
Unreal 2 was the best engine on the market at the time.
Other contenders: Splinter Cell (Xbox)
2003- Unreal 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW-xgHsqyDk
See 2002. Unreal 2’s only competition is another Unreal 2 game.
Other contenders: Splinter Cell (PC)
2004- Doom 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4XYT4ZkzOk
Very competitive year, but Doom 3’s lighting effects were on a whole
other level from other games in 2004. HL2 mostly gets on here for its
physics engine and facial animation, while Far Cry’s here for having a
highly-detailed open world for the time.
Other contenders: Half-Life 2, Far Cry, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
2005- FEAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIKjYzhyZ_M
Duh. FEAR was the reference point for PC visuals at the time of its release.
Other contenders: Battlefield 2
2006- Gears of War (Xbox 360)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU8vsAlCsCg
Feels weird to go with a console game here, but the only UE3 game from
2006 was a 360 exclusive, and this was when UE3 was hands-down the most
advanced 3D engine ever released. PC tech stagnated this year, but
Oblivion was still impressive, too, and I could see the case for it
getting the title. Any other suggestions for this year?
Other contenders: The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
2007- Crysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMHgBplll8Q
Most obvious choice ever.
Other contenders: ?
2008- Crysis Warhead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IinbYssn4kI
Duh.
Other contenders: ?
2009- ARMA 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCFxcsut0-8
One of the hardest years to choose. Crysis remained the benchmark on PCs
in 2009, with the market otherwise stagnant. There was no standout
mind-blowing game this year. Even so, ARMA 2 was known to be quite
demanding on high settings. Any other suggestions? I feel like I’m
reaching here.
Other contenders: Mirror’s Edge (PC)
2010- Metro 2033
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtFEbmnXVe0
Crysis was still the most common benchmark in 2010, but Metro at least gave it some competition.
Other contenders: ?
2011- Crysis 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMKx6eW7TzI
Crysis takes the crown again, though Battlefield 3 is a close second.
Other contenders: Battlefield 3, The Witcher 2
2012- Far Cry 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNkpCLIDKj0
Another game filling exactly the same niche as Crysis.
Other contenders: Max Payne 3
2013- Crysis 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqDbQD5Pa2c
May as well be a three-way tie here. I could see any of these three games on top.
Other contenders: Metro: Last Light, Battlefield 4
2014- Assassin’s Creed Unity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp3F_xLKbPg
Perhaps the most lifelike recreation of any historical period to date.
Other contenders: Ryse (PC)
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