Name: 七個改變世界的視頻遊戲｜BBC Ideas (Seven video games that changed the world | BBC Ideas)
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Here's a brand new idea from the United States

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which can turn your television set into a game that two can play.

Two white rectangles batting a square ball back and forward

as players attempted to win points off each other.

and introduced an exciting new medium to millions.

Most importantly, it turned pal against pal

in a spot of friendly or fierce competition.

That's something the gaming industry is still doing

Video games have come a long way since Pong though.

This old stereotype of gamers being isolated loners

Video games have long since come out of the bedroom

Shared and celebrated by fans and communities

bringing with it more colours, more sophisticated music

While sceptics dismissed Pong as a passing novelty

Space Invaders proved that video games were not only here to stay

but they were a massive and extremely profitable global industry.

And the little pixelated enemies are still used to this day

Waka-waka-ing his way onto the scene in 1980,

Pac-man was arguably video gaming's first real character.

Urban legend states that his shape was inspired by a pizza

In it you had to use your wits and strategically evade enemies

until you were strong enough to chase them down instead.

Pac-man quickly became a pop culture phenomenon

featuring on t-shirts, ties, glasses, bags,

and any other merchandise that sat around in one spot for too long.

Of all the video game characters to grace our consoles over the years,

none have made an impact quite like Mario.

featured a plumber trying to rescue a princess

and a labyrinth of pipes and platforms to traverse

And so of course it captured gamers' hearts

and became one of the fastest-selling video games of all time.

Tomb Raider was the butt-kicking, action-adventure game

that sold PlayStation consoles by the bucketload

and introduced the world to fictional archaeologist/treasure hunter

As one of the first ever notable female game protagonists

Lara's Launch in 1996 had already caused a media sensation.

If Pac-man was gaming's first ever character

is really more a source of male titillation than female empowerment

but she was one of the first playable women

massively multiplayer online role playing games of all time.

Players could create an avatar, assign them a class, race and skills

and then send them out into the world of Azeroth to explore,

complete quests and meet with other player characters.

In its prime, the game had more than 100 million registered users.

in legitimising multiplayer gaming for the masses.

And I should know, I spent six years on it.

that lets players build, create and alter environments

by making, placing and destroying blocks.

It's been extremely popular with children and academics alike

due to its incredible scope for creating physics

and to scale replicas of everything from the Starship Enterprise

A large part of its popularity is that it's an incredibly social game

who work together to build entire worlds out of little coloured blocks.

Of course, there were many other titles that changed the world

In the last decade the rise of indie games, esports and mobile games

and look for new experiences they can share with other players.

Fans have known this for a long time that video games aren't just games -

they're art, they're fun, they're beautiful.

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