The 7 Wonders of Video Game History

[@KevinGreenHunt]

I love your flow and story telling style. This is what I want to see on your channel.

[@kultur-vultur]

I love that the Tetris story has ended this year in some way with BluScuti actually being the first to reach its functional end, level 157, 40 mins and 1,511 lines, then meeting its creator. I enjoyed the vid calic, gotta appreciate too when youtube actually recommends something fresh that hits, thats why I still enjoy this platform. Hope the algorithm treats you well.

[@kmatlockii]

The 7 wonders theme is a really fun way to look at gaming history. Retro Bird would be proud.

[@KengKirk]

I really liked this, do more of these.

[@Evildood89]

Great video and great selection some that are left out: Wizardry Super Mario Bros King's Quest Warcraft 3

[@bondagegel]

Great video! I’ve always thought someone could make a great case for MS Windows Solitaire on a list like this. It didn’t invent casual gaming, but it certainly popularized it. And considering casual gaming accounts for such a significant chunk of the market for games, I think it warrants acknowledgment. Solitaire also has to be one of the most widely played games of all-time.

[@deaconcub]

I agree. I was thinking Minesweeper, but Solitaire is a good choice.

[@HumanReverend]

very interesting video, i hope this takes off

[@BlueGarys]

Awesome video!

[@valetboy21]

Street Fighter 2 did have a secret glitch move called "Guile's Handcuff". When performed correctly the game would show Guile begin a throw but his opponent would freeze, would not be able to do anything, and be stuck to Guile. You perform the Handcuff move again as time is almost up and it would complete the throw damaging Guile's opponent and usually winning based on a higher life total. If you let the timer run all the way down to zero the game would lock up and you would have to restart the cabinet to fix the issue.

[@calic737]

Oh wow that's crazy. I never heard of that before.

[@justinbremer2281]

I think the Pac-Man rumors could stem from bootlegs, knockoffs, or hacks. Ms Pac-Man was not initially official; could be other small-time knockoffs that didn't go anywhere but some kid's cousin's neighborhood pizza dive.

[@Astrovite]

6:23 that was me when I discovered Vampire Survivors. I would lay down for bed and see blue and red gems through my closed eyes. It was kind of neat though ngl

[@robertwest4269]

Great vid and I agree with all your picks. That said it does feel odd that SMB isn't in there. It just feels SO right to play. They nailed it first time out.

[@YerlyYondere]

Fantastic video!

[@vitorsal1015]

Great video! Certainly deserves more views

[@nihilism242]

interesting concept

[@digitalsquid]

Thanks for another great content! You the best! 👍

[@the_kombinator]

11:45 - Old business machine? If the monitor is hooked up to an era correct system, we're talking about at least a Pentium class (probably 75-100 MHz) which is MORE than enough. I've seen Doom run fine on 486 SX 25 machines. I'm preparing a 386 SX 20 for sale (waiting for the paint to dry) and it has Doom on it. Now, it runs, but barely, the screen has to be pretty small. It is playable... but it's using hardware from the 80s. The fact that Wolfenstein can run on a V30 is impressive though.

[@johndoe7270]

I love the story of Tetris!

[@LA-84-FM]

The thumbnail felt super vaporwavey lol nice video man!

[@violettheshadowfan]

this is super informative and well put together!

[@deandremelvin4390]

Great Video

[@TyWebb4]

Cool video! Thanks for the upload!

[@danielphelps2138]

I agree with your list. These are all pillars of the industry, minus a couple. But I wonder if it wouldn’t be better to sub-divide between arcade and home gaming. True some of these titles would bridge that gap. But most were influential in one setting over the other.

[@forresthunter1483]

Great video! I'd argue that Super Mario Bros deserves the spot that you gave to Zelda, but you've made compelling arguments for all the games on this list. Can't wait to watch more videos from you!

[@phaedrus000]

I feel like not including Super Mario Bros ignores how important platformers were to retro gaming. The majority of games on 8-bit and 16-bit consoles were platformers, and Super Mario Bros defined that genre.

[@calic737]

I agree with that, I almost swapped out Pokemon or Pacman for Mario. There were a handful of other ones that I scratched off to cut it down to 7.

[@chrisd6287]

Yea, I agree. If I had to make one change it would be smb for Pokemon. Pokemon was big but turn based RPGs were already a pretty well established genre. Smb was responsible for the trajectory of gaming for quite some time. Pretty awesome list tho.

[@AndrewClunn]

@@calic737 We could tell how you used the "new game plus" talk in Zelda to MENTION Chrono Trigger, even if it couldn't make the list. Clearly intentional.

[@frankhalgas3798]

Super Mario Bros. saved the entire video game industry. All genres were saved because of SMB.

[@phaedrus000]

@@frankhalgas3798 That's a bit hyperbolic. I don't think video games were ever gonna be just a fad, and the crash wasn't nearly as bad in Japan as it was in the US. But SMB did have a huge impact on the shape of gaming in those days. It set the standard for a long time to come.

[@Blueprint62]

Great video!

[@maisa5943]

Great job! I loved the content - subscribed :) I would just say the background music is kind of annoying after sometime, as constructive feedback! Edit: I do agree that Super Mario Bros might be well considered for this list.

[@calic737]

Yeah, I should have changed the song with each chapter. That would have been a lot better.

[@Doktario_Mystario]

all the games mentioned are absolutely worth praising as "the 7 wonders of Video Games" but i feel like 7 is too little, i would also add: Super Mario Bros: it massively changed the platforming genre despite not being the first actual platformer, it still introduced; handcrafted beatable levels that you can skip via secrets and power-ups that aren't temporary Super Mario 64: it introduced an adaptive camera in the 3D platforming genre, it perfectly showed how you can make open levels with "missions" you can do in any order and (feel free to correct me on this one) it introduced the 100% completion reward Minecraft: depending on how far you're willing to go with redstone and command blocks you can create damm near anything you want in it. It's a perfect representation of what happens when user generated content is a primairy pillar of a game. I also find it amazing that the game has existed for so long and is still going strong today Fortnite: this game should be financially impossible. pretty much every GTA game (but i guess the first game is enough for the purpose of this list): the franchise consistently shows the incompetence of every goverment that has a grudge against it. And it amazes me that Rockstar or Take Two didn't stop creating GTA games when they where actively being banned everywhere Mortal Combat: among some other games it's because of Mortal Combat we have the ESRB (and it's equivalants in other country's) Five Night's At Freddies: this game is possibly single handedly responsible for the internet (culture) we have today (as stated in of MatPat's final video's) The Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time: this game introduced "Z-targeting", it cannot be understated how essential this mechanic is in every game that has the feature

[@FredBloggs919]

Space Invaders - caused coin shortage in Japan!

[@calic737]

I didn't know about that. That's hilarious.

[@xeroabyss9597]

Pinball associated with the mafia. That in itself sounds like an interesting video🤔

[@HumblyDumbly]

Fun concept! I would have included Mario, Rogue, and maybe Space Invaders? But it's hard to argue that any of the ones you listed should be taken off

[@strayling1]

Good selection and impressively well researched - I learned a few things. I might have chosen differently but as you said, there are so many! I hope you'll make a follow-up with some more wonders.

[@calic737]

Thanks I really appreciate that. I've got a lot of cool stuff planned and I can't wait to share it!

[@Pinkwire]

That pretty much nails it on the head. After hearing all your reasons it's hard to make room for another game.

[@jaytahoe]

Babe wake up - the new Calic video is out!

[@g-starthefirst]

I was expecting Star Control 2 to be on this list

[@Re-PhantomZero]

Nice video, i always love these historical videos about videogames, it's... I don't know how to describe it, but looking back and seeing how i saw these games come and become giants. would you believe that i never liked Doom back then? It was only until i bought my first ps1 game Alien trilogy that I started to appreciate fps games, now I'm a huge fan especially of Doom 1, i don't like 2 that much.

[@DancesRainyStreets]

The 7 Wonders of Video Game History, hmmm. Nice title, i like it. Now about those 7 wonders, my opinion looks more like this though: Computer Space Pac-Man Elite Kung-Fu Master Hang-On Herzog Zwei Ultima Underworld It's not a list of the games i like the most, because lot's of developers are missing here. Still, this seems right.

[@DrVernSFC]

Space Invaders and SMB should be here. I would also argue for Madden

[@michaelturner2806]

Reaching for my back pills as I realize I'm older than six of these.

[@st0rmchild]

Swing and a miss without Mario.

[@beeto45]

you forgot to mention that street fighter 2 turbo was born because hackers gave superpowers to their characters by making them way faster an prolonging the atacks. and capcom just legitimized those hackes by implementing them to future versions of its own game. its the same that happened with nintendo and mario maker; by the time it came out we have been playing the unofficial version for pc for a decade before mm.

[@calic737]

I wasn't sure if that was true or if it was just a rumor. So that part about turning up the speed is true.

[@rickyrock-nt4ii]

Very Nostalgic, it takes me back. But I didn't know about the street fighter buttons.

[@AndrewClunn]

Honestly, the only one I'm not completely sold on is PacMan. The others all definitely deserve their slot.

[@deaconcub]

Pac-Man really was the first game to have a good AI system and it was huge in 1980. It attracted all four quadrants and opened video games to more than boys.

[@drborracho111]

Great video, but the same Tetris music loop was driving crazy by the end

[@dilbertfish]

@drborracho111 It's from The New Tetris on N64, which has some really good music.

[@tsp1999]

I wonder (ha!) what other mediums 7 wonders would be? TV would have the newest stuff 4 sure

[@FigureFarter]

For TV, one of them is the Simpsons with no doubt

[@HumilityInTeaching]

Agreed

[@greek1237]

Mortal Kombat should be there for the rating system we have today.

[@dilbertfish]

It's not a me, Mario.

[@bubbles46853-ep9if]

What’s that game with the Sphinx and Stonehenge? That’s pretty cool.

[@calic737]

its The New Tetris for N64. You unlock different wonders as you play through the game.

[@monkeyspice2010]

no Super Mario Bros?

[@xxnoxx-xp5bl]

If you can even call Maze War a game? Seriously? I'd also argue that Mario is much better known than Zelda.

[@magnusdiridian]

no dragon's lair?

[@NEStalgia1985]

I've actually held Genesis Tetris...to bad I had a broken ankle

[@NEStalgia1985]

Zelda was 2nd gane ti have save battery. The epoch cassette vision had 1 game that beat them

[@calic737]

Oh really I didn't know that

[@NEStalgia1985]

@@calic737 yeah it was some dumb Konami game

[@j.ezrapowell3302]

i played the temgen (atari) version of tetris and it was the superior version.

[@lincruste]

You obviously have no idea of what PC gaming was back in 1993.

[@Olematonnimi]

Pokemon doesn't deserve to be on this list.

[@Trevdawg48]

Pokemon? But no Super Mario Bros or GTA 3?

[@JoeCheever]

Awesome video!

[@BURRITO44]

Awesome video

[@calic737]

Thank you I really appreciate that!