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what was *the* quintessential millennial video game?

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time?
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
OOT, Goldeneye, or Halo
cheese-eating shimmering home corn cake
  04/22/25
I was a serious gamer from ~1995 - 2005 and I literally neve...
Dashing kitchen idiot
  04/22/25
lol
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
Oh. It's one of the Zeldas. Zelda was exclusively for ne...
Dashing kitchen idiot
  04/22/25
I already wrote off your opinion. You’re dismissed
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
come on man. just, come on
Very tactful area
  04/22/25
Halo is up there but Goldeneye can't hand with Halo and OOT
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
Guessing you had very few friends
Filthy chapel
  04/22/25
lol dork
Mildly autistic parlour
  04/22/25
Halo was a total bro game, Goldeneye just can’t hang i...
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
strongly disagree. OG Xbox wasn't that common - everyone...
Very tactful area
  04/22/25
lol no, goldeneye was THE game to stay up late playing with ...
Filthy chapel
  04/22/25
Clearly Goldeneye. Was played by all Millennials, not just g...
Dashing kitchen idiot
  04/22/25
Mario Kart still had more staying power IMO. I visited my ol...
balding voyeur selfie
  04/22/25
Actually -- this might be TCR answer using my methodology. ...
Dashing kitchen idiot
  04/22/25
Yes of course N64
balding voyeur selfie
  04/22/25
All viable candidates: Goldeneye Mario 64 Metal Gear Soli...
Silver drunken heaven
  04/22/25
...
White Soul-stirring University Sweet Tailpipe
  04/22/25
GTA Vice City over 3, no?
balding voyeur selfie
  04/22/25
Vice City improved on every aspect of 3 but 3 was more revol...
Silver drunken heaven
  04/22/25
exactly. GTA 3 was the one that we would crowd around th...
Very tactful area
  04/22/25
Gran Turismo belongs in this list. To this day I am a bette...
Mildly autistic parlour
  04/22/25
GT is an Engineering exercise imo.
chocolate space
  04/22/25
Cr. Forgot about that one
Silver drunken heaven
  04/22/25
I don't get how they haven't made a driving game to match it...
gaped station
  04/22/25
Asseta Corsa
Very tactful area
  04/22/25
FF7 no doubt
mind-boggling partner
  04/22/25
Another nerd-exclusive title with minimal widespread adoptio...
Dashing kitchen idiot
  04/22/25
nobody played this IRL back then
Very tactful area
  04/22/25
maybe for xo nerds (including me), but a couch multiplayer g...
White Soul-stirring University Sweet Tailpipe
  04/22/25
Doom
Heady background story preventive strike
  04/22/25
Was only popular from ~1993-1996 or so. Youngest millenn...
Dashing kitchen idiot
  04/22/25
you could run doom on a speak-n-spell iirc.
galvanic ungodly puppy dilemma
  04/22/25
that was Gen X and largely losers, not mainstream
Very tactful area
  04/22/25
Nerds (PC), Preps (3DO), Scum (32X, Jaguar). It was on SNES ...
chocolate space
  04/22/25
Doom SNES sucked ass
Very tactful area
  04/22/25
Half-Life
Slate up-to-no-good queen of the night
  04/22/25
it should have been but alas pc gamers were and remain nerds
Tan free-loading keepsake machete persian
  04/22/25
gotta be halo
azure pervert menage
  04/22/25
Depression Quest
pearly excitant nursing home candlestick maker
  04/22/25
...
azure pervert menage
  04/22/25
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Bright Buck-toothed Lay Becky
  04/24/25
Pokémon (red or blue) on Gameboy color and it's not c...
Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy
  04/22/25
Actually seems a bit cr. Pokemon is the highest grossing IP ...
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
every other IP was somewhat clique restricted, when Pok&eacu...
Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy
  04/22/25
It’s impossible to overstate how huge Pokemon was and ...
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
*adjusts Magikarp beanie*
Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy
  04/22/25
Worlds of Warcrafts
Turquoise cerebral senate
  04/22/25
there's something to be said for this answer. it's the first...
orchid famous landscape painting
  04/22/25
Tony Hawk's Pro Skate for PS1 is the Official Answer
stirring party of the first part
  04/22/25
...
Fragrant bawdyhouse doctorate
  04/22/25
Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat
Alcoholic Cracking Haunted Graveyard
  04/22/25
Those are gen x games. Younger millennials did not experienc...
Silver drunken heaven
  04/22/25
guitar hero i think it beats even goldeneye for having a ...
translucent gas station
  04/22/25
Too much zoomer crossover
chocolate space
  04/22/25
You're Gen X as fuck and it's showing. Zoomers were in diape...
translucent gas station
  04/22/25
Guitar Hero was big in like 2007. Peak time for Early Zoomer...
chocolate space
  04/22/25
State your definition of the Gens before I engage you furthe...
translucent gas station
  04/22/25
For some reason the older people get, the more they forget t...
chocolate space
  04/22/25
The game that Defines a Gen must be played during adolescenc...
translucent gas station
  04/23/25
so what im wearing a diaper right now
Heady background story preventive strike
  04/22/25
honestly a lot of good candidates in this thread after re...
azure pervert menage
  04/22/25
It depends on Clique if anything... Loser: OOT High Los...
chocolate space
  04/22/25
you're wrong about everything, never try to cook again ...
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
shut up queer. Clique is far more salient than Gen.
chocolate space
  04/22/25
Anyone who thinks he's a "Normal Bro not in a Clique&qu...
Dashing kitchen idiot
  04/22/25
excellent post
chocolate space
  04/22/25
As I noted below, you are forgetting one Clique here: Wom...
Marvelous Mad-dog Skullcap Stag Film
  04/22/25
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stirring party of the first part
  04/22/25
Goldeneye
vivacious citrine digit ratio mood
  04/22/25
Half Life
Soggy Giraffe Stain
  04/22/25
Goldeneye is the clear winner. If it is going to define the ...
gaped station
  04/22/25
You guys are all wayyyy too high on Goldeneye but Pokemon is...
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
maybe loser Asians and genetic dead end whites (aka doodikof...
Comical friendly grandma
  04/22/25
Anyone doubting the popularity of pokemon is living in a fan...
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
"the game me and my bros loved = quintessential!"
Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy
  04/22/25
According to Wikipedia, all releases of Red/Blue/Green/Yello...
Marvelous Mad-dog Skullcap Stag Film
  04/23/25
lol everyone didn't play Goldeneye my friend, hell Super Sma...
Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy
  04/22/25
Me, my cousin, my brother, and my friend always played Smash...
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
Mario Kart and Halo didn't have a trading card game and a tv...
Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy
  04/22/25
It's telling that pokemon fans had to be given their own boa...
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/22/25
Pokemon was always a Joke though. Goldeneye was Cool. Cachet...
chocolate space
  04/22/25
link to thread where an OP asked what the coolest millennial...
Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy
  04/22/25
That factors into quintessential imho. Pokémon sold w...
chocolate space
  04/22/25
ANY millennial could vis rec dozens of Pokémon IP exa...
Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy
  04/22/25
If you consider female gamers to be legitimate gamers, then ...
Marvelous Mad-dog Skullcap Stag Film
  04/22/25
no, fuck those bitches
Tan free-loading keepsake machete persian
  04/22/25
Women don’t really have Gens
chocolate space
  04/22/25
I remember playing Sim Tower with my neighbor and jacking of...
provocative french faggotry den
  04/23/25
well, we don't consider female gamers to be legitimate gamer...
azure pervert menage
  04/23/25
the answer is goldeneye but the most important millenial gam...
Tan free-loading keepsake machete persian
  04/22/25
...
chocolate space
  04/22/25
CoD and basically anything else relying on a mass audience d...
Tan free-loading keepsake machete persian
  04/22/25
I would argue that this Lineage goes back to Genesis and N64...
chocolate space
  04/22/25
oh we did it, I watched god only knows how many rounds of mo...
Tan free-loading keepsake machete persian
  04/22/25
And these same Scumbags probably spend more time gaming as f...
chocolate space
  04/23/25
Goldeneye and it's not even close. I never once in my lif...
Massive patrolman affirmative action
  04/22/25
it was a cool early multiplayer shooter for 2 years that's i...
Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy
  04/22/25
...
Purple rigor
  04/22/25
...
provocative french faggotry den
  04/23/25
Everyone played GTA 1-3…universally adopted and loved...
territorial mahogany church building
  04/22/25
(fat af gen X Gamestop manager with a ponytail)
Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy
  04/22/25
No one played GTA1-2 iirc
chocolate space
  04/23/25
Never met anyone who played these. Like ever.
Very tactful area
  04/23/25
Nigger Bus for PS2
pearly excitant nursing home candlestick maker
  04/23/25
no one mentioning madden is criminal and very telling
nighttime talented range dragon
  04/23/25
I pulled up the Wikipedia page for best-selling games of all...
Marvelous Mad-dog Skullcap Stag Film
  04/23/25
Ridiculous.
vivacious citrine digit ratio mood
  04/23/25
lol at us arguing over loser/scumbag/nerd claims when the an...
orchid famous landscape painting
  04/24/25
Yeah, I was pretty surprised that Bejeweled was first releas...
Marvelous Mad-dog Skullcap Stag Film
  04/24/25
Sims and WoW are potentially real answers, but not stuff lik...
startled generalized bond place of business
  04/24/25
Goldeneye is #1 in this thread for a reason. Everybody playe...
chartreuse irate national circlehead
  04/24/25
Twisted Metal with System Link was a hallmark of the UMC in ...
chocolate space
  04/28/25
Mortal Kombat
ultramarine wonderful crackhouse
  04/28/25


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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871273)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:40 PM
Author: cheese-eating shimmering home corn cake

OOT, Goldeneye, or Halo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871286)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:42 PM
Author: Dashing kitchen idiot

I was a serious gamer from ~1995 - 2005 and I literally never heard of OOT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871292)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:43 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871299)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: Dashing kitchen idiot

Oh. It's one of the Zeldas.

Zelda was exclusively for nerds. Can't be the quintisential millenial game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871328)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

I already wrote off your opinion. You’re dismissed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871345)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Very tactful area

come on man. just, come on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871344)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:43 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

Halo is up there but Goldeneye can't hand with Halo and OOT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871298)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:15 PM
Author: Filthy chapel

Guessing you had very few friends

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871420)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: Mildly autistic parlour

lol dork

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871455)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

Halo was a total bro game, Goldeneye just can’t hang in terms of popularity w d influence

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871466)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: Very tactful area

strongly disagree.

OG Xbox wasn't that common - everyone, including some chicks, owned N64s and Mario Kart/Goldeneye.

Never met a chick who owned any Xbox

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871507)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: Filthy chapel

lol no, goldeneye was THE game to stay up late playing with your bros loaded up w pepsi and dominos

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871560)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:41 PM
Author: Dashing kitchen idiot

Clearly Goldeneye. Was played by all Millennials, not just gamers.

It was popular for many years after its 1997 release (especially because of its multiplayer), and was played by a wide range of ages -- thus covering a huge portion of the Millennial base.

Even many girls played it given how popular it was with their brothers, male friends, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871289)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:44 PM
Author: balding voyeur selfie

Mario Kart still had more staying power IMO. I visited my old frat house and 18 yo Chads and Stacies were still playing beerio kart on some N64s they found in the back of a broom closet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871305)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: Dashing kitchen idiot

Actually -- this might be TCR answer using my methodology.

Are your referring to N64 version?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871329)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: balding voyeur selfie

Yes of course N64

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871333)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: Silver drunken heaven

All viable candidates:

Goldeneye

Mario 64

Metal Gear Solid

FFVII

Resident Evil

Zelda OOT

Grand Theft Auto 3

Halo 1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871307)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: White Soul-stirring University Sweet Tailpipe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871311)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: balding voyeur selfie

GTA Vice City over 3, no?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871337)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Silver drunken heaven

Vice City improved on every aspect of 3 but 3 was more revolutionary when it released

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871342)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: Very tactful area

exactly.

GTA 3 was the one that we would crowd around the TV and watch people play, rack up police stars, etc.

Vice City was basically the Same Game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871453)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Mildly autistic parlour

Gran Turismo belongs in this list. To this day I am a better driver because I played that game as a kid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871465)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: chocolate space

GT is an Engineering exercise imo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871839)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:21 PM
Author: Silver drunken heaven

Cr. Forgot about that one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871890)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: gaped station

I don't get how they haven't made a driving game to match it.

I remember spending hours during 200 lap races with my friends just to get some stupid car.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872359)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:55 PM
Author: Very tactful area

Asseta Corsa

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872773)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:47 PM
Author: mind-boggling partner

FF7 no doubt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871313)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: Dashing kitchen idiot

Another nerd-exclusive title with minimal widespread adoption.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871331)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Very tactful area

nobody played this IRL back then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871346)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:05 PM
Author: White Soul-stirring University Sweet Tailpipe

maybe for xo nerds (including me), but a couch multiplayer game like goldeneye or mario kart is probably tcr. the built in 4 ports on the n64 meant it was primarily owned by friend-havers so the single player gems like mario 64 and OOT also slide in in a way ff7 doesn't.

ff7 is *my* millennial game though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871376)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: Heady background story preventive strike

Doom

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871330)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Dashing kitchen idiot

Was only popular from ~1993-1996 or so.

Youngest millennials were BORN in 1996. And the average age of player was fairly old compared to later console games. More of a younger GenX game.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871341)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:27 PM
Author: galvanic ungodly puppy dilemma

you could run doom on a speak-n-spell iirc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871459)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:23 PM
Author: Very tactful area

that was Gen X and largely losers, not mainstream

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871439)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:19 PM
Author: chocolate space

Nerds (PC), Preps (3DO), Scum (32X, Jaguar). It was on SNES but sold poorly on that platform for obvious reasons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871683)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Very tactful area

Doom SNES sucked ass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871740)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:14 PM
Author: Slate up-to-no-good queen of the night

Half-Life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871417)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:55 PM
Author: Tan free-loading keepsake machete persian

it should have been but alas pc gamers were and remain nerds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872672)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: azure pervert menage

gotta be halo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871427)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:21 PM
Author: pearly excitant nursing home candlestick maker

Depression Quest

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871430)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:22 PM
Author: azure pervert menage



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Date: April 24th, 2025 7:51 PM
Author: Bright Buck-toothed Lay Becky



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48878224)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy

Pokémon (red or blue) on Gameboy color and it's not close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871450)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

Actually seems a bit cr. Pokemon is the highest grossing IP ever and Pokemania was genuinely out of control for years. I change my vote to this although I’m not sure which Pokemon version should get the nod.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871477)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy

every other IP was somewhat clique restricted, when Pokémon was at its zenith in 1999 I think the craze hit every age group K-12, it was THE common denominator across all groups, subcultures.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871617)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:15 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

It’s impossible to overstate how huge Pokemon was and is. The gameboy was already old and about to be retired but Pokemon was so popular it totally reviewed its sales.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871667)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:12 PM
Author: Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy

*adjusts Magikarp beanie*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872319)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Turquoise cerebral senate

Worlds of Warcrafts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871555)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: orchid famous landscape painting

there's something to be said for this answer. it's the first time i remember nerd shit being talked about outside of nerd circles.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871868)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: stirring party of the first part

Tony Hawk's Pro Skate for PS1 is the Official Answer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871626)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Fragrant bawdyhouse doctorate



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: Alcoholic Cracking Haunted Graveyard

Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871685)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: Silver drunken heaven

Those are gen x games. Younger millennials did not experience them in their heyday

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871910)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: translucent gas station

guitar hero

i think it beats even goldeneye for having a period of a couple years where it was absolutely everywhere

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871690)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: chocolate space

Too much zoomer crossover

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871856)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: translucent gas station

You're Gen X as fuck and it's showing. Zoomers were in diapers when we were playing guitar hero.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871872)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:20 PM
Author: chocolate space

Guitar Hero was big in like 2007. Peak time for Early Zoomers to playing a fake guitar game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871888)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:22 PM
Author: translucent gas station

State your definition of the Gens before I engage you further.

Millennial is 1982-97

Zoomer is 97-2012ish



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871893)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:31 PM
Author: chocolate space

For some reason the older people get, the more they forget that 7 year olds can play video games to completion... 9 year olds can beat Earthbound... 12 year olds can play guitar... and 10 year olds can play Fake Guitar. Gamefaqs posters and redditors who suck at video games think you need to be like 18 to finish Super Mario RPG or something.

Anyway iirc zoomers start in '97 but these demarcation points are made-up. The millennial starting point needs to be early enough to cover Klebold and Harris. Gen X didn't do school shootings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871931)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 6:42 AM
Author: translucent gas station

The game that Defines a Gen must be played during adolescence as that is the intersection of still being open to new experiences and forming your initial permanent memories rather than the hazy impressionist vibe memories of childhood. It's absurd I have to state this explicitly. This thread is Locked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48873139)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:44 PM
Author: Heady background story preventive strike

so what im wearing a diaper right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872379)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: azure pervert menage

honestly a lot of good candidates in this thread

after reading through all of them i don't think there's a clear #1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871867)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:37 PM
Author: chocolate space

It depends on Clique if anything...

Loser: OOT

High Loser: MGS/FF7

Ascended Loser: Xenogears

Scumbag: Duke Nukem 64

Nerd: Half-life

Jock: Madden

Low Loser: Wind Waker

Normal Bro not in a Clique: Goldeneye

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871949)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

you're wrong about everything, never try to cook again

sorry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871988)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:54 PM
Author: chocolate space

shut up queer. Clique is far more salient than Gen.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48871991)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:04 PM
Author: Dashing kitchen idiot

Anyone who thinks he's a "Normal Bro not in a Clique" is a loser.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872301)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:52 PM
Author: chocolate space

excellent post

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872395)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:41 PM
Author: Marvelous Mad-dog Skullcap Stag Film

As I noted below, you are forgetting one Clique here:

Women: The Sims

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872644)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:48 PM
Author: stirring party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872663)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:02 PM
Author: vivacious citrine digit ratio mood

Goldeneye

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872295)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:07 PM
Author: Soggy Giraffe Stain

Half Life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872305)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:40 PM
Author: gaped station

Goldeneye is the clear winner. If it is going to define the generation, it has to be played in groups.

Halo might be the answer for younger people, but i think for anyone who played both, Goldeneye has the fonder memories.

Mario Kart is not it. It has staying power because its like 20 differenet games and a good hang, but it isn't teh winner.

OOT - this is the winner for solo game that millenials have the most reverence of, but it wasn't really a part of school culture like Goldeneye. If you played it with friends you were torturing them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872367)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:42 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

You guys are all wayyyy too high on Goldeneye but Pokemon is the clear winner by this standard. People obsessively played pokemon against each other and traded.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872371)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:46 PM
Author: Comical friendly grandma

maybe loser Asians and genetic dead end whites (aka doodikoff jrs) played Pokemon, but everyone played Goldeneye

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872383)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:53 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

Anyone doubting the popularity of pokemon is living in a fantasy world. Pokemon Red/Blue and their rereleases *alone* sold more than 50 million copies. Goldeneye sold like 8 million total. Pokemon is simply far, far more popular.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872399)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:13 PM
Author: Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy

"the game me and my bros loved = quintessential!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872703)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: Marvelous Mad-dog Skullcap Stag Film

According to Wikipedia, all releases of Red/Blue/Green/Yellow sold about 47 million copies. As a point of comparison, The Sims sold 40 million copies. No other games discussed on this thread come anywhere close to those two titles.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48874706)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy

lol everyone didn't play Goldeneye my friend, hell Super Smash is more relevant ITT over Goldeneye

Goldeneye is the game SOME millennial males played and others pretend to have played because they want to fit in AW YEAH BRO GOLDENEYE REMEMBER GOLDENEYE YEAH MAN THAT WAS THE SHIT (you ask them basic questions like which button was the trigger and they can't tell you because irl they were faggots playing Spyro)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872421)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

Me, my cousin, my brother, and my friend always played Smash. It was the game we always played together. We were pretty young then but it was the shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872426)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:50 PM
Author: Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy

Mario Kart and Halo didn't have a trading card game and a tv series, they could argue these things disproportionately signal boost Pokémon but the question was "quintessential" not fondest, greatest, coolest, iconic, even when you isolate Pokémon to the GB game, in that time for its generation it's the clear winner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872393)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

It's telling that pokemon fans had to be given their own board on 4chan just so they would stop posting on /v/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872402)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: chocolate space

Pokemon was always a Joke though. Goldeneye was Cool. Cachet matters somewhat imo.

Also, only westerners have Gens, and Goldeneye was a western phenomenon. Pokemon was global.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872405)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy

link to thread where an OP asked what the coolest millennial game was

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872427)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:56 PM
Author: chocolate space

That factors into quintessential imho. Pokémon sold well but it was known to be shit. It came after games like Chrono Trigger, FF6, FF7. It was the worst JRPG anyone has ever played but the Concept was cool. It SEEMED Losery to play.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872674)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:10 PM
Author: Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy

ANY millennial could vis rec dozens of Pokémon IP examples in the form of memes, sounds etc - ANY.

That's what makes it quintessential, it's not about taste you nitwit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872696)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:40 PM
Author: Marvelous Mad-dog Skullcap Stag Film

If you consider female gamers to be legitimate gamers, then the answer is The Sims, and it's not really debatable. No other game mentioned in this thread came close to its popularity if you consider both male and female gamers combined. Granted, gamer culture has historically been male-dominated, so it's unclear if being the clear GOAT game for female millennial gamers makes it the quintessential game for millennials overall. But at the bare minimum, it should be part of the discussion.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872642)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:59 PM
Author: Tan free-loading keepsake machete persian

no, fuck those bitches

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872682)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: chocolate space

Women don’t really have Gens

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872686)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 9:24 AM
Author: provocative french faggotry den

I remember playing Sim Tower with my neighbor and jacking off together to dial-up porn.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48873354)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: azure pervert menage

well, we don't consider female gamers to be legitimate gamers. hope that clarifies things

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48875505)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:44 PM
Author: Tan free-loading keepsake machete persian

the answer is goldeneye but the most important millenial game was gta3, it ushered in the scumbag era of gaming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872647)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:00 PM
Author: chocolate space



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872685)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:07 PM
Author: Tan free-loading keepsake machete persian

CoD and basically anything else relying on a mass audience depends entirely on gta3 making proles and literally everybody want to play games, as doodikoff said it was the one game people would sit around and just watch you play without complaint

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872694)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:10 PM
Author: chocolate space

I would argue that this Lineage goes back to Genesis and N64. Klebold famously watched Harris play Doom on 32X.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872697)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:30 PM
Author: Tan free-loading keepsake machete persian

oh we did it, I watched god only knows how many rounds of mortal kombat as we took our turns, but it was still niche in a way that gta3 just exploded, doods who would have kicked your ass a few years before for being a nerd were into video games all of the sudden, killing hookers is the key apparently

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872730)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 8:13 AM
Author: chocolate space

And these same Scumbags probably spend more time gaming as fucking adults than the Losers they mocked did as kids. And they’ve all bought GTA5 multiple times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48873232)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:57 PM
Author: Massive patrolman affirmative action

Goldeneye and it's not even close.

I never once in my life saw anyone play OOT. I've only heard about it online.

If you didn't own a 64, you never were involved with OOT. Goldeneye was different and was a staple of any sleepover.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872676)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy

it was a cool early multiplayer shooter for 2 years that's it lmao at thinking it defined a generation



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872735)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:51 PM
Author: Purple rigor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872767)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: provocative french faggotry den



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48873348)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:53 PM
Author: territorial mahogany church building

Everyone played GTA 1-3…universally adopted and loved by millennials.

Of all cliques.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872769)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:57 PM
Author: Hyperventilating olive ratface ladyboy

(fat af gen X Gamestop manager with a ponytail)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48872774)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 8:13 AM
Author: chocolate space

No one played GTA1-2 iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48873233)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 9:18 AM
Author: Very tactful area

Never met anyone who played these. Like ever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48873338)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 9:10 AM
Author: pearly excitant nursing home candlestick maker

Nigger Bus for PS2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48873318)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: nighttime talented range dragon

no one mentioning madden is criminal and very telling

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48874709)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: Marvelous Mad-dog Skullcap Stag Film

I pulled up the Wikipedia page for best-selling games of all time. Here are the top-selling games for the millennial gaming era:

Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow 47,520,000

World of Warcraft: 40,600,000

The Sims 40,000,000

Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal 30,120,000

No other games in this discussion made the list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games

I would argue that WoW doesn't apply because it wasn't even released until 2004 and most of those sales occurred long after the millennial era. But if you define "quintessential" based on popularity, I think either Pokémon or The Sims is objectively the correct answer. Neither title was a favorite of hardcore gamers, but among casuals, they were the most popular titles by a mile.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48874737)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: vivacious citrine digit ratio mood

Ridiculous.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48875374)



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Date: April 24th, 2025 9:41 PM
Author: orchid famous landscape painting

lol at us arguing over loser/scumbag/nerd claims when the answer was just the sims and prefigurations of candy crush all along.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48878585)



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Date: April 24th, 2025 10:17 PM
Author: Marvelous Mad-dog Skullcap Stag Film

Yeah, I was pretty surprised that Bejeweled was first released in 2001. I always thought of it as purely a mobile game. Apparently it started as a browser game, and it was popular enough that they eventually created a downloadable version. But it didn't really blow up until it became available as a mobile app. So I don't think it qualifies for the present discussion.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48878664)



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Date: April 24th, 2025 10:19 PM
Author: startled generalized bond place of business

Sims and WoW are potentially real answers, but not stuff like Bejeweled. Sims in particular is probably underrated among men because it is such a woman game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48878669)



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Date: April 24th, 2025 10:36 PM
Author: chartreuse irate national circlehead

Goldeneye is #1 in this thread for a reason. Everybody played it. My quirky, against-the-grain choice would be Twisted Metal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48878705)



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Date: April 28th, 2025 7:35 PM
Author: chocolate space

Twisted Metal with System Link was a hallmark of the UMC in the 90s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48888572)



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Date: April 28th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: ultramarine wonderful crackhouse

Mortal Kombat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2:#48888522)