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what was *the* quintessential millennial video game?

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time?
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
OOT, Goldeneye, or Halo
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  04/22/25
I was a serious gamer from ~1995 - 2005 and I literally neve...
;...;;;;...;.
  04/22/25
lol
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
Oh. It's one of the Zeldas. Zelda was exclusively for ne...
;...;;;;...;.
  04/22/25
I already wrote off your opinion. You’re dismissed
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
come on man. just, come on
michael doodikoff
  04/22/25
Halo is up there but Goldeneye can't hand with Halo and OOT
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
Guessing you had very few friends
asian sluts
  04/22/25
lol dork
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  04/22/25
Halo was a total bro game, Goldeneye just can’t hang i...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
strongly disagree. OG Xbox wasn't that common - everyone...
michael doodikoff
  04/22/25
lol no, goldeneye was THE game to stay up late playing with ...
asian sluts
  04/22/25
Clearly Goldeneye. Was played by all Millennials, not just g...
;...;;;;...;.
  04/22/25
Mario Kart still had more staying power IMO. I visited my ol...
woah
  04/22/25
Actually -- this might be TCR answer using my methodology. ...
;...;;;;...;.
  04/22/25
Yes of course N64
woah
  04/22/25
All viable candidates: Goldeneye Mario 64 Metal Gear Soli...
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  04/22/25
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novus homo
  04/22/25
GTA Vice City over 3, no?
woah
  04/22/25
Vice City improved on every aspect of 3 but 3 was more revol...
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  04/22/25
exactly. GTA 3 was the one that we would crowd around th...
michael doodikoff
  04/22/25
Gran Turismo belongs in this list. To this day I am a bette...
.,..,.,.;,.,,:,.,.,::,...,..,:,..;,..,
  04/22/25
GT is an Engineering exercise imo.
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
Cr. Forgot about that one
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  04/22/25
I don't get how they haven't made a driving game to match it...
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  04/22/25
Asseta Corsa
michael doodikoff
  04/22/25
FF7 no doubt
richard clock
  04/22/25
Another nerd-exclusive title with minimal widespread adoptio...
;...;;;;...;.
  04/22/25
nobody played this IRL back then
michael doodikoff
  04/22/25
maybe for xo nerds (including me), but a couch multiplayer g...
novus homo
  04/22/25
Doom
tarrifs
  04/22/25
Was only popular from ~1993-1996 or so. Youngest millenn...
;...;;;;...;.
  04/22/25
you could run doom on a speak-n-spell iirc.
jonathan penis
  04/22/25
that was Gen X and largely losers, not mainstream
michael doodikoff
  04/22/25
Nerds (PC), Preps (3DO), Scum (32X, Jaguar). It was on SNES ...
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
Doom SNES sucked ass
michael doodikoff
  04/22/25
Half-Life
Diaper University
  04/22/25
it should have been but alas pc gamers were and remain nerds
hank_scorpio
  04/22/25
gotta be halo
low effort lowercase moniker
  04/22/25
Depression Quest
blow off some steam
  04/22/25
...
low effort lowercase moniker
  04/22/25
Pokémon (red or blue) on Gameboy color and it's not c...
Dunedain cowboy
  04/22/25
Actually seems a bit cr. Pokemon is the highest grossing IP ...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
every other IP was somewhat clique restricted, when Pok&eacu...
Dunedain cowboy
  04/22/25
It’s impossible to overstate how huge Pokemon was and ...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
*adjusts Magikarp beanie*
Dunedain cowboy
  04/22/25
Worlds of Warcrafts
Miss Anthropy
  04/22/25
there's something to be said for this answer. it's the first...
lex
  04/22/25
Tony Hawk's Pro Skate for PS1 is the Official Answer
Gujarat's Next Top Poaster
  04/22/25
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Traditional Latin ass
  04/22/25
Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat
"""'"'"""''
  04/22/25
Those are gen x games. Younger millennials did not experienc...
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  04/22/25
guitar hero i think it beats even goldeneye for having a ...
aqua jeet
  04/22/25
Too much zoomer crossover
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
You're Gen X as fuck and it's showing. Zoomers were in diape...
aqua jeet
  04/22/25
Guitar Hero was big in like 2007. Peak time for Early Zoomer...
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
State your definition of the Gens before I engage you furthe...
aqua jeet
  04/22/25
For some reason the older people get, the more they forget t...
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
so what im wearing a diaper right now
tarrifs
  04/22/25
honestly a lot of good candidates in this thread after re...
low effort lowercase moniker
  04/22/25
It depends on Clique if anything... Loser: OOT High Los...
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
you're wrong about everything, never try to cook again ...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
shut up queer. Clique is far more salient than Gen.
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
Anyone who thinks he's a "Normal Bro not in a Clique&qu...
;...;;;;...;.
  04/22/25
excellent post
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
As I noted below, you are forgetting one Clique here: Wom...
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  04/22/25
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Gujarat's Next Top Poaster
  04/22/25
Goldeneye
Candy Ride
  04/22/25
Half Life
Jacking off to YouTube videos about low birthrates
  04/22/25
Goldeneye is the clear winner. If it is going to define the ...
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  04/22/25
You guys are all wayyyy too high on Goldeneye but Pokemon is...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
maybe loser Asians and genetic dead end whites (aka doodikof...
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  04/22/25
Anyone doubting the popularity of pokemon is living in a fan...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
"the game me and my bros loved = quintessential!"
Dunedain cowboy
  04/22/25
lol everyone didn't play Goldeneye my friend, hell Super Sma...
Dunedain cowboy
  04/22/25
Me, my cousin, my brother, and my friend always played Smash...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
Mario Kart and Halo didn't have a trading card game and a tv...
Dunedain cowboy
  04/22/25
It's telling that pokemon fans had to be given their own boa...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/22/25
Pokemon was always a Joke though. Goldeneye was Cool. Cachet...
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
link to thread where an OP asked what the coolest millennial...
Dunedain cowboy
  04/22/25
That factors into quintessential imho. Pokémon sold w...
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
ANY millennial could vis rec dozens of Pokémon IP exa...
Dunedain cowboy
  04/22/25
If you consider female gamers to be legitimate gamers, then ...
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  04/22/25
no, fuck those bitches
hank_scorpio
  04/22/25
Women don’t really have Gens
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
the answer is goldeneye but the most important millenial gam...
hank_scorpio
  04/22/25
...
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
CoD and basically anything else relying on a mass audience d...
hank_scorpio
  04/22/25
I would argue that this Lineage goes back to Genesis and N64...
Oh, You Travel?
  04/22/25
oh we did it, I watched god only knows how many rounds of mo...
hank_scorpio
  04/22/25
Goldeneye and it's not even close. I never once in my lif...
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  04/22/25
it was a cool early multiplayer shooter for 2 years that's i...
Dunedain cowboy
  04/22/25
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  04/22/25
Everyone played GTA 1-3…universally adopted and loved...
Wang Hernandez
  04/22/25
(fat af gen X Gamestop manager with a ponytail)
Dunedain cowboy
  04/22/25


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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: ..,.,.,,,,.,.,..,.,,,.,..,,.,.,,,


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: ;...;;;;...;.

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: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: ;...;;;;...;.

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: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: michael doodikoff

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: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: asian sluts

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: .,..,.,.;,.,,:,.,.,::,...,..,:,..;,..,


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: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: michael doodikoff

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: asian sluts

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: ;...;;;;...;.

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: woah (hitler did nothing wrong)

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: ;...;;;;...;.

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: woah (hitler did nothing wrong)

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: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,....,


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: novus homo (gunneratttt)



(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: woah (hitler did nothing wrong)

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: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,....,


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: michael doodikoff

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: .,..,.,.;,.,,:,.,.,::,...,..,:,..;,..,


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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,....,


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: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,


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: michael doodikoff

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: richard clock

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: ;...;;;;...;.

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: michael doodikoff

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: novus homo (gunneratttt)

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: tarrifs

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: ;...;;;;...;.

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: jonathan penis

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: michael doodikoff

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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: michael doodikoff

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: Diaper University

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: hank_scorpio

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: low effort lowercase moniker

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: blow off some steam

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: low effort lowercase moniker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2#48871434)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

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: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

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: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

*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: Miss Anthropy

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: lex

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: Gujarat's Next Top Poaster

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: Traditional Latin ass



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5714711&forum_id=2#48871861)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: """'"'"""''

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: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,....,


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: aqua jeet (🧐)

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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: aqua jeet (🧐)

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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: aqua jeet (🧐)

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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 22nd, 2025 8:44 PM
Author: tarrifs

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: low effort lowercase moniker

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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: ;...;;;;...;.

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,...


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: Gujarat's Next Top Poaster



(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: Candy Ride

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: Jacking off to YouTube videos about low birthrates

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: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,


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: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: .,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.


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: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

"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 22nd, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

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: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

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: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

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: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,...


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: hank_scorpio

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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 22nd, 2025 10:44 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )



(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: hank_scorpio

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: Oh, You Travel? ( )

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: hank_scorpio

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 22nd, 2025 10:57 PM
Author: ,,,,....,..,...,....,.

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: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

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: .,..,.,,.,..,,,.,.,.,..,..,..,.,..,,.,.,.,.




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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:53 PM
Author: Wang Hernandez

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: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

(fat af gen X Gamestop manager with a ponytail)

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