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Wing Commander wrapped space fights in a film-like campaign in 1990, and The Secret of Monkey Island made adventure games funny and fair, even its sword fights, won with insults. Commander Keen scrolled a PC screen as smoothly as a console, Railroad Tycoon built train empires and Ultima VI opened a large world.
1333 titles available in 1990
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In 1991 Civilization asked you to build an empire turn by turn from the Stone Age to space, and Lemmings had you guide tiny creatures to the exit by giving each one a job. Sonic ran on the Mega Drive, Street Fighter II filled arcades, Another World played like a film, and Monkey Island 2 brought more pirate jokes.
1453 titles available in 1991
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The PC went 3D in 1992: Wolfenstein 3D made the first-person shooter popular, Ultima Underworld let you explore a full 3D dungeon, and Alone in the Dark started survival horror. Dune II set the rules of real-time strategy, and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis gave you three ways through its story.
1649 titles available in 1992
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Doom set the pace of 1993 with fast shooting, network deathmatch and levels players could edit and share. On CD-ROM, Myst and The 7th Guest showed rendered rooms and Day of the Tentacle spoke every line, while Syndicate sent cyborg squads through a city and Master of Orion let you rule a galaxy turn by turn.
1522 titles available in 1993
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X-COM joined base building with turn-based squad combat in 1994, and System Shock added role-playing to a first-person game. Warcraft brought fantasy armies to real-time strategy, TIE Fighter put you in the Empire's cockpit, and Theme Park had you build rides and set ticket prices.
1578 titles available in 1994
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CD-ROM, full-motion video and Windows 95 shaped the games of 1995. Command & Conquer added video briefings to real-time strategy, Descent let you fly in any direction through mine tunnels, Full Throttle told a biker story, Heroes of Might and Magic began a long series and Warcraft II added naval battles.
1729 titles available in 1995
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Graphics cards for 3D arrived in 1996, and Quake showed what they could do with true 3D levels and online play. Diablo turned dungeon runs quick, click-driven and different each time, Tomb Raider sent Lara Croft through 3D tombs, and Duke Nukem 3D mixed shooting with crude humor and levels full of things to break.
1668 titles available in 1996
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Fallout gave you a post-nuclear world in 1997 with many ways to solve each quest, and Ultima Online put thousands of players in one world. Age of Empires took real-time strategy through history, Grand Theft Auto offered top-down crime, and Blade Runner changed its story on each playthrough.
1508 titles available in 1997
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Half-Life told its 1998 story without a single cut scene, and Baldur's Gate brought deep party role-playing back to the PC. StarCraft gave three races different rules, Grim Fandango set a noir adventure in the land of the dead, and Thief made hiding in shadows and listening for guards the main skill.
1267 titles available in 1998
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EverQuest built a 3D world in 1999 for thousands of players to group up in, and Counter-Strike started as a fan mod. Planescape: Torment told its story through words more than fights, System Shock 2 mixed horror with role-playing, and Homeworld moved its fleets through full 3D space.
1255 titles available in 1999
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In 2000 Deus Ex let you solve each mission by combat, stealth or hacking, and The Sims had you run a household with no enemy and no end, from career to kitchen fire. Diablo II turned loot hunting into a habit across four acts and five classes, and Baldur's Gate II gave its party a huge city and a long story.
1147 titles available in 2000
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Grand Theft Auto III gave 2001 its open 3D city full of cars to steal, and Halo showed how a shooter plays on a gamepad, with two weapons and a recharging shield. PC players got Max Payne's slow-motion gunfights, the large battlefields of Operation Flashpoint and the steampunk role-playing of Arcanum.
1084 titles available in 2001
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Warcraft III and Neverwinter Nights shipped in 2002 with editors that fans used to make new games and stories. Morrowind offered a huge world with no set path to follow, Battlefield 1942 put whole teams in tanks and planes, and Mafia rebuilt a 1930s American city for its gangster story.
1127 titles available in 2002
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Star Wars became a full role-playing game in 2003 with Knights of the Old Republic, and Call of Duty put you in war scenes with a squad around you, as an American, British and Soviet soldier. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time could rewind your mistakes, and Freelancer opened a star system to trade, fight and take bounty jobs in.
1200 titles available in 2003
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Half-Life 2 turned physics into part of the puzzles in 2004, and World of Warcraft made online role-playing easy to start, with clear quests at every step. Far Cry opened up whole tropical islands to cross by foot, car or boat, Doom 3 hid its monsters in dark corridors, and Rome: Total War staged battles with thousands of soldiers.
1106 titles available in 2004
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F.E.A.R. gave enemies smart squad tactics in 2005, Psychonauts sent you inside other people's minds, and Guitar Hero came with a plastic guitar to play along with rock songs. Civilization IV read its tech quotes in Leonard Nimoy's voice, and Battlefield 2 gave each team a commander who calls in support.
1029 titles available in 2005
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Oblivion gave you a voiced open world to roam in 2006, and Company of Heroes added cover and destruction to real-time strategy. Hitman: Blood Money opened its levels to many ways of reaching a target, Prey used portals and gravity tricks on its alien ship, and Titan Quest took click-driven action to ancient Greece and Egypt.
1006 titles available in 2006
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Portal built a few hours of clever puzzles around a portal gun in 2007, and BioShock's underwater city asked you to choose who to save. Crysis tested every PC, The Witcher brought adult fantasy, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. set survival in the Chernobyl zone, and Call of Duty 4 added online ranks and unlocks.
834 titles available in 2007
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Small teams began to sell games online in 2008, and Braid and World of Goo showed what one or two people could make. Left 4 Dead sent four players against zombie hordes paced by an AI director, Fallout 3 opened a wasteland to roam, and Spore had you grow a creature from a single cell all the way to space travel.
727 titles available in 2008
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Minecraft appeared in early form in 2009, and League of Legends launched free to play, two new ways to sell a game. Dragon Age: Origins returned to party role-playing, Torchlight offered quick loot runs, Plants vs. Zombies made tower defense friendly, and Batman: Arkham Asylum mixed combat and stealth.
550 titles available in 2009
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In 2010 Amnesia took your weapons away in a horror game, and Super Meat Boy asked for exact jumps, both made by teams of a few people. StarCraft II came back after twelve years, Mass Effect 2 carried your choices from the first game, and Limbo told a silent story in black and white shadows.
380 titles available in 2010
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