Games played in 100 years time

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If you could highlight one game which you think will be played in 100 years time, what would it be?

Given advances in technology, perhaps games will be radically different, but providing something capable of running windows exists then I'd hope people from that future will occasionally play pc games from our generation, and I dare say TVs will exist to run consoles. What do you think the best candidates would be?

From this decade, for me it has to be knights of the old republic. To my mind, no other game has as good a story or pulls off interactivity with your influence on the story so well. No matter how technology advances, story is something that makes books thousands of years old worth reading, plus interactivity to my mind makes games what they are in comparison to other mediums, which kotor does perfectly.

As for 1990's, I'm thinking maybe Mario 64 but I'm really uncertain to be honest.

Hmm games played in the future, one thing that often catches my interests in many future shows and such is the take on what it would be like for gaming. I think from watching Cowboy Bebop movie it gave me the idea that many now time games probably might be thought on the level of solitare, and would be played by people who may want simplicity, interests in classics or just curiosity. There would probably be remakes, and things may look simular with slight differences, but there is a possibility of a giant revolution in games, just look how in a short time companies have been made and destroyed. And there is a good possibilty that shootig games ,might look like nothing more then space invaders and adventures might look like those old text based. There is a tendency lately though of games having importance in story, I might say somthing like Halo, but I am probably fooling myself.

I think the only games that exist now that will still be played 100 years from now are the ones that have already been around for a while but are still played. The main three that jump to my head are Pac-man, Super Mario Brothers and Tetris.

There are too many people out there who refuse to watch movies/play games/listen to music/etc. if it's ten years old, so I seriously doubt that many people will be playing games from today in 100 years.

But if it did happen, it would have to be something really popular, like Super Mario Bros. 3 or something.

But I think it kind of depends on if you can count remakes/sequels or not, because I think with the current trends going on, certain games will always be played in one form or another. I mean look at solitaire, chess, go, stuff like that.

It's not so unrealistic if you think about it. Batman's been around for 70 years, and is still just as popular today as he was back in the day.

More so now that they killed off Bruce Wayne **SPOILER**

That's kind of what I'm saying, though...I'm sure in 100 years people will still be playing Mario games, but will anyone still play Super Mario Bros. for NES?

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Maybe some of the ones which have already weathered will be, like solitare, tetris, pacman, those games are still played after time, and maybe you could get some heavily modified Super Mario Bros, or sonic as they are fairly simple.

If Its Japanese it will probly be these Side and over head scrolling shooters from companies like CAVE.
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Chess, along with the usual top variants, of course. As well as Go.

This is exactly what I was going to post.

Televisions, computers, and game consoles were completely inconceivable 100 years ago. In all probability, the things which will exist 100 years from now will be utterly foreign to us and beyond our imaginations. What will persevere will be the timeless classics: ancient games of skill. Chess will be around, and I think Go will continue to gain popularity and perhaps become more mainstream in the West. The video games of today will all be long forgotten.

I'd have to go with Mario or Sonic games... perhaps Final Fantasy or Zelda.

I think it is perfectly possible that many people born around now may be alive in 100 years times, given medical advances. Given that typical parents (say late 20s to mid 30s) will soon be those were around when computer games took off, I think the number of children born by parents who will introduce them to modern computer games will be extremely high, so much so that the vast majority of (european/american at least) children in ten years time will have an interest in computer games. So if nothing else purely from a nostagia perpective, there will be a demand in 100 years time for games of today. Also, given that people have a tendency of being fairly conservative, future advances in technology are far more likely to be embraced by future generations, not those who are currently being introduced to games as five year olds today and in ten years time. As a format and a concept, I feel there will certainly be some substantial interest in current games, even if the format and means of playing future games are absolutely and near inconcievably different.

Nah. Most of the video games from the 90s are forgotten now, except for a handful. Go back to the 80s, and you find even fewer. People will reject what is around now for the newer and better.

At best, modern console games will be viewed in the same manner 8-track tapes and vinyl records are viewed today. But I honestly don't think any of them are landmark enough to be remembered 100 years from now. Pong may be distantly remembered simply because it was the first computer game, but Resident Evil 5? Nope, no one you ask in a century will remember that game. Same goes for Halo, Super Mario Galaxy, Legend of Zelda, and all the rest. They will be relegated to obscurity.

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