The 13 Most Influential Games of All Time
Games come and go, but the lingering influence of the 13 games on this list, drawn from across the decades, will always remain.

The Legend of Zelda is the first title in the Zelda series, it has marked the history of video games particularly for it's game mechanics and universe. The player controls Link and must make his way through the forests, graveyards, plains and deserts of the Otherworld to find the secret entrances to the eight dungeons and try to restore the broken Triforce. Among the game's mechanics, it was the first time we saw a continuous world that could be freely explored, power-ups that permanently enhanced the main character's abilities and a battery save feature that allowed players to keep their progress instead of having to start over. The gameplay balanced action sequences with discovery, secrets and exploration.
Games come and go, but the lingering influence of the 13 games on this list, drawn from across the decades, will always remain.
Even after 40 years, a powerful early line from a classic video game still ranks as the best of all time.
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Zelda was made with a mission in mind: to save the (open) world