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what was *the* quintessential millennial video game?

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time?
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/22/25
OOT, Goldeneye, or Halo
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I was a serious gamer from ~1995 - 2005 and I literally neve...
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lol
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/22/25
Oh. It's one of the Zeldas. Zelda was exclusively for ne...
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I already wrote off your opinion. You’re dismissed
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/22/25
come on man. just, come on
Balding degenerate organic girlfriend
  04/22/25
Halo is up there but Goldeneye can't hand with Halo and OOT
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/22/25
Guessing you had very few friends
zippy masturbator
  04/22/25
lol dork
hairless hairraiser business firm
  04/22/25
Halo was a total bro game, Goldeneye just can’t hang i...
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/22/25
strongly disagree. OG Xbox wasn't that common - everyone...
Balding degenerate organic girlfriend
  04/22/25
lol no, goldeneye was THE game to stay up late playing with ...
zippy masturbator
  04/22/25
Clearly Goldeneye. Was played by all Millennials, not just g...
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Mario Kart still had more staying power IMO. I visited my ol...
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Actually -- this might be TCR answer using my methodology. ...
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Yes of course N64
Charismatic whorehouse striped hyena
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All viable candidates: Goldeneye Mario 64 Metal Gear Soli...
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Tripping goyim
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GTA Vice City over 3, no?
Charismatic whorehouse striped hyena
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Vice City improved on every aspect of 3 but 3 was more revol...
Pea-brained ultramarine keepsake machete
  04/22/25
exactly. GTA 3 was the one that we would crowd around th...
Balding degenerate organic girlfriend
  04/22/25
Gran Turismo belongs in this list. To this day I am a bette...
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GT is an Engineering exercise imo.
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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
Balding degenerate organic girlfriend
  04/22/25
FF7 no doubt
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Another nerd-exclusive title with minimal widespread adoptio...
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nobody played this IRL back then
Balding degenerate organic girlfriend
  04/22/25
maybe for xo nerds (including me), but a couch multiplayer g...
Tripping goyim
  04/22/25
Doom
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Was only popular from ~1993-1996 or so. Youngest millenn...
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you could run doom on a speak-n-spell iirc.
Razzle Office
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that was Gen X and largely losers, not mainstream
Balding degenerate organic girlfriend
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Nerds (PC), Preps (3DO), Scum (32X, Jaguar). It was on SNES ...
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Doom SNES sucked ass
Balding degenerate organic girlfriend
  04/22/25
Half-Life
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  04/22/25
it should have been but alas pc gamers were and remain nerds
smoky arousing hospital regret
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gotta be halo
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Depression Quest
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  04/24/25
Pokémon (red or blue) on Gameboy color and it's not c...
big chestnut bawdyhouse
  04/22/25
Actually seems a bit cr. Pokemon is the highest grossing IP ...
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/22/25
every other IP was somewhat clique restricted, when Pok&eacu...
big chestnut bawdyhouse
  04/22/25
It’s impossible to overstate how huge Pokemon was and ...
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/22/25
*adjusts Magikarp beanie*
big chestnut bawdyhouse
  04/22/25
Worlds of Warcrafts
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  04/22/25
there's something to be said for this answer. it's the first...
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skate for PS1 is the Official Answer
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Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat
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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 ...
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Too much zoomer crossover
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You're Gen X as fuck and it's showing. Zoomers were in diape...
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Guitar Hero was big in like 2007. Peak time for Early Zoomer...
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State your definition of the Gens before I engage you furthe...
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For some reason the older people get, the more they forget t...
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The game that Defines a Gen must be played during adolescenc...
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  04/23/25
so what im wearing a diaper right now
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honestly a lot of good candidates in this thread after re...
Brilliant beta corner karate
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It depends on Clique if anything... Loser: OOT High Los...
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you're wrong about everything, never try to cook again ...
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/22/25
shut up queer. Clique is far more salient than Gen.
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Anyone who thinks he's a "Normal Bro not in a Clique&qu...
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excellent post
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As I noted below, you are forgetting one Clique here: Wom...
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Goldeneye
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Half Life
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Goldeneye is the clear winner. If it is going to define the ...
self-centered alcoholic national security agency
  04/22/25
You guys are all wayyyy too high on Goldeneye but Pokemon is...
Swashbuckling rigpig
  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...
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/22/25
"the game me and my bros loved = quintessential!"
big chestnut bawdyhouse
  04/22/25
According to Wikipedia, all releases of Red/Blue/Green/Yello...
razzmatazz legal warrant main people
  04/23/25
lol everyone didn't play Goldeneye my friend, hell Super Sma...
big chestnut bawdyhouse
  04/22/25
Me, my cousin, my brother, and my friend always played Smash...
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/22/25
Mario Kart and Halo didn't have a trading card game and a tv...
big chestnut bawdyhouse
  04/22/25
It's telling that pokemon fans had to be given their own boa...
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/22/25
Pokemon was always a Joke though. Goldeneye was Cool. Cachet...
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link to thread where an OP asked what the coolest millennial...
big chestnut bawdyhouse
  04/22/25
That factors into quintessential imho. Pokémon sold w...
kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor
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ANY millennial could vis rec dozens of Pokémon IP exa...
big chestnut bawdyhouse
  04/22/25
If you consider female gamers to be legitimate gamers, then ...
razzmatazz legal warrant main people
  04/22/25
no, fuck those bitches
smoky arousing hospital regret
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Women don’t really have Gens
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I remember playing Sim Tower with my neighbor and jacking of...
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  04/23/25
well, we don't consider female gamers to be legitimate gamer...
Brilliant beta corner karate
  04/23/25
the answer is goldeneye but the most important millenial gam...
smoky arousing hospital regret
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...
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CoD and basically anything else relying on a mass audience d...
smoky arousing hospital regret
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I would argue that this Lineage goes back to Genesis and N64...
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oh we did it, I watched god only knows how many rounds of mo...
smoky arousing hospital regret
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And these same Scumbags probably spend more time gaming as f...
kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor
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Goldeneye and it's not even close. I never once in my lif...
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it was a cool early multiplayer shooter for 2 years that's i...
big chestnut bawdyhouse
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...
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Everyone played GTA 1-3…universally adopted and loved...
razzle-dazzle dysfunction jewess
  04/22/25
(fat af gen X Gamestop manager with a ponytail)
big chestnut bawdyhouse
  04/22/25
No one played GTA1-2 iirc
kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor
  04/23/25
Never met anyone who played these. Like ever.
Balding degenerate organic girlfriend
  04/23/25
Nigger Bus for PS2
amethyst coldplay fan
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no one mentioning madden is criminal and very telling
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I pulled up the Wikipedia page for best-selling games of all...
razzmatazz legal warrant main people
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Ridiculous.
sienna magical home brethren
  04/23/25
lol at us arguing over loser/scumbag/nerd claims when the an...
Blue Theater Stage Indirect Expression
  04/24/25
Yeah, I was pretty surprised that Bejeweled was first releas...
razzmatazz legal warrant main people
  04/24/25
Sims and WoW are potentially real answers, but not stuff lik...
Swashbuckling rigpig
  04/24/25
Goldeneye is #1 in this thread for a reason. Everybody playe...
Rebellious deranged headpube
  04/24/25
Twisted Metal with System Link was a hallmark of the UMC in ...
cowgod
  04/28/25
Mortal Kombat
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  04/28/25


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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time?

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:40 PM
Author: aphrodisiac turquoise dingle berry range

OOT, Goldeneye, or Halo

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:42 PM
Author: Pearly Bateful Casino

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=2E#48871292)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:43 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

lol

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: Pearly Bateful Casino

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=2E#48871328)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

I already wrote off your opinion. You’re dismissed

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Balding degenerate organic girlfriend

come on man. just, come on

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:43 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:15 PM
Author: zippy masturbator

Guessing you had very few friends

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: hairless hairraiser business firm

lol dork

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

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=2E#48871466)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: Balding degenerate organic girlfriend

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=2E#48871507)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: zippy masturbator

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=2E#48871560)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:41 PM
Author: Pearly Bateful Casino

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=2E#48871289)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:44 PM
Author: Charismatic whorehouse striped hyena

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=2E#48871305)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: Pearly Bateful Casino

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=2E#48871329)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: Charismatic whorehouse striped hyena

Yes of course N64

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: Pea-brained ultramarine keepsake machete

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=2E#48871307)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: Tripping goyim



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: Charismatic whorehouse striped hyena

GTA Vice City over 3, no?

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Pea-brained ultramarine keepsake machete

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=2E#48871342)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: Balding degenerate organic girlfriend

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=2E#48871453)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: hairless hairraiser business firm

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=2E#48871465)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

GT is an Engineering exercise imo.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:21 PM
Author: Pea-brained ultramarine keepsake machete

Cr. Forgot about that one

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: self-centered alcoholic national security agency

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=2E#48872359)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:55 PM
Author: Balding degenerate organic girlfriend

Asseta Corsa

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:47 PM
Author: stirring parlour preventive strike

FF7 no doubt

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: Pearly Bateful Casino

Another nerd-exclusive title with minimal widespread adoption.

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Balding degenerate organic girlfriend

nobody played this IRL back then

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:05 PM
Author: Tripping goyim

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=2E#48871376)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: Supple bisexual hissy fit school cafeteria

Doom

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Pearly Bateful Casino

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=2E#48871341)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:27 PM
Author: Razzle Office

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:23 PM
Author: Balding degenerate organic girlfriend

that was Gen X and largely losers, not mainstream

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:19 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

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=2E#48871683)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:35 PM
Author: Balding degenerate organic girlfriend

Doom SNES sucked ass

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:14 PM
Author: contagious heaven

Half-Life

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:55 PM
Author: smoky arousing hospital regret

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Brilliant beta corner karate

gotta be halo

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:21 PM
Author: amethyst coldplay fan

Depression Quest

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:22 PM
Author: Brilliant beta corner karate



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Date: April 24th, 2025 7:51 PM
Author: bonkers pearl puppy state



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: big chestnut bawdyhouse

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

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=2E#48871477)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: big chestnut bawdyhouse

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=2E#48871617)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:15 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

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=2E#48871667)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:12 PM
Author: big chestnut bawdyhouse

*adjusts Magikarp beanie*

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Date: April 22nd, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Hyperventilating thriller forum newt

Worlds of Warcrafts

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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: Blue Theater Stage Indirect Expression

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=2E#48871868)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: provocative abode

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Emerald Clown Mexican



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: Aromatic affirmative action toaster

Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: Pea-brained ultramarine keepsake machete

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=2E#48871910)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: multi-colored at-the-ready therapy stag film

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=2E#48871690)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

Too much zoomer crossover

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: multi-colored at-the-ready therapy stag film

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=2E#48871872)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:20 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

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=2E#48871888)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:22 PM
Author: multi-colored at-the-ready therapy stag film

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=2E#48871893)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:31 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

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=2E#48871931)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 6:42 AM
Author: multi-colored at-the-ready therapy stag film

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=2E#48873139)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:44 PM
Author: Supple bisexual hissy fit school cafeteria

so what im wearing a diaper right now

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Brilliant beta corner karate

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=2E#48871867)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:37 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

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=2E#48871949)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

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

sorry

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 5:54 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:04 PM
Author: Pearly Bateful Casino

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=2E#48872301)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:52 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

excellent post

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:41 PM
Author: razzmatazz legal warrant main people

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

Women: The Sims

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:48 PM
Author: provocative abode



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:02 PM
Author: sienna magical home brethren

Goldeneye

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:07 PM
Author: orchid gas station ladyboy

Half Life

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:40 PM
Author: self-centered alcoholic national security agency

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=2E#48872367)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:42 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

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=2E#48872371)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:46 PM
Author: Shivering Idiotic Church

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=2E#48872383)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:53 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

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=2E#48872399)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:13 PM
Author: big chestnut bawdyhouse

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

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: razzmatazz legal warrant main people

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=2E#48874706)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: big chestnut bawdyhouse

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=2E#48872421)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

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=2E#48872426)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:50 PM
Author: big chestnut bawdyhouse

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=2E#48872393)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

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=2E#48872402)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

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=2E#48872405)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: big chestnut bawdyhouse

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

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:56 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

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=2E#48872674)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:10 PM
Author: big chestnut bawdyhouse

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=2E#48872696)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:40 PM
Author: razzmatazz legal warrant main people

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=2E#48872642)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:59 PM
Author: smoky arousing hospital regret

no, fuck those bitches

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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

Women don’t really have Gens

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 9:24 AM
Author: iridescent glittery nibblets

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=2E#48873354)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: Brilliant beta corner karate

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=2E#48875505)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:44 PM
Author: smoky arousing hospital regret

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=2E#48872647)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:00 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:07 PM
Author: smoky arousing hospital regret

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=2E#48872694)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:10 PM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

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=2E#48872697)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:30 PM
Author: smoky arousing hospital regret

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=2E#48872730)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 8:13 AM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

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=2E#48873232)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 10:57 PM
Author: Mauve Trailer Park

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=2E#48872676)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: big chestnut bawdyhouse

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=2E#48872735)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:51 PM
Author: Adventurous Circlehead



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: iridescent glittery nibblets



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



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:53 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle dysfunction jewess

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=2E#48872769)



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Date: April 22nd, 2025 11:57 PM
Author: big chestnut bawdyhouse

(fat af gen X Gamestop manager with a ponytail)

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 8:13 AM
Author: kink-friendly trip crackhouse rigor

No one played GTA1-2 iirc

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 9:18 AM
Author: Balding degenerate organic girlfriend

Never met anyone who played these. Like ever.

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 9:10 AM
Author: amethyst coldplay fan

Nigger Bus for PS2

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: High-end bat-shit-crazy corn cake ape

no one mentioning madden is criminal and very telling

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: razzmatazz legal warrant main people

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=2E#48874737)



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Date: April 23rd, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: sienna magical home brethren

Ridiculous.

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



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Date: April 24th, 2025 9:41 PM
Author: Blue Theater Stage Indirect Expression

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=2E#48878585)



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Date: April 24th, 2025 10:17 PM
Author: razzmatazz legal warrant main people

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=2E#48878664)



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Date: April 24th, 2025 10:19 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig

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=2E#48878669)



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Date: April 24th, 2025 10:36 PM
Author: Rebellious deranged headpube

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=2E#48878705)



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Date: April 28th, 2025 7:35 PM
Author: cowgod ( )

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=2E#48888572)



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Date: April 28th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: Carl Tuckerson

Mortal Kombat

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