#7. NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
Earlier, we spoke about how the games industry as we know it essentially wouldn’t exist if not for Nintendo. Well, Nintendo wouldn’t exist if not for the NES. The legacy of this console can never be overstated. The NES was single-handedly responsible for reviving the gaming industry and then driving it to mainstream success. It is responsible for creating the model of home consoles that is followed to this day. Its library is full of industry icons that are remembered to this day as some of the most influential games ever made and have created entire genres. From The Legend of Zelda to Super Mario, from Metroid to Castlevania, from Final Fantasy to Dragon Quest, some of the biggest franchises known to the games industry were born on the NES. And sure, a lot of those classics haven’t aged too well, but purely on the basis of what it did for video games as a whole, the NES will always be remembered as one of the most important consoles of all time.
