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The Video Game Required Reading List: 1995-1999 [The Resties]

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The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

4.95K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

The Resties Required Reading List returns! Our goal is to curate a "must play" list of 25 games released between 1980 to 2020. Think of it like Video Games 101. This week, we've selected games from 1995-1999. Join us as we revisit the moment when video games went mainstream! Visit @thebestiespod on Twitter to see a full list of games from this week's episode. Previous picks: 1985-89 - Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, SimCity 2005-09 - Resident Evil 4, Wii Sports, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare This week's bonus recs: Deep Rock Galactic and When Worlds Collide (1951)

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, my name is Christopher Thomas Plants.

0:12.0

My name is Ross Frustre.

0:13.0

And welcome to the resties, where the rest of the best discuss the best of the rest.

0:19.2

This week we are talking about the resties required reading list.

0:23.9

We're back baby.

0:24.9

It's bad.

0:25.9

It's bad than ever.

0:26.9

By popular demand, the people want to know what they haven't played.

0:31.2

You too.

0:32.2

And we're going to tell you, for people who do not remember or people who want to catch

0:37.8

up, here's how it works.

0:39.9

Our goal is to collect a list of 25, count them 25 on the dot games from Pac-Man to modern

0:48.2

day.

0:49.2

That is a 1980 to 2020.

0:51.7

Keeping a round number.

0:52.7

They're not going to all the way up to 21-22.

0:55.3

Because that's not even history yet.

0:57.4

Who knows how we'll feel about those things.

0:59.6

These are not the best games or even our favorite games.

1:04.8

This is definitely not one of those top 100 games of all time list.

1:08.5

You can find plenty of those.

1:10.3

Go to google.com.

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