Top 10 Longest Running Video Game Franchises
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These are the video game franchises that keep going and going and going and going…Yup, we;re talking about those gaming IPs that have been kicking around since before many of us were born, the ones that have been releasing games throughout generations upon generations of video game history. Welcome to and today we’re counting down our picks for the Top 10 Longest Running Video Game Franchises.
00:39 #10. “Street Fighter” (1987)
01:17 #9. “Metal Gear” (1987)
02:03 #8. “Final Fantasy” (1987)
02:48 #7. “Dragon Quest” (1986)
03:30 #6. “The Legend of Zelda” (1986)
04:24 #5. “Carmen Sandiego” (1985)
05:05 #4. “Wolfenstein” (1981)
05:50 #3, #2 & #1: ???
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You forgot mortal kombat and pokemon
WHERE THE FUCK IS HORIZON
#0 life: the video game
When I was younger I had a pac man playstation 2 game I could never beat lol
Final Fantasy's name is a joke.
Final Fantasy's name is a joke.
Hey guys I make Art & Craft videos and tutorials, If anyone's interested. 🙂
People are retards. Pokemon my young ass.
GTA: 1997 –
Mario: 1981 –
Pacman: 1980 –
Street Fighter: 1987 –
GTA does NOT deserve a place on this list!
dumb kids today are spoilt and cry about everything . gaming was so much better years ago before spoilt millenials
Pokemon, C'mon
NOO GTA IS THE OLDEST GAME IT WAS RELEASED 1997 SO THAT MAKES IT 50 YEARS OLD
I thought that mario would be number one
Pokémon?
where is pokemon?
Mario but no sonic.Sonic like the same age a Mario
When are Square Enix going to make 'The Final Fantasy'? I mean 'The FINAL Fantasy'. That series really needs to end. There's too many bloody games to beat at this point!
Where the fuck are pokemons?
1:32 "Before being ported to the NE… S."
why didnt they pick Tetris? its came out in 1984 and its still running
I feel like at some point they forgot that they specifically said they were talking about franchises that consistently put out quality games. Something like Wolfenstein really seems to miss the mark. Sure, the original may have come out in the 80's, but I'm pretty sure there was a near 20 year gap between games in there at some point.
pokemon, no?
no pokemon
random fact:
When a certain Dragon Quest game came out in Japan, the whole country's school had a day off…
They probably knew that noone would come to school on such a day 😀
furthermore they had only one day off, because every Japanese kid finishes a humongous game in a single day 😀
but where's Phantasy Star
Wtf is with this top ?? No mortal kombat ??
Elder Scrolls, Arena?
Now I remember, the very first video game I played was Mario on pc.
The blocks and turtles have the keyboard letters, pressing the right buttons makes mario jump and go forward.
Never heard of Carmen Sandiego games… but suddenly I get the reference I've heard quite a bit. "Where in Carmen Sandiego am I?"
what about space invaders and pong?