

The original Pac-Man had been a culture-shaking success in 1981 – an arcade game so popular that it's still the highest-grossing video game of all-time, entirely due to the sheer avalanche of quarters shoved into its coin slots over 30 years ago. The video game industry's first leading lady was created out of impatience. The moment must be emotionally impactful somehow: did it amuse, surprise, scare, sadden, anger, or excite us?.Can be a moment from a level, but not an entire level start to finish.A single scene, sequence of scenes, obstacle, or turning point that can be clearly identified and defined.Has the moment become definitive of the game or gaming as a whole in some way?įor the purposes of this list, we defined a moment as:.

Is the moment iconic, or does it hold some historical significance in games?.How much did the moment impact us? Did it make us genuinely feel something? (This was most important.).We judged each moment on the following criteria: No matter the genre or platform, there are an endless number of memories to be made in the world of games.īut which video game moments are the most unforgettable to us? Iconic? Impactful? IGN decided to find out. Games have surprised us, scared us, challenged us, and rewarded us. They’ve taken us to grand new worlds, introduced us to unforgettable characters, and let us carve out a role for ourselves in each extraordinary adventure. Dash returned in 2017, an SNL cast member and comedian Bobby Moynihan voiced the previous characters Hal the Dog from Nature Cat, Panda Bear from We Bare Bears and Mel the Pug from the movie The Secret Life of Pets, he is going to voice Dash.Video games have captured our imaginations since the medium’s earliest years. In 2012, child actor Bob Schwartzman stated that he was the new voice of Dash. He even appears on the logo in 1999, alongside Dot.

Mason Therrel was the voice of Dash, since the change in his voice, he was replaced by other child actors and male actresses, such as Regan Mizrahi and Jake Beale. The ident also appears on the VHS and DVD releases in that same year, basically the same as the TV broadcast, but with "kidsvideo" at the bottom.
