Games had captivated the minds of teens and youth across the globe quite some decades ago. The erstwhile form of games was known as video games which had touched a nerve in the ’80s. At that time it was a boom-in-the-making with gaming consoles from Nintendo, and Sega, video games were destined to capture the hearts (and minds) of adventure lovers and it prolifically did so by providing a better version of everything over time. Today, it has achieved a star status among gaming enthusiasts; well, proudly known as, ‘gamers’.

After the eighties when games like Pacman, Battlezone and Legend of Zelda drenched gamers into thrill and adventure, came the ‘90s and brought with it first person fighter games like Mortal Kombat, Doom, and LAN games like Duke Nukem that have network capacities. Online gaming was becoming popular. Later, with the beginning of the new millennium, violent games like Grand-Theft-Auto or (GTA), Rainbow Six, Baldura etc. took over.

The best selling console games that made headlines, millions of money to their producers and tons of fun to the players from the time of their launch to this day include:

• Pac-man
• Atlantis
• Missile Command
• E.T
• Astrosmash
• Space Armada
• Halo
• Halo 2
• NFS: Underground
• Counter-Strike
• Call of Duty 2
• Star Wars: Battlefront
• Halo 3
• Fable II
• Super Mario Bros.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Duck Tales
• Dragon Warrior
• Bomberman
• Ninja Kid
• Lode Runner
• Star Fox
• Pokemon Stadium
• Metroid Prime
The thing about multiplayer games is that in most cases, they infuse violence and addiction; two things that can do enough harm to one’s personality, especially kids’. Parental control is therefore advised and should be seriously practiced.