Comments on: The 5 Most Recognisable Gaming Icons Ever

By: ice365

ice365 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:08:04 +0000

love the list but the t-block was a serpise you could of made it link or one of the other zelda people

By: Chris Carter

Chris Carter — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:15:06 +0000

Have your own top five?
http://gamerlimit.com/blogs

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:03:10 +0000

Pong > Tetris block

By: Roy

Roy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:29:07 +0000

Great write up. Not too short or too long.

By: Hung-Su

Hung-Su — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:34:15 +0000

tylor: You’re quite right, Sonic has plenty of cult status left. And he probably has plenty of iconic power left, so on recollect, he could probably have beaten the NES controller.

Ruben: Thanks a heap for that :] Appreciation is always appreciated xD

By: Ruben

Ruben — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:20:17 +0000

I was wondering who could have beaten Mario, but after seeing the yellow chomper, I could only smile and agree. Great article. xD

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By: tylor

tylor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:33:13 +0000

Great article though : ).

By: tylor

tylor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:32:18 +0000

IMO Sonic doesn’t deserve a place, but it’s odd to say he doesn’t have cult status anymore given the longevity of his comic book series and the fact that’s he’s starred in at least one cartoon series.

By: Hung-Su

Hung-Su — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:11:09 +0000

Hi everyone, thank you for the comments.

Chris: Yes, I did feel that the article was a bit short at first, but I cannot honestly think of how the article would be “improved” or made more appealing by making it longer.

Doubledown Tandino: Atari logo is a flat no for reasons already discussed. The pong board is just a rectangle. You can’t show it to someone and expect them to think of games.

William: True, but the image was so simple, especially compared to Mario just before, that I didn’t feel that making it simpler would feel right.

Alexis: “Distinctive” is not the same as “recognisable”. I meant distinctive in the sense that if you put the 2600 joystick in a pile of other controllers, it would stick out. But the NES controller is burned in the memories of more people. It’s more “recognisable”.

umm: You are a rare specimen.

Name name: No, I don’t feel that any of the public gaming icons/mascots have burnt themselves into PUBLIC consciousness. Just about EVERYONE knows Mario and Pac Man. EVERYONE. Characters from this decade have burned themselves into the minds of current gamers, but not the general public on a worldwide scale.

Bill Hartzer: Please shoot the dog.

Shrayas: :]

id: I do love quake, and wasted most of my high school life playing quake 2 with eraser bot. But, it’s an icon only within the PC gaming community, not the worldwide general public.

Ripped off: I suddenly feel quite young. :]

Budo: Such a list is so subjective, it’s impossible to be perfect. :/

DrSparc: See my discussion above with Alexis.

rahnyc4: The gameboy was a tough one. I ended up settling for the NES, because the NES was a family device while the Gameboy lent itself to being the schoolkid’s plaything. That, and the NES controller is simpler and more punchy looking.

Sergio: Arguably, the Space Invader could be swapped with the Tetris block, but I don’t think I could move it ahead of Mario.

By: Sergio

Sergio — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:19:30 +0000

I think I would have shifted the Space Invader to number 2, I believe it has a much greater iconic status than you give it.

By: rahnyc4

rahnyc4 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:51:12 +0000

good article. all of these are instantly recognizable. i would also list the original gameboy, but thats me. oh and the atari 2600 isnt a more iconic controller than the nes, so i disagree. if you showed the average person that atari controller, they wouldn’t even able to tell you what system it belong to. the nes is basically the most familiar video game controller there is.