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Games That Were Innovative and/or Ahead of Their Time

Commented chronological lists on innovative and/or ahead of their time games based on my own research and comments from various gaming forums. I'm using original release dates here. 

Thanks to the Hardcore Gaming 101, Good Old Games, r/retrogames and GameFAQs communities for their suggestions and corrections, and to GaminGHD for the inspiration!

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​1960s-1970s Games WIP

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Arcade (1980s)

Western PCs (1980s)

Japanese PCs (1980s)

Microsoft/Sanyo MSX
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​Nintendo NES/Famicom

Sega Master System/Mark III

NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 & PC Engine CD WIP

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis & Mega CD WIP

Nintendo Game Boy & Game Boy Color WIP


Arcade (1990s) WIP

Western PCs (1990s) WIP

Japanese PCs (1990s) WIP

Nintendo Super NES/SNES/Super Famicom WIP

Sega Game Gear WIP
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Sega Saturn WIP

Sony Playstation WIP

Virtual Boy WIP

Nintendo 64 WIP

Neo Geo Pocket & NGPC

Sega Dreamcast WIP

WonderSwan & WSC

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Arcade (2000s) WIP

Western PCs (2000s) WIP

Playstation 2 WIP

Game Boy Advance WIP

Nintendo Gamecube WIP

Microsoft Xbox WIP
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Nintendo DS WIP

Sony PSP WIP

Xbox 360 WIP
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​PS3 WIP

​Nintendo Wii WIP

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Dead End Innovations - Things new games gave up on WIP

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