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bachelorchow:
EDIT: gone, stupid

Mieville:
Mario.

He came a long way from a side scrolling platform game.

notselfcreated:
I said PacMan. I think he's a more universal "symbol of videogames" than Mario.

Pong has become more famous as a pop-culture reference to outdated gaming than it ever was as a game itself. C.f., the Halloween Simpsons special where aliens capture the Simpsons and offer them "superior virtual tennis technology" (aka Pong). Or the recent (brilliant!) commercial involving live tennis players trying to win against a floating Pong bar.

Melodic:
I voted for Pong, but, the thing with these games is, that I think people will choose them for different reasons.

For instance, as notselfcreated said, Pong has become a pop-culture reference to the gameplay of outdated games.

Pac Man, of course, is a symbol of the arcade boom of early video games.

Mario, I think, is less a historic waypoint in video game history, as it is a very recognizable video game character. From the clothes, to his signature sound-effects, everything associated with Mario, is instantly recognizable, without ever mentioning or showing Mario himself.

Space Invaders, I think, is a somewhat-underappreciated entry. It didn't symbolize the arcade revolution like Pac Man did, and, although it was a hugely popular game in its time, I don't think it reaches into modern pop-culture as far as Pac Man does.

Frogger seems like a rather random candidate. Sure, it's stood the test of time, but I could never call it more recognizable than some of the earlier mentions.

Spike:
I would say pack man but then again I'm a bit of a gamer nerd.  

Mario would most likely be recognized by the most amount of people because there have been major mario games for just about every Nintendo console  He has gone simply from being a character to being a popular symbol for gaming.

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