In 1972, the famous video game Pong was released and quickly became the first popular arcade game. A simple game based on ping-pong with archaic graphic design and controls. Thirty-nine years later we have gone from Pong to elaborate Hollywood style games that are based around narrative like Call of Duty or Metal Gear Solid. Video games have come from simply being games to becoming what some argue is a new medium for narrative that can tell a story uniquely and completely unlike film and literature.
Now Pong included no narrative, but other early video games did. Mario Bros. tells the story of an Italian plumber who must travel through a magical kingdom to defeat a dragon-like turtle who has captured his love, the princess. A very shallow fairy tell that is only used as a back-drop for the icon of video games. The classic game Space Invaders tells its narrative by the title and game play alone.
 "Kingdom Rush"){kind=icon}
 "Crush the Castle Players Pack"){kind=icon}
 "Aground"){kind=icon}
 "Stellar Squad"){kind=icon}
 "Anti-Idle: The Game"){kind=icon}
 "I wish I were the Moon"){kind=icon}
 "Medieval Cop 8 -DeathWish- (Part 1)"){kind=icon}
 "Scope: First Blood"){kind=icon}