Video game dynasties haven risen and fallen since consoles made their way into the homes of millions of Americans in the late '70s. The industry was almost snuffed out completely thanks to the video game crash of 1983 but in the last 35 years of home consoles we've seen the industry become one of the most profitable and innovative forms of media to ever exist. We count down the No. 1 selling titles of every year, across all consoles, since the Atari 2600 made its debut in 1977. We're not very good at math, so we didn't account for inflation.

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