Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. Everybody I knew had that fucking game, even kids who their parents wouldn't let them buy video games because they were violent or whatever had it.
>>725417152 (OP)
WoW for MMOs
GTA San Andreas for 'everyone fucking played it'
Spider-man 2 for movie-games which seem to have faded in popularity
Fallout 3 for First Person RPGs rising to prominence (I know morrowind was earlier, but I think FO3 was the bigger 'normies play this too!' game.