Dear Future Gamer

You'll probably get hundreds of letters on this subject, but here goes anyway. I've just read your publication's list of Games of the Millennium, and I can't believe the most glaring oversight of the Millennium! Where on the list was the id series of first-person shooters? You know, the latest of which you just awarded 98 per cent in this week's very issue? (Wolfenstein 3D, Doom 1 and 2 and Quake 1, 2 and 3.)

This has to be the most successful, both critically and financially, series of games ever made on any format. And when you add to that, this series also gave us Half-Life and numerous other hybrids. What were you thinking?

Come on guys, were you in the pub at closing time when you made it onto the subject? I know everyone has their own personal faves from the mists of computer gaming's past, but come on. These games represent upon each one's release the state of the art in gameplay and graphics and are classics in anyone's eyes. Even if you're biased against first-person games, you can't ignore the huge impact they've had on software and hardware development. Doom virtually invented the idea of multiplayer deathmatches and really was the game that heralded the PC as a credible gaming platform.

I don't write to magazines very often, but this really made me dust off my typing skills.

Andy Pedder

FG: You might not write to magazines often, Andy, but it seems you read them properly even less. Our Games of the Millennium feature (which ran over four weeks, covering 100 games) included Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake for precisely the reasons you outline.