Most widely recognized gaming symbol

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mParadox

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The Assassins Creed symbol, Half Life's Lambda symbol, L4D's hand and Quake's symbol jump to mind.
 

Jesus Phish

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Nintendos logo, the Pacman image and a Space Invader. They're known globally and more importantly, outside of the gaming industry.

If you went and plastered up a Gears cog or the Halo difficulty icons, most non-gamers, wouldn't know what they are.
 

Robert632

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This might not count as a symbol or not, but I think Pikachu, the mascot of the Pokemon franchise, is most certainly one of, if not the most recognized symbols in all of gaming. Of course, part of that popularity may come from the fact that
pokemon is a multi-media franchise.
 

AcacianLeaves

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I would say the image of a controller or a joystick. They are universal and are not brand names, if you show someone a controller they'll immediately know what its associated with no matter where they are from. If they've never heard of Pac-Man, Nintendo, or Mario, they know exactly what this is used for:

 

Estoki

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I would like to say Half-life's lambda symbol, but every time you think half-life, you think crowbar.
 

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shadyh8er said:
Julianking93 said:
shadyh8er said:
Uhhh...what is that...exactly?
You're joking, right? ...right?
Actually no. I genuinely don't know what that is.
I... uh...

Sorry, I don't mean to sound like an dick, but that amazes me.

Seriously... this [http://www.seeklogo.com/images/T/The_Legend_of_Zelda_Triforce_-logo-78F80B469E-seeklogo.com.gif] doesn't ring a bell?

It's the triforce... you know... from Zelda :D
 

metal eslaved

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http://hendricks266.duke4.net/d3dxbla/DukeUI/ButtonImages/NUKE.jpg

the simbol of the biggest game related internet meme
 

Yagharek

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What about Mudkip, meme wise?

On that note, Pikachu has to be pretty widely recognised. Or even the pokeball.