They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To
Today MCV (videogames trade press) published ew.com’s top 50 games of all time.
1. Tetris – PC (1985)
2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – N64 (1998)
3. Doom – PC (1993)
4. Super Mario World – SNES (1991)
5. Guitar Hero – PS2 (2005)
6. Street Fighter II – SNES (1991)
7. Super Mario Kart – SNES (1992)
8. GoldenEye 007 – N64 (1997)
9. Grand Theft Auto IV – PS3 and Xbox 360 (2008)
10. Metal Gear Solid – PlayStation (1998)
11. Halo: Combat Evolved – Xbox 360 (2001)
12. Super Mario Galaxy – Wii (2007)
13. Final Fantasy VII – PlayStation (1997)
14. Resident Evil 4 – GameCube (2005)
15. Chrono Trigger – SNES (1995)
16. Gran Turismo – PlayStation (1998)
17. Sim City – Macintosh and Amiga (1989)
18. Half-Life – PC (1998)
19. Sid Meier’s Civilization II – PC (1996)
20. Gears of War – Xbox 360 (2006)
Just goes to show that good games aren’t all about textured polygons and wizzy framerates…
Full list can be found here: http://www.mcvuk.com/news/31033/EW-Our-top-50-games-of-all-time
July 1st, 2008 at 5:27 pm
What No Donkey Kong?
July 1st, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Hmmm, some crazy fool has neglected to include Jet Set WIlly & Daley Thompson’s Decalthon for the Spectrum 48k
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Where on earth is Duck Hunt?
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Can’t believe Elite (for the BBC model B) hasn’t made it – surely one of the earliest succesful strategy plus shooter games???
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Gears of War is so over rated
Where is the classic Sensible Soccer or Championship Manager!!!!
July 4th, 2008 at 11:59 am
1. Golden eye should be above Guitar Hero.
2. Sim City 2000 was the best installent.
3. GTA IV is massively underated.
and
4. Who writes a lists?
July 9th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Agree with most of the list but how on earth can they exclude COD4!! Arguanly the best 360 game ever -sacrilege!!!