ILX'S 100 GREATEST VIDEO GAMES EVER

#100: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
#99: Kirby's Adventure (1993)
#98: Wolfenstein 3-D (1992)
#97: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (2004)
#96: Diablo II (2000)
#95: Super Monkey Ball (2001)
#94: Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
#93: Metroid: Zero Mission (2004)
#92: Maniac Mansion (1987)
#91: Rez (2001)
#90: Super Mario Bros 2 (1988)
#89: Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon (1991)
#88: Lords of Midnight (1984)
#87: Double Dragon II - The Revenge (1988)
#86: Master of Magic (1993)
#85: WipEout 2097 (1996)
#84: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)
#83: A Mind Forever Voyaging (1985)
#82: Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)
#81: Defender (1980)
#80: River City Ransom (1989)
#79: Ico (2001)
#78: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000)
#77: Spy Hunter (1983)
#76: Xenogears (1998)
#75: Ninja Gaiden (1988)
#74: Elite (1984)
#73: Scorched Earth (1991)
#72: Castlevania (1986)
#71: Metroid (1986)
#70: Deus Ex (2000)
#69: Tomb Raider
#68: Bioshock (2007)
#67: Contra (1987)
#66: The Sims (2000)
#65: Secret of Mana (1993)
#64: Nethack (1987)
#63: Cannon Fodder (1993)
#62: Planescape: Torment (1999)
#61: Final Fantasy VII (1997)
#60: Prince of Persia (1989)
#59: Sega NHL series (1991-2007)
#58: R-Type (1987)
#57: Grim Fandango (1998)
#56: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (1991)
#55: Galaga (1981)
#54: Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 (1987)
#53: Guitar Hero (2005)
#52: Worms Armageddon (1999)
#51: Jet Set Radio (2000)
#50: Gran Turismo series (1997-)
#49: Chuckie Egg (1983)
#48: Marble Madness (1984)
#47: Pac-Man (1980)
#46: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
#45: Dance Dance Revolution series (1998-)
#44: Wii Sports (2006)
#43: Micro Machines (1991)
#42: Portal (2007)
#41: Singstar series (2004-)
#40: Arkanoid (1986)
#39: The Legend of Zelda (1986)
#38: Another World (1991)
#37: Final Fantasy Tactics (1997)
#36: Katamari Damacy (2004)
#35: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
#34: Sensible Soccer series (1992-1998)
#33: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
#32: Madden NFL series (1988-)
#31: Half-Life (1998)
#30: Resident Evil 4 (2005)
#29: We ♥ Katamari (2005)
#28: Worms (1995)
#27: Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe (1990)
#26: Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
#25: GoldenEye 007 (1997)
#24: Bomberman (1983)
#23: Fallout (1997)
#22: Bubble Bobble (1986)
#21: Mega Man 2 (1989)
#20: Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)
#19: Super Metroid (1994)
#18: Super Mario 64 (1996)
#17: Championship Manager/Football Manager series (1992-)
#16: Metal Gear Solid (1998)
#15: Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
#14: Super Mario Bros. (1985)
#13: Half-Life 2 (2004)
#12: Pro Evolution Soccer series (2001-)
#11: Chrono Trigger (1995)
#10: The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
#9: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
#8: Lemmings (1991)
#7: Super Mario Kart (1992)
#6: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
#5: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
#4: Super Mario World (1990)
#3: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
#2: Tetris (1985)
#1: Sid Meier's Civilization II (1996)

Good one Dom.

I'm really glad to see Chuckie Egg so high.

Ballot:

Defender

Chuckie Egg
Bubble Bobble
Guitar Hero
Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World
Tetris
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Singstar series
Dance Dance Revolution
Bomberman
Zelda: Ocarina of Time

International Track & Field
Tempest
Elite

Marble Madness
R-Type
Mega Man 2
Boulderdash
Paradroid
Lords of Midnight
Super Mario Galaxy
Football Manager series (Kevin Tom)
Rainbow Islands
Galaga
Head Over Heels
Sonic the Hedgehog
Spy Hunter
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

I know no-one cares.

Were there any RTS games in the list? Or even nominated? No flight simulators either, haha.

Glad Cannon Fodder & Worms placed - awesome use of graphical limitations to portray cartoonish violence, excellent soundtrack/sound design, and fun just to muck around in. Lemmings kinda fits in here, too.

Interesting that Blizzard only managed to get one game on the list - Diablo 2 was pretty much a souped-up Gauntlet clickfest, which is GREAT - more of an action game than an RPG. Really wish The Lost Vikings or Starcraft had been nominated - Blizzard are like Rockstar (or, y'know, insert-Japanese-gaming-company-here) with the level of detail/easter eggs in their worlds. Anyone apart from HI DERE w/me?

i've had a hard disk failure since I sent my ballot so have forgotten what my picks were. But apparently

1. SMB3
2. Chuckie Egg
3. Rainbow Islands

All three transcendent platform games, each without flaw and a self-contained wonder in itself.

That said, have very few complaints about civ2 being top of our list (Dom it must have been top 10 for me, no?)

Have to say, this is why I <3 ILX. Good work everyone.

I've definately played more Master Of Magic than any of the Civ games, probably because the endgame never dragged out as long as those of Civ, & was more fun to tweak what you started with.

80s top 10:
#2: Tetris (1985)
#14: Super Mario Bros. (1985)
#15: Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
#20: Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)
#21: Mega Man 2 (1989)
#22: Bubble Bobble (1986)
#24: Bomberman (1983)
#32: Madden NFL series (1988-)
#39: The Legend of Zelda (1986)
#40: Arkanoid (1986)

90s top 10:
#1: Sid Meier's Civilization II (1996)
#3: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
#4: Super Mario World (1990)
#7: Super Mario Kart (1992)
#8: Lemmings (1991)
#9: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
#10: The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
#11: Chrono Trigger (1995)
#16: Metal Gear Solid (1998)
#17: Championship Manager/Football Manager series (1992-)

00s top 10:
#5: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
#6: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
#12: Pro Evolution Soccer series (2001-)
#13: Half-Life 2 (2004)
#17: Championship Manager/Football Manager series (1992-)
#26: Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
#29: We ♥ Katamari (2005)
#30: Resident Evil 4 (2005)
#32: Madden NFL series (1988-)
#36: Katamari Damacy (2004)

90s FTW then? what is ILX average age again?

no fighting or rts games wau

WHY TETRIS SUCKS IN 08

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90s FTW then? what is ILX average age again?

-- Thomas, Monday, 5 May 2008 01:15 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

We worked this out didn't we? Around 26.

no simcity!!!! fuck

Factoids:

*1991 was the most popular year, scoring 10 games (including the start of Sega NHL series)

*Top 5 Developers:
1. Nintendo EAD - 10 games
2. Konami - 6 games
3. Square - 5 games
4. Namco - 4 games
5. TIE: Taito, Nintendo R&D1, Valve - 3 games

*Top 5 Publishers:
1. Nintendo - 16 games
2. Konami - 7 games
3-4. TIE again: Sega, Square - 5 games
5. MicroProse - 4 games

*Top O.G. Formats:
1. Arcade - 14 games
2. PlayStation 2 - 9 games
3. PlayStation - 8 games
3. PC DOS - 8 games
5. PC Windows - 7 games
5. Commodore Amiga - 7 games
5. NES - 7 games
8. SNES - 6 games
9. PC - 5 games

Etc etc...

Hey stevem, wanna do Top 10s by country? US/UK/Japan, uh, Russia for Tetris ... any others?

I'm one of the Goldeneye-haters, but I set up SERIAL CABLE games of Doom/Doom 2 in my school's computer lab & charged people 50c to play.

No fighting games, heh - Street Fighter II was everyone's formative fish'n'chip shop arcade game in Rotorua, & I wasted heaps of time playing Soul Calibur, One Must Fall: 2097 & Tekken 3.

Games on this list my Dad played: Tetris, Worms, Lemmings.

No Simcity or other games occasionally used as "educational" in the classroom or whatever - Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiago?, Operation Neptune ... what else?

simcity is the only one of those i would consider top 100 worthy

also no "THE SIMS"

No World of Warcraft?

No Simcity or other games occasionally used as "educational" in the classroom or whatever - Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiago?, Operation Neptune ... what else?

-- etc, Monday, 5 May 2008 01:25 (18 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

We played Lemmings at our school as a "puzzle solving" exercise, back in... 1994?

xpost: no one could tear themselves away from it long enough to vote

Lemmings was from a neat era in computer games, where you could have special christmas editions that were pretty much glorified demos with holiday themes. Always liked them.

Not necessarily top-100 worthy, but etc is probably right to be surprised - normally you'd expect lots of nostalgia for things like Oregon Trail and Odell Lake. Especially if weird, really garish-looking platformers you've never even heard of ("Chuckie Egg"??? Bubble Bobble 2???) are getting in.

The absence of fighting games and RTSes *is* shocking though. Didn't realize ILX skewed so heavily towards geek games. I take no issue with that - I'm happy to be among my kind - it's just interesting.

Chuckie Egg and Rainbow Islands II were both massive in the UK. I think Rainbow Islands may have been the biggest selling C64 title ever.

(ps, lovers of Chuckie Egg etc may freely mock my vote for Commander Keen, representative of countless not-quite-as-good-as-Mario PC shareware platformers from the golden age of the BBS.)

Commander Keen has more in common with Metroid or Castlevania than Mario

How did Last Ninja do over there? I have no real sense of what the really popular games for C64 were in the States, and just played what my dad and brother bought. In hindsight, we really had a ton of games...how much did C64 games cost, typically? Was my family dealing drugs?

re: Keen, I could see that - bigger levels, gathering keys, etc. (An even closer Metroid clone: the impossibly difficult Captain Comic.)

The only nominated fighting games were pretty crappy but I still voted for SNK vs. Capcom 2 hoping it would make the list and rep for SFII, Darkstalkers et al

Aw NO EARTHBOUND. *96 taers*

^*co-signs this with a 97th tear*

Lack of any Ultima and Star Control II is highly disappointing, lost forever in the era of weird non-internet PC computing.

Did Simcity evn get nominated? Wait, did I nominate it? I know I did the Sims... gah I wish I'd voted, now :)

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Well I would have voted for the Sims and Oblivion anyway which won't have made much difference.

I've never played Civ. I suppose I really should, some time.

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dom what was my ballot? I sent it to you through ILX-mail and I don't appear to have saved a text copy

anyway classic, classic results, well done everyone.
I do wish more people would post to ILG for general discussion of stuff. Maybe I should move my RCR thread over there

people complaining should have been perhaps more fastidious during the nomination period, Diablo II being Blizzard's only contribution to these results is kind of ZUH

san andreas is not the best gta

yeah, I heard they made another one after that.

Is there an animated gif of John Saxon w/ gasmask doing a hearty double thumbs-up?

Wolfenstein over Doom? really?

i personally always preferred wolfenstein because you got to shoot actual human beings, said el tomboto

i hope that worked

great poll, Dom! thanks for your work!

yeah, I heard they made another one after that.

-- El Tomboto, Sunday, May 4, 2008 9:49 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

great game but so messy in terms of bugs + graphics, too ambitious for tech of the time