ILX'S 100 GREATEST VIDEO GAMES EVER

for all the complaining about too many nintendo games i am way disappointed there is no excitebike

that championship manager game looks like something i would definitely geek out over if i was british or there was an american equiv

-- deeznuts, Monday, 5 May 2008 17:55 (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Sports Interactive's American connects have worked on these two games, never played them though so I have no idea if they're in the same quality bracket:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_Eastside_Hockey_Manager_2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Park_Baseball

Just as a heads-up, these are the games that placed 101-120:

101. Geoff Hammond's Formula 1 Grand Prix series
102. Tekken 2
103. Football Manager series (Kevin Tom)
104. Q-Bert
105. Shadow of the Colossus
106. Crysis
107. 101. Zarch/Virus
108. Bust a Move
109. Daley Thompson’s Decathlon
110. Final Fantasy XII
111. Treasure Island Dizzy
112. International Track & Field
113. Jungle Strike
114. King's Quest
115. Tempest
116. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
117. Warlords
118. Autoduel
119. Strider
120. X-Wing

I've played them. Football Manager is leagues better than EHM, I didn't get too into OOTPB but it is apparently similarly awesome among baseball stat-heads. But yeah, EHM completely lost the plot and played like a shitty communist FM. Plus the player qualities were very, very dubious (Antero Niittymaki as the best goaltender of a generation is just LOL).

I played EH becaue my friend like FM but I didn't know soccer. I played FM later and it got me into soccer. If you are aspie, pick up FM and you will soon be knowing the soccer very much.

Xpost lol no Earthbound still?! That is seriously astounding.

I put Morrowind 2ND and it didn't break the top 120???

My ballot. Games that didn't make the Top 100

1. Secret of Mana
2. Frontier: Elite II - not enough Commodore Amiga owners up in this thread
3. Half-Life
4. Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
5. Super Monkey Ball
6. Tetris
7. Goldeneye
8. Lemmings
9. The Secret of Monkey Island II: Le Chuck’s Revenge
10. Tomb Raider
11. Super Mario Kart
12. Galaga
13. Sonic the Hedgehog
14. Super Mario Brothers 3
15. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved - play this if you haven't: http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/grid/wars.htm
16. Monkey Island
17. Sid Meier’s Pirates!
18. Super Mario Bros
19. Sid Meier’s Civilization II
20. Bust a Move
21. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
22. International Track & Field
23. Championship Manager/Football Manager series (Sports Interactive)
24. Super Mario World
25. Bomberman
26. Super Mario Brothers 2
27. Cannon Fodder
28. Rainbow Islands
29. Chuckie Egg
30. Chrono Trigger

People who voted for Chrono Trigger higher than SOM are crazy.

Games that didn't make the top 100 in bold, that is.

Only four missing out. Do I have the most MOR tastes on ILG?

11. Suikoden II (TOMBOT TELL ME YOU PLAYED THE PS1 SUIKO GAMES... also the fifth one is good)

I have suikoden v at home waiting for me to finish a bunch of other silly stuff.

15. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved - play this if you haven't: http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/grid/wars.htm

-- caek, Monday, 5 May 2008 18:45 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I saw Stuart Campbell (online) the other day trolling a feminist opinions4u blog comments section. Big inspiration on me as a writer, obv.

dom wtf i never voted for zelda or a resident evil?!?!?!?!?

hi it's ken c here's my list lololol

1. Dance Dance Revolution
2. Pro Evo series
3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
4. Grand Theft Auto III
5. Sid Meier's Civilization II
6. Sonic the Hedgehog
7. Another World (aka Out Of This World)
8. Metal Gear Solid
9. Half-Life 2
10. Prince of Persia
11. Lemmings
12. Worms
13. Super Mario Bros
14. Contra
15. Wii Sports
16. Singstar series - great game spoilt by embracement from hipsters
17. Zarch/Virus
18. X-Wing
19. Bomberman
20. Bubble Bobble

were tombot and I the only people to vote for secret of mana? how did you place it tombot? did you track down your ballot yet?

Thanks very much for doing this dom. would love to see your ballot. stuart campbell and friends feature pretty heavy in my magazine thread which never really took off ;_; A history of your magazine/newspaper reading, from birth to present

caek, i bet lots of people had only 0 or 1 not even make the list

tombot, you should really check out i/ii if you can (i recommend emulating or something). they are seriously he best rpgs of that era. so much <3 for them.

I repped for the first Suikoden somewhere way up there. I hadn't played Shining Force before I first played Suikoden, so I was really blown away by the whole strategy thing with the combat.

1) Nethack
Mega Man 2
Katamari Damacy
Lords of Midnight
Raid On Bungeling Bay
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Scorched Earth
Super Mario World
Sid Meier's Civilization II
Monkey Island
TMNT 4: Turtles in Time
Spy Hunter
Super Metroid
Super Mario 64
Fallout
Ultima IV
The Sims
Wolfenstein 3D
Bomberman
Castlevania
Super Mario Brothers 3
Links 386 Pro
Pac-Man
Out-Run
Goldeneye
Actraiser
Duck Tales
Worms Armageddon
30) Double Dragon II: The Revenge

were tombot and I the only people to vote for secret of mana?

I did, can't recall where... ballot posted a little bit upthread.

1. Q-Bert
2. Planescape: Torment
3. Baldurs Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
4. Knights of the Old Republic
5. Marble Madness
6. Tempest
7. Jet Set Radio
8. Tetris
9. Eye of the Beholder II
10. Sid Meier's Civilization II
11. Dune 2
12. Centipede
13. Pole Position
14. Super Mario Kart
15. Arkanoid
16. Diablo 2
17. Prince of Persia
18. Tomb Raider
19. Metroid
20. Galaga
21. Defender
22. PacMan
23. Goldeneye
24. 720
25. Super Puzzle Fighter Alpha II Turbo
26. The Secret of Monkey Island II: Le Chuck's Revenge
27. Rock Band
28. Spy Hunter
29. Tekken 2
30. Bomberman

9 of my games missed the top 100, and 3 of those were in the top 120.

Okay that Top 100 in full:

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

Metal Gear Solid is mad over-rated, I think the Monkey Islands are the wrong way round, and you might as well have voted Attack of the Mutant Camels as bleeding Tetris, but hey! that's democracy.

too many nintendo players for this poll to be valid

yeh because nintendo players are such a small minority in gaming ... er ... ok cos across 20 odd years nintendo games have consistently rated poorly ... um ... ok i give up.

Okay that Top 100 in full:

I did that upthread!

lol sorry Patrick I looked but didn't see it ow my head

it's upside down both times

It's the right way up. You're upside down.

My list (looks like they all placed, except maybe Quake 2?):

A Mind Forever Voyaging
Deus Ex
Grim Fandango
Fallout
Final Fantasy VII
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Civilization II
Monkey Island
Bioshock
The Sims
Chrono Trigger
Guitar Hero
Super Mario Bros
Baldur’s Gate II
Maniac Mansion
Madden NFL
Oblivion
Legend of Zelda
Theme Hospital
Xenogears
Monkey Island II: Le Chuck’s Revenge
Super Mario 64
Secret of Mana
Quake 2
GTA III

I don't get the love for Tomb Raider now and I didn't then. Duke Nukem 3D & Quake came out that year and Goldeneye came out the next year. Tomb Raider's levels feel like a shitty tech demo.

Like I said I think it's incredibly atmospheric, the music and the visuals give me a real sense of place and made me want to explore it. I like the melancholy of it and the almost loneliness of those remote tombs, and it achieves that despite shitty cut scenes and crap voice acting.

I liked how everything looked like a bunch of dumpy polygons with shitty textures

Didn't have a PC back then so didn't know Quake, I don't think Duke Nukem's graphics are all that, I hated that 2D-ish thing going on with the scenery.

Duke Nukem's gfx sucked but the multiplayer was awesome

I can totally understand people finding Tomb Raider boring, I think I just have a high tolerance for slow stuff.

man hating "dumpy polygons with shitty textures" in tomb raider, but liking duke nukem 3d's multiplayer? it's almost like you just roll dice to decide what to not like

1d20

Duke Nukem had good gameplay. Tomb Raider was like a shitty 3d Zelda + duck hunt + autoaim - anything redeeming ever

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The auto-aim is used cleverly in the level with Lara's double, I think.

That first Tomb Raider game was fantastic.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Cabal_%28arcade_game%29.png/225px-Cabal_%28arcade_game%29.png

command and conquer + street fighter pwn3d

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-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, May 5, 2008 8:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

so missing the point!

I didn't vote because my taste in video games is really limited/specific, but here's what my ballot would have been:

1. Super Mario Bros
Legend of Zelda
Mega Man 2
Metroid
Super Mario World
Pac Man
Baseball Stars
Contra
Shadow of the Colossus
10. Super Mario Brothers 3
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Ninja Gaiden
Rock Band
Guitar Hero
Madden NFL series
Portal
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Worms Armageddon
20. Katamari Damacy
RBI Baseball
Skate
Half-Life 2
Super Mario Brothers 2
River City Ransom
Resident Evil 4
Super Puzzle Fighter Alpha II Turbo
Metal Gear
Bionic Commando
30. Bubble Bobble

you're joking, right?

Nope, that's the crap I play! Aren't you glad I didn't vote?

I think I can guarantee you that everybody else was more limited/specific than you were. I mean looking at your ballot that doesn't even make a lick of sense

classic ILX poll problem, people who like normal stuff don't vote in them, then the weirdos who DO vote in them complain about how crazy and outlandish and ridiculously off-kilter the results are

Which part doesn't make sense?

"my taste in video games is really limited/specific" coz it's hardly limited/specific at all! Y're normal dude.

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The first few levels really are like this, and I didn't bother with the rest.

if i had voted, my top 5 would have been

1. TETRIS ATTACK
2. STREET FIGHTER 2
3. FINAL FANTASY 3/6
4. STAR CONTROL 2
5. CIVILIZATION 2

i guess only one made the top-100..

no one has made a good defense of boob raider yet! Phil two's list is pretty dope. Civ 1 & 2 were good games.

not a complaint per se, but i'd question why some games were available to vote for as a series while other sequels were in there individually. it's a pretty interesting list regardless. yay for Monkey Island making the top ten.