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Okay, after reading the whole list, I have five questions:
5. Where is Oregon Trail?
4. Where is Super Mario RPG?
3. Where is SoulCalibur?
2. Where the hell is Diablo II?
1. Where the hell are all the SHMUPS?

Life Force AKA Salamander, Gradius, R-Type, Einhander, Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga -- just because the genre is defunct is no reason to act like it never existed. The total absence of this genre from any all-time top 100 list is a disgrace. [edit:  Well, there's Contra, and maybe Star Fox, but it's still unacceptable.  Space SHMUPS deserve at least a few spots, and not all in the bottom 50, either.]

Part of the reason, I think, it that this list spends too much time drooling over RTSes. I love StarCraft as much as anyone, but the number of RTSes was just overwhelming compared to the other genres, or at least it seemed that way to me.

Oh. My score?

Completed: 20
96. Wave Race 64
86. Perfect Dark
75. GoldenEye 007
67. Mega Man 2
58. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
55. Final Fantasy II
54. Contra
51. Sonic the Hedgehog
50. Super Smash Bros.
39. Super Mario Bros. 3
32. Halo: Combat Evolved
28. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
24. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
17. Super Mario World
15. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
11. StarCraft
10. Resident Evil 4
8. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
5. Super Mario 64
1. Super Mario Bros.

Unbeatable: 3
81. Space Invaders
13. Ms. Pac-Man
2. Tetris

Played significantly: 22
94. NiGHTS into Dreams...
90. Okami
87. Advance Wars
79. Secret of Mana
78. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
77. Star Fox
76. Final Fantasy VII
73. Resident Evil
68. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
64. Total Annihilation
47. God of War
46. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
42. The Legend of Zelda
38. Final Fantasy Tactics
37. Pokémon Blue Version
31. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
30. Metroid Prime
23. Super Mario Kart
18. Chrono Trigger
9. Final Fantasy III (US)
7. Super Metroid
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

I have a bit of an issue involving not actually finishing games. For instance, in FFIV, VI, VII, and VIII, I got almost to the finish and then turned back so I could explore some more, look around for optional sidequests and backstory triggers, and generally dick around. Then I got distracted by whatever hot new game came out and never got around to finishing it off; after a while, I'd have to replay the whole damn game to give the story a proper send-off, which is what I did with FFIV. Anyway, that explains a lot of the games on the third list.



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