19. Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GB, also on GB Color & DS as DX)
I have a confession to make. This is the only Zelda game on my list! I'm still playing through OoT on VC, never completed A Link to the Past (which I really enjoyed) and Twilight Princess just missed out this year due to some top new releases. However, there's something to be said about the first time you play a Zelda game and this was my first. Maybe it was because I played it as a kid or maybe it was because it was the first Zelda game I'd played, but this fuelled my imgaination in ways most modern games don't even come close to realising. The charming 2D sprites coupled with the superb design of items, levels and game progression made this one of the greatest game's ever made. I pretty much played this and nothing else for a 1.5 years; it's just a joy to play.
