~ S.Peelman's Top 50 Best Video Games of All Times 2024: ~
Another year, another top 50 list. These are S.Peelman's most favourite games of all-time. Games can be on this list simply because they are excellent and made an impression on me due to quality, but they can also be here because they gave me countless hours of fun, or had a deeper impact on myself as a person or as a gamer. The very best games did all of those things, and that is worth a lot.
When a game spans multiple consoles, only those on which I played the game are mentioned. The year of release is based on the PAL releases of the original game, which really only really makes a difference in a handful of older games.
| # | Title | Genre | Platform | Year | YoY | Guessed by |
| 50 | Blast Corps | Action puzzle | N64 | 1997 | R | |
| 49 | Star Wars: Dark Forces | First person shooter | macOS, PS | 1995 | R | |
| 48 | Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped | 3D platformer | PS | 1998 | R | |
| 47 | GoldenEye 007 | First person shooter | N64 | 1997 | v29 | |
| 46 | Dynamite Cop! | Beat 'em up | DC | 1999 | ^3 | |
| 45 | Empire: Total War | Turn-based strategy | PC | 2009 | ^7 | |
| 44 | Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire | Third person shooter | N64 | 1997 | R | |
| 43 | SimCity 2000 | Construction & management | macOS | 1993 | ^2 | |
| 42 | Star Wars Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire | Rail shooter | macOS | 1995 | ^1 | |
| 41 | Metroid Fusion | Action adventure | GBA, 3DS | 2002 | v5 | |
| 40 | Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force | First person shooter | PC | 2000 | v10 | |
| 39 | Crazy Taxi | Racing | DC | 2000 | ^8 | |
| 38 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Third person shooter | PS3 | 2009 | v18 | |
| 37 | Super Mario Galaxy | 3D platformer | Wii | 2007 | v6 | |
| 36 | SimCity 3000 | Construction & management | PC | 1999 | v4 | |
| 35 | Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness | Realtime strategy | macOS | 1996 | ^7 | |
| 34 | Resident Evil: Revelations | Survival horror | 3DS | 2012 | ^16 | |
| 33 | SimTower | Construction & management | macOS | 1994 | v6 | |
| 32 | Motocross Madness | Racing | PC | 1998 | v3 | |
| 31 | Medieval II: Total War | Turn-based strategy | PC | 2006 | v5 | |
| 30 | Pokémon Blue Version | Roleplaying game | GB | 1999 | ^5 | |
| 29 | Total War: Rome II | Turn-based strategy | PC | 2013 | ^11 | |
| 28 | Call of Duty | First person shooter | PC | 2003 | v11 | |
| 27 | Mega Man 2 | Action platformer | NES | 1991 | ^14 | |
| 26 | Age of Mythology | Realtime strategy | PC | 2003 | ^8 | |
| 25 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | Adventure | SNES, GBA | 1992 | ^13 | |
| 24 | SoulCalibur | Fighting | DC | 1999 | ^1 | |
| 23 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | 2D platformer | NES, SNES, GBA | 1991 | = | |
| 22 | Prince of Persia (1989) | Action platformer | macOS, mobile | 1992 | ^6 | |
| 21 | Rome: Total War | Turn-based strategy | PC | 2004 | ^3 | |
| 20 | Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II | First person shooter | PC | 1997 | * | |
| 19 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | Adventure | N64, GC, 3DS | 2000 | ^3 | |
| 18 | Kula World (Rollaway) | Puzzle platformer | PS | 1998 | v3 | |
| 17 | The Operative: No One Lives Forever | First person shooter | PC | 2000 | ^4 | - |
| 16 | Astérix (Asterix: The Gallic War) | Turn-based strategy | PS | 1999 | v3 | |
| 15 | Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast | First person shooter | PC | 2002 | ^1 | |
| 14 | Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64) | Rail shooter | N64, 3DS | 1997 | = | |
| 13 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Adventure | GC, Wii, WiiU | 2006 | ^6 | |
| 12 | MediEvil | Adventure | PS, PS4 | 1998 | = | |
| 11 | Theme Hospital | Construction & management | PC | 1997 | = | |
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Honourable mentions:
Great games, but not enough to make it into the list. Some have in years past, but have since fallen out, some come in and out, and some have never been featured. Some honourable mentions of last year could have made it into the main list this year or have disappeared entirely and some could be new altogether. These will be added before the reveal of the top 3 of the main list.
Platform statistics:
Under here are some statistics like the amount of games from the main list by platform (counted by a game's original platform only) for each platform I own. The number of games in a "franchise" includes all games regardless of genre or sub-series. These will be added as each new entry gets revealed.
| Nintendo | Sony | Others | Decades | ||||
| Nintendo | 2 | PlayStation | 4 | Philips Videopac G7000 | 1970s | ||
| Super Nintendo | 1 | PlayStation 3 | 1 | Atari 2600 | 1980s | ||
| Nintendo 64 | 5 | PlayStation 4 | 1990s | 24 | |||
| Gamecube | 1 | PlayStation Vita | Windows PC | 13 | 2000s | 14 | |
| Wii | 1 | macOS | 6 | 2010s | 2 | ||
| WiiU | 2020s | ||||||
| Switch | Mobile | Franchises (3 games or more) | |||||
| GameBoy/Color | 1 | SEGA | Star Wars | 5 | |||
| GameBoy Advance | 1 | Mega Drive | Total War | 4 | |||
| DS | Dreamcast | 2 | Sim | 3 | |||
| 3DS | 1 | The Legend of Zelda | 3 | ||||
List statistics:
Here are some statistics from the main list like most featured genre, or highest new game. These will be added after the end of the event, when the #1 game has been posted.
Correct guesses:
Here will be a ranking of people's correct guesses in the Discussion Thread, and number of games that went unguessed. These will be added up each time someone correctly guesses a next entry in the list.
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