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Since I have so many games that I really love, I made a top 100 list, and even then I had to leave off quite a few games that are really great.  Anyway here are the first few on my top 100.

100.  Final Fantasy (NES) - At one time this would have been in my top 2, but it just hasn't aged as well as a lot of other NES games.  I still like playing it though.
99.  Duck Hunt (NES) - My favorite light gun game.  It also is as important to gaming as Super Mario Bros, mostly because of how it helped Nintendo in Japan.
98.  Wizardry (NES/Apple II) - One of the first CRPG's.  Just making a party and taking it into a dungeon was so much fun.
97.  Mr. Do (Arcade) - This is just pure arcade fun from the 80's.  Like Dig Dug with but with its own flavor.
96.  Dragon's Lair (Arcade) - Released as an arcade game in the early 80's.  The graphics still look impressive today.
95.  Castlevania (NES) - This is the game that started a great series.  The game is simpler than later entries, but it's still very solid.  Most of the great Castlevania music in later games started here.
94.  Pool of Radiance (PC) - I want to actually lump in the whole series of Gold Box games that started with Pool of Radiance, (Curse of Azure Bonds, etc...).  All of these games were great.  I really wish they made more modern games with the same battle system as these gold box games.  The battles are so much fun!
93.  Marvel Super Heroes (Arcade) - A lot of these Capcom fighting games are similar to me, but this is the one I remember liking the best.
92.  Temple of Elemental Evil (PC) - This takes one of the best pen and paper modules ever made and puts it into computer form.  Also includes the fantastic "Village of Homlett" adventure.
91.  Flicky (Genesis) - Not sure if this was originally an arcade game, but it plays like one.  Feels like a very refined version of an early 80's game.


Also want to give honorable mentions to 3 games I played (and completed) this year: Dark Souls 3, Dragon Quest Builders, and Octopath Traveler.  I had a ton of fun with these three games, and yet they didn't quite make my top 100.  I would still recommend them to any RPG fan.



Yay!

It starts again! I hope there’s going to be lots of stories of their favorite games from everyone for me to read, because I like to read. Here’s to another great Greatest Games Edition.

#50: Maybe I shouldn’t bother with this one, because Veknoid knows, but here goes; In this obscure granddaddy of shooter games, what’s just a tree in Europe is a futuristic steel pyramid in the US. If the boxarts are to be believed anyway because who knows.



The_Liquid_Laser said:

Since I have so many games that I really love, I made a top 100 list, and even then I had to leave off quite a few games that are really great.

You overachiever! Hmm, maybe I make a TOP 100 next year, so I don't have to leave off so many games.

 

S.Peelman said:

Yay!

It starts again! I hope there’s going to be lots of stories of their favorite games from everyone for me to read, because I like to read. Here’s to another great Greatest Games Edition.

#50: Maybe I shouldn’t bother with this one, because Veknoid knows, but here goes; In this obscure granddaddy of shooter games, what’s just a tree in Europe is a futuristic steel pyramid in the US. If the boxarts are to be believed anyway because who knows.

I try to write up something for my games, so you have to read something.

And the first hint is so hard, I have no idea.



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Mnementh said:
S.Peelman said:

Yay!

It starts again! I hope there’s going to be lots of stories of their favorite games from everyone for me to read, because I like to read. Here’s to another great Greatest Games Edition.

#50: Maybe I shouldn’t bother with this one, because Veknoid knows, but here goes; In this obscure granddaddy of shooter games, what’s just a tree in Europe is a futuristic steel pyramid in the US. If the boxarts are to be believed anyway because who knows.

I try to write up something for my games, so you have to read something.

And the first hint is so hard, I have no idea.

Thank you.

Ka-pi96 said:
Time for hints and stuff then?

#50 Stop watching. Start winning. Take control.
#49 Sean Bean is awesome!
#48 Sequel to a strategy game. But this time it's in China and there's maggggiiiiiic.
#47 Was the best game on a fairly short lived console.
#46 Obsidian > Bioware
#45 There's an Alligator in the sewer!

49: GoldenEye 007?

47: SoulCalibur?

46: Knights of the Old Republic II



As this is already the first day, we have to gain some ground here, so I drop hints for the first three games at once:

#50: Turn-based or real-time? I can't decide in this newest entry in the series.
#49: Six degrees of freedom!
#48: Build towers out of people.



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my greatest games: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

10 years greatest game event!

bets: [peak year] [+], [1], [2], [3], [4]

I've ranked every game I've ever played, at over 350 at the moment. I feel like I've got a problem haha

The order of my top 50 troubled me a bit, but I'm happy with how I've got it.

My #50 is BOTW. It's the only Zelda game in my top 150. Further, it's the only one I've ever really enjoyed. A grand adventure, by no means perfect, but definitely great.

I don't know if I can hint at my next few without giving them away, but I'll give it a give it a go
46th Catch monsters, with a side trip to the shadow realm
47th The best selling PC game of all-time goes portable for the first time
48th The child of XCOM and chess
49th Fictional Europe military Strategy RPG



RingoGaSuki said:

I've ranked every game I've ever played, at over 350 at the moment. I feel like I've got a problem haha

The order of my top 50 troubled me a bit, but I'm happy with how I've got it.

My #50 is BOTW. It's the only Zelda game in my top 150. Further, it's the only one I've ever really enjoyed. A grand adventure, by no means perfect, but definitely great.

I don't know if I can hint at my next few without giving them away, but I'll give it a give it a go
46th Catch monsters, with a side trip to the shadow realm
47th The best selling PC game of all-time goes portable for the first time
48th The child of XCOM and chess
49th Fictional Europe military Strategy RPG

#47: Minecraft?

#48: BattleChess?

#49: Valkyria Chronicles? - whichever entry I cannot guess



3DS-FC: 4511-1768-7903 (Mii-Name: Mnementh), Nintendo-Network-ID: Mnementh, Switch: SW-7706-3819-9381 (Mnementh)

my greatest games: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

10 years greatest game event!

bets: [peak year] [+], [1], [2], [3], [4]

Ka-pi96 said:
Time for hints and stuff then?

#50 Stop watching. Start winning. Take control.
#49 Sean Bean is awesome!
#48 Sequel to a strategy game. But this time it's in China and there's maggggiiiiiic.
#47 Was the best game on a fairly short lived console.
#46 Obsidian > Bioware
#45 There's an Alligator in the sewer!

#49: Final Fantasy XV? (Sean Bean was synchronizing in a FFXV movie)

#48: Romance of the three kingdoms?

#47: Shenmue?

#45: Grim Fandango?



3DS-FC: 4511-1768-7903 (Mii-Name: Mnementh), Nintendo-Network-ID: Mnementh, Switch: SW-7706-3819-9381 (Mnementh)

my greatest games: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

10 years greatest game event!

bets: [peak year] [+], [1], [2], [3], [4]