#26 Little Big Planet 2

You can get both games on XBLA (not sure how many points they are...)

But they've held up surprisingly well through the years, and considering that they're 5th Generation games (aka the vast majority have aged horribly...), that's saying something about the quality of the games.

I would recommend playing Banjo-Kazooie first... and see how you enjoy it. It's pretty simple by today's standards, but it's still very fun.

Yep, totally agree with ya Spurgeon. So yes, expect to see the first game in a little while.

But for now... StarCraft!

#26: StarCraft/Brood War (PC)
Release Date: April 1, 1998

I grew up watching my friends play Blizzard games like WarCraft II and Diablo... and I was always intrigued by these "computer games" that seemed so complicated and high-tech compared to the games on my Sega Genesis. Well, when my family finally bought a computer that could play games, I went right ahead and bought StarCraft for myself, to finally play a Blizzard game. I started playing as a boy, but I finished playing as a man... and StarCraft showed me the greatness of Blizzard, and the greatness of RTS games. I've spent hundreds of hours with StarCraft and it's expansion Brood War, playing the campaign numerous times and playing more custom games than I can count. My friends and I would spend entire nights searching for awesome online custom games to play (still remember playing StarCraft Paintball...), and we always had a blast... no matter how many times we played. StarCraft started something special... and I've come to love the company and its games ever since.

Race of choice: Zerg (Spawn more Overlords!)
Favorite Unit: Lurker

The breakdown of platforms in my top 50 (counting the platform I played it on first):

SNES: 3
PSX: 10
DS: 7
N64: 3
GB/C: 1
DC: 1
GC: 5
GBA: 5
PC: 2
PS2: 2
Wii: 10
3DS: 1

26. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)

Great story + great gameplay + great presentation + great voice-acting = great game!
My 2nd favourite MGS game, so there's one left on my list ;)

I've been considering getting StarCraft Anthology from the Blizzard Store, but I'm still on the fence because I'm rather mediocre at most RTS games. On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the campaign in terms of difficulty? With 1 being as hard as, say, Reign of Chaos, and 10 being as hard as the Orc campaign in Beyond the Dark Portal?

I've also been meaning to buy Diablo I & II, but just haven't gotten around to it.

The StarCraft missions range from very easy (build a supply depot and 10 marines) to medium-high difficulty but the missions in Brood War can get really hard, especially the last Zerg Mission.

Yeah... like Truck said, it's not too difficult, but the later missions can get pretty tough (especially in Brood War). I'd give it a 3-4 personally.

To be honest, I'm not anything special in RTS games either. But somehow I manage to make it through.

Sounds about as hard as Tides of Darkness.

I think I can manage that.

#26) Sonic CD (Listing every platform would take half a day)

For some reason, every Sonic fan I run into thinks this is either the best Sonic game ever, or one of the worst. To the first group, I point out the lackluster soundtrack and the weird physics. And to the second group, I say nothing, because if they can't appreciate the excellent level design and special stages, or the inventive time travel mechanic which is sure to make every playthrough unique, they're obviously not capable of thinking properly.

26.

So many good memories of this game.