~ S.Peelman's Top 50 Best Video Games of All Times 2017: ~
Another year, another top 50 list. These are S.Peelman's most favorite 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 or me as a gamer. The very best games did all of those things, and that is worth a whole lot.
When a game spans multiple consoles, only those on which I played the game are mentioned, alongside the system a game originally released on. 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.
This year there will be two new entries in the list (*). These however aren't new games per-se. Aside from those, there are two games that return (R) to the list. This means that four games are different compared to last year. Most of the rest of the list has been shuffled to suit my updated feelings about all these games.
# |
Title |
Genre |
Platform |
Year |
YoY |
50 |
#14 Gunfighter (US: Showdown in 2100 AD.) |
Arcade Shooter |
Videopac G7000 |
1979 |
= |
49 |
Step On It! |
Puzzle-platformer |
Mac OS |
1996 |
= |
48 |
Duck Hunt |
Lightgun |
NES |
1987 |
= |
47 |
Wolfenstein 3D |
First-person Shooter |
Mac OS |
1994 |
= |
46 |
Star Wars Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire |
Rail Shooter |
Mac OS |
1995 |
= |
45 |
Soccer |
Sports |
NES |
1987 |
R |
44 |
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds |
Real-time Strategy |
PC |
2001 |
* |
43 |
Dynamite Cop |
Beat-em Up |
SEGA Dreamcast |
1999 |
^ 1 |
42 |
Empire: Total War |
Turn-based Startegy |
PC |
2009 |
R |
41 |
Luigi's Mansion 2 (US: Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon) |
Adventure |
3DS |
2013 |
^ 2 |
40 |
Super Metroid
|
Action-Adventure |
SNES, 3DS |
1994 |
^ 2 |
39 |
Pokémon Blue Version |
Role-playing Game |
GameBoy |
1999 |
v 4 |
38 |
Resident Evil: Revelations |
Survival Horror |
3DS |
2012 |
= |
37 |
SimTower |
Const. & Man. Sim. |
Mac OS |
1994 |
^ 3 |
36 |
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
|
First-person Shooter |
PC |
2000 |
^ 1 |
35 |
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
|
Adventure |
SNES, GBA |
1992 |
^ 1 |
34 |
Crazy Taxi
|
Arcade Racing |
SEGA Dreamcast |
2000 |
v 4
|
33 |
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
|
Rhythm |
Sony PlayStation 3 |
2007 |
v 2 |
32 |
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped |
3D Platformer |
Sony PlayStation |
1998 |
= |
31 |
Rome: Total War |
Turn-based Strategy |
PC |
2004 |
v 4 |
30 |
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast |
First-person Shooter |
PC |
2002 |
v 1 |
29 |
SimCity 3000
|
Const. & Man. Sim. |
PC |
1999 |
v 1 |
28 |
Metroid Fusion
|
Action-adventure |
GBA, 3DS |
2002 |
v 2 |
27 |
SoulCalibur |
Fighting |
SEGA Dreamcast |
1999 |
v 1 |
26 |
Prince of Persia
|
Action-Adventure |
Mac OS, DOS, Mobile |
1992 |
^ 8 |
25 |
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask |
Adventure |
N64, GameCube, 3DS |
2000 |
v 2 |
24 |
Super Mario Galaxy |
3D Platformer |
Wii |
2007 |
v 2 |
23 |
Call of Duty |
First-person Shooter |
PC |
2003 |
v 2 |
22 |
Motocross Madness |
Arcade Racing |
PC |
1998 |
v 2 |
21 |
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |
Action-Adventure |
Sony PlayStation 3 |
2009 |
v 2 |
20 |
Anno 1404 (US: Dawn of Discovery)
|
Const. & Man. Sim. |
PC |
2009 |
^ 4 |
19 |
Mega Man 2
|
Action-adventure |
NES |
1990 |
^ 2 |
18 |
GoldenEye 007
|
First-Person Shooter |
N64 |
1997 |
= |
17 |
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
|
Adventure |
GameCube, Wii, WiiU |
2006 |
v 3 |
16 |
Astérix
|
Turn-based Strategy |
Sony PlayStation |
1999 |
= |
15 |
MediEvil |
Adventure |
Sony PlayStation |
1998 |
v 2 |
14 |
Lylat Wars (US: Star Fox 64) |
Rail Shooter |
N64, 3DS |
1997 |
v 3 |
13 |
Kula World (US: Roll Away)
|
Puzzle-platformer |
Sony PlayStation, PS3 |
1998 |
v 1 |
12 |
Super Mario Bros. 3 |
2D Platformer |
NES, SNES, GBA |
1991 |
v 2 |
11 |
Theme Hospital
|
Const. & Man. Sim. |
PC |
1997 |
^ 4 |
10 |
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |
Adventure |
WiiU |
2017 |
* |
09 |
Mario Kart 64 |
Arcade Racing |
N64 |
1997 |
= |
08 |
SimCity 4
|
Const. & Man. Sim. |
PC |
2003 |
v 1 |
07 |
Anno 1602 (US: 1602 AD.)
|
Const. & Man. Sim. |
PC |
1998 |
^ 1 |
06 |
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 |
Const. & Man. Sim. |
PC |
2002 |
= |
05 |
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening |
Adventure |
GB, GBC, 3DS |
1993 |
= |
04 |
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island |
2D Platformer |
SNES, GBA, 3DS |
1996 |
= |
03 |
Super Mario 64 |
3D Platformer |
N64, DS |
1997 |
|
02 |
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic |
Role-Playing Game |
PC |
2003 |
|
01 |
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
Adventure |
N64, GameCube, 3DS |
1998 |
|
Honourable mentions :
- Age of Empires, PC, 1998
- Age of Mythology, PC, 2002
- Banjo-Kazooie, N64, 1998
- Blast Corps, N64, 1997
- Cities Skylines, PC, 2015
- Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, GBA, 2005
- The Legend of Zelda, NES, 1987
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Wii, 2011
- Medieval II: Total War, PC, 2006
- Missile Command, A2600, 1981
- Pong, various, 1977
- Professor Layton & Pandora's Box, DS, 2009
- SimCity 2000, Mac, 1993
- Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, PC, 2000
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, PC, 2005
- Star Wars Shadows of the Empire, N64, 1997
- Super Mario 3D Land, 3DS, 2011
- Tekken 3, PS, 1998
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, PS3, 2011
- Virtua Tennis, DC, 2000
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, winners in each category are bolded. These are to be added after the day of the #1 game, the final day.
Nintendo |
|
Sony |
|
Others |
|
Decades |
|
Nintendo
|
4 |
Playstation
|
4 |
Philips Videopac G7000
|
1 |
1970s |
1 |
Super Nintendo
|
3 |
Playstation 3
|
2 |
Atari 2600
|
0 |
1980s |
2 |
Nintendo 64
|
6 |
Playstation 4
|
0 |
|
|
1990s |
27 |
Gamecube
|
1 |
Playstation Vita
|
0 |
Windows PC
|
14 |
2000s |
17 |
Wii
|
1 |
|
|
Mac OS
|
5 |
2010s |
3 |
WiiU
|
1 |
SEGA |
|
|
|
Franchises (3 or More)
|
|
GameBoy/Color
|
2 |
Mega Drive
|
0 |
Mobile
|
0 |
The Legend of Zelda |
6 |
GameBoy Advance
|
1 |
Dreamcast
|
3 |
|
|
Mario |
6 |
DS |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Star Wars |
4 |
3DS
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
Sim |
3 |
Last edited by S.Peelman - on 31 December 2017