#48 is without a doubt Bayonetta. Of all the crazy things you do in this game this is absolutely one that stands out.

Now for more hints:

#47: this one's easy: the biggest crossover of all time.

Waited to do this.

#46: BLOCKS, BUT ON ACID!!!

I feel very much the same way about Ice Hockey as you do about Soccer. I never played Soccer on NES, but it sounds like Ice Hockey is more or less Soccer on ice.  Ice Hockey did have 3 different player models (skinny, fat, average) which made for some nice variety.

It didn't quite make my top 50 but I have great nostalgia for it all the same.

Since others are commenting about their picks, I guess I'll do mine too:

#50 - Wii Sports Resort - I was late to the Wii craze and my Wii came packed with both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. I hadn't had a console since the PS2 but my wife insisted on getting a Wii for our kids (2 and 4 at the time). I fondly remember playing sword fighting with my kids and that was among their first video game experiences. Wii Sports was a huge reason for the Wii's success, but I always felt Resort was the better game, so that one takes the spot in the top 50.

#49 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - I know, I know...Castlevania II?? Am I crazy? Well, I remember when this game came out I was getting Nintendo Power magazine, and without those articles about this game I'd never rate it this high. But having the magazine with the game, with its maps and tips, made it much easier to understand, and I fell in love with it. My favorite part was the upgradable whip...the flame whip ruled!

Sorry to update until now, I only got access to a computer today, will update regularly from now on. Also, I have to say I made a mistake and published a new post in the main thread instead of editing my comment. Can it be deleted?

Welp, that's it. You're gonna get banned now. You had a good run.

I know that one exists, but never played it, so looked up a video. Yep, seems pretty much the same, except gameplay looks a lot faster than the Soccer game. I guess that’s the ‘ice’ aspect.

#46 Size Matters, this franchise hasn't seen many AAA entries, but this entry was one of the first to introduce Xbox Live.
It was one of the premier Xbox exclusives. It had one sequel, and then it seems MS gave up on it unfortunately.

#45 This PC game features gameplay including time travel, nukes, super weather machines, mind control and various other weapons of war.
It was a sequel to a highly successful RTS game. The amazing main theme to the soundtrack also got a sequel.

Hint: In an alternate reality this game is about a red panda putting his rightful belongings into a safe.
Guessed by: S.Peelman

I have a soft spot for Pinball games, and this one is the game that is the reason for that. Pinball Dreams was great fun, that I could start and try to get new highscores at any time. Animation was smooth, the tables were interesting, the sound effects and music was great (remember, back then this was not a given).

All four tables are pretty fun, which is why I rate this game higher than the successors Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Illusions, which had some fun tables and some that were not so great. Still, also the two follow-up games are great, but Dreams is the best. For a long time no other Pinball simulator came even near the fun I had with these.

Ignition was a table themed with space travel, with you trying to reach different planets of the solar system and other goals related to space travel. Steel Wheel has the railroad in the Wild West as theme, Beat Box is a table themed about the music industry. My absolute favorite was Nightmare though. Sound effects and music was so matching to the theme and the multiple targets to get a higher score were so rewarding. Pinball Fantasies has a similarly styled table Stones&Bones, which is also my favorite table in that game.

The smoothness of the animations and the great sound effects is explainable, because the creators were an experienced demo-group named The Silents. They founded their company Digital Illusions in 1992 and released Pinball Dreams early on in the year as their first game. Later that year followed Pinball Fantasies. Digital Illusions CE nowadays goes mostly as DICE, you may know them as EA-subsidiary that is responsible for Battlefield and other stuff. Publisher 21st century though is lost to the times, they were going into financial difficulties years later and were going bankrupt.

If you want to hunt highscores nowadays, you can easily run this game in Dosbox, the DOS-emulator. If you don't own a copy, GOG has the game in the Pinball Gold Pack together with Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Illusions. All as Deluxe version, which contains additional tables, which are subpar. But the original four tables are great. Or you can play the game for free in your browser via the Internet Archive, although for my setup at least the emulation via browser is challenged and so it plays in slow motion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6xfzwO8GdA