Entertainment Weekly's Top 50 Games of the Last 25 Years

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Onyxmeth on 23 June 2008

1. Tetris-PC-1985
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time-N64-1998
3. Doom-PC-1993
4. Super Mario World-SNES-1991
5. Guitar Hero-PS2-2005
6. Street Fighter II-SNES-1991
7. Super Mario Kart-SNES-1992
8. GoldenEye 007-N64-1997
9. Grand Theft Auto IV-PS3/Xbox 360-2008
10. Metal Gear Solid-PS-1998
11. Halo: Combat Evolved-Xbox-2001
12. Super Mario Galaxy-Wii-2007
13. Final Fantasy VII-PS-1997
14. Resident Evil 4-GC-2005
15. Chrono Trigger-SNES-1995
16. Gran Turismo-PS-1998
17. Sim City-Mac/Amiga-1989
18. Half-Life-PC-1998
19. Sid Meier's Civilization II-PC-1996
20. Gears of War-Xbox 360-2006
21. StarCraft-PC-1997
22. Super Metroid-SNES-1994
23. Deus Ex-PC-2000
24. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2-PS-2000
25. Shadow of the Colossus-PS2-2005
26. God of War-PS2-2005
27. Soul Calibur-DC-1999
28. Bioshock-Xbox360/PC-2007
29. Final Fantasy III-Famicom-1990
30. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic-Xbox-2003
31. Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes-DC-2000
32. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night-PS-1997
33. Metroid Prime-GC-2002
34. Tomb Raider-PS/Saturn/PC-1996
35. Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo-PS-1996
36. Star Wars: TIE Fighter-PC-1995
37. Tekken 3-PS-1996
38. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare-PS3/Xbox360/PC-2007
39. Contra-NES-1988
40. Okami-PS2-2006
41. Tecmo Super Bowl-SNES-1991
42. Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathl-PC-1991
43. Psychonauts-Xbox-2005
44. Silent Hill 2-PS2-2001
45. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time-GC/PS2/Xbox-2003
46. Perfect Dark-N64-2000
47. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion-PC/Xbox 360-2006
48. WipEout-PS-1995
49. World of Warcraft-PC-2004
50. Madden NFL 2005-Multiplatform-2004

Thoughts on this list? Personally I think it's a bit biased against PC games but even more biased against SEGA. There are no Master System games on this list, no Genesis games, one Saturn game, and only two Dreamcast games, none of which are developed by SEGA. Yes, we are looking at a top 50 games of the last 25 years list with no SEGA contributions. Blasphemy!

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super_etecoon on 23 June 2008

Grand Theft Auto 4? That makes no sense to me.

San Andreas.....3...Vice City, sure...but 4 just came out.

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The_vagabond7 on 23 June 2008

That's a good list of games. Some things should be shuffled, and it's hard to pick just 50, but over all that's a good looking list and any gamer should have to play all 50.

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sc94597 on 23 June 2008

That list is kinda mediocre. Better than most lists though.

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bigjon on 23 June 2008

I am pleasently suprised with that list coming from a "casual" source. Yea I think some games are too high, and others too low. But that is a pretty darn good list.

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ph4nt on 23 June 2008

GTA 4 wouldn't even be in my top 200 let alone 50, way overrated.

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dante on 23 June 2008

it was pretty good they mentioned the obvious ones, they only put 1 or 2 games a franchise to make the list diverse thats why they didn't mention mario 64. also a lot of shooters

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quarashi on 23 June 2008

ph4nt said:
GTA 4 wouldn't even be in my top 200 let alone 50, way overrated.

When you start publishing your own magazine, go ahead and make your list.

OT: I like the list. Super Mario World being ahead of the others makes my day. I am surprised, them being a mainstream magazine and not putting World of Warcrack higher.

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thekitchensink on 23 June 2008

I can respect that list, even though some stuff should be moved around. There are only four that I disagree with: Madden 2005 (seriously, wtf!), WipeOut, Oblivion, and Guitar Hero. All great games with no business in the top 50 of all time.