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vaio on 01 July 2008

EW: Our top 50 games of all time

Tim Ingham Today, 3:26pm

 

Entertainment Weekly’s critics pick their best ever; Tetris, Zelda, Doom out in front

Entertainment Weekly has published its list of the 50 greatest games of all time – and the golden oldies are top of the pops.

Tetris comes out in first place, followed by Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time on N64 and the original Doom on PC.

Other titles that hit the Top 10 include Super Mario Kart on SNES and GTA IV.

The full top 50 reads:

1. Tetris                                                                                                             
PC (1985)

2. 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 and Xbox 360 (2008)

10. Metal Gear Solid
PlayStation (1998)

11. Halo: Combat Evolved
Xbox 360 (2001)

12. Super Mario Galaxy
Wii (2007)

13. Final Fantasy VII
PlayStation (1997)

14. Resident Evil 4
GameCube (2005)

15. Chrono Trigger
SNES (1995)

16. Gran Turismo
PlayStation (1998)

17. Sim City
Macintosh and 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
PlayStation (2000)

25. Shadow of the Colossus
PS2 (2005)

26. God of War
PS2 (2005)

27. Soul Calibur
Dreamcast (1999)

28. BioShock
Multiplatform (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
Dreamcast (2000)

32. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
PlayStation (1997)

33. Metroid Prime
GameCube (2002)

34. Tomb Raider
Multiplatform (1996)

35. Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
PlayStation (1996)

36. Star Wars: TIE Fighter
PC (1995)

37. Tekken 3
PlayStation (1998)

38. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Multiplatform (2007)

39. Contra
NES (1988)

40. Okami
PS2 (2006)

41. Tecmo Super Bowl
NES (1991)

42. Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
PC (1991)

43. Psychonauts
Xbox (2005)

44. Silent Hill 2
PlayStation (2001)

45. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Multiplatform (2003)

46. Perfect Dark
N64 (2000)

47. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Multiplatform (2006)

48. WipEout
PlayStation (1995)

49. World of Warcraft
PC (2004)

50. Madden NFL 2005
Multiplatform (2004)

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/31033/EW-Our-top-50-games-of-all-time



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fazz on 01 July 2008

I don't see Brawl, but I see Silent Hill 2... that puts me on a dilemma about agreeing or not with the list...



PIMP on 01 July 2008

Yea 360 has the most games in the top 50 out of the current gen. 360 FTW!!!!!



steven787 on 01 July 2008

So they basically took other publications top 50's and reordered them... Why do journalists think we care what they think... Why do I think that you guys care what I think...

(Edit: Why don't they do something original?  Oh, because originality requires talent, effort, and thought.)



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

tallgnome on 01 July 2008

List isn't horrible for a top 50 but Guitar Hero at number 5??? Lets be honest good game but nowhere should it be in top 5



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Rock_on_2008 on 01 July 2008

OoT deserves to be on top. Nintendo fans are angry with only second place. Nintendo vengeance is upon ya



Rock_on_2008 on 01 July 2008

Super Mario 64 not even on the list what a joke.



PapaSmurf5721 on 01 July 2008

crap list don't take it seriosly.



                                     

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bardicverse on 01 July 2008

I can agree with a lot on that list, especially with Wing Commander 2. All you young un's might have missed out on an epic space flight sim series, as these were pretty big in the early to mid 90s. If you can find it, check out Wing Commander: Prophecy. Great game. I'd also have to put 7th Guest up there someplace too



Hawkeye on 01 July 2008

I disagree with most of these lists, simply because they name games that were fantastic at the time but are now outdated and not very fun to play anymore vs. modern games... Ocarina of Time is good, but if Twilight Princess came out at the same time, everyone would agree that TP was better in every way. Meanwhile people now can argue whether SMG or SM64 is better, which means that SM64 is a great game, and was revolutionary, and thus should be on the list.

edit- How on earth can a NES football game be considered better than Super Mario 64 in any way? Sports games are most effected by advances in technology, and old sports games can therfore never be considered the best game of all time. I am sure that Madden 09 wipes the floor with techmo bowl or whatever that NES game was.