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RocksteadySteady Rockin' All Night
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A "classic approach" Top 100 Games of All Time Well over at the forum of Digital Press a site dedicated to classic gaming made a list of the top 100 games of all time. I thought this was a really different list then what you'll typically see, so I thought I'd post it here as well.(ignore the numbers on the right) 1 Super Mario Bros 3 NES 576 2 Super Metroid SNES 547 3 Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past SNES 511 4 Super Mario Bros NES 438 5 Super Mario World (Super Mario Bros 4) SNES 401 6 Final Fantasy 3/6 SNES 391 7 Chrono Trigger SNES 357 8 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64 339 9 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night PS1 331 10 Legend of Zelda NES 329 11 Tetris All 297 12 Super Mario 64 N64 284 13 Final Fantasy 7 PS1 227 14 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Genesis/MD 223 15 Katamari Damacy PS2 217 16 Super Mario Kart SNES 204 17 Metal Gear Solid PS1/Gamecube 198 18 Contra NES 196 19 Goldeneye N64 189 20 Final Fantasy 2/4 SNES 183 21 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island SNES 183 22 Mega Man 2 NES 173 23 Mario Kart 64 N64 172 24 Resident Evil 4 Gamecube/PS2 168 25 NiGHTS into Dreams Saturn 165 26 Gunstar Heroes Genesis/MD 160 27 Metroid NES 145 28 Super Mario Bros 2 NES 138 29 Tecmo Super Bowl NES 138 30 Doom PC 135 31 Pacman Arcade 127 32 Galaga Arcade 125 33 Shenmue Dreamcast 125 34 Super Smash Bros Melee Gamecube 123 35 Ms Pacman Arcade 114 36 Earthbound SNES 110 37 Castlevania NES 108 38 Baseball Stars NES 105 39 Grand Theft Auto San Andreas All 105 40 Panzer Dragoon Saga Saturn 104 41 Final Fantasy Tactics PS1 98 42 Sonic CD Sega CD 95 43 Tempest 2000 Jaguar 93 44 Mike Tyson's Punchout! (or Punchout!) NES 92 45 Rez Dreamcast/PS2 92 46 Sim City All 92 47 System Shock 2 PC 92 48 Dance Dance Revolution (all) All 91 49 Soul Calibur All 89 50 Castlevania 3 NES 88 51 Grand Theft Auto Vice City All 88 52 Radiant Silvergun All 88 53 Mega Man 3 NES 84 54 Robotron 2084 Arcade 83 55 Fallout 2 PC 81 56 Phantasy Star Online All 81 57 Star Control 2 PC/3DO 81 58 Half Life 2 PC 77 59 Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis/MD 77 60 Dragon Warrior 4 NES 76 61 Deus Ex PC 75 62 Metroid Prime Gamecube 75 63 Secret of Mana SNES 74 64 Street Fighter 2 Turbo Hyper Fighting All 74 65 Tempest Arcade 71 66 Toe Jam and Earl Genesis/MD 71 67 Castlevania 2 NES 70 68 Jet Grind Radio Dreamcast 69 69 Snatcher Sega CD 69 70 Street Fighter 2 All 68 71 Phantasy Star 4 Genesis/MD 67 72 Capcom vs SNK 2 All 65 73 Super Mario RPG SNES 65 74 SNK vs Capcom Cardfighter's Clash NGPC 64 75 Phantasy Star SMS 63 76 Pokemon Red/Blue Gameboy 62 77 Metal Gear Solid 3 PS2 61 78 Phantasy Star 2 Genesis/MD 61 79 Civilization 2 PC 60 80 Legend of Zelda: Windwaker Gamecube 60 81 Starfox 64 N64 60 82 Guardian Heroes Saturn 59 83 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Genesis/MD 59 84 Day of the Tentacle PC 58 85 Doom 2 PC 57 86 Grandia All 56 87 Metal Gear Solid 2 PS2 56 88 Silent Hill PS1 55 89 Wonder Boy 3 SMS 55 90 Daytona USA All 54 91 Contra 3 SNES 53 92 Earthworm Jim All 53 93 Fallout PC 53 94 Marvel vs Capcom 2 All 53 95 Shining Force 2 Genesis/MD 53 96 Sonic the Hedgehog SMS 53 97 Suikoden 2 PS1 53 98 Mortal Kombat 2 All 52 99 Asteroids Arcade 51 100 Final Fantasy NES 51 Agree? Disagree? |
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Old School GamerSurvivor through Jesus
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It's pretty good. Better than a lot of them. Metroid Prime should be in the top 25, though, imo, and there is no way I'd rank FF7 higher than FF4. But yeah, it's a good list. |
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DawsonMr. Tambourine Man
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The misguided hate for Sunshine rears its ugly head again. Nice to see Wonder Boy on there, though; I found those games addictive as hell in my younger days. Doom does not deserve to be on that list. Talk about garbage. ___________________ 
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CuBiRebel Scum
Posts: 2,817 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The island of lesbians, olive oil and fossil forests. |
Very good list. |
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AssmanCTU agent
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Skies of Arcadia didn't make the list!? ___________________ The secular progressive movement(liberals)are ruining this country.  
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StokesyNerd
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Sonic 1 not even in the top 40? Goldeneye only 19th? And where the hell is Perfect Dark???  Nice to see SMB3 at the top and Sonic CD doing well for once though.  This a different list to say the least ___________________  Last game completed - Midnight Club II (PS2) Next completion target - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) |
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KuribooSuper
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Thats actually pretty good. ___________________ Mario's Bitch |
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Fierce Deity*insert whitty title*
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Hey, a list that doesn't totaly suck.
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Nin10doSmooth Criminal
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One of the best list I've personally seen but far from perfect. This list are so hard to put together and satisfy everyone. ___________________ Hi. |
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kinopioPunk's Not Dead
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CammerNerd
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Starfox 64 deserves to be way up there. And they seemed to miss out on lots of classics. Perfect Dark and Skies of Arcadia, of course! But what really makes me angry is that Mystical Ninja and Goemon's Great Adventure weren't even seen on there. Unbelievable. It's a shame they miss out on such great games. ___________________  
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ALIAS_FANHurley should die instead
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IntenseFLDSMDFR
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This is one of the first times I somewhat agree with a "Top 100 Games of All Time" list! I'm thrilled to see SMB 3 at the top, it's my personal favorite of all the super mario bros. ___________________  Get your Portable ID! |
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Firecrest_NeoflamesIt's all like ":D".
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Tons better than any of the other "top 100" lists. There are a couple games I'd move around/take off the list, but other than that, very good. ___________________ |
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Pojois it?
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SUPER METROID IS THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME GRAAAAAGH. Other than that, it's a good list. Halo should be on there, somewhere, and HL2 needs to shoot up a couple of spots. Also, too many older games. A bit too much nostalgia. ___________________ Kung Fu treachery. |
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AMGOld School
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Overall a very solid list and beats the crap out of every game mag & game site one I've seen so far. |
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CoconutCan has custom title?
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Wow, I actually really like that list FF6 FTW!! |
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FormlessUnderboss
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Surprisingly the list doesnt suck It gets the a ___________________ 
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FormlessUnderboss
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Surprisingly the list doesnt suck It gets a  Oh ya DEUS EX ___________________
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kinopioPunk's Not Dead
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fixed |
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Game GuruGolden f*cking Sun!
Posts: 6,471 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: L.A., Tuskegee, AL or Albany, GA depending on time of year. |
OoT should be # 1. Other than that, there's no real problem. ___________________ Investors Business Daily on Obama "death panel":
"People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless." Needless to say, Hawking, who is recognized as one of the great theoretical physicists of the 20th and 21st century, was born in the UK and has lived his entire life there. |
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kinopioPunk's Not Dead
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OoT shouldn't even make the top 10,000. ___________________ Now playing No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep |
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CoconutCan has custom title?
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OK KINOPIO. And LttP should be #1 
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kinopioPunk's Not Dead
Posts: 14,644 Join Date: Nov 2002 |
It's a fact, look it up. ___________________ Now playing No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep |
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BazookaPart-time n-philer
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I looked it up. And it is indeed a fact. Lttp = Best game ever.  I'm not crazy about that list. -edit- Gotta love how 9 games in the top 10 are 2D though.  ___________________ |
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Aidan_702lolsassinator
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If they mean 100 games that were at some point in time, on a relative scale better than other games that came out at other times, then it is a reasonably good list. I mean I can think of one hundred other games that are now much, much better than doom in every single way, and I'm sure they can too, so why is it like 30? |
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Matt_MKing Nerd
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I actually really like this list. JGR, MvC2, the Marios and Zeldas, it's not bad at all. I might joust about the order a bit, but there were no games on there that a strong case could not be made for. Also, I'm happy to see #74 on the list in anticipation of the DS release. |
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Brian10488Change is a sound
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100% agree  Let's bury the hatchet. We smoke um peace pipe! -Jerry Seinfeld |
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CoconutCan has custom title?
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Link to the Past isn't that good. |
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XaviusSabor de Soledad
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SMB3 at the top, Ocarina punched down a few notches = great. At least these guys have played some NES games unlike the younger "64 whores" that litter this forum. ___________________  I was young and confused and your mom didn't want me around no more. Now pass me dem damn collard greens! |
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zelda_freakCan you read my mind?
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BromhidrosisSpiny
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LttP 3rd and OoT 8th? THANK GOD. I see an explosion coming from... a certain forum member, though... SF2 Turbo above the rest is stupid, though. WHAT WERE THESE PEOPLE THINKING? Turbo is only the WORST REVISION OF THE GAME. Do these people not realize the revisions before and after it (Champion Edition and Super) are better games?! ___________________ Is it so wrong for someone to have a radically different opinion concerning certain Nintendo games than that of other Nintendo fans, even if the person's opinion is generally positive? |
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Shadow85Quantum of Solace
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LastAllianceTrollin' since 2003
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Thank god Halo wasn't on there. ****ing hate that game. |
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SkyWDino-Rhino
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Firecrest_NeoflamesIt's all like ":D".
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Upon further inspection, I just realized that games such as Lunar, Bomberman IV, Shinobi, Final Fight, Streets of Rage and a couple other classics didn't make the list, yet games like Doom 2 (which was just a sequel and didn't add anything new to the series), Vice City (should have been scrapped from the list, since most of GTAs are too similar and SA was better gameplay-wise), Robotron (Smash TV and Total Carnage built upon its foundation to make much better games) did. That disappoints me. ___________________ |
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Matt_MKing Nerd
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EDIT: I'm stupid. |
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Firecrest_NeoflamesIt's all like ":D".
Posts: 5,828 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: 123 Fake Street |
You misread my comment perhaps?  ___________________ |
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Robjomakstill going strong
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This is basically the same list we always see, with a significant bias towards the classic. Even the title of the thread says it. There is no easy way to evaluate this topic in a way where someone isn't going to bitch like a child about it. Ocarina of Time is still vastly superior to A Link to the Past
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Crunchyto jue
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Where the hell is RE Remake, RE2, and especially RE3? The list sucks without them 
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RocksteadySteady Rockin' All Night
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BromhidrosisSpiny
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RocksteadySteady Rockin' All Night
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You guys stop forgetting about Majora's Mask. CHRIST. |
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Robjomakstill going strong
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No one cares, Rocksteady I'm seriously tempted to put put "Seven Years, Bitch" in my custom title 
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BromhidrosisSpiny
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Stalking? No. Damn good memory? Yes. Remember, I DID back up my statement after you pestered me enough. I'd hate to forget one of my crowning achievements on that board (surviving that debate.)
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Thoraxe the ImpalerNerd
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You need to put FFVII and Zelda OoT higher on the list than what they are(FFVII should be in at least the top 30 or 20 and OoT should be in the top 5 or #1, being the best game ever!) ___________________  Watch Midnight Spank or the deer will make everyone you've ever loved disappear forever.  
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Thoraxe the ImpalerNerd
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They needed to put FFVII and Zelda OoT higher on the list than what they are(FFVII should be in at least the top 10 or 5 and OoT should be in the top 5 or #1, being the best game ever!). ___________________ Watch Midnight Spank or the deer will make everyone you've ever loved disappear forever.
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lordjoebillNerd
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I'll never understand why everyone looks Ocarina of Time so much. While I've flip-flopped on this, I even thought Metal Gear Solid was the better game at the time. And especially compared to Link to the Past! LttP just exudes a sort of polish that's missing in a polygon-ridden mess like OoT. LttP has better music and, strangely, a more coherent plot. I thought it was a cop-out that LttP was a "prequel" to the original Zeldas and I felt it was even more of a cop-out when OoT became a "prequel" to LttP. Sure, Nintendo storyline's are always a bit lame, but I guess in my old age I remember them being much more interesting back in the early 90's... I think this is a pretty awesome list, though. Hell, it has Snatcher on it! I was also happy to see that Wonder Boy got on there, too. I tried playing Monster World IV once...weird game. My biggest beef is putting Castlevania: Symphony of the Night at #9. C'mon, it's a Super Metroid clone! Sure, it's got beautiful production values and it's one of those hard-core under-the-radar games, but it's not one of the 10 best games of all time. I think you can maybe make a case for the others they put in the top ten... And I'm just curious as to what's so wrong with Street Fighter 2 Turbo? I always thought Champion had absurd balancing issues and Super...eh...Cammy was cool. |
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RocksteadySteady Rockin' All Night
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I think Ocarina of Time's greatness is divided into categories, for some people like me, it was the first Zelda game I ever played, a lot of people my age (or slightly younger) were that way. On the other hand you have the older games (21+) who were with the Zelda series from the start and the first time they were floored was with A Link to the Past, so Ocarina of Time, while still great, didn't seem all that revolutionary. Personally I think it's all nostalgia related, and people are too stuborn to admit to that. Now if you people would just realize the amazingness of Majora's Mask we wouldn't have these issues. |
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CoconutCan has custom title?
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I played and beat LoZ and LttP before I played OoT and I still think OoT is better... than LttP at least
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