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Just finished reading the EDGE top 100 videogames of all time.
(A very, very good read)
It's a very difficult task to be fair but let's have a go at it - No arguments please as this is preference, but what are your top 10?
Mine:
1) Zelda - Ocarina of Time
The best game ever made, without doubt. Months of play, a perfect learning curve, literally hundreds of different things to do, a superb camera/control system, I don't think games can get better than this - especially when you think of when it was released.
2) Super Mario Bros
Highest selling video game of all time, I don't know of a single person who hasn't played it, platforming perfection that turned Nintendo into the World leaders and revived the entire console market (after the big crash - thank you ET/Atari).
3) Pong
Without Pong, there wouldn't be this list. Not the first commercial video game (that was computer space - which was too complicated at the time, hence it's failure), but the one which turned games into a viable business - everyone could play it, it was simple and most importantly fun.
The instructions on the original case:
Avoid missing ball for high score.
Genius.
Funnily enough the first Pong machine was placed in a bar in America. It stopped working and the owner called Noel Bushell out to remove it. They went to the bar to find out what the problem was - the problem was it was so full of quarters it wouldn't work anymore!
4) Doom
Who hasn't played Doom. Doom didn't invent the FPS (Maze War did) but it set a standard, not only did it define the genre, it also popularised Netplay - the bane of so many companies once it came out. Pure Class
5) Super Mario 64
When developers for the "Ultra 64" saw a demo of Mario 64 apparently a bunch went back to the drawing board. Like Doom it defined the genre, every 3d platformer since can be traced back to Mario 64. The camera (for the time) was incredible, the level design perfect - collecting stars was great, if you were stuck on a level, go get more from elsewhere.
6) Tetris
A Russian designed game that can still eat hours of your life if you let it.
It sold the Gameboy.
It made puzzle games cool.
An interesting challenge is to name consoles that do NOT have a form of Tetris on it.
7) Goldeneye
Mario 64 made you buy an N64, Goldeneye made you keep it. The gaming equivalent of heroin. This game lasted N64 gamers 3 years upwards and that was 3 years of everyday play.
The first, and in my opinion only (except perfect dark) console FPS that got it right. Everything was perfect, the movement, the aiming, the reactions from the guards as you shot them in different places, the weapons list, the multiplayer. It was, and still is, amazing.
And even funnier is the fact it was made as an on rails shooter (a lightgun game without a lightgun) and the multiplayer option was added at the end just "cobbled on". I could rave about this game all day, but the fact is, people still play it religiously now. And it's still as fun.
8) Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Often copied, never bettered. The 8 fighters, all different, all with strengths and weaknesses, special moves, a near perfect fighting system (watch two pro's fight and be amazed). Some people said Mortal Kombat was superior. Whack out your snes/mega drive and play them both now. Only one is still playable, only one is still smooth and only one will make you smile as you see "Here come a new challenger".
9) Pokemon
The second most successful video game franchise in the world (after Mario).
The first Pokemon was incredible. I was in Florida, and bought a Gameboy (Colour I think) and Pokemon Blue). All I remember from that holiday was my squad:
Hypno / Gengar
Articuno
Meowth (I liked him, ok?)
Mewto
Blastoise
Hitmonchan
And what a kicking I was going to hand out to my mates (I lost badly - unbalanced squad).
This was THE gaming revolution of the 90's and probably what kept Nintendo afloat after 2 bad console launches/cycles.
Honestly - what a game, what an idea.
10) Half Life/Counter Strike
One of the most iconic, original FPS's made, it won over 50 Game of the Year awards in one year.
Counter Strike, originally an unofficial Mod is now the most played online FPS in the world. Followed by CS:Source - the sequel. The game punishes you for trying to rush things on your own, it encourages team play and tactics (if you find the right server). All in all, a revolution in online gaming. Love it
Honourable Mentions:
Final Fantasy VII, Worms, Bomberman, Deus Ex
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