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Time Magazine: All-TIME 100 Video Games

Archie

Second-rate Anihawk
http://techland.time.com/2012/11/15/all-time-100-video-games/

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

Designated by decade:

1970s

The Oregon Trail
Hunt the Wumpus
Pong
Breakout
Space Invaders
Adventure
Asteroids

1980s

Battlezone
Defender
Pac-Man
Zork
Castle Wolfenstein
Centipede
Donkey Kong
Frogger
Galaga
Tempest
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Joust
Pitfall!
King’s Quest
Lode Runner
M.U.L.E.
Paperboy
Tetris
Super Mario Bros.
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
Castlevania
The Legend of Zelda
Metroid
OutRun
Contra
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Mega Man
NetHack
Punch-Out!!
Tecmo Bowl
Prince of Persia

1990s

Solitaire
Wing Commander
Civilization
Sonic the Hedgehog
Street Fighter II
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
Mortal Kombat
Doom
Myst
NBA Jam
Madden NFL 95
Marathon
SimCity 2000
Chrono Trigger
Quake
Resident Evil
Super Mario 64
Tomb Raider
Final Fantasy VII
Goldeneye 007
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Ultima Online
Final Fantasy Tactics
Grim Fandango
Metal Gear Solid
StarCraft
Thief: The Dark Project
EverQuest
Silent Hill

2000s

Deus Ex
Diablo II
The Sims
Animal Crossing
Grand Theft Auto III
Halo: Combat Evolved
Ico
Rez
Counter-Strike
Metroid Prime
Splinter Cell
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Cave Story
Half-Life 2
Katamari Damacy
World of Warcraft
Guitar Hero
Shadow of the Colossus
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Gears of War
Ōkami
Wii Sports
BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Desktop Tower Defense
Portal
Rock Band
Braid
Angry Birds
Demon’s Souls
Flower

2010s

Batman: Arkham City
Mass Effect 3

Seems like the Time staff has pretty good taste.
 

Rootbeer

Banned
ME3 should be replaced with Skyrim. Could replace oblivion with something else.

Time is not where I go to for games coverage of any sort. But I don't mind that they tried.
 
A surprising lack of Ocarina of Time. Or any Zelda game at all outside the original.

They seem to go by the mentality that you see sometimes where there can only be one or two games listed from a series. It never makes sense because certain series have quite a few games that should be on a top 100 list. Nearly every main Mario game could be on a top 100 list.

And the lack of racing games on this list is absolutely insane.
 

deviljho

Member
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KBMYAC

Neo Member
Nice to see splinter cell and thief there. Disappointed that Mass effect 3 is there instead of Uncharted 2 or Heavy Rain. Both are defining games of the decade
 

Celegus

Member
At least they got Metroid Prime and Demon's Souls? Not like it matters, they're allowed to have different opinions than the rest of us.
 

Empty

Member
2000s list is pretty solid outside of angry birds - if you're going with a mobile game make it drop7 which is a genuine masterpiece, not angry birds which isn't anything notable outside of its ubiquity.

but the list in general has demon souls and cave story which makes it okay by me.
 
The list isn't that bad, but then there is no Ocarina of Time. Or Resident Evil 4.

I like that they're covering games, but they missed possibly the biggest one!
 

KageMaru

Member
Seems like the Time staff has pretty good taste.

ME1 and Elders Scrolls 3 Morrowind should have been up there instead of ME3 and Oblivion IMO. Pretty good list though.

A surprising lack of Ocarina of Time. Or any Zelda game at all outside the original.

It seems like they are picking the originals, or one of the earlier titles, in many IPs. Maybe they are looking at the impact the design of that game had and making their decision from there.
 

Lothars

Member
No galaxy
No ocarina

Fuck TIME
It's okay, they have better Mario and Zelda games listed, not the best games in either series but both are decent choices.

It seems like they have one game from each series on the list and I have no problem with Mass Effect 3 being on the list but I would have never put Arkham City on the list.

It's not a bad list though.
 
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