[Archie]

http://techland.time.com/2012/11/15/...0-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.

[maquiladora]

Mass Effect 3

No....no....

[CronoShot]

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

[HamPster PamPster]

Final Fantasy Tactics

Well done Time

[rvy]

Mass Effect 3

List invalidated.

[strafer]

Nice to see Splinter Cell getting some love.

[DoctorWho]

I don't see Super Metroid.

Someone hold me.

[mik83kuu]

2000's seems legit. 2010's seems a little LOL :-D

[Mik_Pad]

No Uncharted 2. Overall good list.

[Wiz]

No Ocarina of Time?

[Kazerei]

2010s is the worst decade ever.

[GCX]

Mario Galaxy where are you?

[nickcv]

*ctrl+f monkey island*
*ctrl+f maniac mansion*


failed

[Why would you do that?]

It'd be fun to see how many of them you've played.


Let me count.

Edit: 68. Not bad.

[Zabuza]

Hahaha the 2010s.

[Ifrit]

No Ocarina of Time or Mario Galaxy? wtf is this shit?

[TheBioLover]

*ctrl-f Uncharted 2, Halo 3*

Wut.

[Metalic]

Angry Birds? Seriously O.o? what did this game bring to the table?

[Canis lupus]

Mass Effect 3

lol, and no Portal 2 or Journey

[Anth0ny]

No Ocarina of Time.

Or Majora's Mask.

okay.

[Edag Plata]

No Mario Galaxy? Absolutely not. It was the game of the decade.

[The Faceless Master]

2000s Metroid Prime 2010s Batman: Arkham City Mass Effect 3

lol

missing Super Metroid

otherwise, good list

[Zabuza]

This is a shit list.

[Chuck Norris]

No Uncharted 2 invalidates this list

No Mario Galaxy 1 or 2 means this thread should be locked

pretty good overall

[Malvingt2]

no Ocarina of Time? list invalid..

[Zulithe]

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.

[Shaffield]

Grim Fandango Katamari Damacy Cave Story Demon's Souls

not bad Time, not bad

[the TMO]

ctrl+f River City Ransom. Fail.

[SolidSnakex]

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.

[pargonta]

ocarina

mass effect 3...

it seems odd but i agree with above, list invalidated.

some choices are solid though.

[HamPster PamPster]

The only problem with the list is that its almost too good

Sonic 1 but not the others? Bless you Time

[deviljho]

[KBMYAC]

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]

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.

[frankie_baby]

No galaxy
No ocarina

Fuck TIME

[Omegasquash]

Well, OK. If it gets people to play Thief, then that's a good thing.

[neos]

No Limbo?

man, i have to play shadow of the colossus one day, i feel i'm really missing something

[thomasmahler]

List is invalid.

[Napalm_Frank]

Mario 64 over Zeldas.

imokwiththis.jpg

[Canis lupus]

This is a shit list.

Like this list a lot more than those shitty top 100 lists IGN comes out with.

[Empty]

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.

[GregLombardi]

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]

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.

[Magicpaint]

lol @ 2010s

Metroid Prime however was not ignored for once and thus I applaud. But so many other omissions.

[Zabuza]

It's still miles better than Xplay's list, but that's an easy feat.

[maquiladora]

It'd be fun to see how many of them you've played. Let me count.

42.

[Crazyorloco]

No Ocarina of Time. Or Majora's Mask. okay.

This. and the mario galaxy games. They have good taste, but where are these games. They are classics.

[Wiz]

No galaxy No ocarina Fuck TIME

Now that I look again, this list is very dry when it comes to anything Mario or Zelda.

[ElTopo]

No Baldur's Gate 2, no Ocarina of Time, but Mass Effect 3 ?

Good joke. That said there's not too many games that don't belong on such a list, but a few masterpieces that get left out inexplicably.

I'm not too outraged, many other similar lists have been much worse.

[sohois]

They were doing so well right up til 2010. Then it just falls off a cliff.