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 (I've played one of these games not sure which one in specific)
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 (I've played a few of the Genesis Madden games, not sure if it was specifically '95 but they are all pretty similar)
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 (I just bought the bigbox game but stupid ebay seller shipped the wrong product!!)
Diablo II
The Sims
Animal Crossing
Grand Theft Auto III
Halo: Combat Evolved
Ico
Rez
Counter-Strike
Metroid Prime
Splinter Cell (I played a demo of the one with the Amon Tobin soundtrack)
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
It'd be fun to see how many of them you've played.
Did anyone think Mass Effect 3 was put on there to represent the entire trilogy and not just one game? TV/Film awards often do the same thing.
*ctrl-f Uncharted 2, Halo 3*
Wut.
It'd be fun to see how many of them you've played.
They seem to only include one game from a given series.
That's silly.
Hunt the Wumpus?
I've never actually heard of that game, and I make it my life mission to hear of every game. Is this just some Time writers getting nostalgic over a game of their childhood, or is it actually top 100 of all time material? The wikipedia article on it makes it sound pretty boring.
Wrong Myth though
The more I read this list, the more it feels like TIME is trying to rewrite history. I understand that Western games were dominant this gen, but that was only this gen. They scrubbed that list and pared back the Japanese games heavily, with most of the included Japanese games having a very Western appeal (for example, Punch-Out).
Also: missing the three highest rated games of all time wut.
Lol did they forget the Super Mario Galaxy games exist?2010s
Batman: Arkham City
Mass Effect 3
Subjective list is subjective, but still. What's Paperboy doing on there? Yeah, it's a good game. But is it on anyone's even top 10 NES games list?
Im surprised Okami and Shadow of the Colossus made it in. Overall the list is fine. Uncharted, Zelda and Galaxy fans should chill out.
List feels more like a 100 Games That Sold/Reviewed Well than an actual Top 100. Chrono Trigger is my favorite game of all time, but I don't think it would be in a greatest games of all time list. There were many better RPGs, even on the SNES, than it.