They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To

Today MCV (videogames trade press) published ew.com’s top 50 games of all time. 

1. Tetris - PC (1985)
2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - N64 (1998)
3. Doom - PC (1993)
4. Super Mario World - SNES (1991)
5. Guitar Hero - PS2 (2005)
6. Street Fighter II - SNES (1991)
7. Super Mario Kart - SNES (1992)
8. GoldenEye 007 - N64 (1997)
9. Grand Theft Auto IV - PS3 and Xbox 360 (2008)
10. Metal Gear Solid - PlayStation (1998)
11. Halo: Combat Evolved - Xbox 360 (2001)
12. Super Mario Galaxy - Wii (2007)
13. Final Fantasy VII - PlayStation (1997)
14. Resident Evil 4 - GameCube (2005)
15. Chrono Trigger - SNES (1995)
16. Gran Turismo - PlayStation (1998)
17. Sim City - Macintosh and Amiga (1989)
18. Half-Life - PC (1998)
19. Sid Meier’s Civilization II - PC (1996)
20. Gears of War - Xbox 360 (2006)

Just goes to show that good games aren’t all about textured polygons and wizzy framerates… 

Full list can be found here:   http://www.mcvuk.com/news/31033/EW-Our-top-50-games-of-all-time

 

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7 Responses to “They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To”
  1. Katharine Ealey Says:
    July 1st, 2008 at 5:27 pm

    What No Donkey Kong?

  2. Dom Barry Says:
    July 1st, 2008 at 5:35 pm

    Hmmm, some crazy fool has neglected to include Jet Set WIlly & Daley Thompson’s Decalthon for the Spectrum 48k

  3. Milly Newman Says:
    July 2nd, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    Where on earth is Duck Hunt?

  4. James Jennings Says:
    July 2nd, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    Can’t believe Elite (for the BBC model B) hasn’t made it - surely one of the earliest succesful strategy plus shooter games???

  5. chris place Says:
    July 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    Gears of War is so over rated

    Where is the classic Sensible Soccer or Championship Manager!!!!

  6. Dan Parkinson Says:
    July 4th, 2008 at 11:59 am

    1. Golden eye should be above Guitar Hero.
    2. Sim City 2000 was the best installent.
    3. GTA IV is massively underated.

    and

    4. Who writes a lists?

  7. Digital Dave Says:
    July 9th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    Agree with most of the list but how on earth can they exclude COD4!! Arguanly the best 360 game ever -sacrilege!!!

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