EGM 200 Greatest Game Of All Time (2006)

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Found this magazine and I thought I should share the list and see if anyone agree or disagree with it (remember this is from 2006 so it pretty outdated atm)

1. Super Mario Bros
2. Pac-Man
3. Street Fighter 2
4. Tetris
5. The Legend of Zelda
6. Super Mario 64
7. Space Invaders
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
9. Grand Theft Auto 3
10. Pong

11. Metroid
12. Metal Gear Solid (PS)
13. Adventure
14. Super Mario Bros 3
15. Donkey Kong
16. GoldenEye 007 (N64)
17. Halo (xbox)
18. Pitfall
19. Super Mario Kart
20. Virtua Fighter

21. Phantasy Star Online
22. Soul Calibur
23. Super Metroid
24. Tetris Attack
25. Gran Turismo (PS)
26. Phantasy Star 1
27. Final Fantasy 7
28. Galaga
29. Final Fantasy 2/4 (SNES)
30. Castlavania Symphony Of The Night

31. Star Wars (Arcade)
32. Robotron: 2084
33. Tecmo Bowl (nes)
34. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1
35. Tomb Raider 1
36. Final Fantasy 3/6 (snes)
37. Virtua Fighter 2
38. Asteroids
39. Combat
40. Zelda 2: The Adventure Of Link

41. Double Dragon (Arcade)
42. R-Type (Arcade)
43. Tron (Arcade)
44. Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!!
45. John Madden Football 90 (Genesis)
46. Resident Evil 4
47. Joust
48. Warlords
49. NHLPA Hockeys 93
50. Zelda: A Link To the Past

51. Castlevanaia
52. Metroid Prime
53. Mega Man 2
54. Defender
55. NBA Jam (Arcade)
56. Sonic The Hedgehog 1
57. Virtua Racing
58. Baseball Stars
59. Super Bomberman
60. Final Fantasy Tactris

61. Pokemon Red/Blue
62. Frogger
63. Breakout
64. Excitebike
65. Resident Evil
66. R.C. Pro-AM
67. Resident Evil 2
68. NFL Football (Intellvision)
69. F-Zero
70. Mortal Kombat 2

71. Tempest
72. Spy Hunter
73. Gauntlet
74. Chrono Trigger
75. Socom: U.S. Navy Seals
76. Halo 2
77. Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
78. Daytona USA
79. Contra
80. Panzer Dragoon Saga

81. Ikari Warriors
82. Metal Gear Solid 2: Son Of Liberty
83. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi Island
84. Gunstar Heroes
85. Advance Wars
86. Ridge Racer
87. Missile Command
88. Super Mario World
89. Golden Axe
90. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

91. After Burner
92. Super Smash Bros. Melee
93. Track & Field (Arcade)
94. Centipede
95. NFL Blitz
96. Marble Madness
97. Phantasy Star 2
98. Strider
99. Final Fight
100. Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic

101. Ninja Gaiden (xbox)
102. LandStalker
103. Super Mario RPG
104. Wipeout
105. Karate Champ
106. Donkey Kong (GB)
107. Ms. Pac-Man
108. Super Mario Bros 2
109. Gradius
110. Street Fighter Alpha 2

111. Dragon Force
112. God Of War
113. Lunar: The Silver Star
114. Card Fighters Cash (Neo Geo PC)
115. Star Fox
116. Shenmue
117. Indy 500 (Atari 2600)
118. Pro Wrestling NES
119. Castlevania 3: Dracula Curse
120. OutRun

121. Ico
122. Virtua Fighter 4
123. Battlezone
124. Pole Position
125. Metal Gear Solid (GBC)
126. Animal Crossing
127. Zaxxon
128. Samurai Shodown 2
129. Revenge Of Shinobi
130. Twisted Metal (PS)

131. Sinstar
132. Virtua Tennis
133. Final Fantasy X
134. Yar's Revenge
135. Ice Hockey NES
136. Phantasy Star 4
137. Dig Dug
138. Wario Ware Inc. Mega Microgame$
139. R.B.I Baseball
140. Panzer Dragoon

141. Paper Mario
142. Tekken 3
143. Kaboom!
144. International Superstar Soccer
145. Road Rash
146. Splinter Cell
147. Spider Man (Atari 2600)
148. PaRappa The Rapper
149. Ghost N Goblins
150. Kirby Adventure

151. Front Line
152. Cybernator
153. Ys Book 1 & 2
154. Moon Patrol (arcade)
155. Zelda: Majora Mask
156. Legendary Axe
157. Zelda: The Wind Waker
158. Herzog Zwei
159. Ecco The Dolphins
160. Nights Into Dreams

161. Devil May Cry
162. Burnout 3: Takedown
163. Military Madness
164. Bionic Commando
165. Double Dribble
166. Prince Of Persia The Sand of Time
167. Medal Of Honor (PS)
168. Sega Rally Championship
169. Crazy Taxi
170. Perfect Dark

171. Beyond Good and Evil
172. Katamari Damacy
173. Link Awakening
174. Snatcher
175. Oddworld: Abe Oddysee
176. Flashback
177. BurgerTime
178. Dance Dance Revolution
179. Magician Lord
180. Super Off Road

181. River City Ransom
182. Psychonauts
183. Gorf
184. Blaster Master
185. Dragon Lair
186. 1080 Snowboarding
187. Mario Party
188. Chu Chu Rocket
189. Metal Gear
190. Bushido Blade

191. Devil Crush
192. Shadow Of The Colossus
193. SSX
194. Nam 1975
195. The Chronicles Of Riddick
196. Guitar Hero
197. NFL 2k1
198. Utopia
199. Super Castlevania 4
200. The Quest For The Rings.

[FinalGwen]

Any list that doesn't have a single Sonic game in the top 50 isn't worth its salt. Especially when they can fit not one, but TWO Virtua Fighter games in there.

[VenomFang]

Its ok I guess.

[Chronos]

I've got this issue too, and I want to stress that they tried to make this the Top 200 Games of Their Time, as in the impact that the games had when they came out as opposed to "all-time best." They were clear about that in their introduction to this list.

That said, with those rules there's still some very dumb choices. Like Pokémon Red/Blue being ranked 61st, for example. Or Resident Evil 4 placing above The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

[Bo Rida]

Jun 11, 2012 16:58:33 GMT -5 Chronos said:

I've got this issue too, and I want to stress that they tried to make this the Top 200 Games of Their Time, as in the impact that the games had when they came out as opposed to "all-time best." They were clear about that in their introduction to this list.

That said, with those rules there's still some very dumb choices. Like Pokémon Red/Blue being ranked 61st, for example. Or Resident Evil 4 placing above The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Interesting, it looks like they stuck with that for about the top 20 and then gave up and listed them in any old order, that’s kind of understandable as that's far too many games to rank.

Like you say there's still some odd choices, strange placings (SotC is 192 while Tetris attack is 24?) and omissions (elite, theme park, WoW, populous, earthbound, I could go on for ages) that would be fine with fewer numbers but daft with this 200 choices.

Still miles better than many other lists though.

[rapidfire187]

I looked at this list and can't find Super Mario World. Did they really leave that off but include nearly every other Mario game?

[Chronos]

Jun 11, 2012 17:33:30 GMT -5 rapidfire187 said:

I looked at this list and can't find Super Mario World. Did they really leave that off but include nearly every other Mario game?

#88, another "too low" case.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

It's an okay list. I dislike games being ranked by their impact though. Games like Pac-Man and Pong were great for their time, and are still fun today, but they don't hold up.

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Jun 11, 2012 17:43:34 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

It's an okay list. I dislike games being ranked by their impact though. Games like Pac-Man and Pong were great for their time, and are still fun today, but they don't hold up.

Amen. I hate lists that do it like that because, of course SMB is gonna be at the top for "saving the industry" and how because of it "gaming changed forever" (cause I guess gaming would be the same if GTA III, Goldeneye, and Sonic never happened).

I've said it for years regarding games, films, and anything that you make a list out of. Unless you are strictly rating nothing but historic significance, "It's the _________ that started it all" is not a legit reason for placing something on a list. That's the argument it uses for placing a LOT of games on here, especially Pong at #10. Yeah right, there's only NINE games you'd rather play than Pong?

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Jun 11, 2012 20:10:36 GMT -5 @geneyussrevolution said:

Jun 11, 2012 17:43:34 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

It's an okay list. I dislike games being ranked by their impact though. Games like Pac-Man and Pong were great for their time, and are still fun today, but they don't hold up.

Amen. I hate lists that do it like that because, of course SMB is gonna be at the top for "saving the industry" and how because of it "gaming changed forever" (cause I guess gaming would be the same if GTA III, Goldeneye, and Sonic never happened).

I've said it for years regarding games, films, and anything that you make a list out of. Unless you are strictly rating nothing but historic significance, "It's the _________ that started it all" is not a legit reason for placing something on a list. That's the argument it uses for placing a LOT of games on here, especially Pong at #10. Yeah right, there's only NINE games you'd rather play than Pong?

Exactly. To use a car analogy, the Oldsmobile Curved Dash may have been the world's first production car but it's not gonna anywhere near the list of greatest cars of all time.

Pong, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, et al were all great games in their day, but were limited by technology. Better technology invariably led to better games.

[eDemento2099]

Dragon's Lair?!? Who do they think they are kidding? They should have tried slipping in ET for the Atari 2600 to see if anyone would notice preposterous mentions.

[Bo Rida]

Jun 13, 2012 13:21:57 GMT -5 eDemento2099 said:

Dragon's Lair?!? Who do they think they are kidding? They should have tried slipping in ET for the Atari 2600 to see if anyone would notice preposterous mentions.

That's one of the issues about chosing games based on the impact they made as nobody can deny ETs historical significance.

That said I do think impact and originality should be factors when deciding these things I just put slightly less importance on them.

[Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h]

The Legend of Zelda not being top 3... and being behind Street Fighter 2 makes this list unusable for me... also A link to the past at 50... fail.

['Foretold' Joker]

Street Fighter 2 was awesome and should always be in the top 5 even today.

Jun 13, 2012 13:21:57 GMT -5 eDemento2099 said:

Dragon's Lair?!? Who do they think they are kidding? They should have tried slipping in ET for the Atari 2600 to see if anyone would notice preposterous mentions.

Considering loads of people plunged hundreds of coins into the Dragon's Lair arcade game it deserves it's place, plus first game to properly feature QTEs

[Johnny Flamingo]

I can buy Pong and Dragon's Lair being on there.

Pong was the first arcade hit and is still played by people today. Dragon's Lair was a groundbreaking game that did influence many games.

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Jun 14, 2012 18:17:59 GMT -5 Johnny Flamingo said:

I can buy Pong and Dragon's Lair being on there.

Pong was the first arcade hit and is still played by people today. Dragon's Lair was a groundbreaking game that did influence many games.

But that's our problem with these lists. It proclaims that these are the greatest, so are you defining how fun they actually were or historical significance? I wouldn't debate that Pong or Dragon's Lair needs to be there if you're discussing the latter.

I just hate it when they do these because it just serves as some history lesson, and IMO anyone who subscribes to a gaming magazine (except for a casual player who doubles as a Gamestop premium member and gets GI) probably has a good grasp on where the history of games stand. I'd rather see a list of greatest games based on just what games are the most fun, although there would be an element of favoritism towards more recent games whose place in gaming history isn't set.

I can't argue against their placement, but if you mean greatest as in "most fun", then again, as I said, I doubt anyone would say they'd only play 9 other games over Pong.