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Gamespy.com's "Top 50 Games of All Time"

Posted by Hemos on from the any-list-is-wrong dept.

Alex Bischoff writes "In this article, Gamespy.com rates the "Top 50 Games of All Time" (both console and computer games), including commentary from developers at 3DRealms, id Software, Monolith Productions and others. Needless to say, Daikatana is not on the list ;)."

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  1. NetHack props by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just wanted to agree that it was a completely barren list without the presence of NetHack - truly the greatest game of all time. Diablo was number 6? It has .5% of the complexity of NetHack. Graphics, Shmaphics.

  2. Never heard of this game by sharkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    The only game listed in that article is one I've never heard of. Has anyone played "Not enough storage is available to process this command.", and is it any good?

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  3. This list is obviously bullshit. by Sax+Maniac · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't find Who Wants To Be A Millionaire or Deer Hunter at all on there. Goddamn elitists.

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  4. Biased towards PC/console, not just FPS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    While there were a few nods to non-PC, non-console games, most of those (e.g. Empire) eventually made it to the PC platform.
    • Here's my take on what's missing:
    • Dungeon Master. Very cool, very addictive, very Amiga. I think they eventually made a PC version.
    • Myst/Riven. I may have missed them in the list, but I swear they weren't there. HUGE oversight. Even if you hate things without gunfire and splattering guts, Myst was an incredible paradigm break, spawned a few clones, sold a bazillion copies, and, most importantly it introduced a lot of non-gamers to gaming!
    • Moria, Hack, NetHack. Or even Larn or Omega. Anything from rec.games.roguelike. I still like pulling up Moria on Linux because the gameplay kicks butt, even with VT100 graphics.
    • Spaceward Ho! I still think that Ho! was the first real game that was able to adapt PBM-style gaming into multiplayer, turn-based network games. Heck, we had a Ho!-down for my bachelor party.
    That's enough for now. Who could play all those FPS's without going crazy? I mean, yeah, I've played a few and enjoyed it, but the list was CLEARLY biased in that direction.
  5. My favorite game... denied! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    My favorite game is where I douse my wang in napalm, light it, and anally violate Cowboy Neal.