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IGN's Top 100 Games

Posted by Zonk on from the another-list-oh-me-oh-my dept.

fwice writes "IGN has released their list of the Top 100 Games of all time. This list covers games from all different systems, including PC and various different consoles. Each game listed has a write-up about why it was chosen and what makes it special." Yeah yeah, another list. This one's not bad, though, with selections including TIE Fighter, Tetris, and Civ II ranking high on the list.

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  1. Here's the IGN Top 100 Games List Summary by iridium_ionizer · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Like last time, our criteria for this uber-list of games consisted of a variety of factors, including how good the game was compared to others at the time, the overall game design, how well it stood up over the long-haul, how influential it was in the realm of gaming and just plain how much fun we had playing the damn things." - the article

    For those who don't want to read the articles explanation for each game.

    IGN Top 100 Games
    1. Super Mario Bros. 2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3. Tetris 4. Sid Meier's Civilization II 5. Super Mario 64
    6. Sid Meier's Pirates! 7. StarCraft 8. Street Fighter II 9. Star Wars: TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM 10. Super Metroid
    11. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 12. X-COM: UFO Defense 13. Chrono Trigger 14. Rome: Total War 15. Super Mario Kart
    16. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 17. Star Control 2 18. ICO 19. Metal Gear Solid 20. Ms. Pac Man
    21. Deus Ex 22. Half-Life 23. Super Mario Bros. 3 24. Tecmo Super Bowl 25. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
    26. Final Fantasy II (IV) 27. Burnout 3: Takedown 28. Half-Life 2 29. GoldenEye 7 30. Halo
    31. SimCity 2000 32. Resident Evil 4 33. God of War 34. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 35. Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
    36. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 37. Wave Race 64 38. Madden NFL 2004 39. DOOM 40. Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
    41. System Shock 2 42. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec 43. Soul Calibur 44. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 45. Battlefield 1942
    46. Super Mario World 47. NHL 94 48. The Secret of Mana 49. Grim Fandango 50. Wing Comander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
    51. Grand Theft Auto III 52. Metroid Prime 53. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 54. Panzer Dragoon Saga 55. Fallout
    56. Final Fantasy III (VI) 57. Mike Tyson's Punchout! 58. Super Smash Bros. Melee 59. Bionic Commando 60. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
    61. Sam & Max Hit the Road 62. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 63. Sonic the Hedgehog 64. Advance Wars 65. MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
    66. Homeworld 67. Rayman 2: The Great Escape 68. Starsiege: Tribes 69. Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs 70. Pokemon Red/Blue
    71. Half-Life: Counter-Strike 72. Galaga 73. Return Fire 74. Syndicate 75. Crimson Skies
    76. Tetris Attack 77. Archon: The Light and The Dark 78. Star Wars 79. Shining Force II 80. Baseball Stars
    81. Freedom Force 82. Gunstar Heroes 83. Contra 84. Ultima VII: The Black Gate 85. Prince of Persia
    86. Final Fantasy X 87. Thief II: The Metal Age 88. Final Fantasy VII 89. Alone in the Dark 90. Master of Orion
    91. Virtua Tennis 92. Dragon Warrior 93. Quake II 94. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 95. Herzog Zwei
    96. Mafia 97. F-Zero 98. BattleToads 99. Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss 100. River City Ransom