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[Father Beast]

the rest of the list:


50. Virtua Tennis (dreamcast)
49. Half Life: Counter Strike (pc)
48. Castlevania (nes)
47. Adventure (atari 2600)
46. Super Mario World (snes)
45. Final Fantasy Tactics (psx)
44. Excite Bike (nes)
43. Final Fantasy IX (psx)
42. Star Wars: X Wing (pc)
41. Pitfall! (atari 2600)
40. Final Fantasy II (snes)
39. Pokemon Red/Blue (game boy)
38. Tecmo Bowl
37. Dragon Warrior
36. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
35. Super Mario Kart (snes)
34. Resident Evil 2
33. Everquest (pc)
32. Mega Man 2
31. Sim City (pc)
30. Super Mario Bros. 2
29. Super Metroid (snes)
28. Command And Conquer (pc)
27. Madden NFL 2001 (ps2)
26. Crash Bandicoot: Warped
25. Warlords (atari 2600)
24. Sonic The Hedgehog (sega genesis)
23. The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past
22. Street Fighter II (arcade)
21. Gran Turismo
20. NHLPA 93
19. Galaga (arcade)
18. Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night (psx)
17. Metal Gear Solid
16. Goldeneye 007 (n64)
15. Chron Trigger (snes)
14. Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!
13. Contra
12. Super Mario 64 (n64)
11. The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
10. Final Fantasy VII (psx)
9. Ms. Pac Man (arcade)
8. Super Mario Bros. 3
7. Final Fantasy III (snes)
6. Metroid (nes)
5. Doom (pc)
4. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (psx)
3. Tetris (arcade)
2. Super Mario Bros. (nes)
1. The Legend Of Zelda


Platform breakdown according to Game Informer Magazine:
nes - 20
psx - 20
pc - 13
snes - 11
arcade - 10
dreamcast - 6
n64 - 5
gameboy - 4
sega genesis - 4
atari 2600 - 3
atari jaguar - 1
sega saturn - 1
sega master system - 1

[Father Beast]

I have to agree that the makers of the gameinformer list are almost all consolers.

The Gamespy list I tend to have a bit more trust in, since they say it was made from developers poll....

I have noticed that a number of console games made it onto the gamespy list also, some of them in almost the same places they are in the gameinformer list WTF???

I don't get some of these listings. I actually have an atari 2600, and have all 3 games that made the list, and I think all 3 of them suck! go figure. guess it's not really in my heart to be a console gamer...

[tniem]

Count them, five Final Fantasy games. Don't get me wrong I think they are great games, but realistically only 3 (U.S) and maybe I and II should have made a list. The rest have been basically the same with 7 and 8 (on the list) plain boring.

Other thoughts, Tony Hawk's Pro Skating 2 as the number four game of all time. That is pure irresponsible journalism. First of all it is the same as the original (which is also on the list), second it hasn't impacted anything. Maybe down the road...

Anyways, obviously slanted towards console games and I just can't agree with that.