Top 100 Best Games Ever (GameFAQs)

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Remember, it's from "GameFAQs". Expect the expectable.

what FF7 is #1??!?!?!

I don't think it's a bad, if somewhat predictable, list. After all a fanboy like me is always pleased to see 7 Nintendo games in the top 10!

Well, yeah... it was totally predictable. From my understanding FFVII wins almost everything. I haven't really looked into their old lists, but characters from FFVII win alot of Favorite Characters lists as well. I guess Zelda games are huge to them over there also (not taking away from them). I think that list would be pretty acceptable if it was more like "The Top 100 Games - In No Particular Order." I still personally don't see how racing games can be great... never play much of them because they seem so boring to me.

Play Burnout...

I can vouch for Burnout 3, I own it on the Xbox. Excellent game.

Come on, FFVII better than Ocarina of Time, FFIII, Chrono Trigger?
That guys must be kidding.

Apart from that mistake, that should be a pretty good list. Contains most of the classics.

Yup, Burnout 3 is sweet.

As for the list, it is probably predictable, but why is GTA San Andreas number 11?
It's an ok game (though overated) but there are games below it that should be placed above GTA SA (i.e Super Mario World) at least in my opinion anyway.

Here's the whole list of games divided up by their respective system with the number of games from it in (). Maybe this will help in seeing how things shaped up.

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NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (9)

#5: Super Mario Bros. 3 - NES
#22: Super Mario Bros. - NES
#30: The Legend of Zelda - NES
#63: Contra - NES
#65: Metroid - NES
#71: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - NES
#76: Final Fantasy - NES
#77: Dragon Warrior - NES
#84: Tecmo Super Bowl - NES

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SUPER NINTENDO (12)

#3: Chrono Trigger - SNES
#4: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - SNES
#10: Final Fantasy III - SNES
#23: Super Mario World - SNES
#24: Super Metroid - SNES
#26: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - SNES
#37: EarthBound - SNES
#50: Final Fantasy II - SNES
#52: Secret of Mana - SNES
#61: Super Mario Kart - SNES
#82: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - SNES
#99: F-Zero - SNES

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PLAYSTATION (14.5)

#1: Final Fantasy VII - PS
#3: Chrono Trigger - PS
#8: Metal Gear Solid - PS
#15: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - PS
#17: Final Fantasy VIII - PS
#19: Final Fantasy Tactics - PS
#32: Xenogears - PS
#42: Final Fantasy IX - PS
#43: Chrono Cross - PS
#53: Resident Evil - PS
#57: Suikoden II - PS
#70: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater - PS
#83: Tekken 3 - PS
#92: Gran Turismo - PS
#95: Vagrant Story - PS

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PLAYSTATION 2 (14)

#11: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - PS2
#12: Final Fantasy X - PS2
#16: Kingdom Hearts - PS2
#21: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - PS2
#27: Grand Theft Auto III - PS2
#35: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - PS2
#40: Devil May Cry - PS2
#41: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - PS2
#48: God of War - PS2
#62: Burnout 3: Takedown - PS2
#72: Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec - PS2
#79: ICO - PS2
#86: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - PS2
#91: Madden NFL 2004 - PS2

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Nintendo 64 (5)

#2: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - N64
#7: GoldenEye 007 - N64
#13: Super Mario 64 - N64
#44: Perfect Dark - N64
#46: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - N64

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Game Cube (6)

#6: Super Smash Bros. Melee - GC
#14: Resident Evil 4 - GC
#29: Metroid Prime - GC
#45: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - GC
#74: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - GC
#81: Tales of Symphonia - GC

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XBOX (4)

#9: Halo: Combat Evolved - XBOX
#36: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - XBOX
#85: Halo 2 - XBOX
#87: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory - XBOX

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GENESIS (5)

#38: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - GEN
#88: Gunstar Heroes - GEN
#93: Phantasy Star IV - GEN
#94: Shining Force II - GEN
#98: Shining Force - GEN

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SATURN (1)

#97: NiGHTS Into Dreams... - SAT

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DREAMCAST (3)

#51: Soul Calibur - DC
#68: Skies of Arcadia - DC
#69: Shenmue - DC

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GAME BOY/ GBC (3)

#28: Pokemon Red - GB
#34: Tetris - GB
#59: Pokemon Gold - GBC

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GAME BOY ADVANCE (3)

#54: Fire Emblem - GBA
#55: Advance Wars - GBA
#89: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - GBA

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PC (18)

#18: Starcraft - PC
#20: Diablo II - PC
#25: Half-Life 2 - PC
#31: Half-Life - PC
#33: Doom - PC
#39: World of Warcraft - PC
#49: Half-Life: Counter-Strike - PC
#56: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings - PC
#60: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos - PC
#64: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn - PC
#67: Deus Ex - PC
#73: Fallout 2 - PC
#75: Command & Conquer Red Alert - PC
#78: Battlefield 1942 - PC
#80: Call of Duty - PC
#90: Unreal Tournament 2004 - PC
#96: Grim Fandango - PC
#100: X-COM: UFO Defense - PC

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ARCADE (3)

#47: Street Fighter 2010 II: The World Warrior - ARC
#66: PacMan - ARC
#58: Mortal Kombat - ARC

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MASTER SYSTEM (0)

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TURBOGRAFX-16/ PC ENGINE (0)

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2600 VCS (0)

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NEO*GEO (0)

!!!???

Well, it's allright. I think the best "Best Games" list for a gaming magazine was Electronic Gaming Monthly's.

Besides, after the "Best Games List", they had "Seanbaby's Crapstravaganza".

How lucky we are to have Z.E.N to put things into perspective for us. buy why is there 14.5 for ps? Im guessing its some kind of shrewd joke...

'Chrono Trigger' counts as half. I don't think it deserves "full credit" as a PS1 release, but it is officially part of that system's library.

I only see 4 (unless you're counting stuff like 'Goldeneye').

I agree. There is just no justice in placing 'Final Fantasy VIII' 40 spots higher than 'Suikoden 2'.

Well, it's allright. I think the best "Best Games" list for a gaming magazine was Electronic Gaming Monthly's.

Besides, after the "Best Games List", they had "Seanbaby's Crapstravaganza".
Actually, those lists were even worse. Maybe not in diversity but definitely in the "placement" (actually it wasn't all that diverse either).

And Seanbaby is the worst thing to come out of "video game journalism". I sure hope that guy dies a slow painful death before polluting the gaming world with more of his extremely unfunny wannabe "zings". Screw him and his "clones" (and L. Ron Hubbard too).

I only see 4 (unless you're counting stuff like 'Goldeneye').

I mean games on Nintendo platforms rather than games actually made by Nintendo. I know it makes little sense to refer to something like Chrono Trigger as a Nintendo game but like I said I'm a fanboy and we fanboys make little sense in our ramblings.

F-zero rules! Seeming as this is purely a popularity contest I'm surprised it made the top 100, but i'm glad it did.

Then doesn't FF3 also count as a ps1 game? And pretty well all of those NES Games and a few of those SNES Games were also released on other systems.

Or am I missing something?

Most people would consider him to be the worst thing to come out of journalism, period. Which is why I'm a fan. If it wasn't for him, I would never know about the Megaman Robot Naming Comission. And I would never have heard of the conflict between PETA and the Austrian artist who blew up a cow corpse.

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Dammit, I don't get the Scientology reference.

I don't much care for him he's too "in your face"

Hm. I guess he is "in your face". I'd always just liked the sheer ludicrous-ness of what he wrote about. I particularly like the way he phrases things.