best games of all time?

I found an article on the top 50 games of all time on the gamespy network, also includes some major game developer icon's top 10's.

http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/july01/top50index/


So I thought of my top 10

1. Doom (PC)
2. Chaos (ZX81)
3. Jet Set Willy 2 (CPC)
4. (Tie) Quake I + Quake III Arena (PC)
5. (Tie) XCOM UFO Defense + XCOM Apocalypse (PC)
6. System Shock 2 (PC)
7. Deus Ex (PC)
8. Total Annihilation (PC)
9. (Tie) Fallout 2 + Fallout Tactics (PC)
10. Anarchy (CPC)

Whats your top 10 games of all time?

 

in no particular order...

Battlefield 2
Goldeneye (n64, woohoo!)
starcraft
sonic (original, 2, 3, sonic and nuckles)
half-life 2 and mods (cs:s etc)
command and conquer: red alert
mario kart (SNES, N64, and DS i love 'em all )
Descent
tie fighter, x-wing, x-wing vs tie fighter
star wars dark forces and dark forces 2

ok, thats my list maybe there are others but those are the best that came to mind

 

Counter-Strike
Homeworld
Starcraft
C&C: Red Alert
Everquest (I don't know if I'd necessarily count it, but I played a looooong time)
Age of Empires II
Medal of Honr: Allied Assault
Call of Duty
Final Fantasy VII
Chrono Trigger

I could easily swap any number of games out if I gave it more thought, but that's what came to my mind first.

 

I spent a long time over thinking about the list, and came up with 20. It was so hard to get it down to 10 but lots of the PC games went, like Starcraft and Shogun Total War. Dune 2 and Flashback had to go.

Im gonna have to get a snes emulator and play chrono trigger (is it for the snes?) lots of people say that is a good game.

 

1) bf2 pc

2) excitebike64 snes

3)rally cross ps1

4) tomb raider all of them ps1

5)zelda titles for nes

6)tecmo bowl nes

7)wave race 64 snes

8) mario nes

9)resident evil ps1

10) metal gear solid ps1


i could list alot more favorites.just to many

 

1. System shock 2
2. Sid M.'s Alpha Centurai
3. Unreal Tournament 2
4. X-com: UFO Defence
5. Space Quest II
6. Civilization
7. Deus EX
8. Heros Quest I (AKA Quest for Glory I)
9. Masters of Orion
10. The Bard's Tale

 

Nice selection of games there, I just played a game of Alpha Centuri last week and it is a great game, as good as civilisation 2 at least.

 

Chrono Trigger is snes, I've got it on an emulator. The trick is finding a version which works because, for some reason, a lot of them suck. It's been so long since I went looking for it I couldn't even tell you where I got mine.

 

Yeah, I've always thought of that game as the best Sid M. game out there. Smart, thought provoking, creepy, engrossing, balanced, and in general a natural evolution of the CIV interface and philosophy. Plus Chairman Yang was one spooky old MoFo...

 

here's mine in no order

Total Annihilation (PC)
Airwolf (NES)
Battlefield1942 (PC)
Battlefield Vietnam (PC)
Battlefield 2 (PC)
Test Drive 5 (PS)
Grand Theft Auto (PC)
Driver 1-3 (PS)
Star Trek Starfleet command 1-3 (PC)
Flight Simulator from 3.1 to 2004 (PC)
Warbirds 2.77R3 to 2006 (PC)

 

1. Super MArio (n64)

2. FEAR(multi player) (PC)

3. Excitebike (NES)

4. Zelda 2 (Original Gameboy version)

5.The Sims 1 Collection (PC)

6. TES:Oblvion (PC)

7. Tenchu 2 (PS2)

8. Syphon Filter 2 (PS2)

9. Zombies Ate my Neighbors (SNES)

10. Dues Ex Invisible War (PC)


==WavY==

 

this is in no order.

Counterstrike (pc)
Starcraft (pc)
The Sims (pc)
Doom (pc)
GTA trilogy (ps2)
Halo 2 (xbox)
Herc's Adventure (ps1) IF YOU NEVER PLAYED IT , you gotta try it!
Rampage (ps1)
Driver (ps1)
Supersmash melee (gamecube) Probably best multiplayer game of all time!!
mario parties (gamecube and n64)

 

Thanks 4 the replies its interesting for me to see what people rate as their best games of all time, theres a wide range as well which is good. For anyone who doesn't know what Chaos is (my 2nd all time favourite game) it was a simple game given away free on a cover tape of a speccy magazine years ago by Julian Callop (who made Laser Squad which led the way for the X-Com games). It has been remade and you should try it Try not to laugh at the graphics and give it a few games before you decide cos it grows on you.

http://www.remakes.org/

Get the ChaosFunk version, it is the most accurate. Or get a spectrum emulator and find the original

 

Mario Kart without a doubt.

 

For me it was
Kings Quest 6 (It's one of the early cd rom games)
Interstate 76
Super mario bros 1-3
Fallout (All of them)

 

Mario Karts (good call)
Perfect Dark
Original Asteroids
Red Alert and Tiberian Sun (PC)
Original Donkey Kong (for a quarter)

 

I'm not going to put mine in any order, but here goes.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
Doom (PC)
Doom II (PC)
Galaxian (Arcade/Namco Museum release)
Galaga (Arcade/Namco Museum release)
GaPlus (Arcade/Namco Museum release)
Galaga 3 (Arcade/Namco Museum release/TurboGrafx 16)
Congo Bongo (Arcade)
Star Wars (Arcade) <you remember that one with the vectrex graphics and that wild controler>
Elevator Action (Arcade)

And my all time favorite:
Gyrus (Arcade)

 

British TV Nut = MAME Freak

My favourite arcade game is Mortal Kombat 1, when I was 13 I spent over £2000 on that game - 6 hours a day every weekend in an arcade taking on all challengers. Ah - wasted youth

Star wars was a good game too.

 

Not in order:
Battlefield 2
Warcraft
Diablo
Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts (There, I said it!)
World of Warcraft
Guild Wars
Zelda (Sort of)
Star Wars (Some of the Series)
Mario! (Hahahahahaha)

 

lol yea dude im with ya. i dont care what people say, that is one hell of a game right there, one of my favorite RPGs. Go disney!

 

Doom
Wolfenstien 3D
Command and Conquer
C&C Red Alert
All RA addones except Commando
Red Alert2 & Addons

What can I say, I really like Red Alert.
Does it play on XP?

 

Battlefield (first and second)
C&C: Generals
Diablo
Dungeon Siege
Doom 1 - 3
Prince Of Persia Sands Of Time
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Worms World Party
Worms 3D
Worms 4 Mayhem
Worms Forts Under Siege
(What can I say.. I was a big games... Guess I still am...)

And two best games with the best story are...
Max Payne (Both Parts)
Mafia: The City Of Lost Heaven

I know that most of these are quite new, but...

well... I've always like Red Faction too cause you can destroy walls there.

 

I just remebered a game I play time to time...
Maybe I shouldn't but...

anyway.. The game is:
Postal 2 Apocalypse Weekend + AW7 EXpansion Patch

 

Too me postal was waaaay better then postal 2.

 

Postal 1 was like ... commandos on friday the 13th.

Great game - old now though isnt it?

 

I guess I'll have to agree as well. I mean, all I was doing was helping my girlfriend with the game when she got stuck. Honest. I didn't mean to finish the game before she did.. oh wait.. she hasn't.

 

I got a laugh out of that one, but then again most of my memories were from playing them to death in the 80s. And I wonder why I look like this.

 

My Favs are:

Starcraft
Diablo 2
Guild Wars
Oblivion
Halo
C&C
Rome Total War

 

Woot someone said oblivion. I would to god I had a caompy that could run that game.

Lessee.

Morrowind + tribunal and bloodmoon
Neverwinter nights....especially hordes of the underdark
Unreal tournament 2003 (I think..the last one made) ha ha LAN....
Fable...couldnt play it twice though
Freelancer> woot...not enough credit given there
I dont remember any other outstanding ones.

And hate me for the second,
KOL
Runescape

 

Pitfall-Atari version
Freespace/Freespace 2
Descent
Planetside (before all the gameplay changes)
Call of Duty1/2

 

Freespace was so far ahead of it's time, and it's gameplay is so fluid. Still holds up today over a lot more recent titles. I thought FS2 was a bit of a copoff though, exactly the same game with better graphics and more ships.

 

As far as computer games go, Half-Life and sequels have spawned some of the greatest mods out there. The entire Valve line-up coupled with the sheer amount of quality mods puts Half-Life up on the top of the list.

 

well, this is my first post, so lets make it a good one!

the bestest game in the whole wide worldest was Shenmue!

i loved 1 & 2 and hope 3 is made for the 360 (In fact, id trade my girlfriend for it! )


bit extreme? it was that much of a good game

 

GTA San adreas
Battlefield 2
Octopus (game in watch_old school yeah, but it made its name..)
Donkey kong same as above
Pacman

 

hmmm...tough to pick ten, so many systems and games that i'll probably forget a lot of good ones but ok here goes, in no order:

ms. pacman - (pacman was the original but so repetitive)
goldeneye - wish this would come out for XBLA but guess ill have to get a Wii
soul calibur - one of the best fighting games imo
tony hawk pro skater - (insert edition here lol) spent what seems decades playing friends for top score on the warehouse level lol
Virtua Tennis - Great tennis game for dreamcast
Ultima 4 - Great game for my super powerful Commodore 64 lol
Tetris - Gameboy - Fav. puzzle game ever
Street Fighter 2 Champ. Edition - Champ just so I can play Bison and hear my friends complain about doing the same moves...whine whine whine lol
MechAssault - Probably fav Xbox game, that or Morrrowind
Super Mario Bros. - This game amazed me when I played it at the arcade, had to get an NES because of it
Ok thats ten, one more though, RBI baseball, just for the crazy stealing bases fun lol

 

1) Oregon Trail

that's pretty much it.
and i guess these in random order:
Farcry
HL + all expansions
HL2 + episode 1
Sin episodes + the original Sin game in the arcade that was virtual reality
typing of the dead
kingdom hearts
Duke Nukem
and pretty much any nes games. Gotta love the old skool games!

 

Well here's my memorable mentions for me personally:

1) Mortal Kombat 1, 2, 3 & Ultimate (Arcade & Console)
2) Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros (NES & SNES)
3) FA-18 Interceptor (Amiga 500/600/1200 etc)
4) Battle Squadron (Amiga 500/600/1200 etc)
5) S.W.I.V (Amiga 500/600/1200 etc)
6) Ghouls 'n' Ghost (Arcade)
7) Doom I & II & Duke Nukem 3D (PC/IBM/Console)
8) Donkey Kong Country 1, 2 & 3 (Super Nintendo)
9) Sim City (PC & Console)
10) NBA Jam Series (Arcade & Console)
11) Deluxe Galaga (Amiga 500/600/1200 etc)
12) Tetrisphere (Nintendo 64)
13) Goldeneye 007 (Nintendo 64)
14) Turbo Lotus I & II (Amiga 500/600/1200 etc)
15) Age Of Empires Series (PC)
16) Shinobi (Sega Megadrive II)
17) Gran Turismo Series (Playstation, Playstation 2)
18) Halo (PC/XBOX/XBOX360)
19) Max Payne 1 & 2 (PC/Console) *Bullet Time*
20) Command & Conquer Series (PC/Console)

I can't personally put in current titles that I do have and think are awesome, becuase 9 out of 10 times, once I complete it, that'll be it, Games these past few years that are of high development profile/cost, wow for the first play, and usually end craving more becuase it was too short, or you just un-install it because the single player side lacks replay value!

I'm currently enticed in Prey, Half Life 2 - Episode 1, Age Of Empires 3, F.E.A.R, etc but I completed FEAR, and now I cannot be bothered repeating it again, Prey has me down, but I know once I finish it, I`ll never replay it again unless I upgrade my videocard, and want to test performance, along with fear..

Believe it or not, with me I seem to be going back for more with 'Small' low profile games, that are not awaiting pre-order, or not many people know about, they seem to be just as enticing, some even eye candy, but they seem to have replay value, or that feeling to try this or that again, but this way instead of that way, increased speed, diffrent power-ups, etc...

Zuma Deluxe, Bejewelled 2 Deluxe, Warblade v1.2y6 (Remake of Deluxe Galaga, but superior GFX), Star Defender 3, Jets'n'Guns... These games seem to get most of my time, and I don't get bored as quick! Jet's n Guns to me is fantastic, it's got awesome 2D with 3D Graphics, and their is heaps of diffrent weapon configurations you can use. Or Warblade, once you do the first 100 levels, it just doesn't start again, difficulty changes, reactions change, added baddies, etc

Sorry to babble, it just reminded me writing this list, that I could hardly think of any PC games, and when I did, I thought of the Graphics over anything else, and I think thats the problem, most hi end PC games require obsurd PC upgrades to get a decent framerate, but the game itself lacks a true storyline, or gameplay tactics that make you want more!

Or maybe I am just fussy.....

 

I though of another game i always liked was space rouge for the commodore 64.

 

Stunk Car racer, that was the game I was trying to fit in but couldn't, sorry SCR, you got squeezed out

 

Falcon4 sp3-4 and Allied Force
Freelancer
Operation Flash point
Jane's F/A-18
Trespasser (for it's day rocked)
Tachyon

 

1 - Quest for Glory, all of them
2 - Counter-strike
3 - Civilization, all of them
4 - Football Manager (championship manager editions also)
5 - Roller Coaster tycoon 1 & 2
6 - quake 4
7 - final Fantasy VII (PS1)
8 - Winning eleven (PS2)
9 - The sims
10 - Mario Kart 64 (n64)

 

Out Of THis World and The first Pitfall....Both kept me up way too late but OOTW was a real butt kicker lol...

 

Sorry for double posting

 

well... i have Unreal tournament 2004...
and believe me its way better than 2003...

 

ah missed so many games after looking at all of your posts! gran turismo for ps2 is still a great game, too bad i gave away my ps2! i noticed nobody else said mech assault, i just loved the multiplayer, choice or mechs and maps, maybe the fact i was damn good in it lol (happens when you play it 24 hours a day...lol j/k) guess its kind of an evolution of goldeneye for me, that was another intense multiplayer...

 

the lord of the rings war of the ring is a good game also if you have a lot of time on your hands prison tycoon. hope you dont fall asleep with that one time comsuming

 

RTS = C & C: Tiberium Dawn (the first 1)
Racing = Wacky Wheels!
RPG = FF7
Multiplayer shooter = Golden eye on the N64 - remote mines ftw