Polygon top 500 games of all time
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:36 pm
Polygon just finished publishing their list of the top 500 games of all time.
As always, you can argue for hours, but it's a very decent list, neither forgetting oldies and pioneers (Rogue, Zorg and Quest for Glory are in the top 50 for instance) nor passing over more recent games (though games from 2017 were cut out, so no Breath of the Wild)
Top 20 :
20. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST (1992, Super Nintendo, others)
19. CIVILIZATION 2 (1996, PC, others)
18. CASTLEVANIA: SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT (1997, PlayStation, others)
17. PORTAL (2007, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, others)
16. SUPER MARIO 64 (1996, Nintendo 64, others)
15. SIMCITY (1989, Mac, others)
14. HALF-LIFE 2 (2004, PC, others)
13. STARCRAFT (1998, PC, others)
12. GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 (2001, PlayStation 2, others)
11. FINAL FANTASY 6 (1994, Super Nintendo, others)
10. SUPER METROID (1994, Super Nintendo, others)
9. STREET FIGHTER 2 (1991, Arcade, others)
8. MINECRAFT (2011, Mac, PC, others)
7. WORLD OF WARCRAFT (2004, Mac, PC)
6. MS. PAC-MAN (1982, Arcade, others) : strangely the description mentions Pac-Man, not Ms. Pac-Man.
5. POKEMON RED AND BLUE (1998, Game Boy)
4. DOOM (1993, PC, others)
3. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA (1987, Nintendo Entertainment System, others)
2. SUPER MARIO BROS. 3 (1990, Nintendo Entertainment System, others)
1. TETRIS (1984, Electronika 60, others)
There was an article today in the web version of Le Monde, pointing out that there is still an issue similar as the ones with music : great games from outside the US and Japan never got the spotlight they deserved, so fail to appear on most lists.
As always, you can argue for hours, but it's a very decent list, neither forgetting oldies and pioneers (Rogue, Zorg and Quest for Glory are in the top 50 for instance) nor passing over more recent games (though games from 2017 were cut out, so no Breath of the Wild)
Top 20 :
20. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST (1992, Super Nintendo, others)
19. CIVILIZATION 2 (1996, PC, others)
18. CASTLEVANIA: SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT (1997, PlayStation, others)
17. PORTAL (2007, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, others)
16. SUPER MARIO 64 (1996, Nintendo 64, others)
15. SIMCITY (1989, Mac, others)
14. HALF-LIFE 2 (2004, PC, others)
13. STARCRAFT (1998, PC, others)
12. GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 (2001, PlayStation 2, others)
11. FINAL FANTASY 6 (1994, Super Nintendo, others)
10. SUPER METROID (1994, Super Nintendo, others)
9. STREET FIGHTER 2 (1991, Arcade, others)
8. MINECRAFT (2011, Mac, PC, others)
7. WORLD OF WARCRAFT (2004, Mac, PC)
6. MS. PAC-MAN (1982, Arcade, others) : strangely the description mentions Pac-Man, not Ms. Pac-Man.
5. POKEMON RED AND BLUE (1998, Game Boy)
4. DOOM (1993, PC, others)
3. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA (1987, Nintendo Entertainment System, others)
2. SUPER MARIO BROS. 3 (1990, Nintendo Entertainment System, others)
1. TETRIS (1984, Electronika 60, others)
There was an article today in the web version of Le Monde, pointing out that there is still an issue similar as the ones with music : great games from outside the US and Japan never got the spotlight they deserved, so fail to appear on most lists.