To celebrate our 10 year anniversary I think it's only fair that we do the exact same thing every video game magazine did whenever they reached a milestone... create a top 100 list. So that's what I'm going to do. I've spent the last couple weeks thinking this over and I have a list in front of me that I'm pretty happy with. No one else on earth will be happy with it, but as I always say, "fuck off it's my list and I don't give two shits what you think you little pissant." At least I think I say that.
Also, if you recall I did do a top 28 list a while back. However, that was 5 years ago and many great games have come out since, so even that top 28 has some changes in it. There's a few new games, a few games my opinions have changed on, and there was one really great one that I completely overlooked somehow when I made the list the first time. So rest assured there will be some very noticeable changes.
And it's going to go by fast. Since I've got that new job starting in just over a week, my free time may be reduced, so I'm going to try to get all 100 games posted within the next two weeks. I need to sharpen up my writing since this is a PR job so it's good practice. Writing about insurance benefits and filing medical claims is just like video games right?
100Sonic Adventure
99Kaboom
98Conquests of the Longbow
97Streets of Rage 2
96Lollipop Chainsaw
95Bloodborne
94 Crazy Taxi
93Bit.Trip.Beat
92Wii Ski & Snowboard
91RiverCity Ransom
90Dragon Quest Monsters
89Jones in the Fastlane
88Dark Cloud 2
87Professor Layton and the Curious Village
86MadWorld
85Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
84Torneko the Last Hope
83Crystal Castles
82Space Harrier
81Retro Game Challenge
80Final Fantasy VII
79Bulletstorm
78Rayman Legends
77Super Dodge Ball
76World of Goo
75The Magic of Scherazade
74Minecraft
73Fantasy Zone 2
72Golden Axe: Revege of Death Adder
71Final Fantasy Legend II
70Hotel Dusk
69Splatoon
68Pitfall
67Dragon Quest V
66SteamWorld Dig
65Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
64Order Up
63Hearthstone
62Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge
61Bayonetta
60Galaga
59 Earthbound
58Super Mario Bros.
57Wii Sports Resort
56Pac-Man CE: DX
55Trauma Team
Does Super Mario All-Stars count? Otherwise I haven't.
Anyone who was old enough to game back in the 80's, that first Mario game was pretty much a revolution. I was 5 or 6 when it came out. I had played games before, but they had never really hit me that hard...more of like a little activity for a few minutes...like throwing a baseball at a garage and trying to catch it on the bounce. But Mario instantly blew me away....it was a watershed moment. And it also opened the floodgates for higher quality gaming experiences to quickly follow.
Heh, the only reason I even got it was those old Sears Xmas catalogs. They had a big blowout on the NES that year in 1985 and it just looked cool as hell with the robot and all. So I begged my mom to let fuckin santa know I want that shit. I think I played with rob the robot for a grand total of an hour before quickly realizing Mario was where it's at.
Hell, I'd say my most memorable gaming experiences with the NES were these:
Those were the ones that really made a huge impression on me.
I think that for me Mario was about my first experience with gaming. That or Duck Hunt. I have no recollection of gaming before getting a NES for god knows what occasion. That being the case, the historic impact of the game was lost on me.
Final Fantasy VII probably gets that nod.
I'm becoming impatient like sonic.
I’m just waiting to see where Beat ‘Em and Eat ‘Em will rank.
Needs an HD remake.
#57. Wii Sports Resort
The original Wii Sports was revolutionary. It was just barely more than a tech demo, but it set the world on fire. Wii Sports Resort was the idea full fleshed out, with a superior set of controls to boot. Anyone could pick it up and have a ton of fun with it, but if you wanted to get a deeper experience you could get it from just about every game. The better you were, the more game options appeared. Special challenges were offered for each game. And the setting of the game was also impressive thanks to the Nintendo level of polish. Wuhu Island was packed with sites to see thanks to the Fly Over game, and your friends from the Mii Plaza could be found all over the place. It was a mini-game collection to end all mini-game collections (at least until NintendoLand).
I loved table tennis. It was so much fun. Most of the games were really fun.