G4TV Top-100 Games

[GameGavel]

Starting tonight G4 is counting down their list of top-100 games. Should be interesting. http://www.g4tv.com/top-100/

[GameGavel]

Here we go. Agree or Disagree?

100. Pong
99. Words with Friends
98. Pitfall!
97. NBA 2K11
96. Guitar Hero 2
95. Burger Time
94. Braid
93. Star Wars: Tie Fighter
92. Galaga
91. The Sims
90. Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
89. Left 4 Dead
88. Double Dribble
87. Mass Effect 2
86. OutRun
85. Silent Hill 2
84. Wii Sports
83. Ninja Gaiden (2004)
82. Super Smash Bros. Melee
81. Resident Evil
80. Gears of War 3
79. Psychonauts
78. Spy Hunter
77. Excitebike
76. Blades of Steel
75. Fallout 3
74. Star Fox 64
73. Mega Man 2
72. Mortal Kombat
71. Wing Commander 2: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
70. Star Wars Arcade
69. Double Dragon
68. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
67. Minecraft
66. Assassin's Creed 2
65. Unreal Tournament
64. NBA Jam
63. Wolfenstein 3D
62. Sid Meier's Civilization 2
61. God of War 3
60. Contra
59. Maniac Mansion 2ay of the Tentacle
58. Ultima Online
57. Pokemon Red/Pokemon Blue
56. Super Street Fighter 4
55. Kingdom Hearts
54. Gauntlet
53. Deus Ex
52. Rock Band 3
51. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
50. Sonic the Hedgehog
49. Angry Birds
48. Tecmo Bowl
47. Myst
46. Red Dead Redemption
45. Metal Gear Solid
44. Grand Theft Auto 4
43. Quake 3: Arena
42. Ghost'N Goblins
41. Super Mario 64
40. Space Invaders
39. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
38. Super Metroid
37. Halo: Combat Evolved
36. Batman: Arkham City
35. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
34. Counter-Strike
33. Final Fantasy 7
32. Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!
31. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
30. Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
29. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
28. Super Mario Kart
27. Chrono Trigger
26. Ico
25. Grand Theft Auto 3
24. Madden NFL 2005
23. Halo 3
22. Panzer Dragoon Saga
21. Resident Evil 4
20. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
19. Diablo 2
18. Ms. Pac-Man
17. Starcraft
16. Half-Life
15. Donkey Kong
14. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
13. Portal
12. Doom II
11. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
10. World of Warcraft
9. Shadow of the Colossus
8. Goldeneye 007
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. The Legend of Zelda
5. Tetris
4. Asteroids
3. Bioshock
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
1. Super Mario Bros.

[miner2049er]

I like Words With Friends but I'm not sure it should be in a list of video games.

It's Scrabble.

[SubaruBrat]

Garbage from a garbage channel.

[Leathco]

The bottom 20 is already painful.....

[Gordon Bennett]

List moved to top post

[Gordon Bennett]

That's it up until now and the list is shaping up into a pile of shite quite nicely. I see several popular recent games on there to please the crowd, a few of the most predictable classics imaginable, a handful of entries that appear to be cribbed from every other top games list around the web and no less than three different basketball games for some reason.

I have no doubt that there isn't a single person on this forum who couldn't come up with a much more interesting and insightful list with half an afternoon, a notepad and a pitcher or two of your favourite alcoholic beverage.

[retroshaun]

These lists are so friggin pointless, being entirely subjective in nature and trying desperately to have a "little bit of everything". Bollocks really.

[miner2049er]

These lists are so friggin pointless, being entirely subjective in nature and trying desperately to have a "little bit of everything". Bollocks really.

Like using the Virtual Console version of a game.

Why would you?

[wongojack]

I was looking for some opinion chatter about this list. Personally, I was disappointed that there were no games from the computing era of games that was strong and healthy between 1983 and 1985. I'm talking about Apple II or C64 games. Just squeeze in a Summer Games or a Bard's Tale for goodness sakes. Mario gets credit for bringing back gaming but there were plenty of people playing video games when it came out. Just ask UK Mike!

I could pick and peck at their opinions forever. I don't like including games AND their sequels in the same list. I can see making an argument when the games are significantly different (RE1 vs RE4), but I think the gameplay of the original SMB is adequately represented in SMB 3 such that those two could take the same place on the list (which was 1st btw).

Frankly, I don't really think Pitfall gets enough credit (even in classic gaming circles). I see it as the first true console game. It included scoring but was really the first huge commercial success at a truly single player -not arcade- experience.

More opinions:
Too many games from the same franchise in the top 10 - just pick one Mario and one Zelda.

Doom was too low

I'd switch Half Life and Bioshock

Shadow of the Colossus at 9 is kind of a shocker


Edit: This site has a full listing
http://nukezilla.com/2012/06/16/g4%e...#comment-43824