Computer And Video Games That Have Been Considered The Greatest Ever

While there is no universal standard by which to judge the quality of Games , some games regularly feature in "best game ever" lists. Some games achieve this status simply by selling well, others by topping polls of gamers or industry Critic s and winning gaming industry awards.

BEST SELLING

'' is the best-selling video game of all time.]]
''For a detailed list, see List Of Best Selling Computer And Video Games ''

'' Super Mario Bros. '' ( NES ) is the official Guinness Book Of World Records record holder for best-selling game, at over 40 million units, although it was sold packaged along with the NES. The Mario series is also the top-selling series, with over 180 million games sold. {Link without Title}

Similarly, '' Tetris '' for the Game Boy sold 33 million units, having been packaged with the Game Boy. {Link without Title}

The best selling game not bundled with a console is '' Super Mario Bros. 3 '', also for the NES, selling 18 million units.

The best selling computer game is '' The Sims '', having sold over 8 million units alone and 24 million counting Expansion Packs . {Link without Title}

A bestseller list will necessarily exclude non-commercial games, and games such as '' Minesweeper '' and '' Solitaire '' which are present on more than 200 million desktop PCs as part of Microsoft Windows {Link without Title} .

WESTERN MEDIA

Expert polls

'''' topped the '' Edge '' staff's top 100, with '' GoldenEye 007 '' and '' Super Mario 64 '' rounding out the top three.

'' Doom '' was voted the "#1 game of all time" in a poll among over 100 game developers and journalists conducted by '' GameSpy '' in July 2001. {Link without Title}

'' Super Mario 64 '' was chosen as the best game ever by a panel of eight industry professionals at the 2002 Game Developers Conference in London. {Link without Title}

'' Super Mario Bros. '' — '' IGN '''s Top 100 Games of All Time, compiled by the editors in 2003, and again in 2005 [http://top100.ign.com/2005/001-010.html

'''' at number one)

'' Super Mario 64 '' was ranked number one by '' Next Generation Magazine '''s editors in its September 1996 article '' The Top 100 Videogames Of All Time ''. ''Tetris'' was at the number two spot. Three years later in its February 1999 article '' The Top 50 Games Of All Time '', '' The Legend Of Zelda '' series held the number one title. ''Tetris'' still remained at number two.

'' Half-Life '' was voted number one out of "50 Greatest Games" in the U.S. '' PC Gamer '''s April 2005 article. '' Doom '' followed at number two, and '' Half-Life 2 '' at number three.

'' Electronic Gaming Monthly '''s "top 200 games of their time" rank Super Mario Bros. as #1. The feature was meant to show how much impact a game had on its time period, and not how it holds up now.

User polls

'' GoldenEye 007 '' - ''Computer And Video Games'' ' 100 Greatest Games feature, voted for by readers of the magazine (January 2000).

In 2001, the magazine repeated the poll, and '''' came first.

'' Final Fantasy VII '' won the "Best. Game. Ever" series of polls hosted by GameFAQs in 2004 {Link without Title}

'' Half-Life '' won the "Title Fight" series of polls hosted by GameSpy in 2004 {Link without Title}

In issue 150 of '' Nintendo Official Magazine '' a poll of the 150 greatest games ever to appear on a Nintendo console:

#'' Pokémon ''
#'' Super Mario 64 ''
#'' Super Smash Bros. Melee ''
#'' Metroid Prime ''
#'' Goldeneye 007 ''
#'' Super Mario World ''
#''''
#''''
#'' Animal Crossing ''

In issue 200 of '''' in 3rd

GameFAQs held a Contest for its 10th Anniversary ending on November 5 , 2005 in which users chose their 10 favorite games and guessed what the overall top 10 games would be. The overall top 100 list, as chosen by the overall userbase of GameFAQs, was revealed at the conclusion of the contest. {Link without Title} The top ten were:

Final Fantasy VII

#''
#'' Chrono Trigger
#''
#'' Super Mario Bros. 3
#'' Super Smash Bros. Melee
#'' Goldeneye 007
#'' Metal Gear Solid
#''
#'' Final Fantasy VI (Final Fantasy III In North America)

High scores in multiple reviews

'' ranks highest on ''GameRankings'', ''Gamestats'' and ''Metacritic''.]]
Note: These rankings, compiled from online sources, do not take into account games that were published before Internet reviewing became a standard in the game industry.

As of March 2006, the top 10 games listed on GameRankings , a site which averages scores awarded by numerous websites and magazines, are: {Link without Title}

# '''', Nintendo 64 (97.8%)
# '' Soul Calibur '', Sega Dreamcast (96.7%)
# '' Tekken 3 '', PlayStation (96.3%)
# '' Metroid Prime '', Nintendo GameCube (96.2%)
# '' Resident Evil 4 '', Nintendo GameCube (96.1%)
# '' Resident Evil 4 '', PlayStation 2 (95.9%)
# '' GoldenEye 007 '', Nintendo 64 (95.7%)
# '' NFL 2K1 '', Sega Dreamcast (95.7%)
# '''', Xbox (95.7%)
# '' Half Life 2 '', PC (95.6%)

As of March 2006, according to Gamestats {Link without Title} , the top 10 list of all time is the following:

#'''', Nintendo 64 (9.8)
#'' Soul Calibur '', Sega Dreamcast (9.7)
#'' Resident Evil 4 '', Nintendo GameCube (9.7)
#'' GoldenEye 007 '', Nintendo 64 (9.6)
#'' Metal Gear Solid '', PlayStation (9.6)
#'''', Playstation 2 (9.6)
#'' Resident Evil 4 '', Playstation 2 (9.5)
#'' Half-Life 2 '', PC (9.5)
#'''', Nintendo GameCube (9.5)
#'''', PlayStation 2 (9.5)

The top 10 games on Metacritic , a similar site, at that time: {Link without Title}

# '''', Nintendo 64 (99%)
# '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 '', PlayStation (98%)
# '' Soul Calibur '', Sega Dreamcast (98%)
# '' Perfect Dark '', Nintendo 64 (97%)
# '' NFL 2K1 '', Sega Dreamcast (97%)
# '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 '', PlayStation 2 (97%)
# '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 '', Sega Dreamcast (97%)
# '''', Xbox (97%)
# '' Metroid Prime '', Nintendo GameCube (97%)
# '' Grand Theft Auto 3 '', Playstation 2 (97%)

'''' for the Nintendo 64 ranks on all three sites as the best game ever. The only other game appearing on all three lists is '' Soul Calibur '' for the Sega Dreamcast .

EASTERN MEDIA

User polls

In March of 2006 Japanese '' Famitsu '' magazine readers voted on their 100 all-time favorite games. ( Full list ). The top ten games picked by fans were:

# Final Fantasy X (2001)
# Final Fantasy VII (1997)
# Dragon Quest III (1988)
# Dragon Quest VIII (2004)
# Machi (1998)
# Final Fantasy IV (1991)
# Tactics Ogre (1995)
# Final Fantasy III (1990)
# Dragon Quest VII (2000)
# (1998)

NOTABLE REVIEW SCORES

The notoriously tough reviewers from '''', '' Nintendogs '', and '' Final Fantasy XII ''.

Similarly, only five titles have been given 10/10 by '' and '' Half-Life 2 ''. In a short-run piece reviewing retro games, others to receive 10/10 were '' Elite '' and '' Super Mario Bros. ''. The magazine has also stated that the score was considered, but eventually rejected, for '' GoldenEye 007 ''.

In addition, ''.

'' (not counting multiple Game Boy games which used a different rating scale). Thus, '' Soul Calibur '' and '' Ocarina Of Time '' are the only games to get perfect scores from IGN and GameSpot , as well as garnering perfect scores from '' Famitsu ''.

The U.S. '''' and '' Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri ''. The latter was dropped from the magazine's April 2005 list of the 50 best games of all time, despite being tied for the highest score ever awarded. These ratings include PC games only.

The now-defunct PC Accelerator had a scale of 0-10. Half-Life was the only game that ever recieved an 11.

The U.S. '' Maximum PC '' which uses a scale of 0-10 awarded Half-Life 2 an 11 in its January 2005 issue.

NOTABLE ARTICLES

'' NetHack '' is named the Best Game Ever in an in-depth Salon article. {Link without Title}

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