Guinness lays down Top 50 Video Games of all time

Walter

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http://kotaku.com/5160745/super-mario-kart-most-influential-video-game-in-history

Top 50 titles ... ranked on their initial impact and lasting legacy.

The team said they picked Super Mario Kart for the top spot because it is the best-selling racer on the SNES, the GameCube and the DS. Tetris, a good choice for number two, was selected because it is available on at least 50 different gaming platforms. And Grand Theft Auto holds the record for the most controversial series of games.

The full list, shown here, appear in the newly-released Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition.

Look over that list and then tell us what your top ten picks would have been. Keep in mind this is being judged on a game's initial impact and lasting legacy, not necessarily how fun they were.


1. Super Mario Kart
2. Tetris
3. Grand Theft Auto
4. Super Mario World
5. Zelda Ocarina of Time
6. Halo
7. Resident Evil IV
8. Final Fantasy XII
9. Street Fighter II
10. GoldenEye
11. Super Mario 64
12. Tomb Raider
13. Metal Gear Solid
14. Call of Duty 4
15. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
16. GTA San Andreas
17. Super Mario Bros
18. Zelda: A Link to the Past
19. Gran Turismo
20. Final Fantasy VII
21. Pro Evolution Soccer 4
22. The Orange Box
23. Lego Star Wars Complete Saga
24. Tekken 2
25. Wii Sports
26. Pokemon Red/Blue
27. Guitar Hero
28. Project Gotham Racing 4
29. Super Mario Galaxy
30. Resident Evil
31. Ico
32. Chrono Trigger
33. Gunstar Heroes
34. Soul Calibur
35. Advance Wars
36. Ridge Racer
37. Super Metroid
38. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
39. GTA Vice City
40. BioShock
41. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
42. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
43. God of War
44. Sega Rally Championship
45. Starfox 64
46. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
47. WarioWare Inc
48. Saturn Bomberman
49. Crash Bandicoot
50. Outrun 2
Some REALLLY strange things going on in this list. The top 3 most influential games in my mind are Super Mario Bros., Half Life and Final Fantasy VII. All of these games set the standard for years after in their wake. But these guys didn't even make the top 10.
 
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avidwriter

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The top 3 they chose for all the wrongs reasons. A game can be legendary and not sell as much as Mario, sales number or controversy should have nothing to do with how good a game is. This list is shit.
 

Walter

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Yeah I could probably pick on nearly every one of these titles and the rank they assigned it. But the biggest omission to me is what Griff just pointed out. My god. Doom paved the road we're still on in the PC gaming industry. But nope. HALO gets the FPS prize!
 

Griffith

With the streak of a tear, Like morning dew
You technically noticed Doom first from that list:

Griffith: 31. Ico
Wow
22. The Orange Box
WOW

Walter: Yep. =)
It's a real piece of shit.

Griffith: Some of these are weird.

Walter: i had to look around for MGS, I didnt see it at all at first.
13.

Griffith: I wish they'd gone with MGS2 =)
Make the strangeness complete.

Walter: "8. Final Fantasy XII" This is..... very strange.

Griffith: Well, it's a totally arbitrary thing, like, GTA shouldn't be on there.
It should be GTA3
Also, I have issue with your Top 3 as well. =)
lol
Like, if your list has Half Life and FF7, shouldn't the Mario game be 64?
Or otherwise the others Doom and FF1?

Walter: jesus, where IS doom
my fucking god.
no where on the list

Griffith: WOW!
HALO!

Walter: loling
post that dude. please.
No doom but... Halo?

39. GTA Vice City
hahaha

Griffith: I mean, I can see not having a lot of early games because maybe games weren't as big then as now and this isn't a gaming history lesson per se, but geez, Doom BLEW UP FPS and PC gaming in general.

Walter: Yep.
it should go well before even Half Life

Griffith: I know why Doom isn't on there.
This game list is trying to be a little too chique.
Ico?
I mean, that's very obscure.

Walter: The most influential game no one played!

Griffith: Exactly.
Influential and nobody's heard of it.

Walter: and yet, Halo =)
a game no one thought was truly influential, but everyone played

Griffith: It's a controversial combo of games that are in today and games nobodies heard of. =)
Is SMB1 on there?

Walter: barely.
its like 17
Griffith: Ah

Walter: (should be #1)
loling, Mario Galaxy is on there.
29. Super Mario Galaxy
30. Resident Evil
fucking lol

Griffith: Where's Sunshine? =)
35?

Walter: 36. Ridge Racer
37. Super Metroid
You just got bested, Metroid.
This just in: Guiness World Records List of Top 50 Most Influential Video Games Of All Time Rated Worst Games List Of All Time.
 

Aazealh

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Hahaha, yeah right, where's fucking PAC-MAN, uh? Or even the first Zelda... Talk about arbitrary criteria.
 
Really impressive list.
No DooM.
No Quake.
No World of Warcraft.
I'm kinda surprised that 'Lair' and/or '50 Cent: Bulletproof' didn't make it.
 

NightCrawler

Aeons gone, vast, mad and deathless
up up down down left right left right B A SELCET START

Even the Konami Code is more well known than most of the games in that list. And how about the music of the first stage of the game that made that cheat popular?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqFhczSljwM

Halo? COD4? Orange Box? Bioshock? Ico? RE4? FFXII? Lego Star Wars? etc... WTF?!

No love for Beat'em ups? :judo:
 

handsome rakshas

Thanks Grail!
GTA at #3? :schierke:
While a lot of the games on that list I agree with I think RE4 is way too high. I think the original Resident Evil should at least be in the top 10, so should Symphony. And what the heck, no Doom? Where's Mario 3?
 

Okin

The Ultimate Battle Creature
Starcraft, Diablo, Counter-strike, Command & Conquer (the first well known RTS I can think of). WoW definitely has been more influential than FFXII. Hell House of the Dead had more of an impact than Lego Star Wars! I'm surprised none of my old favorites like Mortal Kombat or Double Dragon aren't there. Again Half-life of course.

Gunstar heroes? Project Gotham Racing?

Lego Star Wars is above Pokemon Red/Blue. That's just crazy.
 

Griffith

With the streak of a tear, Like morning dew
You guys are missing the point, this isn't about how fun the games actually are, it's about impact and legacy. That's clearly why BioShock is on there, not because it's fun, which it is, but because of its incredibly storied legacy as the "best game ever" for about a month in 2007.
 

nomad

"Bring the light of day"
Wow... this is too much. I mean seriously, I'd settle for heck. Virtua Fighter or something... but this? Star Fox 64? I really want to know what kind of impact FF XII did. Either way, thanks for the laughs.
 
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