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Oh yeah the famous Guiness World Records has released their top 50 all time video games, chosed by no other than US the gamers. The list includes awesome titles such as "Star Wars: Battlefront", "Lego Batman" and of course "Halo" as #1. Where is starcraft you may ask? Look juust above Ratchet & Clank at pos #39.
Halo has topped the Guinness World Records’ list of the 50 greatest video game franchises of all time, followed closely by Activision's Call of Duty and Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda. The list was voted on by gamers, so if you have any problems with it (oh, and you will), take it up with yourselves.
"We decided to take a different approach with this list than we did in the previous edition," said in a statement. "Instead of asking developers, industry insiders and journalists to rank their favorite titles, we approached a different kind of expert: the players themselves! We are confident that this 'top 50' more accurately reflects the tastes of the average gamer and not just the critics."
The list: Top 50
1. Halo
2. Call of Duty
3. The Legend of Zelda
4. Guitar Hero
5. Metal Gear
6. Super Mario Bros.
7. World of Warcraft
8. Gears of War
9. Super Smash Bros.
10. Grand Theft Auto
11. Pokémon
12. Resident Evil
13. Fallout
14. Half-Life
15. Sonic the Hedgehog
16. Counter-Strike
17. Runescape
18. FIFA
19. Kingdom Hearts
20. Final Fantasy
21. Pac-Man
22. Madden NFL
23. The Sims
24. Tomb Raider
25. WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW
26. Rock Band
27. LittleBigPlanet
28. Saints Row
29. The Elder Scrolls
30. God of War
31. GoldenEye 007
32. Bioshock
33. KillZone
34. Skate
35. Left 4 Dead
36. Need for Speed
37. Chrono Trigger
38. Gran Turismo
39. StarCraft
40. Ratchet & Clank
41. Pong
42. Tom Clancy’s...
43. Star Wars: Battlefront
44. Battlefield
45. Diablo
46. Lego Batman
47. Mario Kart
48. Burnout
49. Crash Bandicoot
50. Pro Evolution Soccer
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Lol Runescape is #17.
Starcraft only being at 39 makes me sad
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Two games that pop in my head and aren't on the list: X-com UFO(oldie) and Mass effect.
QQ!
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On May 08 2010 03:28 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
34. Skate
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39. StarCraft
Meh, the power of TL memes...
EDIT: NO OLD AMIGA/PC GAMES?? C'mon...
+ Show Spoiler +Flashback
Syndicate
Dune 2
DOOM (!!!)
LEMMINGS (!!!!!!!!!!)
The Settlers I
Cannon Fodder
WTF?
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omg i think i need to be sick
where is deus ex
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HOW DOES FIFA GET HIGHER THAN SC? LOLOL
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Good to hear they approached the 12 year olds who play console with auto-aim - HOW THE HELL could Halo ever win? And there are so incredibly many great title missing that I wouldn't even know how to start...
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Taking the "Top X of Y" lists to a new level of retarded.
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im suprised ico or shadow of the colossus isnt on there or is that more cultish?
And wheres Tetris, man i could play that for ages. xD
Anyway i agree with most of the games, not really a sporta gamer though.......finally wtf lego batman.
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Terrible list.
A list without Quake, CS and Broodwar in the top 10 is a complete joke.
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pac-man was awesome 20 years ago i assume...
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On May 08 2010 03:34 Boblion wrote:
Terrible list.
A list without Quake, CS and Broodwar in the top 10 is a complete joke.
Wow, thank you, took the words out of my mouth.
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On May 08 2010 03:28 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
The list was voted on by gamers children, so if you have any problems with it (oh, and you will), take it up with yourselves.
"We decided to take a different approach with this list than we did in the previous edition," said in a statement. "Instead of asking developers, industry insiders and journalists to rank their favorite titles, we approached a different kind of expert: the players themselves! We are confident that this 'top 50' more accurately reflects the tastes of the average [12 year old]gamer and not just the critics."
The list: Top 50
3. The Legend of Zelda
[4. Guitar Hero]
6. Super Mario Bros.
9. Super Smash Bros.
11. Pokémon
15. Sonic the Hedgehog
17. Runescape [WTF???]
27. LittleBigPlanet
37. Chrono Trigger [They have a point, but above Starcraft?]
39. StarCraft
40. Ratchet & Clank
[43. Star Wars: Battlefront]
46. Lego Batman [My point exactly]
47. Mario Kart
Yes I am biased and yes I believe that Starcraft, among other more mature games should be better rated, but this just goes to show the naivety of some people, who think that an online poll [that no one knows about] would be a better measure than people who somewhat know what they're talking about (in terms of the effect the games have had on the industry and their current following).
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I can understand why many of my favorites aren't there, but no Earthbound/Mother is :|
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3 Lions
United States3705 Posts
lol what kind of players did they ask for this list...
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TBH, I was expecting worse.
I thought Maple Story was going to make it into the top 5.
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Canada8036 Posts
What the heck, Guinness. At least tell us who "gamers" refers to and how this poll was conducted. A list like "Top 50 Best Selling Games of All Time" which you can back up with concrete data would be reasonable - this list, on the other hand, is completely subjective.
Why is Pong even on this list? Sure it's one of the first video games ever made, but it's boring as hell...
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Top 50 games of ALL TIME!? This is certainly high heresy here man. So many of the listed games are 2000ish which makes the list seem like pretty short-sighted considering the long long history of video games (good ol' stuff like Grim Fandango and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri to name a few). I just think that kiddie gamers were their main sample which is why Halo is number 1 (unfortunately).
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where exactly is this a record. most stupid guiness book entry ever?
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EPT
