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In its historic 1000th issue, Entertainment Weekly made a point to name the new classics of the last 25 years. While EW took everything from movies to tech to task, writers Geoff Keighley, Wook Kim and Gary Eng Walk clawed through the last 25 years of gaming to list the industry's most important releases. Two Xbox-exclusive titles landed in the top 25 of the 50 title list, at number 11 the classic 2001 Xbox launch title Halo: Combat Evolved from Bungie and ranking in at number 20 was Epic's Gears of War.Other strong Xbox released titles on the list included Grand Theft Auto IV (#9), BioShock (#28), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (#30), Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (#38), Psychonauts (#43), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (#45), Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (#47) and Madden NFL 2005 (#50).
What are the most important titles in your gaming life and how do you think this list stacks up as a collection of gaming's new classics in the last 25 years? The full 50 title listing can be found after the jump.
- Tetris (PC)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
- Doom (PC)
- Super Mario World (SNES)
- Guitar Hero (PS2)
- Street Fighter II (SNES)
- Super Mario Kart (SNES)
- GoldenEye 007 (N64)
- Grand Theft Auto IV (X360/PS3)
- Metal Gear Solid (PS)
- Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
- Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
- Final Fantasy VII (PS)
- Resident Evil 4 (GCN)
- Chrono Trigger (SNES)
- Gran Turismo (PS)
- SimCity (Mac/Amiga)
- Half-Life (PC)
- Sid Meier's Civilization II (PC)
- Gears of War (X360)
- StarCraft (PC)
- Super Metroid (SNES)
- Deus Ex (PC)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS)
- Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
- God of War (PS2)
- Soul Calibur (DC)
- BioShock (PC/X360)
- Final Fantasy III (Famicom)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (XB)
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (DC)
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS)
- Metroid Prime (GCN)
- Tomb Raider (PC/PS)
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (PS)
- Star Wars: TIE Fighter (PC)
- Tekken 3 (PS)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC/X360/PS3)
- Contra (NES)
- Okami (PS2)
- Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)
- Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi (PC)
- Psychonauts (Xbox/PS2)
- Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Xbox/PS2/PC)
- Perfect Dark (N64)
- Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (X360/PC/PS3)
- WipEout (PS)
- World of Warcraft (PC)
- Madden NFL 2005 (Xbox/PS2/PC)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
6-22-2008 @ 2:33PM
OkayOctane said...
I personally think GoldenEye should have been lower 6 or 7 :D. God I loved that game.
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6-22-2008 @ 2:36PM
The Visualizer said...
list looks pretty solid outside of silent hill 2 which sticks out like a sore thumb
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6-23-2008 @ 8:16AM
webster1990 said...
I loved silent hill 2, it's my favourite of the series.
If anything stands out its Madden 2005. I live american football games, but what was so special about 2005?
6-23-2008 @ 8:21AM
webster1990 said...
*love
(sorry for filling up your inbox)
6-23-2008 @ 12:06PM
Vcize said...
Yeah, it's funny because 2005 was the year it started going downhill. 2004 was the pinnacle of that series.
6-23-2008 @ 3:53PM
T-BoNe254 said...
not really it started going down in 06.
2005 = hit stick
6-22-2008 @ 3:12PM
Trekster_Gamer said...
Tetris does not belong in the top slot, hands down DOOM created the billion dollar Genre that exists today where as tetris clones are a dime a dozen.
I would have also added
Elite
Super Wing Commander
Wing Commander III
Super Star Wars over any of the Marios
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6-22-2008 @ 4:40PM
ScallionN said...
Tetris clones are a dime a dozen because it essentially carried the industry for a long while, and is a permanent fixture in pop culture. It was the first "casual" game. People bought gameboys because of it. Ask average people if they've heard of DOOM, and the responses will be mixed. Almost everyone knows about Tetris.
6-23-2008 @ 1:08AM
WTangoFoxtrot said...
Hell yea mate, I would any day prefer Wing Commander 3 over WC2, even if the game required like 5 cd-changes :P
WC3 was like the Crysis from back in the day when computer gaming was starting to compete with console gaming and it simply showed how much further PCs could push the limits compared to their console brothers. still, its good to see someone else appreciate wing commander.....
6-23-2008 @ 1:09AM
WTangoFoxtrot said...
Hell yea mate, I would any day prefer Wing Commander 3 over WC2, even if the game required like 5 cd-changes :P
WC3 was like the Crysis from back in the day when computer gaming was starting to compete with console gaming and it simply showed how much further PCs could push the limits compared to their console brothers. still, its good to see someone else appreciate wing commander.....
6-23-2008 @ 8:16PM
mikewalsh19 said...
Wait... are you saying that Tetris clones are more abundant than Doom clones?!
Seriously?
Both deserve to be up there, but Tetris is iconic, Doom is a classic, but everyone knows Tetris.
6-22-2008 @ 3:20PM
trevor said...
wtf. where is Super Mario Bros (nes)? that game started my gaming life.
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6-23-2008 @ 3:07AM
stinger503 said...
Amen
6-22-2008 @ 3:35PM
ogvor said...
I'm glad Tetris is number one, it is such a quintessential game. Anyone can enjoy, and it has been on just about every platform and will be on every future platform until games die out or we do. I personally have Tetris on my iPod, Mac, and DS.
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6-22-2008 @ 3:56PM
roach said...
Only 2 NES games on there?
Ha...yeah right... I agree..Where are Mario and Mario 3?
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6-22-2008 @ 4:07PM
Bac0nator said...
Mario is eating mushrooms
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6-22-2008 @ 4:08PM
Bac0nator said...
What about Pussy City Pimps>??? that game was amazing.
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6-22-2008 @ 5:07PM
Zack said...
Where's the blue blur at? No respect for the hedgehog with an attitude. :(
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6-22-2008 @ 5:21PM
emirabal said...
Where the hell is pac man, how is pac man not a classic. SOme of these are just marketing
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6-22-2008 @ 6:20PM
kevin said...
pretty sure pacman came out before 25 years ago