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The Greatest Video Games of All Time (According to Wikipedia)

by epicgamerzmain • Created 8 years ago • Modified 8 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_considered_the_best
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  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)

    1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

    1998EVideo Game
    9.6 (11K)
    A young Kokiri boy discovers that his destiny is to free the Seven Sages and save the land of Hyrule from the treacherous sorcerer Ganondorf.
    DirectorsEiji AonumaYoichi YamadaYoshiaki KoizumiStarsNobuyuki HiyamaFujiko TakimotoJun Mizusawa
  • Tetris (1984)

    2. Tetris

    1984EVideo Game
    8.5 (3.6K)
    Differently shaped blocks descend into a 2D container. The blocks can be moved and rotated, and must be sorted into the rest of the blocks on the fly.
    DirectorAlexey Pazhitnov
    No specific version is listed.
  • Super Mario 64 (1996)

    3. Super Mario 64

    1996K-AVideo Game
    9.1 (7.6K)
    When the evil Bowser steals 120 power stars and traps Princess Peach within the walls of her own castle, it's up to Mario to save her once again.
    DirectorShigeru MiyamotoStarsCharles MartinetLeslie Swan
  • Chrono Trigger (1995)

    4. Chrono Trigger

    1995EVideo Game
    9.4 (3.5K)
    Crono, a young boy, is thrust to adventure by destiny to destroy an oncoming threat that will destroy the world in 1999.
    DirectorsYoshinori KitaseAkihiko MatsuiTakashi Tokita
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)

    5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

    1991EVideo Game
    9.2 (4.1K)
    The wizard Agahnim has abducted seven maidens, intent on using their power to open a portal to the Dark World. Armed with a trusty sword and shield, Link begins a great and treacherous journey.
    DirectorsTakashi TezukaHidemaro FujibayashiStarFujiko Takimoto
  • Final Fantasy VII (1997)

    6. Final Fantasy VII

    1997TVideo Game
    9.5 (12K)
    A former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.
    DirectorsYoshinori KitaseYasushi MatsumuraMasato Yagi
  • Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991)

    7. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior

    1991TVideo Game
    8.4 (2K)
    Ryu, Ken and a roster of six international newcomers compete to get the chance to take on the evil dictator M. Bison, the leader of the Shadaloo organization, who plans to brainwash the best fighters to work in his organization.
    StarJohnpaul Williams
  • Half-Life 2 (2004)

    8. Half-Life 2

    2004MVideo Game
    9.4 (19K)
    Dr. Freeman is taken out of stasis by his "employer" to help rid the planet of invading aliens forces known as the Combine that entered through the portals he helped create.
    DirectorDavid SpeyrerStarsRobert GuillaumeRobert CulpLouis Gossett Jr.
  • Pierce Brosnan and Izabella Scorupco in GoldenEye 007 (1997)

    9. GoldenEye 007

    1997TVideo Game
    9.1 (6.3K)
    James Bond must track down agent-turned-terrorist Alec Trevelyan to stop the launch of a powerful satellite. Play the game that set the stage for the First-person shooter genre on the console.
    DirectorMartin HollisStarsKevin BaylissKen LobbScott Hochberg
  • Super Mario World (1990)

    10. Super Mario World

    1990EVideo Game
    9.2 (5.9K)
    While Mario and Luigi are vacationing in Dinosaur Land, Bowser kidnaps the Princess. Mario and his new dino friend Yoshi go on a mission to save her.
    DirectorTakashi Tezuka
  • Super Metroid (1994)

    11. Super Metroid

    1994EVideo Game
    9.1 (2.5K)
    Samus Aran returns to the brooding planet Zebes to recover the last metroid from the Space Pirates.
    DirectorYoshio SakamotoStarsKenji YamamotoDan Owsen
  • Resident Evil 4 (2005)

    12. Resident Evil 4

    2005MVideo Game
    9.2 (16K)
    Six years after the events in Raccoon City, Leon Kennedy, now a federal agent, is sent to a rural part of Spain to rescue the U.S. President's kidnapped daughter, Ashley Graham from a sinister cult.
    DirectorsShinji MikamiKuniomi MatsushitaStarsPaul MercierCarolyn LawrenceRino Romano
  • Metal Gear Solid (1998)

    13. Metal Gear Solid

    1998MVideo Game
    9.6 (14K)
    A crack government anti-terrorist squad takes over an obscure Alaskan nuclear disposal facility. Solid Snake is up for the task to infiltrate the facility, rescue the two hostages and thwart the terrorists' plans.
    DirectorHideo KojimaStarsDavid HayterPatric ZimmermanPeter Lurie
  • Super Mario Kart (1992)

    14. Super Mario Kart

    1992EVideo Game
    8.2 (2.6K)
    Kart racing game in which the player takes control of either Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Toad, Yoshi, King Bowser, Donkey Kong Jr. or Koopa Troopa. Players can race in four cups, take time trials or battle against each other.
    DirectorsHideki KonnoTadashi Sugiyama
  • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)

    15. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

    1997TVideo Game
    9.2 (1.9K)
    In 1797, Shaft manages to regain power through a curse placed on Richter Belmont. Four years later, Dracula's son Alucard awakens from his eternal slumber, intent on destroying his evil father once and for all.
    DirectorToru HagiharaStarsRobert BelgradeRamsay ScottKimberly Forsythe
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)

    16. Super Mario Bros. 3

    1988EVideo Game
    9.2 (6.1K)
    King Koopa has kidnapped Princess Toadstool, taken over all seven kingdoms in the Mushroom World, and put his seven kids in charge of all of them. It's the Mario Brothers to the rescue.
    DirectorsShigeru MiyamotoTakashi Tezuka
  • Super Mario Bros. (1985)

    17. Super Mario Bros.

    1985Video Game
    8.8 (7.7K)
    A plumber named Mario and his brother Luigi travel through the Mushroom Kingdom to save the princess from the evil Bowser.
    DirectorShigeru Miyamoto
  • BioShock (2007)

    18. BioShock

    2007MVideo Game
    9.1 (23K)
    In 1960, a lone survivor of a plane crash named Jack discovers an abandoned underwater utopia, only to find out that the mystery behind its creation is much more sinister than he first believed.
    DirectorKen LevineStarsJohn AhlinGreg BaldwinJane Beller
  • StarCraft (1998)

    19. StarCraft

    1998TVideo Game
    9.1 (5.7K)
    In 2499 in the Koprulu sector, a ferocious collective race known as the Zerg arrives to massacre the exiled human colonies while a highly advanced race, the Protoss, intervenes to exterminate the Zerg.
    DirectorsMatt SamiaMark SchwarzDuane StinnettStarsGlynnis TalkenMichael GoughPaul Eiding
  • Pokémon: Red Version (1996)

    20. Pokémon: Red Version

    1996EVideo Game
    8.8 (3.1K)
    Play as a young Pokémon trainer trying to catch all 150 Pokémon.
    DirectorSatoshi Tajiri
    Shares spot with Pokémon Blue Version
  • Final Fantasy VI (1994)

    21. Final Fantasy VI

    1994TVideo Game
    9.1 (3.7K)
    A mysterious woman joins a group of mercenaries in order to find out about her destiny and means of saving the world from an evil madman.
    DirectorsHiroyuki ItôYoshinori Kitase
  • Shadow of the Colossus (2005)

    22. Shadow of the Colossus

    2005TVideo Game
    9.2 (4.9K)
    A young man brings a deceased woman to a forbidden land inhabited by colossal beings said to house the power to revive the dead.
    DirectorFumito UedaStarsKenji NojimaKazuhiro NakataKyôko Hikami
  • Soulcalibur (1998)

    23. Soulcalibur

    1998TVideo Game
    8.1 (840)
    The mystical sword of the legends, the "Soul Edge", ended up in the hands of the dreaded pirate Cervantes de Leon of Spain. Play as one of the 19 characters on a mission to acquire the Soul Edge.
    StarsSôichirô HoshiAya HisakawaNobutoshi Canna
  • Diablo II (2000)

    24. Diablo II

    2000MVideo Game
    9.0 (5K)
    Evil has survived. Diablo, the Lord of Terror, now seeks to free his demonic brothers. The armies of Heaven are forbidden to interfere with his plan, so an Amazon, a Barbarian, a Necromancer, a Paladin and a Sorceresses join the battle.
    StarsFrank GorshinLiana YoungJames Harper
  • Doom (1993)

    25. Doom

    1993MVideo Game
    8.6 (6K)
    In the future, an unnamed marine fights for survival on a space station on Mars where the Union Aerospace Corporation accidentally opened up a physical portal to Hell.
    DirectorsJohn CarmackTomohiko SatoStarsKevin CloudDavid KoserubaChristopher Murvey

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