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If I had one qualm, it'd probably be that not a single Pokemon game made it onto the entire list. Or even a game like it! For such a prominent sub-genre. you'd think to have at least included a "monster battling RPG" or two in the master list. Is the editing team just not super into that kind of game?
More or less, I'm not really a big Pokemon fan at all, and none of the rest of the contributors brought it up either. There are admittedly a few types of games that are blind spots like that (no "hunting" games, Nippon Ichi strategy games, dunno if anyone feels strong about Musou games but none of those.)
Is there a list of the honourable mentions anywhere?
If not is Spelunky mentioned at all? Unlike other games (Tetris!) I can't see what would have taken it's place based on the similarities between them but naturally it's easy to miss something amongst 200 games many of which I'm not overly familiar with.
Good to see TxK on there and I'm glad they went with Link's Awakening too.
Yeah, here they are, in the order they appear in the book:
See alsos:
Balloon Fight
Flicky
Ibb and Obb
Robotron 2084
Space Invaders Extreme
Internal Section
Super Mario World
Wario Land 4
Rayman Legends
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Rayman
1001 Spikes
Rolling Thunder II
Strider 2
Shadow of the Ninja
Ninja Five-O
Ufouria
Castlevania III
Ghouls n' Ghosts
Mega Man 2
Shinobi 3D
Freedom Planet
Flashback
Heart of Darkness
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Metroid Fusion
Castlevania Order of Ecclesia
La Mulana
Spelunky
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Legend of Zelda
Blaster Master
Battle of Olympus
Zelda: Link to the Past
Illusion of Gaia
Final Fantasy Adventure
Hack n' Slash
Nayuta no Kiseki
Brave Fencer Musashi
Legacy of Kain: Defiance
Zelda: Wind Waker
ICO
Drakengard 3
Dark Souls
Shenmue
Yakuza 2
Bully
Contra: Hard Corps
Lionheart (Amiga)
Alien Soldier
Bloody Wolf
Metal Slug
Dreamweb
Detana!! TwinBee
Gradius V
Harmful Park
Lightening Force
X-Multiply
Dogyuun
Armed Police Batrider
Radiant Silvergun
Dodonpachi Daioujou
Night Striker
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Skullgirls
Capcom vs SNK 2
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Samurai Shodown VI
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
The King of Fighters XI
Blazblue
The Outfoxies
Tekken 3
Dead or Alive 5
Final Fight 3
Double Dragon Neon
Night Slashers
Eojjeonji... Jeonyeok
Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow of Mystara
Rodea the Sky Soldier
Ape Escape
Alice: Madness Returns
Super Mario Land 3D
Shinobi (PS2)
Kuon
Anarchy Reigns
Zone of the Enders 2
Devil May Cry 3
Trinity
Monkey Island III
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Discworld Noir
Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail
Heroine's Quest
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
The Colonel's Bequest
The Wolf Among Us
Shadowgate
Policenauts
Zack & Wiki
Corpse Party
Virtue's Last Reward
Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
Silent Hill 2
Fatal Frame II
Ultima IV
Might and Magic: World of Xeen
Gothic 2
Torchlight 2
Fallout New Vegas
Pillars of Eternity
Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader
Dragon Age Origins
Mass Effect 2
The Witcher
Eye of the Beholder 2 / Lands of Lore
Starflight 2
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (reboot)
Silent Storm
Bravely Default
Final Fantasy VII
Dragon Quest IV
Chrono Cross
Mother 3
Suikoden III
Phantasy Star
Skies of Arcadia
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Persona 3 Portable
Vagrant Story
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
Final Fantasy XII
7th Dragon
Penny Arcade: Rainslick...Darkness
Tactics Ogre
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Codename STEAM
Front Mission 3
Sakura Taisen V
Ogre Battle 64
Command and Conquer Generals
Warcraft III
Supreme Commander
Sins of a Solar Empire
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War
Rise of Nations
Total War Shogun II
King's Bounty
Victoria II
Colonization
Master of Orion II / Galactic Civilizations II
Sword of the Samurai
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2
Rise of the Triad
Duke Nukem 3D
Dark Forces
Shogo
Timesplitters 2
Singularity
Condemned: Criminal Origins / Soldier of Fortune
Rainbow Six 3
Far Cry 3
Vanquish
Bioshock
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Dishonored
King's Field IV
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Alpha Protocol
Metro 2033
Alan Wake
Dead Space / Resident Evil (remake)
Deadly Premonition
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Uncharted 2
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
The Talos Principle
Wing Commander IV
Independence War 2
Metal Gear 2
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Hitman Go
Blur
OutRun
Mario Kart 8
F-Zero
Super Punch Out!!
1080: TenEighty Snowboarding
Jet Set Radio Future
Chu Chu Rocket
Death Tank
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Panel de Pon
Bang Bead
The Incredible Machine
Rhythm Tengoku
Gitaroo Man
Time Cruise
Typing of the Dead: Overkill
Some of those entries are technically about multiple games, like "Final Fantasy VII" really just talks about the rest of the good Final Fantasy games.There are a few games on there that aren't also really fantastic but we stuck on because I couldn't think of anything else related (like Nights and Rodea)
Runner-upsa conglomeration of games that were in the top 200 list at one point but got knocked out, cult classics or other neat stuff that we personally liked but not enough to really justify it being the "best", and a few titles that were too new to really justify including);
Lode Runner
Archon
Boulder Dash
Donkey Kong '94
Rocket Knight Adventures
Elevator Action Returns
VVVVVV
Axiom Verge
Legend of Valkyrie
Ninja Princess
Metal Black
Lords of Thunder
Wild Guns
Rez
Kizuna Encounter
Marvel vs. Capcom
Guardians: Denjin Makai 2
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Beyond Good and Evil
Second Sight
Chibi Robo
Eric the Unready
Beneath a Steel Sky
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
Gray Matter
Mask of the Ninja
Alien: Isolation
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
Albion
Anachronox
Darklands
Divinity: Original Sin
Undertale
Xanadu Next
Crimson Shroud
Paper Mario 2: Thousand Year Door
Valkyrie Profile
Grandia
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Shining Force III
World in Conflict
Herzog Zwei
Age of Wonders III
Dwarf Fortress
King of Dragon Pass
MULE
Dungeon Keeper
Duke Nukem Zero Hour
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Wing Commander: Privateer
Crazy Taxi
Catherine
Katamari Damacy
Kuru Kuru Kururin