Jul 3, 2007
Zelda ‘greatest game ever’
Edge magazine has released its list of the top 100 video games of all time today, covering more than ten years of gaming. Top of the list is ‘Legend of Zelda: Ocarina’, closely followed by Resident Evil 4 and Super Mario 64.
I’m a bit disappointed with the fact that only one PC game, Half Life 2, made it into the top 10. However, I suspect that ‘video game’ does not mean the same as ‘computer game’ in this context, even though they are often used interchangeably. This seems to be more about games which you would expect to see on the console, rather than real time strategy or turn-based games such as Civilization II (which should definitely be near the top, if only because of the amount of my life which has been taken up by that most addictive of games). In fact I have never played any of the games on the top 10 list, with the exception of Tetris and earlier versions of Resident Evil and Half Life.
The special edition of Edge magazine covering the top 100 list is available in newsagents today, priced £10. I feel that’s a little bit steep, but perhaps it will be of interest to serious gaming fans and possibly even become a collectors item in years to come.
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