# What are your top 15 video games of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 25, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883 "2009-01-25T04:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883/41 "2009-01-25T21:14:49Z")
No particular order (except maybe the top 5). System I played them on in parenthesis **Zelda: Ocarina of Time (64) Baseball Stars (NES) Super Mario Bros. (NES) Super Mario Bros. 64 (64) Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PC) Heroes of Might and Magic 2 (Mac) NHL 96 (PC) Test Drive (PC) Super Mario Cart (SNES) Age of Empires II (PC) Civilization II (PC) Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis) Warcraft II (PC) Pacman (Atari 2600) Call of Duty 4 (XBOX 360** This was really hard actually. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883/42 "2009-01-25T21:16:26Z")
Tecmo Super Bowl Super Mario World Battletoads Tetris Baldur’s Gate 2 Planescape: Torment FF III Half Life 2 Team Fortress 2 Diablo 2 Medieval: TW Operation Art of War III World in Conflict Starcraft Civ 4 ---
**Author:** ![bobthebuilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobthebuilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobthebuilder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883/43 "2009-01-25T22:03:50Z")
Crystalis (NES, if you have not played this game its amazing, its like the best Zelda game times 50) Knights of the Old Republic Morrowind Super Mario Brothers 3 Quake 2 (online death match has still not topped this game) Halflife Age of Empires 2 Civ 2 River City Ransom (this game holds a special place in my heart) Final Fantasy 3/6 (the series peaked here, not that some of the others are bad this is just the best yet) Thats only ten, but they are amazing games. ---
**Author:** ![Roulette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Roulette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roulette)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883/44 "2009-01-25T22:24:40Z")
My favorite 15 games of all time? Tough. In no order because it’s a stream of consciousness here: Doom Super Mario Bros Zelda Civilization X-Com UFO Defense Unreal Tournament Knights of the Old Republic Never winter Nights X-Wing vs Tie Fighter Starcraft Tetris Pharaoh SimCity Grand Theft Auto 3 Need For Speed 3 Why yes… I’m old school. Why do you ask? Seriously though, those games are mostly older games that I feel have proven the test of time for me. I can and do load them up from time to time still and enjoy playing them again, years after they were released. There are a number of ‘could be’ contenders out there, but I won’t really know how relevant or awesome they are until I see how much I still like them in a few years. They’re good, but greatness (IMO) comes from the ability to remain relevant and enjoyable long after the shine has faded ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883/45 "2009-01-25T23:02:33Z")
I couldn’t even begin to select a top fifteen; my favorites exist in a cloud of potential and a “top 15” wouldn’t be consistent from hour to hour. Twenty years ago I might have been able to select a top fifteen, these days it would have to be a top two hundred and then I’d feel like I was missing something. ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883/46 "2009-01-25T23:47:42Z")
In no particular order, besides maybe the number of hours I’ve spent on each: Counter-Strike (I honestly believe I screwed up an education because of this game) Morrowind (with mods and extensions) Neverwinter Nights Fallout 1, 2, Tactics, 3 (Yes, I like Tactics.) Gothic (Hard for me to distinguish between 'em) GTA: Vice City and San Andreas Need for Speed (one of them) Starcraft ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883/47 "2009-01-26T01:18:40Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Shingen the Ruler > Romance of the 3 Kingdoms > Baldurs Gate > Zelda > Final Fantasy several of them > Medieval > Civilization > Warcraft > Tetris sent me to bed with blocks dropping in my retinas > Mario I add Nobungas Ambition Genghis Khan ---
**Author:** ![Cyrokk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Cyrokk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrokk)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883/48 "2009-01-26T03:45:28Z")
I could only come up with 14: Dungeon Keeper II (pc) American McGee’s Alice (pc) Grand Theft Auto III (pc) Rockband (ps3) Cell Damage (Xbox) Tempest (pc)\* Centipede (pc)\* Defender (Atari 2600) Demon Attack (Atari 2600) Sims (pc) DOA (Xbox) Tetris (pc) Project Gotham (Xbox) Civ III (pc) \*From the Atari classics reissue, which is pretty much on par with the original arcade version. Startopia should be up there, but I never finished it. I plan to give it another attempt once I finish Dragons Lair 3D-a game that promises to be the worst piece of crap I have installed on my pc. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883/49 "2009-01-26T04:05:49Z")
Archon Planetfall “why you do that to Floyd?” Wing Commander III Heart of the Tiger (Mark Hammil, man) Half Life Castle Wolfenstein (original 2d commodore 64) Return to Castle Wolfenstein Janes US Navy Fighters Balders Gate Crusader Knights of the Old Republic Jedi knight (any of them) Nobunagas Ambition Half Life 2 Full Throttle Diablo ---
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My best games ever (in particular order): 1. Chrono Trigger (SNES) 2. Mega Man 3 (NES) 3. Final Fantasy III (SNES) (also known as Final Fantasy 6) 4. Tetris Attack (SNES) 5. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) 6. Rockin’ Kats (NES) 7. Super Metroid (SNES) 8. Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past (SNES) 9. Earthbound (SNES) 10. Sam and Max Hit the Road (PC) 11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) 12. Conker’s Bad Fur Day (N64) 13. Day of the Tentacle (PC) 14. Super Mario RPG (SNES) 15. Einhander (PSX) Guess which generation of games I grew up in? 😃 Although I’m seriously contemplating replacing Einhander with Persona 4 because it was just that awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883/51 "2009-01-26T04:24:04Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Super Monkey Ball > Super Mario Brothers 3 > Final Fantasy 3 > Halo 3 > Starcraft > World of Warcraft > Street Fighter 2 > Mortal Kombat 2 > Civilization 2 > Chrono Trigger After thought, I’d like to put in the Madden series, The NHL hockey series, Sim City 4, combine Chrono Trigger with Secret of Mana, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Tetris. I hate forgetting something, but I know I am. ---
**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883/52 "2009-01-26T18:12:10Z")
X-com Baldur’s Gate 2 Half-Life Half-Life 2 Team Fortress 2 Super Metroid Zelda 64 OoT Starcraft Warcraft 2 Diablo 2 Knights of the Old Republic Halo Fallout Dead Space Resident Evil 4 ---
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Not all of these have aged well, but I’m going to parse this as my top 15 game experiences. No particular order: Morrowind Final Fantasy VII Dragon Warrior IV (NES) Team Fortress 2 Baldur’s Gate 2 Counter-Strike Castlevania: Symphony of the Night King’s Field: The Ancient City Diablo II Planescape: Torment Civilization: Alpha Centauri Masters of Orion II Mario Kart 64 Age of Empires II Star Control II …and an honorable mention to all those old TSR D&D games like Champions of Krynn. ---
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My picks…many are out of respect for their impact at the time, or their defining a baseline for a successful genre of the future. Baldur’s Gate (series) Civ: Alpha Centauri Tie Fighter Soul Calibur (series) Diablo 1 (sorry folks, D2 didn’t have the fun or charm). Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (warts, but moddable to greatness) Sim City 2000 Wing Commander 3 Wizardry Sonic the Hedgehog X-Com Red Baron Total Annihilation Doom Mario Kart [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-15-video-games-of-all-time/482883.md?page=2)