Entertainment Weekly rates the top 50 games over past 25 years

1. Tetris (PC)
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
3. Doom (PC)
4. Super Mario World (SNES)
5. Guitar Hero (PS2)
6. Street Fighter II (SNES)
7. Super Mario Kart (SNES)
8. GoldenEye 007 (N64)
9. Grand Theft Auto IV (X360/PS3)
10. Metal Gear Solid (PS)
11. Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
12. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
13. Final Fantasy VII (PS)
14. Resident Evil 4 (GCN)
15. Chrono Trigger (SNES)
16. Gran Turismo (PS)
17. SimCity (Mac/Amiga)
18. Half-Life (PC)
19. Sid Meier’s Civilization II (PC)
20. Gears of War (X360)
21. StarCraft (PC)
22. Super Metroid (SNES)
23. Deus Ex (PC)
24. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (PS)
25. Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
26. God of War (PS2)
27. Soul Calibur (DC)
28. BioShock (PC/X360)
29. Final Fantasy III (Famicom)
30. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (XB)
31. Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (DC)
32. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS)
33. Metroid Prime (GCN)
34. Tomb Raider (PC/PS)
35. Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (PS)
36. Star Wars: TIE Fighter (PC)
37. Tekken 3 (PS)
38. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC/X360/PS3)
39. Contra (NES)
40. Okami (PS2)
41. Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)
42. Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi (PC)
43. Psychonauts (Xbox/PS2)
44. Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
45. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Xbox/PS2/PC)
46. Perfect Dark (N64)
47. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (X360/PC/PS3)
48. WipEout (PS)
49. World of Warcraft (PC)
50. Madden NFL 2005 (Xbox/PS2/PC)

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