The 100 greatest games of all time

UK retail giant GAME’s customers have voted for their favourite 100 games of all time – with Activision’s Call Of Duty 4 has coming out on top.

Other entrants into the top ten included Zelda: Ocarina Of Time in second spot, GTA 4 at No. 4 and GoldenEye in sixth place.

The full top 100 reads:

1 Call of Duty 4 (Multiformat)
2 Zelda Ocarina of Time (N64)
3 Final Fantasy VII (PSone)
4 Grand Theft Auto IV (Multiformat)
5 Super Mario 64 (N64)
6 007 Goldeneye (N64)
7 Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
8 Metal Gear Solid (PSone)
9 Half Life 2 (Multiformat)
10 Gears of War (Multiformat)

11 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Multiformat)
12 World of Warcraft (PC)
13 Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo Wii)
14 Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
15 Tomb Raider (PSone)
16 Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
17 Tetris (GameBoy)
18 Half Life (PC)
19 Sonic the Hedgehog (SEGA Mega Drive)
20 Super Mario World (SNES)

21 Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Wii)
22 Elite (BBC Micro)
23 Resident Evil 4 (Multiformat)
24 The Sims 2 (PC)
25 Shenmue (SEGA Dreamcast)
26 Crash Bandicoot (PSone)
27 Sensible Soccer (Multiformat)
28 Zelda Twilight Princess (Nintendo Wii)
29 Wii Fit (Nintendo Wii)
30 Doom (PC)

31 Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 (PC)
32 Mario Kart 64 (N64)
33 Final Fantasy X (PS2)
34 Pacman (Arcade)
35 Super Smash Bros Melee (Gamecube)
36 Assassin’s Creed (Multiformat)
37 FIFA 08 (Multiformat)
38 Pokemon Red & Blue (GameBoy)
39 Guitar Hero III (Multiformat)
40 Mario Kart SNES (Nintendo SNES)

41 Final Fantasy VIII (PSone)
42 Resident Evil 1 (PSone)
43 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
44 Pro Evo Soccer 6 (Multiformat)
45 Monkey Island 2 (Multiformat)
46 Space Invaders (Arcade)
47 Deus Ex (Multiformat)
48 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo Wii)
49 Bioshock (Xbox 360)
50 Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)

51 Wii Sports (Nintendo Wii)
52 The Sims (PC)
53 Counter Strike: Source (PC)
54 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
55 Street Fighter 2 (Multiformat)
56 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SEGA Mega Drive)
57 Halo 2 (Multiformat)
58 Lego Star Wars: The Original Saga (Multiformat)
59 New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo DS)
60 Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)

61 Mario Kart DS (Nintendo DS)
62 Fable (Xbox)
63 Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
64 Gran Turismo 1 (PSone)
65 Civilization (PC)
66 Final Fantasy IX (PSone)
67 Battlefield 2 (PC)
68 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Multiformat)
69 Super Mario Land (GameBoy)
70 Timesplitters 2 (Multiformat)

71 Football Manager 2008 (Multiformat)
72 Mass Effect (Xbox 360)
73 Resident Evil 2 (PSone)
74 Championship Manager 01/02 (PC)
75 Age of Empires II (PC)
76 Rome: Total War (PC)
77 Guitar Hero II (Multiformat)
78 God of War (PS2)
79 Kingdom Hearts (PS2)
80 Perfect Dark (N64)

81 Super Smash Bros Brawl (Nintendo Wii)
82 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)
83 Animal Crossing (Nintendo DS)
84 Starcraft (PC)
85 Unreal Tournament (PC)
86 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Multiformat)
87 Super Metroid Nintendo (SNES)
88 Command and Conquer: Red Alert (PC)
89 Diablo 2 (PC)
90 Kingdom Hearts 2 (PS2)

91 Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
92 Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
93 Guild Wars (PC)
94 Gran Turismo 3 (PS2)
95 God of War 2 (PS2)
96 Street Fighter (Multiformat)
97 Civilisation 4 (PC)
98 Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (Nintendo DS)
99 Grim Fandango (PC)
100 ICO (PS2)

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