IGN’s Top 100

Looking through the list of IGN’s 100 greatest games of all time, I noticed quite a lot of them are Nintendo games. Whether it is platform specific; 48 of the games on the list are Nintendo games. Not to mention the Top rated game of all the time is…. Super Mario Bros!!!

Here is a list of the Nintendo games on the list

100 Archon: The Light and the Dark
99 Rayman 2: The Great Escape
98 Quake II
96 Wave Race 64
95 Bionic Commando
93 Ultima VII: The Black Gate
91 Pilotwings
87 Advance Wars
86 Perfect Dark
82 Syndicate
79 Secret of Mana
78 The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
77 Star Fox
75 GoldenEye 007
70 Tecmo Bowl
68 Prince of Persia: The Sands of TIme
67 Mega Man 2
62 Wolfenstein 3-D
60 Prince of Persia
58 Mike Tyson’s Punch Out
56 NHL ’94
55 Final Fantasy II
54 Contra
50 Super Smash Bros
46 Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
42 The Legend of Zelda
41 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
39 Super Mario Bros 3
37 Pokemon Blue Version
31 The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
30 Metroid Prime
29 Dragon Warrior
25 SimCity 2000
24 Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
23 Super Mario Kart
19 Doom
18 Chrono Trigger
17 Super Mario World
14 Pirates
13 Ms Pac-man
10 Resident Evil 4
9 Final Fantasy III
8 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
7 Super Metroid
5 Super Mario 64
4 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2 Tetris
1 Super Mario Bros

NOTE: 8 of the top 10 are NINTENDO GAMES!
BOLD represents Nintendo Specific



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  • xero

    and all the top ten have been on Nintendo consoles…

  • skunkchop

    Eight of the top ten are exclusively on Nintendo consoles, six of the top ten were developed by Nintendo.

  • koffie

    a lot is not placed, for instance nr. 3
    just a remark, further i agree with the list

  • koffie

    didnt read well, it are the nintendo platform games, maybe post a full 100 list with bolt exclusive nintendo, italic nintendo platformed, and regular non nintendo titles

  • money

    Not a nintendo related issue, but x-com isn’t anywhere on this list and it has been way up there on the past lists! Maybe a change in staff compiling this list/staff who didn’t play pc games way back when. Oh well.

  • karn

    “X-COM: UFO Defense” is at 21. He didn’t list all of the games, unfortunately.