For the record, my Personal Top 20 Games, from the F13 thread that didn’t become an article.
1. Warlords – Atari – Atari 2600 – 1981
2. Star Raiders – Atari – Atari 8-bit – 1979
3. Mail Order Monsters – Electronic Arts, Inc – Atari 8-bit – 1986
4. Eastern Front 1941 – Atari – Atari 8-bit – 1982
5. Archon: The Light and the Dark – Free Fall Assoc – Atari 8-bit – 1983
6. Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar – ORIGIN Systems, Inc – Atari 8-bit – 1986
7. TRON – Bally Midway – Arcade – 1982
8. Sinistar – Williams – Arcade – 1982
9. Cyberball – Atari Games – Arcade – 1988
10. The Ninja Warriors – Taito – Arcade – 1988
11. Herzog Zwei – TecnoSoft – Genesis – 1990
12. Space Empire Elite – Jon Radoff – Atari ST BBS – ?
13. Warlords – SSG Strategic Studies Group Pty Ltd. – Amiga – 1990
14. Myth: The Fallen Lords – Bungie Software Products – Mac- 1997
15. Fallout – Interplay Productions – Mac – 1997
16. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos – Blizzard Entertainment – Mac – 2002
17. Halo: Combat Evolved – Bungie Studios – Xbox – 2001
18. Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem – Silicon Knights – GC – 2002
19. EverQuest – 989 Studios – Windows – 1999
20. Starcraft – Blizzard Entertainment – Windows – 1998
No particular order, generally grouped by system…these are all games that at one time or another really struck a nerve. Due to the improving effects of nostalgia and my impressionable youth, most of the titles are from the old days. Sorry Madden ’93, no room for you.
