Pick ten 10's.

[nakamura]

Mashed Fully Loaded

Interesting choice. I recently picked up the first one and it is utterly magnificent, even in single player.

[Jamie]

I'll have a go:

Super Mario World
Xenogears
Dragon Quest 8
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Final Fight
Jade Empire
Shenmue
Puzzle Bobble
Metal Gear Solid
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

[sj33]

Surprisingly difficult. There are plenty of games that I adore, but would still feel wrong including in such a list.

Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Super Mario World
Goldeneye 007
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Shenmue (and Shenmue 2)
Nights into Dreams
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Resident Evil REmake
Chrono Trigger
Grandia

It was tempting to include games like Skyrim and other current gen games, but I think something like this has to be evidence that a game can stand the tests of time. There are plenty of current generation game that I'd award a 10, but I can't see them holding the same kind of timeless charm as the above. I don't think it's a case of rose-tinted specs to say that the above games are just as much masterpieces today as they were in their day.

[acidbearboy]

Phantasy Star Online
Rez
Ico
Tetris (GB)
Wipeout 3 Special Edition


These first five were easy to pick as they are my all time favourite games that I can't imagine getting tired of playing. With the exception of Tetris, which is there for pure mechanics, the other games 4 games all capture a mood or an atmosphere, as well as being brilliantly designed and fun to play to this day. They also all have a timeless graphical style and a great soundtrack.


The second half is much harder to choose. Will update after further consideration.

[Colin]

First ten games that came to mind I absolutely love.

Soldier blade - PC-Engine
Dracula-X - PC-Engine
Bomberman '94 - PC-Engine
Garou: Mark of the wolves - NEO-GEO
Metal slug 3 - NEO-GEO
R-Type - Arcade
Bubble Bobble - Arcade
Power stone - Dreamcast
Zero gunner 2 - Dreamcast
Soul Calibur - Dreamcast
Uncharted 2 - PS3

[CMcK]

Tricky but seeing as I'm in a good mood after playing the Rayman demo here goes.

Castle of Illusion (Master System)
Sonic 2 ( Megadrive)
Layer Section (SegaSaturn)
Halo (Xbox)
Tetris (pretty much any version with a special mention for the Gameboy and C64 versions).
R-type (Arcade and Master System)
Bubble Bobble (Master System)
Half Life (PC or DC)
Gradius V (PS2)
Thunderforce IV (Megadrive)

[darkangel]

This is going to be very hard, like other's have said before me on here. I do not believe a ten represents a perfect game as that imo is just impossible... but these are the games which I feel have a little bit of magic in them and will always be remembered.

Phantasy Star Online (DC ver) - Had over 80 hours with REAL heavens punishers before I got a VMU Kill.
Headhunter (DC ver) - A fantastic action game, with a brilliant story and a brilliant music score. Hard as nuts in places too.
RE:CV (DC ver) - For me CV represents all that I love in RE.
Skies of Arcadia (DC ver) - Utterly enthralling, brilliant story, art style, music and fighting systems for the ships and on land battles was just sublime
Shenmue - Totally blew my mind, for me it took gaming into a whole new level and showed me how powerful, deep and immersive a computer game can be.
LoZ: OOT - Amazing, I still remember the first time I saw Hyrule in 3D. Jaw dropping.
Mario 64 - What can I say? Pure genius on every level from Nintendo.
Bioshock - Immersive and terrifying.
Dead Space - Rock hard, fantastic game mechanics (I loved the way you had to tactically think about how to take on the monsters using as little ammo as possible) and dripping with atmosphere.
Silent Hill 3: While I loved number 2, it was number 3 that has remained with me longer. Short, but shocking.

[tokyochojin]

Are these lists of people's best 10 games or games that should have been scored a 10, cos I know if I knocked up a list that obviously Mario 64 would have to be on it, despite not really enjoying the game that much. Seems like these lists are judged on favourite games, and not on technical achievements etc.

[spontaneoustom]

As tokyochojin pointed out, these lists are often personal 10s rather than universal 10s.

Super Mario Bros. 3
Castlevania 3
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Rage Racer
Soul Blade
Resident Evil 2
Shenmue
Killer 7
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Flower

[mr_sockochris]

Zelda OOT
Goldeneye
Super Metroid
Half Life 2
Yoshi's Island
Resident Evil 4
Super Mario Galaxy
Halo
Shadow of the Colossus
Street Fighter III Third Strike

[nakamura]

Are these lists of people's best 10 games or games that should have been scored a 10, cos I know if I knocked up a list that obviously Mario 64 would have to be on it, despite not really enjoying the game that much. Seems like these lists are judged on favourite games, and not on technical achievements etc.

Yeah when I started the thread I was looking for less personal tens. We all have games we adore but would not perhaps score it a ten. For me Ridge Racer V, Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero, Darkwatch and Black are all high up on my fav games lists but I would not score them 10. In fact Tokyo Extreme Racer would scrape a 7.

[djjimbob]

Speedball 2 (C64)
Bubble Bobble (C64)
Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
PilotWings 64 (N64)
Soccer Brawl (Neo-Geo)
Portal 2 (PS3 / PC)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
A Zelda Game (16-bit onwards)

[Dogg Thang]

Seems like these lists are judged on favourite games, and not on technical achievements etc.

Not sure why a technical achievement would make a game any more worthy of a 10 than simply being a favourite, which says there was just something a little magical about it. Technical is technical. A game can have the best graphics, the best sound, be projected with holograms, make huge control leaps, innovate up to the eyeballs and still be a rubbish game.

IMO, of course...

[Colin]

Must admit I just picked my ten favourites. As someone said on the site recently (Matt I think) there's no such thing as a ten as nothing is ever genuinely perfect, be that games, films, women..........

[Guts]

Ten should be awarded to great games with little to no obvious flaws in design. Like I said in my own post in this thread, Vice City is one of my favourite games, but it's not a ten because let's face it the controls are clunky and the combat was always a bit pants really, it's my favourite because of the setting, characters, music, atmosphere, but as a game, looking objectively, it's not a ten by any means.