05-13-2003, 03:13 PM
Hi,
Having had a chance to see for myself, I'd say that it isn't too bad a list. It does seem to be heavy on the consoles, with both computer games and arcade games being underrepresented. Given how much influence the arcade games had on the consoles, I think there should have been more of them from further back. Indeed, how can any top 100 list of games where "how influential it was in the realm of gaming" was one of the criteria not include Pong? :P
Missing from the list are all the early text based games, all the serious flight sims, all the better adventure games, and all the true wargames. Combining that with what *is* on the list, I'd have to rename it "Top 100 Games for the MTV Generation". The twitch factor clearly outranked the thought factor in compiling this list, but that is just another indicator of the bias that goes into generating any subjective list.
So, no, it's not *my* list. But it's not a bad list, either.
--Pete
Having had a chance to see for myself, I'd say that it isn't too bad a list. It does seem to be heavy on the consoles, with both computer games and arcade games being underrepresented. Given how much influence the arcade games had on the consoles, I think there should have been more of them from further back. Indeed, how can any top 100 list of games where "how influential it was in the realm of gaming" was one of the criteria not include Pong? :P
Missing from the list are all the early text based games, all the serious flight sims, all the better adventure games, and all the true wargames. Combining that with what *is* on the list, I'd have to rename it "Top 100 Games for the MTV Generation". The twitch factor clearly outranked the thought factor in compiling this list, but that is just another indicator of the bias that goes into generating any subjective list.
So, no, it's not *my* list. But it's not a bad list, either.
--Pete
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