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s that multiple reputable
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or
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have considered to be among the best of all time. The games listed here are included on at least six separate "best/greatest of all time" lists from different publications, as chosen by their editorial staffs.


List


Publications

The reference numbers in the notes section show which of the 46 selected publications list the game. # ''
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die ''1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die'' is a video game reference book first published in October 2010. It consists of a list of video games released between 1970 and 2013, arranged chronologically by release date. Each entry in the list ...
'' – 2013 # ''
The Age ''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...
'' – 2005 # ''
Collider A collider is a type of particle accelerator which brings two opposing particle beams together such that the particles collide. Colliders may either be ring accelerators or linear accelerators. Colliders are used as a research tool in particle ...
'' – 2020 # ''Digitally Downloaded'' – 2016 # '' Electric Playground Network'' – 2013 # ''
Edge Edge or EDGE may refer to: Technology Computing * Edge computing, a network load-balancing system * Edge device, an entry point to a computer network * Adobe Edge, a graphical development application * Microsoft Edge, a web browser developed by ...
'' – 2000, 2015, 2017 # ''
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games ''Electronic Fun with Computers & Games'' was a video game magazine published in the United States from November 1982 to May 1984. For the last two issues it was renamed ''ComputerFun''. Content The magazine was split up into the following sect ...
'' - 1984 # ''
Empire An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
'' – 2009 # ''
Entertainment Weekly ''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...
'' – 2003 # ''
Esquire Esquire (, ; abbreviated Esq.) is usually a courtesy title. In the United Kingdom, ''esquire'' historically was a title of respect accorded to men of higher social rank, particularly members of the landed gentry above the rank of gentlema ...
'' – 2018, 2020 # ''
FHM ''FHM'' (For Him Magazine) is a British multinational men's lifestyle magazine that was published in several countries. Its master edition contained features such as the ''FHM'' 100 Sexiest Women in the World, which has featured models, actres ...
'' – 2010 # ''
Flux Flux describes any effect that appears to pass or travel (whether it actually moves or not) through a surface or substance. Flux is a concept in applied mathematics and vector calculus which has many applications to physics. For transport ph ...
'' – 1995 # '' G4'' – 2012 # ''
GamesMaster ''GamesMaster'' is a British television programme which originally aired on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998. In 2021, it returned for a new series on YouTube and E4. It was the first UK television programme dedicated to video games. Dominik Diam ...
'' - 1996 # ''
Gamecenter ''CNET'' (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally. ''CNET'' originally produced content for radio and televi ...
'' - 2000 # ''
Game Informer ''Game Informer'' (''GI'', most often stylized ''gameinformer'' from the 2010s onward) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles. It debuted in August 1991 w ...
'' – 2009, 2018 # ''Game On! From Pong to Oblivion'' – 2006 # ''
GameSpot ''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. In addition ...
'' – 2000, 2007 # ''
GameSpy GameSpy was an American provider of online multiplayer and matchmaking middleware for video games founded in 1996 by Mark Surfas. After the release of a multiplayer server browser for the game, QSpy, Surfas licensed the software under the GameS ...
'' – 2001 # ''
Gamereactor ''Gamereactor'' is a Scandinavian online media network covering video games in multiple languages and a former print magazines network. In 2013, it was "one of the biggest games publications in Europe" according to Develop. History The Gamereact ...
'' – 2011, 2017 # ''
GamesRadar+ ''GamesRadar+'' (formerly ''GamesRadar'') is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews. It is owned by Future plc. In late 2014, Future Publishing-owned sites ''Total Film'', '' SFX'', ''Edge'' and '' Computer ...
'' – 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021 # ''
GamesTM ''GamesTM'' (styled as ''gamesTM'') was a United Kingdom, UK-based, multi-format video games magazine, covering video game console, console, handheld game, handheld, PC game, PC and Arcade games. The first issue was released in December 2002 and t ...
'' – 2010, 2018 # ''Gameswelt'' – 2012, 2016, # ''GamingBolt'' – 2013, 2022 # '' GQ'' – 2013 # ''The Greatest Games'' – 1985 # ''
Hardcore Gaming 101 ''Hardcore Gaming 101'' is an online video game magazine founded by Kurt Kalata. Kalata established the site after graduating college, when he noticed the overabundance of game strategy guides, and felt that someone should create more books about ...
'' – 2015, 2020 # '' Hyper'' – 1995, 1997, 1999 # ''
IGN ''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...
'' – 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021 # ''
The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...
'' – 1999 # ''
The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...
'' – 2013 # '' Jeuxvideo.com'' – 2011, 2017 # ''
Mashable Mashable is a digital media platform, news website and entertainment company founded by Pete Cashmore in 2005. History Mashable was founded by Pete Cashmore while living in Aberdeen, Scotland, in July 2005. Early iterations of the site were a ...
'' – 2020 # ''
Next Generation Next Generation or Next-Generation may refer to: Publications and literature * ''Next Generation'' (magazine), video game magazine that was made by the now defunct Imagine Media publishing company * Next Generation poets (2004), list of young ...
'' – 1996, 1999 # ''
Polygon In geometry, a polygon () is a plane figure that is described by a finite number of straight line segments connected to form a closed ''polygonal chain'' (or ''polygonal circuit''). The bounded plane region, the bounding circuit, or the two toge ...
'' – 2017 # ''
Popular Mechanics ''Popular Mechanics'' (sometimes PM or PopMech) is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do-it-yourself, and technology topics. Military topics, aviation and transportation o ...
'' – 2014, 2019 # ''
Power Unlimited ''Power Unlimited'' is a Dutch multi-format video games magazine. It is the biggest gaming magazine in the Benelux. The first issue was released in June 1993. History ''Power Unlimited'' started in June 1993 in Bjørn Bruinsma's basement as a n ...
'' – 2015 # ''PPE'' – 2021 # ''
Slant Magazine ''Slant Magazine'' is an American online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York ...
'' – 2014, 2018, 2020 # ''
Stuff Stuff, stuffed, and stuffing may refer to: *Physical matter *General, unspecific things, or entities Arts, media, and entertainment Books *''Stuff'' (1997), a novel by Joseph Connolly (author), Joseph Connolly *''Stuff'' (2005), a book by Jere ...
'' – 2008, 2014, 2017 # '' Super GamePower'' - 2001 # ''
Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper i ...
'' – 2002 # ''
Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
'' – 2012, 2016 # ''
USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...
'' - 2022 # ''
TheWrap ''TheWrap'' is an American online news website covering the business of entertainment and media via digital, print and live events. It was founded by journalist Sharon Waxman Sharon I. Waxman (born c.1963) is an American author, journalist, ...
'' – 2017 # ''
Yahoo! Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Man ...
'' – 2005


See also

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List of best-selling video games This is a list of video games that have sold the highest number of software units worldwide. The best-selling video game to date is ''Minecraft'', a sandbox game released by Mojang in May 2009 for a wide range of PC, mobile and console platfo ...
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List of Game of the Year awards Game of the Year (GotY) is an award given by various award events and media publications to a video game that they feel represented the pinnacle of gaming that year. Events and ceremonies British Academy Games Awards (BAFTA Games Awards) ...
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List of video games notable for negative reception This is a list of video games that have gained an enduring negative reception, often due to being perceived by reviewers as having low-quality or outdated Video game graphics, graphics, Video game glitch, glitches, poor controls for gameplay, o ...


Notes

The reference numbers show which publications include the game.


References

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Electronic Fun with Computers & Games ''Electronic Fun with Computers & Games'' was a video game magazine published in the United States from November 1982 to May 1984. For the last two issues it was renamed ''ComputerFun''. Content The magazine was split up into the following sect ...
, date=March 1984, volume=2 , issue=5
{{cite book, last1=Gutman, first1=Dan, last2=Addams, first2=Shay, title=The Greatest Games: The 93 Best Computer Games of All Time, year=1985, publisher=
Compute! ''Compute!'' (), often stylized as ''COMPUTE!'', was an American home computer magazine that was published from 1979 to 1994. Its origins can be traced to 1978 in Len Lindsay's ''PET Gazette'', one of the first magazines for the Commodore PET c ...
Publications, Inc., isbn=0-942386-95-7
{{cite journal, title=The Top 100 Video Games, journal=
Flux Flux describes any effect that appears to pass or travel (whether it actually moves or not) through a surface or substance. Flux is a concept in applied mathematics and vector calculus which has many applications to physics. For transport ph ...
, date=April 1995, issue=4
{{cite journal, title=Top 100 Video Games of All Time, journal= Hyper, date=February 1995, issue=15 {{cite journal, title=Top 100 Games of All Time, journal=
GamesMaster ''GamesMaster'' is a British television programme which originally aired on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998. In 2021, it returned for a new series on YouTube and E4. It was the first UK television programme dedicated to video games. Dominik Diam ...
, date=July 1996, issue=44
{{cite journal, title=Top 100 Games of All Time, journal=
Next Generation Next Generation or Next-Generation may refer to: Publications and literature * ''Next Generation'' (magazine), video game magazine that was made by the now defunct Imagine Media publishing company * Next Generation poets (2004), list of young ...
, date=September 1996, issue=21, url=https://archive.org/stream/nextgen-issue-021/Next_Generation_Issue_021_September_1996#page/n39/mode/2up, access-date=October 28, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203233916/https://archive.org/stream/nextgen-issue-021/Next_Generation_Issue_021_September_1996#page/n39/mode/2up, archive-date=February 3, 2017, url-status=live
{{cite journal, title=The 50 Best Games Ever!, journal= Hyper, date=December 1997, issue=50 {{cite journal, title=The Top 50 Games of All Time!, journal= Hyper, date=November 1999, issue=73 {{cite web , title=The 50 Best Video games: A Legend In Your Own Living-Room , website=
The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...
, date=February 6, 1999 , url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-50-best-video-games-a-legend-in-your-own-livingroom-1068932.html, access-date=May 5, 2022 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018134016/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-50-best-video-games-a-legend-in-your-own-living-room-1068932.html , archive-date=October 18, 2017
{{cite journal, journal=
Next Generation Next Generation or Next-Generation may refer to: Publications and literature * ''Next Generation'' (magazine), video game magazine that was made by the now defunct Imagine Media publishing company * Next Generation poets (2004), list of young ...
, title=The Fifty Best Games of All Time, date=February 1999, issue=50
{{cite magazine, title=The 100 Best Games of All Time, magazine=
Edge Edge or EDGE may refer to: Technology Computing * Edge computing, a network load-balancing system * Edge device, an entry point to a computer network * Adobe Edge, a graphical development application * Microsoft Edge, a web browser developed by ...
, issue=80, date=January 2000
{{cite web , title=The Top 40 Games of the Millennium, website=
Gamecenter ''CNET'' (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally. ''CNET'' originally produced content for radio and televi ...
, date=January 5, 2000, url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Top40games/index.html, access-date=August 23, 2022 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000617031446/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Top40games/ss14.html , archive-date=June 17, 2000
{{cite web, title=GameSpot's 100 Games of the Millennium, url=http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/features/gotm_uk/, website=
GameSpot ''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. In addition ...
, access-date=September 5, 2022, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815090929/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/features/gotm_uk/, archive-date=August 15, 2000, date=January 2, 2000
{{cite web , title=GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time , website=
GameSpy GameSpy was an American provider of online multiplayer and matchmaking middleware for video games founded in 1996 by Mark Surfas. After the release of a multiplayer server browser for the game, QSpy, Surfas licensed the software under the GameS ...
, year=2001 , url=http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/july01/top50index/ , access-date=April 22, 2022 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604135802/http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/july01/top50index/ , archive-date=June 4, 2004
{{cite magazine , date=January 2001 , title=Os melhores games de todos os tempos , trans-title=The best games of all time , language=pt-BR , magazine= Super GamePower, location=
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, publisher=Editora Nova Cultural , issue=82
{{cite news, first=David, last=Hollingworth, url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/top-50-video-games-of-all-time-20020606-gdfcdk.html, title=Top 50 video games of all time, date=June 6, 2002, website=
Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper i ...
, access-date=May 3, 2022, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126020406/https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/top-50-video-games-of-all-time-20020606-gdfcdk.html, archive-date=January 26, 2021, url-status=live, type=Published in print, with additional preface, as part of the ''Heralds monthly ''e)mag'' supplement.
{{cite magazine, title=We rank the 100 greatest videogames, date=May 13, 2003, url=http://www.ew.com/article/2003/05/13/we-rank-100-greatest-videogames/, magazine=
Entertainment Weekly ''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...
, access-date=March 8, 2018, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309120251/http://www.ew.com/article/2003/05/13/we-rank-100-greatest-videogames/, archive-date=March 9, 2018, url-status=live
{{cite web , title=IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time , website=
IGN ''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...
, year=2003 , url=http://top100.ign.com/2003/ , access-date=December 17, 2014 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207120250/http://top100.ign.com/2003/ , archive-date=December 7, 2014
{{cite news , url=https://www.theage.com.au/news/livewire/the-50-best-games/2005/10/04/1128191720699.html , title=The 50 best games , date=October 6, 2005 , newspaper=
The Age ''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...
, access-date=March 9, 2018 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310135541/https://www.theage.com.au/news/livewire/the-50-best-games/2005/10/04/1128191720699.html , archive-date=March 10, 2018 , url-status=live
{{cite web , url=http://top100.ign.com/2005/ , title=IGN's Top 100 Games, 2005 , year=2005 , website=
IGN ''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...
, access-date=November 19, 2013 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213111424/http://top100.ign.com/2005/ , archive-date=December 13, 2013
{{cite web, title=The 100 greatest computer games of all time, url=http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/specials/100games/, website=uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com, publisher=
Yahoo! Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Man ...
, access-date=October 28, 2017, date=2005, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050801002743/http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/specials/100games/, archive-date=August 1, 2005
{{cite book, last1=McCarthy, first1=David, last2=Curran, first2=Ste, last3=Byron, first3=Simon, title=Game On! From Pong to Oblivion – The 50 Greatest Video Games of All Time, year=2006, publisher=
Headline Publishing Group Headline Publishing Group is a Great Britain, British publishing brand and former company. It was founded in 1986 by Tim Hely Hutchinson. In 1993, Headline bought Hodder & Stoughton and the company became Hodder Headline Ltd. In 1999, Hodder Hea ...
, isbn=978-0755315703
{{cite web, title=The Top 100 Games of All Time!, url=http://top100.ign.com/2007/, website=IGN, access-date=October 28, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203021612/http://top100.ign.com/2007/, archive-date=December 3, 2007, url-status=dead, date=2007 {{cite web, title=The Greatest Games of All Time, url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/index.html, website=
GameSpot ''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. In addition ...
, access-date=May 9, 2020, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726155641/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/index.html, archive-date=July 26, 2008, date=2007
{{cite journal, journal=
Stuff Stuff, stuffed, and stuffing may refer to: *Physical matter *General, unspecific things, or entities Arts, media, and entertainment Books *''Stuff'' (1997), a novel by Joseph Connolly (author), Joseph Connolly *''Stuff'' (2005), a book by Jere ...
, title=100 Greatest Games, date=October 2008, pages=116–126
{{cite web, title=The 100 Greatest Games Of All Time, date=2009, url=http://www.empireonline.com/100greatestgames/, publisher=
Empire An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
, website=www.empireonline.com, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515221956/http://www.empireonline.com/100greatestgames/, archive-date=May 15, 2011, url-status=dead
{{cite journal, journal=
GamesTM ''GamesTM'' (styled as ''gamesTM'') was a United Kingdom, UK-based, multi-format video games magazine, covering video game console, console, handheld game, handheld, PC game, PC and Arcade games. The first issue was released in December 2002 and t ...
, title=GamesTM Top 100, date=October 2010, issue=100
{{cite magazine, magazine=
Game Informer ''Game Informer'' (''GI'', most often stylized ''gameinformer'' from the 2010s onward) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles. It debuted in August 1991 w ...
, title=The Top 200 Games of All Time, date=January 2010, issue=200
{{cite magazine, last1=Clack, first1=David, url=http://www.fhm.com/reviews/console-games/fhms-100-greatest-games-of-all-time-20090901, title=FHM's 100 Greatest Games of All Time, magazine=
FHM ''FHM'' (For Him Magazine) is a British multinational men's lifestyle magazine that was published in several countries. Its master edition contained features such as the ''FHM'' 100 Sexiest Women in the World, which has featured models, actres ...
, access-date=October 28, 2017, date=January 11, 2010, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430073137/http://www.fhm.com/reviews/console-games/fhms-100-greatest-games-of-all-time-20090901, archive-date=April 30, 2013
{{cite web , url=http://www.gamesradar.com/the-100-best-games-of-all-time/ , title=The 100 best games of all time , date=April 1, 2011 , website=
GamesRadar ''GamesRadar+'' (formerly ''GamesRadar'') is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews. It is owned by Future plc. In late 2014, Future Publishing-owned sites ''Total Film'', '' SFX'', ''Edge'' and '' Computer ...
, access-date=March 7, 2019 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118151554/http://www.gamesradar.com/the-100-best-games-of-all-time/ , archive-date=January 18, 2012
{{cite web , url=https://www.gamereactor.no/topp100 , title=Gamereactor Kårer Tidenes 100 Beste Spill! , date=August 31, 2011 , website=
Gamereactor ''Gamereactor'' is a Scandinavian online media network covering video games in multiple languages and a former print magazines network. In 2013, it was "one of the biggest games publications in Europe" according to Develop. History The Gamereact ...
, access-date=October 27, 2019 , archive-date=July 8, 2020 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708095943/https://www.gamereactor.no/topp100 , url-status=live
{{cite web, title=Les 100 meilleurs jeux de tous les temps, url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/dossiers/00014196/les-100-meilleurs-jeux-de-tous-les-temps.htm, website=Jeuxvideo.com, access-date=March 5, 2019, date=March 4, 2011, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627150823/http://www.jeuxvideo.com/dossiers/00014196/les-100-meilleurs-jeux-de-tous-les-temps.htm, archive-date=June 27, 2018, url-status=live {{cite web , url=http://www.gamesradar.com/best-games-ever/ , title=The 100 best games of all time , date=April 20, 2012 , website=
GamesRadar ''GamesRadar+'' (formerly ''GamesRadar'') is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews. It is owned by Future plc. In late 2014, Future Publishing-owned sites ''Total Film'', '' SFX'', ''Edge'' and '' Computer ...
, access-date=March 7, 2019 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509195913/http://www.gamesradar.com/best-games-ever/ , archive-date=May 9, 2012
{{cite web , url=https://www.gameswelt.de/gameswelttv/video/plaetze-81-100-165185 , title=Gameswelt Top 100 , date=July 26, 2012 , website=Gameswelt , access-date=May 14, 2022 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512080827/https://www.gameswelt.de/gameswelttv/video/plaetze-81-100-165185 , archive-date=May 12, 2022 {{cite web, title=G4TV's Top 100 Games, date=October 6, 2012, url=http://www.g4tv.com/top-100, publisher= G4, website=www.g4tv.com, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123063703/http://www.g4tv.com/top-100, archive-date=November 23, 2014, url-status=dead {{cite magazine, title=All-TIME 100 Video Games, url=http://techland.time.com/2012/11/15/all-time-100-video-games/, magazine=
Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
, access-date=October 28, 2017, date=November 15, 2012, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307075016/http://techland.time.com/2012/11/15/all-time-100-video-games/, archive-date=March 7, 2016
{{cite book, editor=Tony Mott, title=
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die ''1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die'' is a video game reference book first published in October 2010. It consists of a list of video games released between 1970 and 2013, arranged chronologically by release date. Each entry in the list ...
, year=2013, publisher=
Universe Publishing Rizzoli Libri, formerly Rizzoli Libri S.p.A. and RCS Libri S.p.A. is an Italian book publisher and a division of Mondadori Libri, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. RCS Libri was a former subsidiary of RCS MediaGroup, but in ...
, isbn=978-1844037667
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