Readers of Guinness World Records have voted on the all-time Top 50 Video Game Series, and the results have come in. And the top 10 are absolutely no surprise to anyone.
The list will be featured in the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer’s Edition, which will in turn list all titles created for each series.
“We decided to take a different approach with this list than we did in the previous edition,” said Guinness gaming editor Gaz Deaves.
“Instead of asking developers, industry insiders and journalists to rank their favorite titles, we approached a different kind of expert: the players themselves.
“We are confident that this ‘top 50′ more accurately reflects the tastes of the average gamer and not just the critics.”
It’s just too bad the “average gamer” seems to prefer Halo and CoD over anything that’s actually, y’know, good. And what the hell is Smackdown vs. RAW doing on the list? At least Chrono Trigger is there, which is a plus.
Check the full list after the cut.
- Halo
- Call of Duty
- The Legend of Zelda
- Guitar Hero
- Metal Gear
- Super Mario Bros.
- World of Warcraft
- Gears of War
- Super Smash Bros.
- Grand Theft Auto
- Pokémon
- Resident Evil
- Fallout
- Half-Life
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Counter-Strike
- Runescape
- FIFA
- Kingdom Hearts
- Final Fantasy
- Pac-Man
- Madden NFL
- The Sims
- Tomb Raider
- WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW
- Rock Band
- LittleBigPlanet
- Saints Row
- The Elder Scrolls
- God of War
- GoldenEye 007
- Bioshock
- KillZone
- Skate
- Left 4 Dead
- Need for Speed
- Chrono Trigger
- Gran Turismo
- StarCraft
- Ratchet & Clank
- Pong
- Tom Clancy’s
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Battlefield
- Diablo
- Lego Batman
- Mario Kart
- Burnout
- Crash Bandicoot
- Pro Evolution Soccer
It’s a buncha fuckin’ bullshit if you ask me.
Damn popularity contests.
“As voted by readers.”
@Kyle Gaddo,
Really, this is shouldn’t be a “most popular of all time” list. This should be a list by casuals, for casuals.
@Kyle Gaddo, At least Legend of Zelda made it to 3rd. But yeah, the list underwhelmed me too.
@Jens Erik Vaaler,
“Underwhelming” isn’t exactly the word I’d use to describe this list.
This list is an abomination.
It’s absolute BS, but is anyone else surprised?
Suikoden should be on that list. O_O
@Beth,
More importantly, Suikoden II.
@Kyle Gaddo, I love the entire series, but yes, especially that one.
The list is a bit broken, but there are some real gems there. I mean, who doesn’t like goldeneye?
@Samuel, I love GoldenEye, but how is it a series? Sure, there’s “GoldenEye: Rogue Agent”, but that had nothing to do with the original game.
It might as well have been called by what it really was: Generic Shooter # 5286
No Baldur’s Gate or Neverwinter Nights? Meh.