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Toys are a noble cause. They relieve stress, distract from reality, and give a lot of impressions. Here is our top - what we have personally tested and recommend: you will not regret any time, effort, or dead joysticks.

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Ordinary people tell stories about how they go to work, sit with friends in cafes and sleep during breaks. To live brighter and have more cool stories in your arsenal about how you rescued princesses from the clutches of dragons, saved the world from the Forces of Evil and stole the cars of civilians in your spare time, do the right thing - play games.

The Witcher 3. Wild Hunt

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBOX ONE

Every part of The Witcher is obscenely good, and with each subsequent toy in the series everything only gets better. This is even unfair to competitors, who a priori should be very ashamed of how they are compared to The Witcher. "Wild Hunt" is super-elaborate quests, many of which have an unreal cool story behind them. All completed quests and decisions affect the ending of the game, which is cool and motivating. The combat system here has received many advantages since the time of the second part. Signs have gained in usefulness, the world is detailed and open as much as possible.

Even those who just love cool novels will like it. And oh my, how many Localization gave rise to the most epic coubs!

Journey

Platforms: PS3, PS4

Everything here is really unusual and unusual. No map, no tips, no multiplayer as such, but! During your journey, you can meet another player and move with him to that same mountain. You know absolutely nothing about your companion - except that he is a living person. You have no means of communication other than some sort of screaming, and only at the end, after completing the Journey, do you see your companion's name in the credits. A very unusual and cool gaming experience.

Grand Theft Auto V

GTA V has maximum freedom: an open dynamic world, the ability to switch between heroes at any time and as many as 3 endings to the main storyline. Steal, go to strip clubs, steal cars, love, watch TV, do yoga, play Tamagotchi, take selfies, smuggle contraband! Everything is possible here.

And breaking news for those who have slept in a hole in recent years: GTA V finally has multiplayer. Now you can do the same thing online with your gang, and having friends is not at all necessary. But be prepared for a Game of Thrones style death - very, very sudden.

Deponia The Complete Journey

Platforms: PC

You don’t need a Friend level IQ to pass, don’t be alarmed, but The puzzles and plot are really cool, and the solutions are not always obvious. Deponia The Complete Journey is one of the best representatives in its genre. The only thing is to be prepared for the fact that localization killed a good half of the jokes, so if English allows, go in the original.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360, PS4, XBOX ONE

There is no cooperative as such here: you will play as both brothers at the same time(get your joysticks ready, it will be hard without them). At first, the brain will refuse to understand how this is even possible, but over time it will get involved and even begin to enjoy such a process. The gameplay is original and intuitive: only two buttons to interact with the outside world, and two sticks to control the brothers.

There is nothing here besides the main storyline, and it goes through quite quickly - in about 4 hours. All scenes and tasks are very original and atmospheric, there are no repeating mechanics, but there are magnificent colorful landscapes. The story itself is cruel and bloody in places, but most importantly, very magical and emotionally powerful.

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBOX ONE

Multiplayer ideal, raised to absolute. Based on the experience of Team Fortress 2, which is played even almost 10 years after its release, it is basically obvious: team shooters live outside of time, like Tsoi, once they conquer their audience. Blizzard did not impose its game - the noise around it arose and did not subside from the first days of the beta release. And after the release, the servers, which were designed for something inhuman, crashed. The flow of people wanting to play turned out to be greater than this very “inhuman” thing.

Overwatch is very different characters, each with its own history and skills, a bunch of arenas and modes(3 cards each). Persians do not need leveling or customization, everything is decided only by your personal skills- nothing extra. The gameplay is intuitive and clear, and even your girlfriend will like it due to the drawing: she will stick to the monitor while you create destruction.

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBOX ONE

Generally recognized as one of the most anticipated projects of 2015 more likely to succeed than not. The locations are well-developed, the enemies are very terrifying, the quests are interesting(although, to be fair, there is also wild boredom like “bring me that thing that’s quietly lying across the road”), the overall plot is gaining momentum, and in the end it turns out that the hero is involved in some wild story. For fans of the original duology it will cause pain and a burning sensation below the back, but for everyone else it will be very playable.

Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, XBOX 360, XBOX ONE

The game was released as a series, episode by episode, and if the first parts are similar to a girl's series with a teenage drama, then somewhere in the middle the suffering fades into the background, and the main thing becomes The hellish mystery of the disappearance of a girl in the style of "Twin Peaks". Every decision and action has its fruits and sooner or later it will definitely come back to haunt you. Included - cool soundtrack, well-developed detective plot, realism with a pleasant dose of mysticism. The disappointing thing, however, is that the final choice is the same for everyone and does not depend on your previously made decisions.

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Platforms: PS4

Impossible beautiful exclusive for Sonya, which forced many stubborn PC people to get a console. "A Thief's End" is elaborate third-person action with puzzles, shootouts(there are more weapons in the arsenal, and shootouts are approaching the title of ideal), action scenes at the level of Hollywood action films and the ability to choose answers in dialogues. But be prepared for a very poor Russian localization.

Need for Speed ​​(2015)

Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, XBOX 360, XBOX ONE

At first it seems that restarting the series is not the idea of ​​the creators, but of PR people who wanted more gold from an already obsolete product. But in reality it turns out that the game is from the 15th year absorbed all the best from the previous parts, and the output was the very essence of Need for Speed. A must for anyone who has ever felt the rush of adrenaline behind a keyboard, joystick or a real steering wheel.

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX ONE

The world here is also infinitely open, the player can do whatever he wants. The graphics are wildly beautiful and cause multiple aesthetic orgasms. Plus complete creative freedom: you can start a family, you can become a thief, a murderer, a noble knight - or even a princess. Eat spectacular battles, the ability to upgrade certain attacks and skills. The good thing about the plot is that certain RPG mechanisms generate their own stories, which is original and addictive.

The most honest Skyrim trailer ever.

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360

It won't be fun or easy - only difficulty level 180 and fear, only hardcore. Remember "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on Dandy, in which, when you died, you found yourself at the very beginning? It's about the same here, but lighter. Every creature taller than half a meter kills you in two spits, and each death throws you back strongly, taking away the accumulated experience. But at least not to the beginning.
builds character and works magic on the nervous system, and against the backdrop of a clear trend towards simplifying games, it is delightful and especially valuable. A must for those who really like to overcome difficulties.

Tomb Raider (2013)

Platforms: PC, MAC, PS3, XBOX 360

When Crystal Dynamics announced that it was planning to... bring gaming's most famous woman up to date, the world held its breath: it’s clear that restarts are a terrible thing. But in the end it turned out very well: a perfectly executed third-person combat system, enjoyable gameplay and a realistic system for acquiring survival skills. Is it true, brain-racking puzzles have gone into oblivion, for which old Lara was so famous. But this is compensated by a large number of advantages - take at least a good competitive multiplayer system and Lara’s breasts, which retained their firmness.

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBOX ONE, ANDROID, IOS

New heroes like Predator, and also those who returned from vacation (for example, Tanya from part 4). In general, ideal k-k-combo pairs for fights. And there’s more variety: Now you can choose priorities in battle for each hero. From controversial points, an opportunity arose... buy Fatality. The archaic keystroke system still works, but now you can get away with it simply by paying.

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360, NINTENDO WII U, PS4, XBOX ONE

Basic the plot is not that wow, not particularly memorable or stands out in any way. But there are funny dialogues and jokes that smooth out the situation. There is complete beauty and detail all around, Although There are problems with physics and textures. There will be many plot Easter eggs, games of hide and seek, action, shootouts, racing and good tasks outside the main storyline.

True, we still didn’t understand What do dogs have to do with all this?.

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360

A cool open world with frighteningly realistic graphics and a plot that you won't want to tear yourself away from.. Players will need to storm pirate territory, hunt all kinds of creatures and evolve from a weakling into a tough guy who saved his friends and matured during the time you spent with him. A special treat for fans of "Lost".

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360

The plot setups are quite classic- a princess in a tower, a hero with a dark past, the world is on the verge of disaster. But all this is summed up in such a way that the result is something completely new.. And although the game world is fictional, you still immerse yourself in it and believe: atmosphere and detail take their toll. Here's what's cool Every little detail is important to the plot, but only. Spectacular fights, a truly intricate story told in a movie-like shooter form.

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBOX 360, IOS

A very nice and detailed adventure game, in which it is not immediately clear what WTF is going on here . You travel to different locations, fight local bosses and difficulties, then move back to Bastion, where you choose what weapons you will take and what potions you will throw in before your trip. Towards the middle you are already getting ready strategically choose the right equipment, which adds a decent amount of advantages to the game’s interestingness.

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 460, PS4

Outwardly, everything is similar to Bastion: a third-person action RPG in which you need to travel through a beautiful fantasy world, fight and do all sorts of little things. But the gameplay has become deeper since the studio's first game, the story is more personal, and the atmosphere is atmospheric. If you give free rein to whining, you can say about Monotonous battles and fairly short game duration.

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360

It won't be too difficult at first, but that's just the beginning.: further even primitive things will become confusing, and an empty room will turn into a quest. Extremely good localization and a lot of high-quality humor. It is bound to appeal to those who love brainstorming games and want to get the maximum profit from games.

Series "Gothic"

Many people learned the word RPG from the first minutes of the world famous game “Gothic”. Released in 2001 from the little-known company Piranha Bytes, it conquered the whole world with its free gameplay for the first time. An open world, artificial intelligence that lived according to a daily routine, and a living world in which you could simply live, and not just complete quests.

In it you can play as anyone: a bandit, a guard, a hunter or a traveler. Before you is the real Middle Ages, which will not give you the path of a hero; survive and advance from the very bottom and achieve success in any skill. You not only need to improve your skills, but also try to fix the problems of the world in which you find yourself. All three parts of the series will give you not only many new sensations, but also an unforgettable adventure.

These three parts are harmoniously woven into the overall narrative, which will reveal to you all the secrets of a dangerous world. You have to save the mining colonies from the barrier created by the magicians, defeat evil in the form of dragons and dark magic, and also save the fate of Myrtana from the orc invaders. It’s worth plunging even for a couple of minutes into the unknown world of Gothic, and you will certainly become one of its inhabitants.

Dragon Age series

The well-known series of games from BioWare is filled with dozens of fascinating stories that you need to unravel. Immerse yourself in the fantasy world of Dragon Age, which will force you to defeat the dark forces of evil along with a team of loyal friends.

Collect companions throughout the game world to defeat the invasion of Pestilence, which wants to destroy all living things. You are the bright hero who can save all the lands of different peoples and races. Create your own unique character, an elf mage or a human warrior and jump into an adventure filled with battles, betrayal and a whole bunch of events, the creator of which will be only you. Every choice will be yours, and every decision you make will have consequences.

All three parts will reveal to you a new page in the history of the inhabitants’ struggle against a danger that threatens absolutely everyone. You will be able to unite all the races that will fight on your side. Go through the story of all three parts and become part of the story that will be told from generation to generation. Your name will definitely be forever etched in the memorials for saving the world of Dragon Age.

Mass Effect series

The first part of Mass Effect was released in 2007 under the auspices of the same BioWare. If you are tired of elves and dwarves, you will have the opportunity to roam the distant galaxies of our universe. Take on the role of Captain Shepard from Earth, who has joined the ranks of the universal defense squad SPECTER.

At your personal disposal is a spaceship with the loud name “Normandy” and a whole team of loyal comrades. Just at this time, the threat of the complete destruction of all galaxies loomed over the universe in the person of unknown Reapers. Explore the galaxy, save cities and even entire planets. On each mission, you, as a captain, will be able to choose supporters who will willingly and truly not only protect you, but also help you make a choice.

Your main task is to find a way to protect yourself from the Reapers. But along the way, you will be able to make dozens of decisions that will affect the plot of all three parts of the series. Therefore, when making a choice in the first part, prepare for the consequences in the third. Now the fate of all worlds in space depends on you. If you are ready to take on such a burden, then you are welcome in detachment N7.

Fallout series

The Fallout series of games is of great importance to all fans of role-playing games. The world after a nuclear war will appear before you. The American company Vault-Tech Industries managed to build missile defense shelters. You will play as one of the survivors who spent several decades in these shelters. Now you don't just have multiple paths to choose from, you can be anyone in the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout.

There are no game barriers in front of you, you teach your character anything. But, of course, there must be balance in everything. If you develop the character’s intelligence, he is unlikely to be able to hold a powerful nuclear rocket launcher in his hands. At the same time, pumping up his protégé as a powerful warrior with two guns in his hands, he will not connect even two words in dialogue with another character. Each of the quests will turn out to be something unusual and surprising for you. Each outcome of the story will shock, delight, or even baffle you. You can become a slave trader, become a wandering explorer of the nuclear wasteland, or play the role of a hero who is trying to take back society.

Only here these laws do not work, even when saving some survivors from others, you have to make a moral choice. Now you will not have the world or the universe in your hands, all you can do is kill a few mutants and save a couple of caravans from wasteland raiders. You are now one of the survivors of a nuclear war, and the question: is it worth going down the path of heroism, will flash in your head more than once. A whole series of games, starting from 1997, in each part will create new situations for you that cannot be solved by a simple fight.

Here you should not only show your strength, but also think about many decisions, namely their consequences. Feel the atmosphere of a world destroyed by nuclear war. Learn to act not only like a hero, but also like a real person. After all, in the world of “Fallout” there is no black and white, there are only those who were able to survive.

The Elder Scroll series

The Elder Scroll is a legendary role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios. It was with this game that everyone learned about a real open world in which you can go anywhere. Kill a guard for armor, or drive across hundreds of kilometers of the map to deal with thieves who robbed the settlement. The choice is yours.

Here you can see the real life of the Middle Ages, which plunged into the abyss of war and deception. Overthrow kings, defeat dragons, or start a war against dark demonic forces. Before you is the path not of a hero, but of a real inhabitant of a world in which everyone wants to snatch their own piece of power and might. Each part of The Elder Scroll series can give you its own unique experience. There is simply a huge world in front of you, in which you can make even your wildest dreams come true. They will help you lead a thieves guild or become the supreme master of magic.

Any roads are open to you, travel across vast kingdoms and lands of different nations. In this game, you can only spend hours reading into the unknown history of all races, past wars and truces. And after all this, you will be able to stop some kind of conflict or even start one. Discover the world of “The Elder Scroll” and find out how the history of our Earth could actually be built with your participation.

The world's very first computer game is considered to be a rocket simulator, which had no name, but was patented as a “cathode ray tube amusement device”, or, in Russian, “an entertainment device based on a cathode ray tube” (1947). Then the programmers managed to develop a chess game algorithm, but to fully launch it required power unattainable at that time.

The first “truly computer game” can be called “Tic Tac Toe” (OXO), which appeared in 1952 and ran on an EDSAC computer, which consisted of about 3 thousand lamps. It was the first device of this type with the ability to store a program in memory. The commercial use of games began only almost 20 years later - in September 1971, the Galaxy Game and the first arcade machine appeared. This moment can probably be called the beginning of the era of computer and video games.

Almost 42 years have passed since then, and the gaming industry has become a huge force and a big business. During this time, “one-day” games arose and projects were born, which then dictated the development of a new direction of entertainment.

We have compiled a rating of “long-running” game series and franchises that date back to the last century and still exist today. It is impossible to list all worthy projects, but we can mention some of the most notable ones.

10. Oh sport, you are life!

We decided to include the FIFA series in the rating for its regularity. Since 1993, Electronic Arts has been systematically releasing new football games. For people far from sports, FIFA Soccer 95 will differ from FIFA 14 only in graphics and controls.

Those who are familiar with the most popular sport will fundamentally disagree, in which we support them. Moreover, real players from existing teams take to the field. In 2004, gamers were allowed to create their own character, and later the physics model was significantly improved. As often happens, there is no limit to perfection, which fans of the series regularly remind the developers of, poking them into various flaws. Game makers nod, do it their way and continue to regularly release new games. For now - once a year.

9. Brave New World

The concept of “civilization” has been known since antiquity, but the global turn-based strategy of the same name was released much later - in 1991. Here you won’t get by with watering the garden, as in Funny Farm; you won’t limit yourself to building a city, as in SimCity, or establishing economic relations between regions, as in Settlers. Everything must be global, and ancient times alone will not get by.

The series is still alive and well. Despite the fact that the last game, Civilization V, was released in 2010, the developers deliver interesting and voluminous additions: Gods & Kings was released in 2012, and Brave New World this year. Critics greeted the release of the add-on with laudatory odes to Firaxis Games: they say that they do not rest on their laurels, they work for the good of civilization.

8. Awarded here

The oldest series in our rating and the same age as many current gamers is SimCity. It was developed by Will Wright, who founded the Maxis studio, which released the city planning simulator. Wright gave people of all ages the opportunity to play in the sandbox, building his own toy and interactive world, which will live forever. SimCity is so good and well thought out that some are calling for it to be used as a teaching tool for aspiring mayors to learn the basics of running a city.

With each new game the series became more mature and diverse, more complex and more beautiful. Over time, the gamer received more and more freedom of action, which resulted in growing responsibility. The success of SimCity led to critics becoming overly picky about it. However, this did her good.

The 2013 game became more technologically advanced and received fashionable social features in the form of interaction with other gamers. The fly in the ointment can be called the greed of Electronic Arts (or its desire to fight windmills, that is, fans of pirated games). As a result - eighth place.

7. Milla Jovovich and everything, everything, everything

Of course, the Ukrainian Milla Jovovich has no direct connection either with the survival horror genre or with Shinji Mikami, who was fond of the work of George Romero. However, the actress, who fights movie zombies year after year, is part of the franchise.

So, in seventh place is Resident Evil. Films, cartoons, comics, novels, video games - “scarecrows” and “horror stories” for every taste. The original game was released in 1996 on the PlayStation and later came to PC. The very prolific Capcom effectively keeps dead and decaying creatures alive by generating interest in them through the release of various media content. The company sees its target audience as all gamers, so it not only offers games for consoles, but also ports them to personal computers.

Just the other day, Capcom admitted that it was not particularly pleased with Resident Evil 6 and that in the next game in the series it would “return to the roots of the survival horror genre.” Let's believe it, but the same thing was said shortly before the release of RE6.

6. Little green men

The first game in the X-COM series appeared in 1993, it was developed by Mythos Games and published by MicroProse, which was discontinued in 2003. The action of the sci-fi X-COM: UFO Defense took place not on distant planets, but on our native Earth in the near future. Strategy with role-playing elements was a representative of “smart” games that required taking into account many different nuances.

During the existence of X-COM, only six games were released, including a remake of the original game (2012). At the end of 2013, the tactical shooter XCOM is expected to be released.

The series may not boast huge sales, but its legacy is difficult to overestimate. Some studios tried to exploit it, but not very successfully.

5. No Prisoners, No Survivors

The vast and enduring Command & Conquer franchise began with C&C: Tiberian Dawn in 1994. Like Fallout, the ancestor of which was Wasteland, the C&C series arose from Dune 2. Those who know what computer games are have probably heard of the Brotherhood of Nod and GDI, remember Tanya Adams from the Red Alert series and “Joseph Stalin”, demanding not to take prisoners and not to leave alive. Fans are familiar with the unusual shooter C&C: Renegade, which allowed us to take a closer look at everything that in the original RTS looked like a bunch of pixels (from today's point of view).

Westwood Studios helped create an entire genre and successfully worked in this direction, releasing several series in parallel. Later, EA Los Angeles got down to business (the good Electronic Arts absorbed and then liquidated WS), releasing several interesting projects.

We're expecting a new Command & Conquer in 2013. Previously, it was known as C&C: Generals 2, however, following new traditions, EA decided to restart the series and “start all over again.” We'll find out how successful it is in the fall, but for now - fifth place in the rankings.

4. The theme of the tombs is not revealed

Computer archaeologist Lara Croft was born in 1996, that is, relatively recently. The British woman was initially in a very advantageous position: all her advantages were striking, and for several generations of gamers she probably even became a sex symbol. At some point, the baton was picked up by Angelina Jolie, who embodied Croft on the big screen.

The game Tomb Raider became one of the founders of 3D shooters, but it mixed several genres, which made it extremely addictive. This affected the sales of the original Tomb Raider - they became the largest for the entire series.

Lara's long journey continues to this day - Tomb Raider, updated in every sense, was recently released. The heroine became closer “to the people”, turning into an ordinary person (for which we must thank lead screenwriter Rihanna Pratchett, who worked on BioShock Infinite, Mirror's Edge and other projects).

Unfortunately, the game released in 2013 could not repeat the record of its ancestor. However, the next reboot did the series good, so - fourth place.

3. Game of catch-up

Third place went to the Need For Speed ​​series. Cult racing is playing catch-up with itself. It is no longer the benchmark for racing; this title is still confidently taken away by other projects, including those from Codemasters. Since 1994, no less than 19 games have been released; the anniversary, 20th, Need for Speed: Rivals will begin to delight gamers in November.

It seems incredible now, but Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed ​​has been optimized for monitors with a resolution of 320x200 and 640x480 pixels. There were only eight available cars and one secret one - Warrior with some incredible characteristics. The race achieved recognition, with critics praising the graphics and realism of the cars' behavior on the road.

Notable milestones in the development of the series include the release of NFS III: Hot Pursuit (1998), NFS: Porsche Unleashed (2000), NFS: Underground (2003) and NFS: Most Wanted (2005). After NFS: Carbon (2006), the developers apparently got bogged down in experiments or decided to change strategy. From that moment on, some kind of throwing began, the invention of the bicycle. The NFS: Shift project corrected the situation somewhat, but then there was a “miscarriage” in the form of NFS: World (2010).

The success of the series decided to follow a sine wave: “good game” - “average” - “horror” - “average”, etc. Sometimes there was a feeling that all efforts were thrown into marketing, and the gameplay and everything else faded into the background. At the same time, Need For Speed ​​is making successful attempts to become the best, and NFS: Rivals is likely to help it achieve this. Also, a feature film based on the series may be released in the near future (Fast and Furious is officially not related to NFS).

2. Bright future of the post-apocalyptic world

We gave second place to Wasteland and Fallout. The Fallout game is called an unofficial sequel and spiritual successor to Wasteland, which is created by Interplay Entertainment. The latter is the publisher of Fallout, which was released in 1997 and developed by the recently revived Black Isle Studios. If you trace the life path of both games, analogies arise with “Santa Barbara”, everything looks so confusing and dramatic.

The Fountain of Dreams project, which was supposed to be the official continuation of the brainchild of Brian Fargo, Alan Pavlish, Michael Stackpole and Ken Andre, appeared a few years later. But the publisher, Electronic Arts, at the last moment refused to position the game as a sequel. Additionally, no one from the Wasteland team worked on Fountain of Dreams. Work was carried out on Meantime - it used the same engine and described events in the same fictional world. The project died at the beta stage.

In 1997, Fallout appeared, but EA refused to transfer the rights to the name "Wasteland" to Interplay, which likely had an impact on the future fate of the series. Many elements migrated to a new branch, reaching Fallout 2 (1998). Later came Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (2001), then Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (2004). “New time” was marked by the release of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, which are not similar to their ancestors.

In 1997, Carmageddon, Final Fantasy VII, Redneck Rampage, X-COM: Apocalypse, Fallout, Ultima Online, Tomb Raider II, as well as many other games were released, among which, at the end of the year, Grand Theft Auto was presented.

From documents “declassified” in 2011, it became known that the action adventure game was originally named Race’n’Chase, but later the name was changed. Development of the project began in the spring of 1995 and was completed in July 1996. Upon release, the game was criticized for its graphics, but praised for its sound and soundtrack. As a result, GTA became a bestseller in the UK, everyone was talking about it, everyone was buying it.

In 1999, DMA Design Limited released Grand Theft Auto 2, and in 2001, Grand Theft Auto III. The game acquired three-dimensional graphics and set a sales record, making itself known even more loudly. The subsequent additions (Vice City, San Andreas and others) were developed by the already well-known Rockstar North.

29.08.2016

Time magazine has compiled its list of the 50 best video games of all time. And in the first place in it is the Russian game.

Let’s immediately make a reservation that, like all the tops that claim to be “the best of all time,” the Time list raises many questions and looks very contradictory.

Time, of course, is an authoritative publication, but they selected the 50 best games from only 150 candidates, and for the top of all time they need to be sorted through about a thousand. It would be better if they tried to compile several separate tops by genre, era or platform - then the chance of objectivity would be much higher.

But all this will not stop us from being proud that Tetris, created by Russian programmer Alexei Pajitnov, came in first place. This is a game that everyone has truly played.

So, here are the 50 best video games of all time, according to Time magazine.

50. King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human (1986)

The game was released in 1986 for the DOS operating system. According to the plot, Prince Alexander was kidnapped from his cradle by the evil sorcerer Mannanan, who calls him Gwydion. He has to escape from the sorcerer, understand who he really is and save his sister by fighting the dragon. You can see what the game looked like in this video:

Video: trailer for the game “King’s Quest III: To Heir Is Human”

Player review: “The whole game is ruined by the timer; if you don’t have time to complete the preparations before the wizard returns, it’s the end. When I was passing there was no Internet, no Fido, everything was found out at random, I looked up every word in the dictionary, it took a very long time, but it was a joy to finally escape from the clutches of the wizard and go explore the world.”

In 2006 and 2011, remakes of the game were released in VGA versions.

49. Dota 2 (2013)

A multiplayer team game of the Multiplayer online battle arena genre, an implementation of the famous DotA map for the game Warcraft III in a separate client.

48. Angry Birds (2009)

A series of computer games developed by the Finnish company Rovio, in which (in the main line) the player must use a slingshot to shoot birds at green pigs placed on various structures.

The game was first released for the Apple iOS platform on December 10, 2009 in the App Store, after which it gained wild popularity. In less than two years since its release, the game was downloaded more than 500 million times, and by July 2015, the number of downloads reached 3 billion. The game received a crazy number of sequels, spin-offs and various special editions.

In April 2012, the Angry Birds Land amusement park opened in Finland. In March 2013, Rovio released the animated series Angry Birds Toons, and in 2016, the full-length animated film Angry Birds at the Movies.

47. Guitar Hero (2005)

A musical game for the PlayStation 2 game console. The main task of the player is to press the keys on the neck of a special guitar-shaped controller at the right moment and hit the “string” key.

The game became a hit, received good reviews from critics and won many awards from various world publishers. The game marked the beginning of the Guitar Hero media franchise; all games in the series were sold for a total value of more than $1 billion.

46.Resident Evil 4 (2005)

A multi-platform computer game in the third-person action and survival horror genres, the sixth game in the main Resident Evil series. In the story, government agent Leon Scott Kennedy goes on a mission to Europe. He must save Ashley Graham, the daughter of the President of the United States, who has been kidnapped by a mysterious cult. A trip to a rural village in Spain turns into a meeting with its bloodthirsty inhabitants.

45: Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (2001)

A racing simulator with short competitions for beginners, multi-hour races and rally competitions with rivals. The main goal of the game is to win all races, championships, pass all driver's license tests and get 100% completion of the game.

As of 2009, 14.89 million copies of the game were purchased worldwide.

44. Super Smash Bros. (1999)

A fighting game with characters from various Nintendo game series - Mario, Pikachu, Donkey Kong, Link from The Legend of Zelda and others. At first, the game was supposed to be released for a CD drive for the Nintendo 64 CD, but due to the commercial failure of the device and competition, the game had to be published on a 128-megabit cartridge. Therefore, Princess Peach, Bowser, Princess Zelda, Ganondorf, Mewtwo, Pete and King Dedede and many levels had to be cut.

However, Super Smash Bros. became a successful game and spawned three sequels: Super Smash Bros. Melee on Nintendo GameCube, Super Smash Bros. Brawl on Wii and Super Smash Bros. 4 for 3DS and Wii U.

43. Call of Duty 2 (2005)

A first-person shooter where the player plays the role of one of the soldiers of the Soviet, American and British armies fighting against German troops. Call of Duty 2 was the most popular game at the Xbox 360's launch, selling 250,000 copies in its first week. As of July 2006, the Xbox 360 had sold 1.4 million copies.

42. BioShock

First-person shooter with RPG and science fiction elements.

Bioshock takes place in 1960. The main character, a young man named Jack, as a result of a plane crash ends up in the underwater city of Rapture, hidden at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Rapture was created by millionaire Andrew Ryan as his ideal society. However, the discovery of a substance called adam, which gives people superhuman powers, split Rapture society and ultimately led to the fall of the utopia.

In addition to visual scenes, the plot is presented through found audio recordings, as well as radio conversations with a few friendly characters.

41. ESPN NFL 2K5 (2004)

An American football simulator with multiplayer and pretty decent physics and graphics for that time.

40. Pong (1972)

One of the earliest arcade video games and the first commercially successful game in history. Pong is a tennis sports game using simple 2D graphics. Programmer Allan Alcorn created it as a skill training tool.

39. Castlevania (1986)

A typical representative of the platformer genre of the 8-bit era. The game takes place in the fictional world of the game series and tells the story of the confrontation between vampire hunters from the Belmont clan and the vampire lord Dracula.

The game consists of six levels with a boss at the end, which are completed in the only possible way, without plot branches or alternative levels. The game character is Simon Belmont, who is armed with a Vampire Killer whip.

38. Portal 2 (2010)

First-person puzzle game, sequel to the game Portal (2007). The core gameplay remains the use of a portable portal-creating device, allowing the player to create two interconnected portals - rifts in space - through which he can instantly move from one place to another and carry various objects. This is the basis for completing the game and solving game puzzles.

At GDC 2010, Valve director Gabe Newell said that Portal 2 is the best game in the company's history.

37. Braid (2008)

A puzzle platformer in which the main character tries to save a princess from a monster. The clues given in the plot allow us to give the story different metaphorical interpretations: from a simple separation from a lover to the development of a nuclear bomb.

In search of the princess, the main character travels through six fantasy worlds, each of which corresponds to a room in his house.

36. Fallout 3 (2008)

Action/RPG, the third canonical game in the Fallout series. The action takes place in a world slowly reborn after a nuclear war in 2077. The game is set in 2277 and takes place 36 years after the events of Fallout 2.

The main character of the game is a Lone Wanderer, who from an early age lived in one of the underground shelters. Although in his mind the shelter has never been opened since the nuclear war, his father goes outside one day. A lonely wanderer goes in search of him to find out the reasons for his departure.

35. Galaga (1981)

A classic fixed shooter in the form of an arcade slot machine. The player controls a spaceship located at the bottom of the screen. It can only move along a horizontal axis.

At the beginning of each level, the space around is empty, but over time, enemy ships arrive, lining up in formations and also moving along a horizontal axis. The player's task is to destroy all enemy ships. After this, the player moves to the next level.

34. Red Dead Redemption (2010)

An action-adventure Western from a third person with an open world and RPG elements. The action takes place in America in 1911. The game's protagonist, John Marston, a former thug who left the bloody trade, is forced to work for government agents to kill or capture alive his former accomplices, including his "old friend" Bill Williamson.

33. Super Mario Kart (1992)

Racing arcade game with characters from the Super Mario Bros. universe. By running over images with question marks on the track, it is possible to collect various upgrades for the kart and build traps for your opponents. Each of the computer-controlled characters also has their own unique abilities that they can use to gain an advantage in the race.

32. Wolfenstein 3D

First-person shooter developed for DOS. Mistakenly considered the founder of the genre. The player controls a soldier trying to escape from the Nazi fortress of the same name; He is confronted by many armed guards and guard dogs.

Due to the use of Nazi symbols and music by Horst Wessel, the PC and Atari versions were banned from sale in Germany in 1994. The ban was only lifted in September 2011.

31. The Sims (1999)

A life simulator in which the player controls one or more Sims, takes care of their well-being, develops their skills, strengthens bonds with other characters, advances their careers and furnishes their apartment building. The game has no storyline, and the game can theoretically be played "forever".

30. Pokemon Red & Blue (1996)

The player travels as a Pokémon trainer throughout the fictional region of Kanto, interacting with and battling other trainers. The goal of the game is to become the greatest Pokémon trainer in the region by defeating the region's other top trainers, the Elite Four. Another goal is to catch all 151 Pokémon and fill the Pokédex, an electronic encyclopedia about Pokémon, with information about them.

29. Myst (1993)

A graphic quest about traveling through an interactive world with a first-person view. Unlike most computer games, it is impossible to die here at the hands of enemies or unforced circumstances; The only problem for the player is the difficult puzzles.
To complete the journey, the player must visit all the worlds presented in the game, moving into them with the help of books.

Myst, along with its sequels, sold about 12 million copies worldwide and was the best-selling game for a long time.

28. Donkey Kong (1981)

One of the first platform games to be developed for an arcade machine. The main character of the game is a character named Jumper - a carpenter who must save his girlfriend (unnamed in the original, simply “Lady”, later - Pauline) from the villain, played by Donkey Kong.

This was the first use in video games of the established "rescue the damsel in distress" scenario, which later became a template and was featured in many other computer games. Jumper, already in "Donkey Kong Jr." dubbed "Mario", he was featured in later Mario games and became Nintendo's mascot.

27. Mortal Kombat (1992)

The developers originally had the idea of ​​making a video game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, but Mortal Kombat was created and released in 1992 instead. The original game was continued in subsequent games in the series and other adaptations, including films, cartoons, TV series, comics, card games, and a tour with a costume show was also organized. Along with Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat is one of the most successful and influential fighting game franchises in video game history.

26. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010)

Real-time strategy, sequel to StarCraft. The game takes place in the 26th century in a remote part of the Milky Way galaxy. The plot of the game is based on the interaction of three races: Terrans (descendants of exiled criminals who do not maintain contact with Earth), Zergs (a race of creatures whose warriors are mutated mammals or insect-like or reptile creatures of various planets, controlled first by the Overmind, and then by the Queen of Blades) and the Protoss (a high-tech race with pronounced psionic abilities).

25. Halo: Combat Evolved

A first-person shooter, the plot of which tells the story of a war between people represented by the forces of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) and the religious union of several alien races - the Covenant.

People are struggling to survive, but still losing ground on all fronts. The last hope of humanity was the SPARTAN-II project - a program to create biologically improved super-soldiers who have become the most effective weapon in the fight against aliens.

24. Final Fantasy VII (1997)

A Japanese role-playing game set in a dystopian fictional world set in a science fiction setting with fantasy elements. The plot of the game tells how the group of eco-terrorists "AVALANCHE", which includes the main character Cloud Strife, fights the mega-corporation "Shin-Ra", whose activities are leading to the depletion of the source of planetary energy. In the future, the heroes face a greater danger to the planet and themselves - the main villain of the game, Sephiroth.

23. Microsoft Flight Simulator X (2006)

A flight simulator that includes hundreds of existing airports in the world and hundreds of existing civil aviation aircraft of various types, from small single-seat gliders without an engine to giants like the Boeing 747.

22. GoldenEye 007 (1997)

A first-person shooter based on the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye. The player controls James Bond and must complete the mission's objectives. The game has earned high marks from many publications. The multiplayer mode was especially praised.

21. Diablo II (2000)

The legendary Action/RPG, which was awarded an entry in the Guinness Book of Records (in the “2000 edition”) as the fastest selling game. It sold more than 1 million copies in the first two weeks, and by January 2001 it had sold 2.75 million copies worldwide.

20. Zork (1978)

A series of text (later graphic-text) adventure computer games from Infocom.

19. Space Invaders (1978)

Originally created for arcade machines, the game in many ways became the founder of modern gaming and helped the gaming industry become one of the largest in the world. During its initial release, the game was very successful and popular, causing a temporary shortage of 100 yen coins. Space Invaders is the best arcade game according to the Guinness Book of Records.

18. Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)

An RPG/platformer in which Lara Croft sets out to find the city of Kitezh, also known as the “Russian Atlantis.” She goes to snowy Siberia with a partner named Jonah Maiava, known from the previous part of the series. Having discovered her thirst for adventure, Lara intends to discover the secret of endless life and eternal youth in the mythical city.

17. Half-Life 2 (2004)

A sci-fi first-person shooter in which Gordon Freeman finds himself on a train arriving in City 17, unarmed and without his protective power suit, which served as his faithful assistant and saved his life several times in the first part of the game.

Soon the situation begins to clear up: City 17 is under the rule of a totalitarian government, the head of which is Wallace Breen, as it turns out later, a former administrator of the Black Mesa research center. But Brin, in turn, is himself a pawn in the hands of the leaders of a powerful union - the Alliance.

By the way, waiting for the third part of the game has long become a meme.

16. Grand Theft Auto III (2001)

The first 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto series. The events take place in the fictional American city of Liberty City, based on New York. The protagonist of the game is an unnamed criminal who has become a victim of a criminal conspiracy between his girlfriend Catalina and Miguel, a member of a Colombian drug cartel.

The game contains elements of a car simulator and a 3rd person shooter.

15. Counter-Strike (2000)

A mega-popular team-based first-person shooter that originally appeared as a modification of the game Half-Life. The main idea of ​​the game is a confrontation between two teams - terrorists and counter-terrorists. Each player, when entering the game, selects the team for which he wants to play, or the opportunity to be an observer, if this is provided for by the game server settings.

14. Quake (1996)

A first-person shooter that made a breakthrough in 3D technology, implementing a fully three-dimensional world instead of a two-dimensional map with height information (as was the case in Doom).

With the advent of the first Quake, the concept of “e-sports” was born, a large community arose, major championships began to be held, and the concept of tricking in relation to computer games arose: the use of some game bugs in character movement to achieve superpowers by professional players, specially regulated in professional mods.

13. SimCity 2000 (1993)

A game that has become a classic example for city planning simulators. In total, it sold about 4.23 million copies.

12. Final Fantasy VI (1994)

This Japanese role-playing game takes place in a fictional fantasy world with well-developed technology, the setting is reminiscent of the period of the second industrial revolution. The plot describes the journey of a group of heroes opposing an aggressive, tyrannical empire.

11. Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2005)

Continuation of one of the most popular and successful series of global turn-based strategies. The total circulation of the series currently totals more than 6 million copies. The player is given the opportunity to control one of the empires. You start the game in 4000 BC. e. with a settler and one warrior, and gradually develop into a superpower.

10. World of Warcraft (2004)

A massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the most popular MMORPG in the world. In January 2014, it was announced that over 100 million accounts had been created throughout the game's life.

By controlling the game character, the player can explore the area, wander through famous places, fight monsters, and also carry out various orders given by computer-controlled characters. In addition, fights with other players are possible.

9. The Oregon Trail (1971)

An educational computer game about the life of American pioneers, widely used in North American schools. The name of the game is associated with the Oregon Trail, which actually existed in the 19th century.

The player controls a group of immigrants with a specific profession and traveling in a conestoga. The success of the game led to several sequels.

8. Super Mario Bros. (1985)

Listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the best-selling game in history. The main characters of the game are the plumber Mario and his brother Luigi (as a playable character for the second player). The goal of the game is to travel through the Mushroom Kingdom, eluding or destroying the soldiers of the turtle King Koopa (also known as Bowser) in order to rescue the Princess he has captured.

7. The Legend of Zelda (1986)

The game takes place in the fictional kingdom of Hyrule. The army of the powerful Prince of Darkness Ganon, who invaded Hyrule, plunged the kingdom into chaos; Ganon himself captured the Triforce of Power, a magical artifact that grants its owner great power. Princess Zelda of Hyrule, who owned another artifact, the Triforce of Wisdom, divided it into eight fragments and hid them from Ganon in the kingdom's secret dungeons.

The main character of the game, Link, decided to save Zelda. But in order to fight Ganon, he must first find and collect together the fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom scattered throughout the country.

The game became a bestseller on the Nintendo platform, selling 6.5 million copies.

6. Minecraft (2011)

An indie sandbox game with elements of a survival simulator and an open world. Minecraft provides the player with a three-dimensional procedurally generated world made entirely of cubic blocks, and gives the player the opportunity to freely rebuild it, creating complex structures from the blocks - this feature of the game makes Minecraft similar to the LEGO constructor.

The game does not set any clear goals for the player, but offers him many opportunities and activities: for example, the player can explore the world, create a variety of structures and objects, and fight with various opponents.

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5.Ms. Pac-Man (1982)

Arcade game published by Midway Manufacturing (Illinois). Ms. Pac-Man was released a year after Pac-Man and became one of the most popular computer games of all time, leading Namco (the owner of the rights to Pac-Man) to recognize it as part of the official line.

4. Doom (1993)

A first-person shooter that is one of the most significant and influential computer games in the history of the industry. Its popularity largely determined the further development and spread of the genre.

The game "Doom" takes place in a sci-fi setting using horror film techniques. The player takes on the role of an unnamed space special forces soldier. The plot is simple and is revealed only in the user manual, and in the game itself there are only short messages for the player between episodes.

3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)

The next part of the popular The Legend of Zelda series. Link goes on a journey to stop Ganondorf (the main enemy of the princess and the main antagonist of the games in the series, in the first games he was called Ganon).

Ganondorf, in an attempt to take over Hyrule, seeks to acquire an artifact known as the Triforce, which has the power to grant the wishes of those who wield it. To stop him, Link travels through time using a musical instrument, The Ocarina of Time.

2. Super Mario 64 (1996)

Technically, the first "3D" game in the Mario series was the platformer Mario Clash on the Virtual Boy, in which the player could move Mario between the foreground and background. But Super Mario 64 introduced true 3D for the first time, with free-direction movement, 3D polygonal models instead of 2D sprites, and large open spaces to explore.

1. Tetris (1984)

Tetris was first written by Soviet programmer Alexei Pajitnov on the Elektronika-60 computer. While working at the Computing Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Pajitnov worked on problems of artificial intelligence and speech recognition, and used puzzles, including the classic pentomino, to test ideas.

Pajitnov tried to automate the placement of pentominoes into given figures. However, the computing power of the then equipment for rotating pentominoes was not enough; it had to be debugged on tetrominoes, which determined the name of the game. In those experiments, the main idea of ​​​​Tetris was born - for the figures to fall and the filled rows to disappear.

The month has come to an end, which means it’s time to sum up the results of the next vote "TOP 10". This time, site users were selecting the most hackneyed and completely disgusting game series. The task, frankly speaking, is not too difficult, but interesting in its own way. If you prefer watching a video to reading, then you can find the corresponding summary video right below this text. Let's start the analysis!

The Crysis series, which follows the adventures of courageous nanosuits and their friends, takes tenth place. In fact, there are not so many games in the Crysis line: only three. There was no way she could get bored with too many parts. On the other hand, controversy constantly flares up around each Crysis, dedicated to the same topic - graphics. It is believed that with each new part the series becomes more beautiful and dumber. Well, perhaps there is truth in this. One way or another, we won't see a new Crysis any time soon.

Battlefield was in ninth place in our ranking. It would seem that there are not so many games in this series, but in fact there are almost 25 products with the word Battlefield in the title. Battlefield 3 has completely expanded the audience of the line, and now everyone is playing it. And this despite the fact that the game has undergone some simplifications. In the fourth part, DICE promises to improve: there will be a commander mode, and advanced destructibility, and blah blah blah... All this, of course, is cool, but it seems to us that DICE would do well to re-evaluate the benefits of the blue filter. Although he is not bad (in some moments), but how long can he be?

8th place:ProEvolutionSoccer – 534 votes

Ah, those good old football simulators. Games like this simply have to be released once a year! Since the very beginning of the 2000s, Konami has been desperately trying to “outplay” Electronic Arts with its super-popular FIFA series. It turns out like when. According to our estimates, in the entire history of PES the publisher has released 12 games (if we do not deviate from the main line). The thirteenth will be released this year. By the way, it will have a new engine. Alas, we will never see nextgen. The developers don’t yet know what to cram into PES 14 so that its release on next-generation consoles would be justified. To be honest, we don't know either. Maybe a dog?

7th place:ResidentEvil – 964 votes

Here comes Resident Evil. Well, what would we do without her? Games from this series have been released with enviable regularity, since 1996. In the past, that is, in 2012, Capcom released three Resident Evils at once: Revelations, Operation Raccoon City and, in fact, Resident Evil 6. Of course, not all of them were warmly received by the audience. And you say Assassin's Creed. Ubisoft still has someone to learn from! Of course, modern Resident Evil is already far from its roots, which is why Capcom constantly suffers attacks from phages. It seems it's time for the publisher to take a break. At least for a couple of years. However, who are we kidding?

6th place:GrandTheftAuto – 1027 votes

The Grand Theft Auto series is famous not only for its gangster romance and radio-controlled helicopters, but also for its very interesting plots (for the most part). Be that as it may, our GTA users are already sick of it. Even though everyone is waiting for the fifth part (and we already know, believe me. We have a special button). In principle, we understand you perfectly. GTA is constantly heard: this name appears not only in the context of discussions on gaming forums, but also in the endless stream of news about schoolchildren who went crazy and stabbed/shot their mother. Bad, bad game. But in the fifth part there will be a dog.

5th place:Counter-Strike – 1092 votes

Counter-Strike is another series that has annoyed our users. Again, you can’t blame her for the abundance of parts. There are few original Counter-Strike (it has, of course, a million clones). But we can guess why this series made it to this list. Many of us went through Counter-Strike, through this harsh school of God knows what. Those who were introduced to this game during the heyday of computer clubs were especially lucky. It was real hell. Those times have passed, but Counter-Strike remains. The standard rage, which can be heard so often during the next match, also remains. Some things never change.

Just think: FIFA defeated PES again. This series will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this year. Over these many years, Electronic Arts has released about two dozen games with this name. The popularity of football is great, and so is the popularity of FIFA. We think everyone knows that EA Sports is one of the key divisions of Electronic Arts, and FIFA is its main pearl. The new part of the famous football simulator will be released this year, right on schedule. Most likely, we will not be mistaken if we predict a long, long life for this series. At least, it will live as long as Electronic Arts is alive. Do you know how much Electronic Arts is left? This publishing house will last

3rd place:NeedforSpeed ​​– 1474 votes

And here is the meatiest part. The unforgettable Need For Speed ​​opens the top three finalists. Year after year - who knows what. Electronic Arts goes from one extreme to another: in the last two years alone we have seen some kind of semi-movie called NFS: The Run, and then they tried to tease us with the prospect of a revival of Most Wanted. One thing we know for sure: all those who hoped for the return of the same MW from 2005 were left with nothing. On the other hand, Most Wanted itself, eight years ago, and the Underground that preceded it were also perceived at one time as a total departure from the canons of the series. It's funny, but now they are considered reference parts. Although the games, I must say, are really good. And what is happening to the series today defies description. Need For Speed ​​deserved its third place.

2nd place:Assassin'sCreed – 2393 votes

Second place by a large margin is occupied by the Assassin's Creed series. You haven’t forgotten that Ubisoft is currently developing three new games from this series, right? Well, okay, let one of them be Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. And the rest? The fifth and sixth parts? Yes, easily. Probably, Ubisoft will squeeze all the juice out of its golden series for a long time. There are more and more Assassins, and the number of fans of these games is growing proportionally. Fortunately, Ubisoft still manages to maintain its brand. Other developers would have pushed the series to the very bottom long ago (see third place).

1 place:CallofDuty – 3617 votes

To be honest, when we started voting, we were a little afraid that everyone would vote for Call of Duty. Well, someone would give Assassin’s Creed a couple of hundred votes. Instead of “TOP 10” we would have to present “TOP 2”. Fortunately, everything worked out, but Call of Duty is really in the lead, and in the lead by a good margin. Are the players tired of looking at Price's mustache and Reznov's beard? We have been hearing complaints that Activision has bored everyone with Call of Duty for a long time since the release of Modern Warfare 2. The completely tortured audience, hating Activision, forcefully goes to the store and buys new parts of the series. Why is this so? Most likely, somewhere in their souls, many people hope that one day they will be able to feel from this game the same thing that they felt when the very first Modern Warfare was released. And in the end they get another Price mustache, explosions and completely identical shootouts. Alas, in many ways these same ingredients were the recipe for Modern Warfare's success. It's just been too long ago.

That's all. The June ten has come to an end. The July “TOP 10” will be dedicated to the best games released on eight-bit consoles. Let's hit it old fashioned! You can offer your options on our forum. See you in August!