[ACG]Top Games of All Time

一個我不曾逛過的遊戲網站1up.com約一年前展開了他們的特輯，The Essential 50: The Most Important Games Ever Made，目前連載到第三十名，他家的列法比較奇怪，通常作這種專輯都是從榜單上的最後一名開始列，一路倒數回去。很少人是從第一名列下來的，也許他們要強調這份名單的電玩史地位，比較像在列史料和教科書，既然如此，也不需要給人什麼期待感了。從名單上也看得出來，這不是一份很讓人冗奮的名單，前十名分別是：

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1. Spacewar (1962: PDP-1)
2. Pong (1972: Arcade/Console)
3. Space Invaders (1978: Arcade)
4. Adventure (1979: Atari 2600)
5. Battlezone (1980: Arcade)
6. Pitfall! (1982: Atari 2600)
7. Zork (1977-79: DEC PDP-10)
8. Game & Watch (1980-88)
9. Star Wars (1983: Arcade)
10. Pac-Man (1980: Arcade)

的確是很教科書式的名單，第一名居然列到1962年的Spacewar，這種遊戲用倒數的大概會讓期待到最後一天的讀者嘔死；第二名稍為好些，是大名鼎鼎的Pong，有讀過一點書的人都會知道，在當時還引起社會問題，當局首次領略到電子遊戲之腐化人心的威力；第三名是很經典沒錯、但現在看來很無聊的太空入侵者／小蜜蜂，之後是一串只聞其名的古董，第七名的Zork後來因為有捲土重來出了強化版的電腦遊戲，還有點知名度，第八名的Game & Watch則是經典之作，何況最近還被拿來重出，第九名是畫面很炫的Star Wars（會讓人想起Tron；電子世界爭覇戰），第十名的知名度稍稍提昇了，是小精靈。

他們在特輯首頁開宗明義的講了列名的取捨，

The Essential 50 is not intended to be a comprehensive history of gaming. Nor is it a list of the best games of all time -- in fact, some of these games are the very worst ever created (which is why they're important). Rather, The Essential 50 is a look at the games which we feel have made gaming what it is today.

These are the innovators -- the creations which shaped entirely new genres. The revolutions that launched great designers to fame. The concepts that inspired countless other games.

這並不是要列出最好的五十遊戲，（雖然也沒有企圖成為遊戲史，想要清楚遊戲史的人該去看真正的史記：圖解電子遊戲史，而是列出五十個形塑現代遊戲的創始者。

相較之下，另外兩個大站的名單就有趣的多，gamespy.com的GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time跟ign.com的IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time。

gamespy.com的方式其實非常主觀，發問卷請大家憶兒時，這只比讓讀者票選來得好些，

We solicited opinions from developers and freelance press and asked them what their Top 10 games were. We also asked them to offer some comments on why those games were so special to them. In addition, the GameSpy team weighed in with its votes.

After the votes were in, we assigned each game points by where they ranked on a person's top 10 list. A game listed as 10th would get one point, while a game listed as first would get 10 points. I think you can figure the numbers in between. We compiled the votes and limited the games to the Top 50.

ign.com的選法倒還好些，一群編輯埋頭苦幹討論出來，除了兼顧歷史性和影響力之外，遊戲本身也得好玩才行，

Our criteria for this uber-list of games consisted of a variety of factors, including how good the game was compared to others at the time, the overall game design, how well it stood up over the long-haul, how influential it was in the realm of gaming and just plain how much fun we had playing the damn things.

為服務按捺不住的人，我在這裡列了前十名，

ign.com

1. Super Mario Bros.(1985: Arcade, NES)
2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time(1998: Nintendo 64, NGC)
3. Super Metroid(1994: Super NES)
4. Tetris(1987: various)
5. Super Mario 64(1996: Nintendo 64)
6. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past(1992: Super NES, GBA)
7. StarCraft(1998: PC)
8. X-COM: UFO Defense(1994: PC)
9. Final Fantasy II(1991: Super NES, PlayStation)
10. Street Fighter(1991: various)

gamespy.com

1. Doom(1993)
2. Half-Life(1998)
3. Warcraft 2(1995)
4. Sid Meier's Civilization(1991)
5. Quake(1996)
6. Diablo(1996)
7. Ultima IV(1985)
8. Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss(1992)
9. Starcraft(1998)
10. Legend of Zelda(1986)

很明顯的，ign.com是任天堂的擁護者，至少他們非常認同那樣的遊戲理念，前十名有一半是任天堂開發的遊戲，這樣的成績實在是非常傲人的。而gamespy.com由於採訪對象的關係，一面倒的傾向PC遊戲，前十名只有一個遊戲是在遊樂器上，接下來是第十一名：Super Mario 64，接著又是很遠的十九名和二十名，分別是Tetris和Castlevania: Symphony of the Night（惡魔城：月下夜想曲），之後的分佈也是零零落落。

名單是不可能客觀的，還要去排出高低就更困難，我自己也是有偏見的人（雖然我儘可能的多元化）。整理這些資料只供作參考，要我選也是不可能，何況大部分我都沒玩過⋯⋯