hardcore geekdom...

sometimes my geekiness scares even me. in responding to a post on rllmuk, i set upon the challenge of documenting my favourite 100 games. sounds easy? it ain't. it's a bitch. and it took fecking ages. once i'd finally decided upon my list i got the misses (who's an accountant) to dump it into excel so i could do a bit of statistical analysis. we made pie charts and everything.

here's my post:

Forget who started this topic - but you're a bastard. This has taken up way too much of my time over the last few days.

However, I personally found it to be very interesting. Got my girlfriend to dump it into Excel so I could do some statistical analysis. Was amazed that very nearly a quarter of the games were on PS2 (24 in total).

In fact, the format breakdown (top 10 at least) goes as follows:
PS2 - 24
Xbox - 11
Saturn - 10
SNES - 8
Dreamcast - 6
Gamecube - 5
NES - 5
Megadrive - 5
Amiga - 4
Gameboy - 3

I was surprised to see Saturn beat the SNES, and that Gamecube was so far down. As for developers, this top 10 is not really so surprising:
Nintendo - 16
Sega - 15
Capcom - 7
Konami - 5
Namco - 4
Sony - 4
Bizarre - 3
Rockstar - 3
Bioware - 2
Bungie - 2

Top 5 controlled by the Japanese, but good to see the Brits getting in at 7 and 8.

Anyway, as for top 100, it looks as follows (validity of the ordering decreases the further down the list you get):
1 Super Mario World - SNES
2 Sensible Soccer 96-97 - Amiga 1200
3 Pro Evolution Soccer 5 - PS2
4 Super Mario Kart - SNES
5 Katamari Damacy - PS2
6 Street Fighter Alpha 2 - Saturn
7 Sega Rally - Saturn
8 Panzer Dragoon Saga - Saturn
9 Tetris - Gameboy
10 Seaman - Dreamcast
11 Rez - PS2
12 Animal Crossing - Gamecube
13 We Love Katamari - PS2
14 Super Mario Bros - NES
15 Day of Defeat - PC
16 Parappa the Rapper 2 - PS2
17 Winning Eleven Seven International - PS2
18 Space Channel 5 - Dreamcast
19 Frequency - PS2
20 Pro Evolution Soccer 3 - PS2
21 Zoo Keeper - DS
22 Mario Kart Super Circuit - GBA
23 Super Mario Bros 2 - NES
24 Wario Ware Twisted - GBA
25 Shadow of the Colossus - PS2
26 Shenmue - Dreamcast
27 Einhander - PSone
28 Jade Empire - Xbox
29 Super Street Fighter 2 - SNES
30 Grand Theft Auto Vice City - Xbox
31 Project Gotham Racing 3 - Xbox 360
32 Halo 2 - Xbox
33 Nights - Saturn
34 Burnout 3 - Xbox
35 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - PS2
36 Project Gotham Racing 2 - Xbox
37 SSX3 PS238 Amplitude - PS2
39 Super Mario Bros 3 - NES
40 Super Punch Out - SNES
41 Outrun 2 - Xbox
42 Geometry Wars Retro Evolved - Xbox 360
43 Spiderman 2 - Xbox
44 The Legend of Zelda - NES
45 Worms - Amiga 1200
46 Gran Turismo 3 - PS2
47 Grand Theft Auto III - PS2
48 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - Megadrive
49 Super Bomberman - SNES
50 Turtles in Time - SNES
51 Sonic R - Saturn
52 Gradius V - PS2
53 Yoshi’s Island - SNES
54 Wario Ware Inc - GBA
55 Shikigami No Shiro 2 - Gamecube
56 Starfox - SNES
57 Vib Ribbon - PSone
58 Resident Evil 4 - Gamecube
59 Ico - PS2
60 Breakout - Atari 2600
61 Sonic the Hedgehog - Megadrive
62 Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 - PS2
63 R-Type Final - PS2
64 EA Hockey - Megadrive
65 Harrier Attack - Commodore 64
66 Secret of Monkey Island - Amiga 1200
67 Virtua Cop - Saturn
68 Psyvariar - PS2
69 Super Skidmarks - Amiga 1200
70 Stuntman - PS2
71 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic - Xbox
72 God of War - PS2
73 Lego Star Wars - PS2
74 World Snooker Championship 2005 - Xbox
75 Donkey Konga - Gamecube
76 Ikaruga - Gamecube
77 Soul Calibur - Dreamcast
78 Driver - PC
79 Pokemon Red/Blue - Gameboy
80 Snake II - Mobile
81 Marvel Super Heroes - Saturn
82 Crazy Taxi - Dreamcast
83 Athlete Kings - Saturn
84 Shining Force 3 - Saturn
85 Grand Theft Auto - PSone
86 Space Invaders - Arcade
87 Halo Xbox88 Combat - Atari 2600
89 Half Life - PC
90 Tony Hawk’s Underground - PS2
91 Super Mario Land - Gameboy
92 Colin McRae Rally 2005 - Xbox
93 Tomb Raider - Saturn
94 Goldeneye - N64
95 Mercs - Megadrive
96 Strider - Megadrive
97 Ms. Pacman - Atari 2600
98 Double Dragon - NES
99 Devil May Cry - PS2
100 Virtua Tennis 2 - Dreamcast

Like some other posters have said, there are undoubtedly some omissions certain folk would be horrified with (Ocarina, Half Life 2, FFVII etc.) but I have to base the list on my personal experience. I could never get into Half Life 2, don't really dig RPG's and for some reason have never gotten around to playing Ocarina.