Australia, you have spoken. More to the point, Australian gamers have voted for their top 100 video games of all time.
Presented on our favourite national video games based TV show, Good Game, Steven O’Donnell (aka: Bajo) and Stephanie Bendixsen (aka: Hex), together with Gus Ronald (aka: Goose) and a ragtag of industry luminaries counted down our favourites in an hour long special that aired on August 12.
So what was the game that beat them all? If you missed the show, don’t stress, you can stream or download the episode (episode 28) from the Good Game TV website.
Without spoiling it too much for you, here are the highlights:
- there were a few retro games in the top 100, mainly from the Nintendo stable (ahem, N64 represent!)
- my all time favourite game, Super Mario Bros. anchored the list at 100 (Ed: Boo!)
- the Irrelevant Tosser’s pick, Clowns (Commodore 64) was a nostalgic trip. Too bad it didn’t make the top 100
- Zelda games featured better than Mario (Ed: another boo!)
- The mayhem of Goldeneye 007 for the N64 made it into the top 20
- There was no love for Sonic nor Shenmue (Ed: sorry for spoiling that for you!)
- The show’s Rubber Chicken award provided some light relief from the seriousness of counting down Australia’s top 100 games of all time
One thing was for certain, this list did spark some frantic discussion on social media (#GGTop100), but hey, that’s exactly what lists do – they create engagement, good and bad.
It seems that my votes counted for two out of my three games, but I must admit I was shocked not to see Super Mario World anywhere on the list. Ah well, I guess the voting demographic may have been in nappies when that game was rocking our socks. Did your favourite games make the top 100?
image source: Good Game
