Gord Tep’s Top 10 All-Time Video Games
4. Baseball Stars (NES, 1989)
This is what a baseball game is supposed to be. Creating players and powering up their stats to reflect real-life counterparts was a blast. My brother and I played season after season in this game, and it never got old– excellent controls and graphics. Amazingly, this game still holds up pretty well 20 years later.
3. Star Wars (Arcade, 1983)
I can remember playing this one in the arcades and feeling as if I was actually flying an X-Wing through the death star trench. The cockpit style machine matched with the vector graphics made this one of the coolest video game experiences ever.
2. WrestleFest (Arcade, 1991)
Whether you’re playing the Royal Rumble or Saturday Night’s Main Event tag team matches, WrestleFest delivered in every way imaginable. My favorite characters in this game were Mr. Perfect and The Earthquake, but all of them were cool. I got so good that I could beat it on a single quarter– approximately 15 minutes of playtime. It seems like just yesterday I was playing this at the Caribbean Beach resort in between trips to Epcot and MGM Studios.
1. GTA IV (XBox 360, 2008)
Simply put, this game is a masterpiece. It’s the most entertaining and complete experience of any video game ever made. Liberty City feels so incredibly real. Driving around, not even worrying about advancing the story or playing the side missions, is remarkable. Throw in tremendous characters, storylines, dialogue, etc. I am not one for long games, nor am I usually willing to put the necessary time in required to beat a game. However, with GTA, every hour was enjoyable. Even after beating the game, I went on to finish the Lost and Damned add-on which was a great game in and of itself. If you haven’t played Grand Theft Auto IV, you must.
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Gabe:
January 1st, 2010 at 1:17 PM
I have to disagree with you on this one. Grand Theft Auto really pisses me off. Some of the required missions are incredibly difficult and then you lose all of your gear and have to do side missions again and go back to the gun store to buy your stuff back. That makes it the worst game ever! Btw, I love the show. I listen in my car. Sometimes you guys make me laugh my ass off.
Gord Tep:
January 1st, 2010 at 4:41 PM
Ah! You just have to enter the cheatcode phone number that gives you all weapons and full armor instantly whenever you need it — that’s how I got through the really tough missions.
In any event, thanks a million for the positive feedback, and please spread the word.
Happy New Year!
Steve:
January 19th, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Great show, I’m following up online after I finish listening.
Kev’s list is more appealing to me, FF was the only one I didn’t personally like – the GTA series could definitely be considered the best of all time.