The Best Games by Console - A project

[Mr.Laor]

Good Afternoon Folks,

I have embarked upon an interesting and hopefully rewarding project.

I'm creating lists (via Google sheets) that compile the best games by console. I've included a link to my first list - The Best Games on Nintendo Home Consoles

Be kind - this is a work in progress - and is much more time-consuming, eye-straining, and fatiguing than it may appear to be. Any suggestions or corrections would be greatly appreciated.

In the spreadsheet, you will find the primary sheet that includes all major Nintendo home consoles (NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Wii U). Each console is followed by a list of games and each game is accompanied by a number. The number refers to the amount of times each game was listed on a "best" of list of games on the internet (for more detail - the other sheets contain all the sources I used to compile the lists). I also used various import and hidden gem lists to cast a wider net. *EDIT* I double-counted some mentions if they came from sites that aggregated reviews or had polls.

This is NOT A LIST of the best games in any type of order aside from of # of mentions. Therefore, the top games may not necessarily be the very best in the order presented, but one can assume the top 10, 20, 50, or 100 is a pretty solid list to create your own "best of" playlists. 

There are a few ways to use the data:

1) At the top of each list is a number indicating the total # of games released for each system. Underneath each system is listed the number of games that would fit into the top 10%, 20%, or 25% for that system. Simply refer to the "A" column to create a list based on these percentages.

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2) I've roughly color-coded the top 20 (yellow=gold), top 50 (grey=silver), and top 100 (orange=brown). The numbers don't match up exactly because many games were often tied for the same amount of mentions. As this list is ultimately subjective, feel free to move up or down any games based on your own experiences.

Link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f_xtOy_Ksv9Q_Rp99eoR6y5ku7HesM9o2dC0n_5VNZ0/edit?usp=sharing

Thoughts, opinions, corrections, or suggestions much appreciated.

Next - Sony Home consoles, then Sega home consoles, then handhelds, then ?

 

 

 

Edited May 22, 2018 by Mr.Laor

[Lordmonkus]

I'm gonna go through your whole list but the first thing that stuck out is no Mighty Final Fight for the NES high up on the list.

[Mr.Laor]

Funny, it just didn't come up highly on many lists. 

Edited May 22, 2018 by Mr.Laor

[Lordmonkus]

It's kind of an underrated game and somewhat unknown due to it being a really late release for the system, it's really well done though.

[TheCarlough]

This is awesome for someone just getting in the emulation scene (like me!).

Sony consoles would be AWESOME!

[Mr.Laor]

Thanks, I thought it would be useful for anyone new to these games or with large collections.

I just posted the Playstation 1 list. That one was a monster to create!

[Rincewind]

It would be good if this was a top 100 playlist for each of the platforms that could be used in BigBox

[Mr.Laor]

Good idea! Will work on that

[Lordmonkus]

Except some commonly known platforms don't even have 100 games, Jaguar, 32X and even the TurboGrafx 16 if you separate by region.

[Rincewind]

Then those can be top 10 instead I suppose ?

[Mr.Laor]

just posted my first playlists based on the data in the spreadsheets. Please let me know what you think.

 

[sakt1moko]

42 minutes ago, Mr.Laor said:

just posted my first playlists based on the data in the spreadsheets. Please let me know what you think.

Nicely done mate. Im gonna try to add to my launchbox.

 

 

[sakt1moko]

Mate, how can I add this playslist to my Launchbox?

[neil9000]

just drop the .xml into your Launchbox/Data/Playlist folder with Launchbox closed, it should appear when you open Launchbox.

[sakt1moko]

I would like to help u with this project @Mr.Laor How can I help u?

[Mr.Laor]

The main help I need is editing. Finding incorrect titles, standardizing formats, double-checking console game counts (at the top). That's it for now. I have a bunch more I'm working on - nearly done with Sony PS1, 2, and 3

[Mr.Laor]

Just added three new playlists for the NES in the playlists section.

Top 10% (72 games)

Top 20% (143 games)

Top 25% (180 games)

 

 

Edited May 26, 2018 by Mr.Laor

[sakt1moko]

Whatever U need, Im such an expert of ps1 & ps2, I could help u with that.

Feel free to add me to steam, maybe we could talk over there: sakt1moko

[The_Keeper86]

Awesome work man! I have a few suggestions for PS2. Resident Evil Outbreak File 1 and 2 which is still a lot of fun to play online. Resident Evil Dead Aim, Fatal Frame 1-3 and Haunting Ground and Clock Tower 3. Funny all these are survival horror games

Edited May 28, 2018 by The_Keeper86

[Alucard205]

Thank you so much! Just as a whole, thank you for all this work!