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Hardcore Gaming 101 is proud to present its bi-weekly podcast: The Top 47,858 Games of All Time!
In this podcast, we objectively, definitely and above all scientifically rank the games you nominate.
There are 3 rules:
1. All rankings are final, official and scientifically accurate
2. You can nominate games via iTunes and Stitcher
3. You can nominate any game (even if they have already been nominated). Please do not nominate games we’ve already reviewed. You can check the list below.
RANK | TITLE | PLATFORM | EPISODE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tetris | GB | 100 |
| 2 | Super Mario 64 | N64 | 15 |
| 3 | Katamari Damacy | PS2 | 45 |
| 4 | Pokemon Red/Blue | GB | 67 |
| 5 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | NES | 8 |
| 6 | Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence | PS2 | 34 |
| 7 | Doom | PC | 11 |
| 8 | Combat | VCS | 100 |
| 9 | Pac-Man | Arcade | 48 |
| 10 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo | Arcade | 82 |
| 11 | Tomb Raider | PS1 | 87 |
| 12 | Rocket Knight Adventures | GEN | 86 |
| 13 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | SNES | 33 |
| 14 | Metal Gear Solid | PSX | 17 |
| 15 | XCOM: UFO Defense | PC | 39 |
| 16 | Super Metroid | SNES | 41 |
| 17 | Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge | PC | 13 |
| 18 | Sonic 3 & Knuckles | GEN | 50 |
| 19 | Super Smash Bros. Melee | GC | 98 |
| 20 | Devil May Cry | PS2 | 30 |
| 21 | EarthBound | SNES | 9 |
| 22 | Silent Hill 2 | PS2 | 97 |
| 23 | Steins;Gate | VITA | 115 |
| 24 | Cave Story | PC | 94 |
| 25 | Bionic Commando | NES | 4 |
| 26 | Bloodborne | PS4 | 61 |
| 27 | Toejam and Earl | GEN | |
| 28 | Chrono Trigger | SNES | 43 |
| 29 | Shinobi III: Return Of The Ninja Master | GEN | 44 |
| 30 | Donkey Kong | GB | 41 |
| 31 | Bejeweled | PC | |
| 32 | Silent Bomber | PS1 | 80 |
| 33 | Wario Land 4 | GBA | 1 |
| 34 | Galaga | Arcade | 1 |
| 35 | Robotron 2084 | Arcade | 11 |
| 36 | Rez | PS2 | 100 |
| 37 | Gitaroo Man | PS2 | |
| 38 | Drill Dozer | GBA | 6 |
| 39 | Metroid | FDS | 23 |
| 40 | Adventure | VCS | 53 |
| 41 | Final Fantasy 7 | PSX | 14 |
| 42 | Steel Battalion | XBOX | |
| 43 | Half-Life | PC | 89 |
| 44 | Strider | Arcade | |
| 45 | Driver: San Francisco | PC | 122 |
| 46 | Qix | Arcade | |
| 47 | VVVVVV | PC | |
| 48 | Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner | PS2 | 93 |
| 49 | Panzer Dragoon Saga | SAT | 37 |
| 50 | Alien Soldier | GEN | 2 |
| 51 | Streets of Rage 2 | GEN | 35 |
| 52 | Turrican | Amiga | 27 |
| 53 | Ghouls N' Ghosts | Arcade | 83 |
| 54 | Ninja Gaiden Black | XBOX | 111 |
| 55 | Super Castlevania IV | SNES | 7 |
| 56 | Seiken Densetsu 3 | SNES | 103 |
| 57 | Tecmo Super Bowl | NES | 95 |
| 58 | FTL: Faster Than Light | PC | 12 |
| 59 | Dungeon Master | ST | 44 |
| 60 | Deus Ex | PC | 31 |
| 61 | Super Meat Boy | PC | |
| 62 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 | PC | 77 |
| 63 | Hitman: Blood Money | PC | 113 |
| 64 | The Oregon Trail Deluxe | PC | |
| 65 | Wizball | C64 | 56 |
| 66 | Windjammers | MVS | 45 |
| 67 | WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgames | GBA | 65 |
| 68 | Strider (2014) | PC | |
| 69 | Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? | PC | 14 |
| 70 | Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin | PC | 107 |
| 71 | Worms Armageddon | PC | 5 |
| 72 | Hotline Miami | PC | |
| 73 | Ninja Baseball Bat Man | Arcade | 16 |
| 74 | Space Harrier | Arcade | 3 |
| 75 | Painkiller | PC | 88 |
| 76 | Ecco The Dolphin | GEN | 52 |
| 77 | Gunpoint | PC | |
| 78 | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | SNES | 13 |
| 79 | Killer Instinct (2013) | PC | 95 |
| 80 | Solaris | VCS | |
| 81 | Demon's Souls | PS3 | 43 |
| 82 | Freedom Planet | PC | 84 |
| 83 | Forbidden Forest | C64 | 60 |
| 84 | Haunted House | VCS | 104 |
| 85 | GoldenEye 007 | N64 | 21 |
| 86 | Outlaws | PC | |
| 87 | River City Ransom | NES | 66 |
| 88 | Sin & Punishment: Star Successor | WII | 57 |
| 89 | Maniac Mansion | C64 | 28 |
| 90 | Her Story | PC | 103 |
| 91 | Super Mario Sunshine | GCN | |
| 92 | Dino Crisis | PS1 | 68 |
| 93 | Law of the West | C64 | 88 |
| 94 | Iji | PC | 96 |
| 95 | Loom | PC | 123 |
| 96 | Sonic Adventure | DC | 48 |
| 97 | Ape Escape | PS1 | 30 |
| 98 | Ninja Warriors | SNES | 84 |
| 99 | Crash Bandicoot 2 - Cortex Strikes Back | PS1 | 10 |
| 100 | Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey | DS | 72 |
| 101 | Mega Man 3 | NES | 18 |
| 102 | R-Type | Arcade | 33 |
| 103 | Final Fantasy Tactics | PS1 | 70 |
| 104 | Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic | PC | 52 |
| 105 | Spider-Man 2 | PS2 | 120 |
| 106 | Dragon Quest V | SNES | 96 |
| 107 | Super Mario Land | GB | |
| 108 | Descent | PC | 7 |
| 109 | Diablo II | PC | 69 |
| 110 | Age Of Empires II | PC | 37 |
| 111 | Battle of Olympus | NES | |
| 112 | Illbleed | DC | 28 |
| 113 | Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising | GBA | 13 |
| 114 | Spelunky HD | PC | 87 |
| 115 | Final Fight | Arcade | 12 |
| 116 | Wonder Boy in Monster Land | SMS | 2 |
| 117 | Deadly Premonition | X360 | 60 |
| 118 | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | PC | 63 |
| 119 | Monster World IV | GEN | 75 |
| 120 | Mappy | Arcade | |
| 121 | Nine Person Nine Hours Nine Doors | DS | 94 |
| 122 | Sam & Max Hit The Road | PC | 82 |
| 123 | Blue Stinger | DC | 5 |
| 124 | Vandal Hearts | PS1 | 112 |
| 125 | Faxanadu | NES | 54 |
| 126 | Scorched Earth | DOS | 25 |
| 127 | Contra: The Hard Corps | SMD | 5 |
| 128 | Ranger-X | GEN | 9 |
| 129 | Ikaruga | Arcade | 10 |
| 130 | Powerstone | DC | 68 |
| 131 | Devil Daggers | PC | |
| 132 | God Hand | PS2 | 24 |
| 133 | Binary Domain | PC | 94 |
| 134 | Gun Mute | PC | |
| 135 | Yakuza | PS2 | 66 |
| 136 | Ys: The Oath in Felghana | PSP | 54 |
| 137 | Star Fox | SNES | 90 |
| 138 | Bioshock | X360 | 105 |
| 139 | Tyrian 2000 | PC | 84 |
| 140 | Shenmue | DC | 28 |
| 141 | Crusader of Centy | GEN | 78 |
| 142 | Mega Man Legends | PS1 | 46 |
| 143 | Papo & Yo | PC | 65 |
| 144 | Captain Blood | ST | 108 |
| 145 | Jagged Alliance 2 | PC | 41 |
| 146 | Bushido Blade | PSX | 16 |
| 147 | Todd's Adventures in Slime World | LNX | 102 |
| 148 | Armored Core | PSX | 91 |
| 149 | Guardian Heroes | SAT | 81 |
| 150 | Tech Romancer | Arcade | 85 |
| 151 | Splatterhouse | Arcade | 73 |
| 152 | Flashback | GEN | 43 |
| 153 | Full Throttle | PC | 12 |
| 154 | Sin & Punishment | N64 | 11 |
| 155 | Lords of Thunder | SCD | 103 |
| 156 | Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive | PC | 25 |
| 157 | Baroque | PS1 | 106 |
| 158 | Dance Dance Revolution 3rdmix | Arcade | 55 |
| 159 | Yume Nikki | PC | 97 |
| 160 | Zhadnost: The People's Party | 3DO | 90 |
| 161 | Gradius II | Arcade | 40 |
| 162 | Sinistar | Arcade | 71 |
| 163 | One Must Fall 2097 | PC | 98 |
| 164 | Kwirk | GB | 20 |
| 165 | Rampart | Arcade | |
| 166 | Assault Suits Valken | SNES | |
| 167 | U.N. Squadron | SNES | 1 |
| 168 | Scribblenauts Unlimited | PC | |
| 169 | Armed Police Batrider | Arcade | 8 |
| 170 | Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike | Arcade | 4 |
| 171 | Bangai-O | DC | 22 |
| 172 | Receiver | PC | |
| 173 | Lemmings | Amiga | 92 |
| 174 | Silent Hill 4: The Room | PS2 | 119 |
| 175 | Banjo-Kazooie | N64 | 80 |
| 176 | Marvel VS Capcom 2 | Arcade | 64 |
| 177 | Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color | PS2 | 76 |
| 178 | Capcom VS SNK 2 | Arcade | 64 |
| 179 | Dynamite Cop | Arcade | 55 |
| 180 | Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge | Arcade | 29 |
| 181 | Willow | NES | |
| 182 | Golden Axe | GEN | 23 |
| 183 | Arkanoid | Arcade | |
| 184 | Parasol Stars | TG16 | 118 |
| 185 | Batman | NES | |
| 186 | Goemon's Great Adventure | N64 | 47 |
| 187 | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | PC | 79 |
| 188 | Spider-Man | PS1 | |
| 189 | Devil's Crush | PCE | 19 |
| 190 | Deja Vu | MAC | 39 |
| 191 | Tempest 2000 | JAG | 42 |
| 192 | OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast | PS2 | 6 |
| 193 | Paradroid | C64 | 89 |
| 194 | Gauntlet Legends | Arcade | 70 |
| 195 | In the Hunt | Arcade | 38 |
| 196 | Crystalis | NES | 26 |
| 197 | King's Field III (US) | PS1 | 61 |
| 198 | Mischief Makers | N64 | 57 |
| 199 | Broforce | PC | |
| 200 | Policenauts | PS1 | |
| 201 | Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II | PC | 51 |
| 202 | Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver | PS1 | 73 |
| 203 | Pilotwings 64 | N64 | 47 |
| 204 | Brave Fencer Musashi | PS1 | 76 |
| 205 | Snatcher | SCD | |
| 206 | Kirby's Dream Land 3 | SNES | 99 |
| 207 | Robot Alchemic Drive | PS2 | 93 |
| 208 | STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl | PC | 58 |
| 209 | Blazing Lazers | TG16 | 27 |
| 210 | ZZT | PC | 99 |
| 211 | Little Samson | NES | 29 |
| 212 | Dead or Alive 3 | XBOX | 25 |
| 213 | Master of Magic | PC | 15 |
| 214 | Wendy: Every Witch Way | GBC | 27 |
| 215 | Jet Force Gemini | N64 | 105 |
| 216 | Bassin's Black Bass | SNES | 63 |
| 217 | Transarctica | Amiga | 38 |
| 218 | G.I. Joe | NES | |
| 219 | Startropics | NES | 31 |
| 220 | Blaster Master | NES | 71 |
| 221 | Tapper | Arcade | 4 |
| 222 | Bad Day on the Midway | PC | |
| 223 | Zoo Keeper | Arcade | 10 |
| 224 | Segasonic the Hedgehog | Arcade | |
| 225 | Majou Densetsu II: Dai Ma Shikyou Galious | FC | |
| 226 | Mystery Dungeon: Shiren The Wanderer | DS | 39 |
| 227 | Um Jammer Lammy | PS1 | 90 |
| 228 | Ogre Battle 64 | N64 | 104 |
| 229 | The Incredible Toon Machine | PC | |
| 230 | Guardian's Crusade | PS1 | 56 |
| 231 | Pulseman | GEN | 14 |
| 232 | Aliens: Infestation | NDS | 17 |
| 233 | Jack Bros. | VB | |
| 234 | Zombies Ate My Neighbors | MD | |
| 235 | Shadow Man | N64 | 26 |
| 236 | Donkey Kong Country 3 | SNES | |
| 237 | Spirits of Xanadu | PC | 74 |
| 238 | Team Buddies | PS1 | 18 |
| 239 | Streets of Rage Remake | PC | 35 |
| 240 | The Immortal | GEN | |
| 241 | Marvel Land | GEN | |
| 242 | Snake's Revenge | NES | |
| 243 | WWF No Mercy | N64 | 6 |
| 244 | NFL Blitz | Arcade | 2 |
| 245 | LSD | PS1 | 78 |
| 246 | Ninja Gaiden | NES | 33 |
| 247 | Tetris Attack | SNES | |
| 248 | The Unholy War | PS1 | 89 |
| 249 | Far Cry | PC | 62 |
| 250 | Raid on Bungeling Bay | C64 | 81 |
| 251 | The Dig | PC | 85 |
| 252 | Night Trap | SCD | 44 |
| 253 | Zombie Nation | NES | 49 |
| 254 | Duke Nukem 3D | PC | |
| 255 | Plaque Attack | VCS | |
| 256 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Arcade | |
| 257 | Aliens VS Predator (2000) | PC | 109 |
| 258 | Toyshop Trouble | VCS | 81 |
| 259 | Lethal Enforcers | Arcade | 27 |
| 260 | Mortal Kombat 3/Mortal Kombat Trilogy | PS1 | 110 |
| 261 | Clash of Steel | PC | 36 |
| 262 | Landstalker: Treasures of King Nole | GEN | 42 |
| 263 | Clash at Demonhead | NES | 7 |
| 264 | Commander Keen Episode 1 | MS-DOS | 24 |
| 265 | Knights of the Crystallion | Amiga | 32 |
| 266 | Vendetta | Arcade | 35 |
| 267 | Uniracers | SNES | |
| 268 | Rainbow Islands | Arcade | 3 |
| 269 | McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure | GEN | |
| 270 | Bomb Jack | Arcade | 77 |
| 271 | 1942 | Arcade | |
| 272 | Octopus | G&W | 30 |
| 273 | The Pit | Arcade | |
| 274 | Revolution X | Arcade | 14 |
| 275 | Rampage | Arcade | |
| 276 | Techno Cop | GEN | |
| 277 | ESWAT - City Under Siege | GEN | |
| 278 | Road Rash | GEN | 3 |
| 279 | El Viento | GEN | 72 |
| 280 | Mortal Kombat | Arcade | |
| 281 | Goof Troop | SNES | 99 |
| 282 | Hammerin' Harry: Ghost Building Company | GB | 75 |
| 283 | Cruisin' USA | Arcade | |
| 284 | Krull | VCS | 49 |
| 285 | Haunting Starring Polterguy | GEN | 2 |
| 286 | Tail of The Sun | PS1 | 34 |
| 287 | Shadow of the Beast | Amiga | 116 |
| 288 | Riven - The Sequel To Myst | PC | 13 |
| 289 | Nightshade | NES | |
| 290 | Live-A-Live | SNES | |
| 291 | Otogi: Myth of Demons | XBOX | 117 |
| 292 | Mega Man Zero 2 | GBA | 8 |
| 293 | H.E.R.O | VCS | 83 |
| 294 | Metal Slug Advance | GBA | 88 |
| 295 | Peasant's Quest | Browser | |
| 296 | Glover | N64 | 24 |
| 297 | Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman | PS1 | 59 |
| 298 | Gomola Speed | PCE | 31 |
| 299 | Altered Beast | Arcade | |
| 300 | Deathtrap Dungeon | PC | 74 |
| 301 | Hexen II | DOS | 53 |
| 302 | The NewZealand Story | Arcade | 10 |
| 303 | X-Men | Arcade | |
| 304 | Super RC Pro-Am | GB | 62 |
| 305 | Panic | SCD | 86 |
| 306 | Psychic 5 | Arcade | 102 |
| 307 | Killer Bees! | ODY | 114 |
| 308 | Rats! | GBC | 26 |
| 309 | Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days | PS3 | 101 |
| 310 | I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream | DOS | |
| 311 | FireHawk | NES | 9 |
| 312 | Bomberman Hero | N64 | 37 |
| 313 | King's Quest V | MS-DOS | |
| 314 | Hakaioh: King of Crusher | PSX | 53 |
| 315 | Shaq-Fu | GEN | 50 |
| 316 | Crisis Beat | PSX | |
| 317 | Neverending Nightmares | PC | 74 |
| 318 | Paganitzu | DOS | 87 |
| 319 | Space Quest: Incinerations | PC | 69 |
| 320 | Friday the 13th | C64 | 4 |
| 321 | Gekibo: Gekisha Boy | PCE | 21 |
| 322 | Bugs Bunny in Rabbit Rampage | SNES | 22 |
| 323 | Survival Arts | Arcade | |
| 324 | Top Gear Rally | N64 | 36 |
| 325 | No One Can Stop Mr. Domino | PS1 | 27 |
| 326 | Attack Of The Mutant Camels | A8B | 79 |
| 327 | Fantasy World Dizzy | ZX | 36 |
| 328 | Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire | GBA | 58 |
| 329 | Super Runabout | DC | 91 |
| 330 | Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects | PS2 | |
| 331 | Evergrace | PS2 | 51 |
| 332 | Last Battle | GEN | 20 |
| 333 | Star Wars Arcade | 3DO | |
| 334 | Yoshi | NES | 7 |
| 335 | Kangaroo | Arcade | 101 |
| 336 | 8 Eyes | NES | |
| 337 | Hanagumi Taisen Columns | SAT | |
| 338 | Tetris 2 | NES | 106 |
| 339 | Mario Pinball Land | GBA | 9 |
| 340 | Sewer Shark | SCD | 12 |
| 341 | Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball | SNES | |
| 342 | Alone in the Dark (2008) | PC | |
| 343 | Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers | N64 | 104 |
| 344 | Jurassic Park | SNES | 22 |
| 345 | Wall Street Kid | NES | 6 |
| 346 | Jones in the Fast Lane | MS-DOS | 5 |
| 347 | Robocop VS The Terminator | GEN | 67 |
| 348 | Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf | GG | 20 |
| 349 | Amagon | NES | 1 |
| 350 | Caverns of Khafka | C64 | 3 |
| 351 | Boogerman | GEN | 92 |
| 352 | Eek the Cat | SNES | |
| 353 | Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) | X360 | 59 |
| 354 | Ganso Saiyuuki: Super Monkey Daibouken | NES | 19 |
| 355 | Superman 64 | N64 | 46 |
| 356 | Uncanny X-Men | NES | 11 |
| 357 | Chiller | Arcade | 73 |
| 358 | The Fabulous Wanda | C64 | 40 |
