So I started gaming in the late 70’s with my Atari 2600,but this was the one that got me started with gaming magazines.Electronic Gaming Monthly,issue #100 November 1997.It rates the top 100 console games of all time.I’ve listed the notable RPG’s and their rank plus the top 10 as listed in the magazine.Enjoy!!
100-Qix-NES 1990(Not an RPG,just because this is where they started)
72-Zelda II:The Adventures of Link-NES 1989
62-Phantasy Star-Sega Master System 1988
60-Shining Force II-Genesis 1994
58-Dragon Warrior IV-NES 1992
40-Lunar Eternal Blue-Sega CD 1995
38-Ys Books I and II-TurboGrafx CD 1990
29-Chrono Trigger-SNES 1995
28-The Legend of Zelda:Link’s Awakening-Game Boy 1994
26-Super Mario RPG-SNES 1996
21-Final Fantasy VII-PlayStation 1997
13-The Legend of Zelda-NES 1987
Now we have the top 10!!!
10-Saturn Bomberman-Saturn 1997
9-Final Fantasy III-SNES 1994
8-Contra III:The Alien Wars-SNES 1992
7-Super Mario World 2:Yoshi’s Island-SNES 1995
6-Super Metroid-SNES 1994
5-Street Fighter II Turbo:Hyper Fighting-SNES 1993
4-Super Mario 64-N64 1996
3-The Legend of Zelda:A Link to the Past-SNES 1992
2-Super Mario Bros. 3(All-Stars Edition)SNES 1990(original)1992(All-Stars Version)
AND THE NUMBER ONE VIDEO GAME OF ALL TIME IN 1997….
1-Tetris-Multiplatform-Created by Alexey Pajitnov in 1988
A pretty funny list when you look back 27 years
This post has been captured from our very own retro gaming group over at FB
I still have that magazine !!!! I miss those days !!!!
I had that issue and used to take it to school every day!