101 Best Games Ever - part one

No, it’s not a slow week here at GamesRadar and we certainly don’t have anyone with enough time to write about the top games of all time. However, the good folks over at UK sister mag PC Zone have compiled what they believe to be the greatest games EVAR. Relive memories such as upgrading your graphics card and a time when Doom only filled 20Mb of hard drive space. Those were the days.

101) Blood - 1997
The Duke Nukem 3D clone that could… and absolutely did. Fantastically imaginative maps, a bizarre steam-punk vibe and the best level-set-onboard-a-moving-train ever. If the sequel hadn’t been such an unremitting disaster, the Blood franchise could have lived forever. Toast those zombies! Pitchfork them in the head!

100) Starsiege: Tribes - 1998
It cared not a bit for the single-player, but for truly original green-hill ski fun and remarkably canny foresight into the teamplay required in the online shooters of tomorrow (well, today), Tribes is worthy of its place in this list. Vengeance delivered story, but the original provided that true jetpack glory. We miss you Tribes. Come back soon.

99) Need for Speed: Most Wanted - 2005
Finally emerging into the sunlight after the night-time races of Underground, Most Wanted was a brilliant blend of arcade racing, the obligatory “pimp my ride” car customization and car chases that put Smokey And The Bandit to shame. And dropping a giant donut onto a pursuing police car was so satisfying.

98) The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - 2004
Escape from Butcher Bay is one of the best console-to-PC conversions ever. Vin Diesel was superb as the enigmatic see-in-the-dark Riddick, while the well-crafted story saw you exploring the universe’s worst prison, chatting and swapping items with other inmates and enjoying first-person hand-to-hand combat that actually worked. Weapons could be anything from a guard’s pistol to an improvised “shiv” such as a shard of glass, and the stealth element allowed you to sneak up on enemies and push them into rock grinders or snap their necks like twigs. Also featured one of the best end-of-game levels ever. Shine on.

97) N - 2008
Fun and free Flash platform game featuring simple graphics and chucklesome ragdoll physics. Control a stick-figure ninja, as he jumps, slides and bounces around the levels, avoiding mines, missiles, electric fences and other nasties - fail and you’ll usually end up as a pile of detached bloody limbs. Includes replays and online high scores. Unmissable.

96) Worms - 1995
“Incoming!” The original - and still the best - version of the seminal multiplayer tactical battle game from Team 17. Four teams of four worms take turns to fire a twisted assortment of weapons, including the Dragon punch, Uzi and Bazooka, to wipe out each other. Simple, addictive, hilarious and still great today.