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==Methodology== [[File:N6402 oot.jpg|thumb|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' (1998) is widely regarded as the greatest video game of all time, according to most criteria.]] The article has several lists based on several methodologies: *The first list is based on where each game appears on critic lists that it's eligible for, accounting for number of lists from each publication, when the list was published, and several other factors. This system has been used by [http://www.acclaimedvideogames.com/games/ Acclaimed Video Games] since 2020.<ref name="Acclaimed Video Games">[http://www.acclaimedvideogames.com/games/ Top 500 games], Acclaimed Video Games, 2023</ref> *The second list is based on weighted scores, calculated using appearance frequencies and rankings from critic lists. This system has been used by [https://www.videogamecanon.com/ Video Game Canon] site since 2017.<ref name="Video Game Canon">[https://www.videogamecanon.com/ Video Game Canon], Video Game Canon, 2022</ref> *The third list is based on scores, weighted according to the lists' lengths, publication dates, and other factors. This system has been used by [https://www.pwnrank.com/ pwnRank] since 2014. <ref name="pwnRank">[https://www.pwnrank.com/ pwnRank], pwnRank, 2021</ref> *Since 2015, [http://playthatgame.co.uk/?action=mainlist Play That Game] has been using a system that combines many lists into one meta-list.<ref name="Play That Game">[http://playthatgame.co.uk/?action=mainlist Play That Game], Play That Game, 2020</ref> *The fourth list is based on weighted scores, ranked according to a system of top-ten weighted ranking scores from a handful of selected lists, originally devised by the [http://web.archive.org/web/20140104195437/http://www.filibustercartoons.com/games.htm Filibuster] site in 2012.<ref name="Filibuster">[http://web.archive.org/web/20140104195437/http://www.filibustercartoons.com/games.htm The Best Video Games in the History of Humanity], Filibuster, 2012</ref> *The fifth list only includes the top two ranks from most lists. *The sixth list includes all ranks from a large number of lists, with the minimum criterion for inclusion being at least ten sources; for sources listing the top 200 games, only the top 100 are considered. For sources restricted to the "[[Seventh generation of video game hardware|seventh generation]]" of gaming, only the top 25 games are considered. A number of sources taken from across publications, from {{vgy|1985}} to the present, were used to compile the list. Games which consistently showed up in multiple lists are featured below. Some of the lists are outdated in that the same publication later published another best-of list. There were two notable exceptions to critic "best of" lists: games are credited for having [[Metacritic]] scores of 95 or greater, and several large reader-submitted polls are used. In general, contemporary reviews do not necessarily reflect the long-term consensus, hence only a single source of credit for high Metacritic reviews; and open player-submitted polls, while obviously measuring an important facet of a game's reputation, tend to be easy to rig or otherwise influence, hence the primary usage of critic lists. Because most sources are from the English-language press, this list generally reflects the prefegrences of the English-speaking world, rather than those of other video-game-playing areas, such as [[Japan]] and [[South Korea]]. A few non-English sources are used, such as Japanese reader polls from ''[[Famitsu]]'' and ''[[Dengeki]]'', a Spanish critic list from ''[[GQ Spain]]'', and a German reader poll from ''[[wikipedia:de:M! Games|Maniac]]'' magazine. This list mostly includes games since the "[[Third generation of video game hardware|third generation]]" of gaming onwards, along with some prior [[arcade game]]s of the [[Golden age of arcade video games|late 70s to early 80s]].
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