My Top 30 Games of the Fifth Generation

Here's an alphabetically ordered list of my top 30 games of the fifth generation.

Rank Game Release Date GameSpot Score Widdowson91's Score
1

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Developer: Ensemble Studios

9
2

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Developer: BioWare Corp.

9
3

Banjo-Kazooie

Developer: RareWare

9.5
4

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

Developer: Revolution Software

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9.5
5

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Developer: Konami

9
6

Chrono Cross

Developer: Squaresoft

9.5
7

Conker's Bad Fur Day

Developer: RareWare

9.5
8

Crash Team Racing

Developer: Naughty Dog

9.5
9

Final Fantasy IX

Developer: Squaresoft

9.5
10

Final Fantasy VII

Developer: Squaresoft

10
11

Full Throttle

Developer: Lucas Arts

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9
12

GoldenEye 007

Developer: RareWare

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9
13

Grim Fandango

Developer: Lucas Arts

--
14

Half-Life

Developer: Valve Software

9.5
17

NiGHTS Into Dreams...

Developer: Sonic Team

--
18

Panzer Dragoon (1995)

Developer: Team Andromeda

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9.5
19

Perfect Dark (2000)

Developer: RareWare

9
21

Pokemon Gold / Silver / Crystal Version

Developer: Game Freak

9.5
20

Pokemon Red / Blue / Yellow / Green Version

Developer: Game Freak

9
22

Quake II

Developer: id Software

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23

Rayman 2: The Great Escape

Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier

9
25

Super Mario 64

Developer: Nintendo EAD

10
24

System Shock 2

Developer: Looking Glass Studios and Irrational Games

9.5
26

Tekken 3

Developer: Namco

9
15

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Developer: Nintendo EAD

9
16

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Developer: Nintendo EAD (Game of the Generation)

10
27

Thief: The Dark Project

Developer: Looking Glass Studios

9.5
28

Tomb Raider (1996)

Developer: Core Design

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9
29

Unreal Tournament (1999)

Developer: Epic Games

9
30

Virtua Fighter 2

Developer: Sega AM2

9