My recent acquisition of Super Mario Galaxy has put quality gaming in the forefront of my mind. Surely due to this, it occurred to me it might be interesting to post a list of my single favorite game over every year for, say, the past 25 years. And so I have.

For what it’s worth, I turned 10 years old in May of 1982, the first year on this list. And as this list would indicate, I’ve owned a few machines in my time….

1982 – Demon Attack ( Atari 2600 )

1983 – Parsec ( TI-99/4A )

1984 – Conan: Hall of Volta ( Apple //c )

1985 – Wishbringer ( Amiga 1000 )

1986 – Time Bandit ( Atari 520ST )

1987 – Starglider ( Atari 520ST )

1988 – Defender of the Crown ( Apple IIgs )

1989 – Hybris ( Amiga 2000 )

1990 – Shadow of the Beast ( Amiga 2000 )

1991 – Typhoon Thompson ( Amiga 2000 )

1992 – Spectre VR ( Macintosh LC )

1993 – Another World ( Amiga 1200 )

1994 – DOOM ( Intel 486 66MHz PC )

1995 – Descent ( Intel 486 66MHz PC )

1996 – Wipeout ( Sony Playstation )

1997 – Super Mario 64 ( Nintendo 64 )

1998 – Quake II ( AMD K6 225MHz PC )

1999 – Quake III Arena ( Blue & White G3 400MHz Macintosh )

2000 – Rune ( Blue & White G3 400MHz Macintosh )

2001 – Giants: Citizen Kabuto ( dual G4 800MHz Macintosh )

2002 – Rez ( Sega Dreamcast )

2003 – Unreal Tournament 2003 ( dual G4 800MHz Macintosh )

2004 – Super Mario 64 DS ( Nintendo DS )

2005 – HALO: Combat Evolved ( dual G5 2.5GHz Macintosh )

2006 – Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved ( XBOX 360 )

2007 – Super Mario Galaxy ( Nintendo Wii )

Game on!