A Better List of 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die [1962-2022]

My list, not the actual book

1001 Games

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3D Pinball: Space Cadet
3D Pinball: Space Cadet

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A Hat in Time
A Hat in Time

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Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

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American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice

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Ape Escape
Ape Escape

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Arkanoid
Arkanoid

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A Short Hike
A Short Hike

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Asteroids
Asteroids

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Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Astro Boy: Omega Factor

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Balloon Fight
Balloon Fight

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Bangai-O
Bangai-O

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Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie

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Battletoads
Battletoads

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Beneath a Steel Sky
Beneath a Steel Sky

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Beyond Good & Evil
Beyond Good & Evil

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Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando

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Blade Runner
Blade Runner

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Blazing Lazers
Blazing Lazers

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Bonk's Adventure
Bonk's Adventure

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Border Down
Border Down

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Braid
Braid

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Breakout
Breakout

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Bubble Bobble
Bubble Bobble

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Bugsnax
Bugsnax

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Bully
Bully

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BurgerTime
BurgerTime

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Burnout Paradise
Burnout Paradise

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Castlevania
Castlevania

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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

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Celeste
Celeste

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Chibi-Robo!
Chibi-Robo!

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Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Chicory: A Colorful Tale

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Cho Ren Sha 68K
Cho Ren Sha 68K

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Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger

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Chulip
Chulip

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Clu Clu Land
Clu Clu Land

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Combat
Combat

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Comix Zone
Comix Zone

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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day

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Contra
Contra

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Cosmic Smash
Cosmic Smash

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Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Crash Bandicoot: Warped

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Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi

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Cruelty Squad
Cruelty Squad

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Crystalis
Crystalis

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Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest
Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest

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Cuphead
Cuphead

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Darius Gaiden
Darius Gaiden

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Day of the Tentacle
Day of the Tentacle

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Deadly Premonition
Deadly Premonition

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Death Stranding
Death Stranding

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Def Jam: Fight for NY
Def Jam: Fight for NY

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Demon's Tilt
Demon's Tilt

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Descent
Descent

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Deus Ex
Deus Ex

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Deus Ex Machina
Deus Ex Machina

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Devil's Crush
Devil's Crush

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Die Hard Arcade
Die Hard Arcade

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Dig Dug
Dig Dug

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Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium

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Disney's DuckTales
Disney's DuckTales

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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong

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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong

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Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country

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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

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Donkey Kong Junior
Donkey Kong Junior

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Doom
Doom

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Doom
Doom

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Doom Eternal
Doom Eternal

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Double Dragon
Double Dragon

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Drill Dozer
Drill Dozer

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Dr. Mario
Dr. Mario

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Duck Hunt
Duck Hunt

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Dynamite Headdy
Dynamite Headdy

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Dys4ia
Dys4ia

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EarthBound
EarthBound

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Einhänder
Einhänder

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Elite Beat Agents
Elite Beat Agents

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Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

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Excitebike
Excitebike

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Excitebots: Trick Racing
Excitebots: Trick Racing

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Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas

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Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII

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Firewatch
Firewatch

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Frogger
Frogger

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Full Throttle
Full Throttle

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F-Zero
F-Zero

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F-Zero GX
F-Zero GX

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Galaga
Galaga

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Galatea
Galatea

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Ganbare Neo Poke-Kun
Ganbare Neo Poke-Kun

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Ghosts 'n Goblins
Ghosts 'n Goblins

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Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire

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Gitaroo Man
Gitaroo Man

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God Hand
God Hand

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Golf Story
Golf Story

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Gone Home
Gone Home

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Gradius
Gradius

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Gradius V
Gradius V

6 Comments

Alena_03

1 year ago

Hallelujah! Someone finally did it! I wanna play em and write blurbs!

Dalaamclouds

1 year ago

Nice! I wanted to eventually do something like this too, definitely will look at ur list for inspo.

electrode

1 year ago

This is Tapper propaganda and I accept it.

Deadpan

1 year ago

based for putting pentiment

lleon

4 months ago

Replace something with Alan Wake II

ThanksVideogames

1 day ago

i'd be ok with dedicating the rest of my frail lifespan to this list
panos

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