| The PC has built a legacy of great video games | | | | Changed MMOs forever from a pastime that |
| over the last twenty years. Now that its 2010, its | | | | geeks to in their basements to being mainstream |
| time to look back and view the best games that | | | | and part of pop culture. |
| have come out. There are still a lot of games | | | | #7. Fallout - 1997 |
| coming out every month, and its possible that a | | | | #6. Rome: Total War - 2004 |
| future game might make the list. At the same | | | | #5. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn - 2000 |
| time, newer games are not holding up to some of | | | | #4. Civilization IV - 2005 |
| these classics. So check out the list. | | | | Best turn based strategy game ever made, and |
| #25. IL-2 Sturmovik - 2001 | | | | its success comes from years or refinement |
| #24. Call of Duty - 2003 | | | | based of the earlier versions of the game. |
| #23. MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat - 1995 | | | | #3. Myst - 1994 |
| #22. Deus Ex - 2000 | | | | Best first person puzzle based game ever made. |
| #21. Warcraft 2: The Tides of Darkness - 1995 | | | | Sadly, this is a game genre that is all but dead. |
| #20. Doom - 1993 | | | | Myst was a fascinating world that pulled in both |
| This game defined the shooting genre. | | | | gamers and non-gamers. |
| #19. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 2006 | | | | #2. Star Wars TIE Fighter - 1994 |
| #18. The Secret of Monkey Island - 1990 | | | | Space combat games are no longer popular, but |
| #17. Company of Heroes - 2006 | | | | that doesn't stop this title from reaching the |
| #16. System Shock 2 - 1999 | | | | number two spot. |
| #15. Battlefield 1942 - 2002 | | | | #1. StarCraft - 1998 |
| #14. Unreal Tournament - 1999 | | | | Nobody can argue about StarCraft being the |
| #13. The Sims - 2000 | | | | number one PC game of all time. This is the only |
| #12. Pirates! Gold - 1994 | | | | game, including all game platforms, that has gone |
| #11. Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings - 1999 | | | | on to become an official South Korean national |
| #10. Half-Life 2 - 2004 | | | | sport. It has sold over 11 million copies worldwide |
| #9. SimCity 2000 - 1993 | | | | and can still be found on store selves twelve |
| #8. World of Warcraft - 2004 | | | | years later. |