According to Gameinformer ...

[Megamannt125]

How many lifelong gamers did Shigeru Miyamoto's masterpiece create? How many developers - many of them legends in their own right - cite The Legend of Zelda as a beloved inspiration? It's diffacult to overstate its impact on the development of video games as entertainment, art, and cultural phenomena. On a mechanical level, very few games to this date can claim such a perfect fusion of elements as diverse as exploration, collection, puzzle solving, combat, and storytelling. From a right-brain perspective, few works capture the transcendent spirit of whimsy and adventure that The Legend of Zelda effortlessly expresses. Ahead of its time by years if not decades, Zelda is responsible for significant chunks of design that we take for granted in nearly every genre. We all owe a great debt as gamers to Miyamoto and everyone else at Nintendo who made this title possible. The Legend of Zelda is no less than the greatest game of all time.

Super Mario Bros. at #2 and Tetris at #2. Half Life 1 and 2 made the cut, Left 4 Dead 1, ALttP, Super Mario 64, couple of Final Fantasies, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, MW1, Chrono Trigger, OoT comes in at #20, (personal favorite) Galaga at 23, Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2, Mega Man 2, Pokemon R/B, most(if not all) MGS games, Uncharted 2 at 56, ]Earthbound isn't in the top 50? We can no longer trust gameinformer.

 

[Trent the Paladin]

How many lifelong gamers did Shigeru Miyamoto's masterpiece create? How many developers - many of them legends in their own right - cite The Legend of Zelda as a beloved inspiration? It's diffacult to overstate its impact on the development of video games as entertainment, art, and cultural phenomena. On a mechanical level, very few games to this date can claim such a perfect fusion of elements as diverse as exploration, collection, puzzle solving, combat, and storytelling. From a right-brain perspective, few works capture the transcendent spirit of whimsy and adventure that The Legend of Zelda effortlessly expresses. Ahead of its time by years if not decades, Zelda is responsible for significant chunks of design that we take for granted in nearly every genre. We all owe a great debt as gamers to Miyamoto and everyone else at Nintendo who made this title possible. The Legend of Zelda is no less than the greatest game of all time.

Super Mario Bros. at #2 and Tetris at #2. Half Life 1 and 2 made the cut, Left 4 Dead 1, ALttP, Super Mario 64, couple of Final Fantasies, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, MW1, Chrono Trigger, OoT comes in at #20, (personal favorite) Galaga at 23, Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2, Mega Man 2, Pokemon R/B, most(if not all) MGS games, Uncharted 2 at 56, ]Earthbound isn't in the top 50? We can no longer trust gameinformer.

I guess? If we don't trust anything, it should be Nintendo Power, which is overly bias. I've never played Earthbound so I'll never enjoy what some enjoyed?