The Greatest Retro Game Ever, Ranked

Ocarina of Time's record 99 Metacritic vs Super Mario Bros.' 40M+ copies vs Pac-Man's arcade billions — which classic is truly the GOAT?

The top 3

  1. Critics' Verdict: Highest-Rated Classics: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time still holds the single highest Metacritic score of all time — a 99.
  2. By the Numbers: Best-Selling Classics: Super Mario Bros. moved ~40.2M copies; Tetris on Game Boy sold ~35M; Pac-Man conquered the arcade.
  3. The Console War: Who Actually Won?: Nintendo's SNES outsold Sega's Genesis roughly 49M to 31M — but the 16-bit fight was closer than the numbers suggest.

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