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SB's Sacred Cows
Define “sacred cow”
Games
Currently this list contains every (?) game that scored more than 3 points in this forum thread. Due to the nature of said thread some games might be missing entirely, whilst games that are rather divisive might be on the list. A general rule of thumb here is that the list becomes increasingly inaccurate the further down you get.
10+
- Tetris - 20.5
- Super Mario Bros 3 - 17
- Mother 3 - 15.5
- Super Mario Bros - 14
- Demon's Souls - 13
- DooM - 13
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - 13
- Metroid Prime - 12.5
- The Legend of Zelda - 12.5
- Metal Gear Solid - 12
- Deus Ex - 10.5
- Super Mario 64 - 10.5
- Donkey Kong - 10
- Ico - 10
9.5
- Contra
- Sonic 1
9
- Castlevania: SotN
- Portal
- Silent Hill 2
- Super Metroid
8.5
- Galaga
- Mega Man 2
- Mother 2 (Earthbound)
- Resident Evil 4
8
- Metal Gear Solid 2
- Metroid
- Street Fighter 3: The Third Strike
- Yoshi's Island
- Zelda 4: Link's Awakening
7.5
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Katamari Damacy
- Prince of Persia
- Quake
- Wizardy
7
- God Hand
- Pac Man
- Sonic 2
- Streets of Rage 2
- Super Mario Bros 2j
- Super Mario Sunshine
- Tony Hawk 2
6.5
- Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
- Chrono Trigger
- Jet Set Radio
- Panzer Dragoon Zwei
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Sonic 3 & Knuckles
- Super Mario World
- Zork
6
- Doom 2
- Fallout
- Gears of War
- Joust
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- Ultima IV
- Zelda II
5.5
- Bubble Bobble
- Castlevania
- Defender
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Half-Life 2
- Killer 7
- Mirror's Edge
- Robotron 2084
- Street Fighter Alpha 2
5
- Half Life
- Missile Command
- NiGHTs into Dreams
- Soul Calibur
- Street Fighter 4
- Tempest
- Zelda 3
4.5
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
- Dig Dug
- Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
- Lemmings
- Marble Madness
- Ms. Pac Man
- Parappa the Rapper
- Resident Evil 2
- Spelunky
- Spy Hunter
- Star Wars
- Strider
- Tenchu
- Zelda: Majora's Mask
4
- Batman (NES)
- Burger Time
- Bushido Blade
- Castlevania 4
- Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Deadly Premonition
- Flashback
- Front Mission 3
- Goldeneye 007
- Gunstar Heroes
- Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
- Mother
- Oregon Trail
- Punch-Out!!
- R-Type
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
- Star Control 2
- Theif
3.5
- Another World
- Chrono Cross
- Crackdown
- Devil May Cry
- Final Fantasy 4
- Final Fantasy 7
- Grand Theft Auto 3
- Guardian Heroes
- Legend of Mana
- Mega Man
- Persona 4
- Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
- Qix
- Quake 3
- Rogue
- Sid Meier's Pirates!
- Super Smash Bros
- Super Smash Bros Melee
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
3
- Addams Family Pinball
- Armored Core 4 Answer
- Balloon Fight
- Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
- Beyond Good and Evil
- Bomberman
- Braid
- Call of Duty to the 4th Power: Modern Warfare
- Castlevania II
- Cave Story
- Civilization 4
- Donkey Kong Jr
- Dragon Quest 5
- Ducktales
- Eternal Darkness
- Final Fantasy 8
- F-Zero GX
- Ikaruga
- Karateka
- King of Fighters 98
- LSD
- M.U.L.E.
- Nier
- Planescape: Torment
- Rayman 2
- River City Ransom
- Sim City 2000
- Space Invaders
- Star Fox 64
- Super Hang-On
- Super Meat Boy
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Vagrant Story
- WarioWare: Mega Microgames
- X-Com: UFO Defense
- Xenogears
- Zelda: Ocarina of Time
