Det är ELSPA, (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) och den engelska webbsajten ComputerAndVideogames som har gjort undersökningen och nu visar sitt resultat. Anledningen till detta var att undersöka vilka 30 spel läsarna uppskattade mest under 30 års spelande, från Ataris Pong 1973 till idag.
Roger Bennett, director general vid ELSPA, sade: "We wanted to find out what the people who play video games consider to be the best games of the last 30 years. Not the ones you think are great intellectually but the ones that have touched your heart and made your stomach churn as you battled for supremacy or raced to the winning line."
Vidare sade Johnny Minkley, editor of ComputerAndVideogames.com följande: "Together with ELSPA, we wanted to learn which games sum up the essence of video gaming for our million plus website visitors? Which games made them throw their controllers at the telly in frustration but to which they returned time and again?"
Intressant på listan är att Segas snabba igelkotte toppar medan Nintendos lönnfeta rörmokare inte återfinns förrän på åttonde plats, däremot finns Nintendos andra frontfigur med som tvåa.
"Segraren", Yuji Naka (som skapade Sonic the Hedgehog) hos SonicTeam/SEGA, kommenterade: I am delighted and extremely honoured that Sonic the Hedghog has been chosen as the most popular game over the last 30 years, especially against such strong competition. Sonic and I would dearly like to thank the wonderful game lovers that have voted for us. I hope to keep creating games that will be loved by everyone forever."
Hela listan är som följer:
01 1991 Sonic the Hedgehog
02 1998 The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time
03 1983 Pac-Man
04 1996 Tomb Raider (Lara Croft)
05 1980 Space Invaders
06 1997 Final Fantasy VII
07 1985 Elite
08 1985 Super Mario
09 1998 Half-Life
10 2002 GTA: Vice City
11 1993 Doom
12 1987 Tetris
13 2001 Halo
14 1997 Goldeneye
15 2001 Grand Theft Auto III
16 1999 Final Fantasy VI
17 1992 Super Mario Kart
18 1990 Super Mario World
19 1998 Metal Gear Solid
20 1996 Resident Evil
21 1988 Street Fighter
22 2001 Gran Tourismo 3
23 1992 Championship Manager
24 2000 The Sims
25 1996 Quake
26 2000 Shenmue
27 1990 Lemmings
28 1997 Manic Miner
29 1999 Medal of Honor
30 1981 Asteroids