THE PROCESS

  1. GAMES ADMITTED MUST RECEIVE A SCORE FROM https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/rankings AND CROSS REFERENCED WITH ONE OF THE MAINSTREAM VIDEO GAME MAGAZINES OF IT’S ERA
    • VIDEO GAME MAGAZINE SCORES SUPERSEDES OTHER RATINGS
    • FROM THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE EMULATED CONSOLE THRU THE FIRST GENERATION OF 3-D GAMES
    • REVIEW SCORE MUST HAVE PASSING GRADE WITH 65% OF SCORE REVIEWED
    • MUST HAVE AT LEAST 5 USER REVIEWS
  2. GAME CAN BE PLAYED FROM START TO END WITH ENJOYABLE EMULATION
  3. GAMES RELEASED FOR MULTIPLE CONSOLES ONLY BEST REVIEWED MAKES THE LIST OF SAID CONSOLE
    • ORIGINAL HARDWARE VERSION SUPERSEDES ALL VERSIONS
      1. IF THE GAME HAS AN ENHANCED REMAKE HAS TO BE A 1:1 VERSION
    • ARCADE VERSION SUPERSEDES ALL VERSIONS
    • IF VERSION EXISTS ON ANOTHER CONSOLE WITH TOTALLY DIFFERENT GAMEPLAY THEN SCORE MUST MEET REVIEW SCORE MINIMUM AVERAGE
    • IF TIED WITH SAME SCORE AVERAGE, THE CONSOLE ADMITTED IS THE ONE WITH MOST VOTER SUBMISSIONS
  4. IF THE GAME HAS REVISIONS ONLY BEST REVISION IS ACCEPTED BY REVIEW SCORE
    • IF IT CAN NOT BE DETERMINED BY REVIEW SCORE THEN LAST REVISION RELEASED IS ACCEPTED
  5. IF THE GAME HAS SEQUELS THE ONLY ONES ADMITTED ARE SEQUELS WITH A PASSING REVIEW SCORE
    • IF GENERAL PLOT OF SAID GAME IS AFFECTED BY A SEQUEL WITH A LOW REVIEW SCORE THEN THE EXCEPTION APPLIES FOR ACCEPTANCE ON LIST