Level One Gaming History
Below is a complete record of the video games and tabletop games that have been officially selected for experience and discussion during the group’s history.
The group uses a five star rating system, with the average of all member scores recorded as our final rating for each selection. Ratings are, of course, entirely subjective and can be based on whatever factors are deemed appropriate by each member.
Selected Video Games
01/17
Portal (2007)
Valve Corporation
★★★★★
02/17
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
Nintendo
★★★★★
03/17
2064: Read Only Memories (2015)
MidBoss
★★★ ½
04/17
Her Story (2015)
Sam Barlow
★★★★
05/17
INSIDE (2016)
Playdead
★★★★★
06/17
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991)
Capcom
★★★★
07/17
The Yawhg (2013)
Damian Sommer & Emily Carroll
★★★★
08/17
Donkey Kong (1981)
Nintendo
★★★ ½
09/17
Moon Hunters (2016)
Kitfox Games
★★★
10/17
The Witcher (2007)
CD Projekt RED
★★★★
11/17
EarthBound (Mother 2) (1994)
Ape / HAL Laboratory
★★★★ ½
12/17
Never Alone (Kisima Inŋitchuŋa) (2014)
Upper One Games
★★★ ½
01/18
Doki Doki LIterature Club! (2017)
Team Salvato
★★★★★
02/18
Papo & Yo (2012)
Minority Media
★★★★
03/18
Mega Man 2 (1988)
Capcom
★★★★
04/18
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2012)
Nintendo
★★★★ ½
05/18
Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009)
Rocksteady Studios
★★★★
06/18
Stardew Valley (2016)
ConcernedApe
★★★★ ½
07/18
FEZ (2012)
Polytron Corporation
★★★★
08/18
Tacoma (2017)
Fullbright
★★★★
09/18
OFF (2008)
Unproductive Fun Time
★★★★
10/18
Red Dead Redemption (2010)
Rockstar Games
★★★★★
11/18
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
Konami
★★★★★
12/18
Spyro the Dragon (1998)
Insomniac Games
★★★★
01/19
Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)
Lucas Pope
★★★★★
02/19
System Shock (1994)
Looking Glass Technologies
★★★★ ½
03/19
Secret of Mana (1993)
Square
★★★★ ½
04/19
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (2009)
Chunsoft
★★★★ ½
05/19
Portal 2 (2011)
Valve Corporation
★★★★★
06/19
World of Warcraft (2004)
Blizzard Entertainment
★★★★★
07/19
StarTropics (1990)
Nintendo
★★★★
08/19
The Stanley Parable (2013)
Galactic Cafe
★★★★
09/19
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (1993)
Nintendo
★★★★ ½
10/19
Maniac Mansion (1987)
Lucasfilm Games
★★★★ ½
11/19
Final Fantasy (1987)
Square
★★★★
12/19
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
Konami
★★★★
01/20
Firewatch (2016)
Campo Santa
★★★★ ½
02/20
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator (2017)
Game Grumps
★★★★
03/20
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (2011)
CD Projekt Red
★★★★ ½
04/20
Mega Man 3 (1990)
Capcom
★★★★ ½
05/20
Gone Home (2013)
Fullbright
★★★★
06/20
EverQuest (1999)
Verant Interactive / 989 Studios
★★★★
07/20
Pokémon Red/Blue (1996)
Game Freak / Nintendo
★★★★★
08/20
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Nintendo
★★★★ ½
09/20
Telling Lies (2019)
Sam Barlow / Furious Bee
★★★
10/20
Control (2019)
Remedy Entertainment
★★★★ ½
11/20
Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward (2012)
Chunsoft
★★★ ½
12/20
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
Konami
★★★★ ½
01/21
Baldur’s Gate (1998)
BioWare / Black Isle Studios
★★★★★
02/21
LIMBO (2010)
Playdead
★★★★ ½
03/21
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1993)
Sierra On-Line
★★★★
04/21
Hypnospace Outlaw (2019)
Tendershoot
★★★★
05/21
Hades (2020)
Supergiant Games
★★★★★
06/21
Donkey Kong Country (1994)
Rare / Nintendo
★★★
07/21
Pokémon Gold/Silver (1999)
Game Freak / Nintendo
★★★★
08/21
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989)
Konami
★★★★
09/21
Metroid (1986)
Nintendo
★★★
10/21
Thimbleweed Park (2017)
Terrible Toybox
★★★ ½
11/21
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995)
Cyberdreams / The Dreamers Guild
★★★ ½
12/21
Resident Evil (1996)
Capcom
★★★★
01/22
Final Fantasy VI (1994)
Square
★★★★★
02/22
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (2013)
Starbreeze Studios
★★★★
03/22
Paradise Killer (2020)
Kaizen Game Works
★★★★
04/22
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999)
Ensemble Studios / Microsoft
★★★★★
05/22
Untitled Goose Game (2019)
House House
★★★★ ½
06/22
Zero Time Dilemma (2016)
Chime
★★ ½
07/22
Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire (2002)
Game Freak / Nintendo
★★★★
08/22
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (1991)
Konami
★★★★
09/22
Sable (2021)
Shedworks
★★★★ ½
10/22
Immortality (2022)
Sam Barlow
★★★★
11/22
Altered Beast (1988)
Sega
★★ ½
12/22
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (2007)
Cing / Nintendo
★★★★
Selected Tabletop Games
01/17
Love Letter (2012)
Seiji Kanai
★★★★ ½
02/17
Celestia (2015)
Aaron Weissblum
★★★★
03/17
Exploding Kittens (2015)
Matthew Inman, Elan Lee & Shane Small
★★★★
04/17
Clue (Cluedo) (1947)
Anthony E. Pratt
★★★★
05/17
Spyfall (2014)
Alexandr Ushan
★★★★ ½
06/17
Monikers (2015)
Alex Hague & Justin Vickers
★★★★
07/17
Tokaido (2012)
Antoine Bauza
★★★★
08/17
King of Tokyo (2011)
Richard Garfield
★★★★
09/17
Sushi Go! (2013)
Phil Walker-Harding
★★★★ ½
10/17
The Witcher Adventure Game (2014)
Ignacy Trzewiczek
★★★★ ½
11/17
The Resistance (2009)
Don Eskridge
★★★★
12/17
Spinagogue (2017)
Eric Pavony
★★★
01/18
Biblios (2007)
Steve Finn
★★★★
02/18
Kill Doctor Lucky (1996)
James Ernest
★★★ ½
03/18
Mega Man: The Board Game (2016)
Jason Hawronsky & Matt Whitaker
★★★ ½
04/18
DropMix (2017)
Harmonix
★★★★
05/18
Escape Room: The Game (2016)
Roland MacDonald
★★★ ½
06/18
The Captain is Dead (2014)
Joe Price & J.T. Smith
★★★★
07/18
Bears vs Babies (2017)
Matthew Inman & Elan Lee
★★★ ½
08/18
Smash Up (2012)
Paul Peterson
★★★★
09/18
Decrypto (2018)
Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance
★★★ ½
10/18
Ultimate Werewolf (2008)
Ted Alspach
★★★★
11/18
Happy Little Accidents (2018)
Forrest-Pruzan Creative
★★★★
12/18
Dutch Blitz (1960)
Werner Ernst George Muller
★★★★
01/19
Poetry Slam (2018)
Adam Wyse
★★★★
02/19
The Supershow (2014)
Steve Resk
★★★★
03/19
Magic: The Gathering (1993)
Richard Garfield
★★★★
04/19
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (2014)
Tobey Ho
★★★★
05/19
The Captain is Dead: Lockdown (2017)
J.T. Smith & Jamie Vrbsky
★★★★
06/19
Lords of Waterdeep (2012)
Peter Lee & Rodney Thompson
★★★★ ½
07/19
Dixit (2008)
Jean-Louis Roubira
★★★★
08/19
Captain Sonar (2016)
Roberto Fraga & Yohan Lemonnier
★★★★ ½
09/19
The Game of Wolf (2019)
Joe Barron
★★★ ½
10/19
Last Friday (2016)
Antonio Ferrara & Sebastiano Fiorillo
★★★★ ½
11/19
The Captain is Dead: Dangerous Planet (2019)
J.T. Smith & Jamie Vrbsky
★★★★ ½
12/19
Mystery Date (1965)
Marvin Glass
★★★★
01/20
The Mind (2018)
Wolfgang Warsch
★★★★ ½
02/20
Nuns on the Run (2010)
Fréderic Moyersoen
★★★★
03/20
Ticket to Ride (2004)
Alan R. Moon
★★★★
04/20
Snake Oil (2010)
Jeff Ochs
★★★★
09/21
Cat Lady (2017)
Josh Wood
★★★★★
10/21
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza (2018)
Dave Campbell
★★★★
11/21
The Game of Life (1960)
Reuben Klamer & Bill Markham
★★★★
04/22
Risk (1959)
Albert Lamorisse
★★★★
07/22
Machi Koro (2012)
Masao Suganuma
★★★★
08/22
Sheriff of Nottingham (2014)
Sérgio Halaban & André Zatz
★★★★★
09/22
Jamaica (2007)
Bruno Cathala, Malcolm Braff & Sébastien Pauchon
★★★★★
10/22
Zombie Dice (2010)
Steve Jackson
★★★ ½
11/22
We’re Doomed! (2019)
Mike Horton
★★★★ ½
12/22
Fluxx (1997)
Andrew Looney & Kristin Looney
★★★★