Totally Inaccurate "Best Game Ever" Poll

346 people, pretty much all from the penny arcade G&T forums, voted in a poll where they were asked to pick their favorite 20 games from a large and fairly complete list. You can see how they voted here. Depending on how you count the votes, here's who won:

Condorcet (Each game gets 20 points if someone rated it #1, 19 points if someone rated it #2, 18 points if someone rated it #3... I'm informed this isn't actually Condorcet voting. Here it is anyway:)

1. Half Life (PC) (PS2 as well) (1654)
2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, GCN) (1652)
3. Chrono Trigger (SNES, PSX) (1375)
4. Legend of Zelda 3: A Link to the Past (SNES, GBA) (1330)
5. Final Fantasy 6 [3-US] (SNES, PSX) (1231)
6. Final Fantasy 7 (PSX) (1182)
7. Goldeneye 007 (N64) (1120)
8. Mario 64 (N64) (1097)
9. Halo (XBox, PC) (1061)
10. StarCraft (PC, 1998) (1047)
11. Super Metroid (SNES) (1044)
12. Super Mario Brothers 3 (NES, SNES, GBA) (927)
13. Metal Gear Solid 1 (PSX) (792)
14. Deus Ex (pc, psx [console version is ass]) (786)
15. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (X-Box/PC) (784)
16. Super Mario World (SNES, GBA) (755)
17. Metroid Prime (GC) (705)
18. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX) (660)
19. Fallout 2 (PC) (658)
20. GTA 3 (PS2/XBox) (648)

Instant Runoff Vote:

1. Half Life (PC) (PS2 as well) (116)
2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, GCN) (111)
3. Final Fantasy 7 (PSX) (87)
4. Chrono Trigger (SNES, PSX) (108)
5. Final Fantasy 6 [3-US] (SNES, PSX) (85)
6. Legend of Zelda 3: A Link to the Past (SNES, GBA) (99)
7. Goldeneye 007 (N64) (91)
8. Mario 64 (N64) (89)
9. Super Mario Brothers 3 (NES, SNES, GBA) (83)
10. Super Metroid (SNES) (75)
11. StarCraft (PC, 1998) (76)
12. Halo (XBox, PC) (74)
13. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (X-Box/PC) (63)
14. Super Mario World (SNES, GBA) (68)
15. Metal Gear Solid 1 (PSX) (64)
16. Metroid Prime (GC) (59)
17. Deus Ex (pc, psx [console version is ass]) (58)
18. GTA 3 (PS2/XBox) (53)
19. Diablo II (PC) (51)
20. Doom (PC) (54)

    Approval (How many people listed the game somewhere on their list?)

    1. Half Life (PC) (PS2 as well) (116)
    2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, GCN) (111)
    3. Chrono Trigger (SNES, PSX) (108)
    4. Legend of Zelda 3: A Link to the Past (SNES, GBA) (99)
    5. Goldeneye 007 (N64) (91)
    6. Mario 64 (N64) (89)
    7. Final Fantasy 7 (PSX) (87)
    8. Final Fantasy 6 [3-US] (SNES, PSX) (85)
    9. Super Mario Brothers 3 (NES, SNES, GBA) (83)
    10. StarCraft (PC, 1998) (76)
    11. Super Metroid (SNES) (75)
    12. Halo (XBox, PC) (74)
    13. Super Mario World (SNES, GBA) (68)
    14. Metal Gear Solid 1 (PSX) (64)
    15. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (X-Box/PC) (63)
    16. Metroid Prime (GC) (59)
    17. Deus Ex (pc, psx [console version is ass]) (58)
    18. Doom (PC) (54)
    19. GTA 3 (PS2/XBox) (53)
    20. Diablo II (PC) (51)

    First Past the Post (How many people rated this game #1?)

    1. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, GCN) (22)
    2. Half Life (PC) (PS2 as well) (19)
    3. Planescape : Torment (PC) (13)
    4. Final Fantasy 6 [3-US] (SNES, PSX) (11)
    5. Fallout 2 (PC) (10)
    6. Final Fantasy 7 (PSX) (10)
    7. Halo (XBox, PC) (10)
    8. Super Metroid (SNES) (8)
    9. StarCraft (PC, 1998) (8)
    10. Deus Ex (pc, psx [console version is ass]) (8)
    11. Chrono Trigger (SNES, PSX) (8)
    12. Legend of Zelda 3: A Link to the Past (SNES, GBA) (7)
    13. Mario 64 (N64) (6)
    14. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX) (6)
    15. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (X-Box/PC) (6)
    16. Ico (PS2) (5)
    17. Doom (PC) (5)
    18. System Shock 2 (PC) (???) (5)
    19. Super Smash Brothers Melee (GC) (5)
    20. Grim Fandango (PC) (4)