WildFloyd

F-Zero definitely, with Mario world a close second. Those mode 7 racers on the snes are infinitely more playable than any of those megadrive racers. I might have to go play some F-Zero now

It's got to be the aknowledgement of aperature science in HL2 episode 2 for me. Besides that I thought the blackops twist was quite good.

Wesker at the end of resident evil 5 comes to mind, not the boss itself just the inexplicably hard button mashing required for one of the quick time events.

You'd definitely get a bigger improvement from improving your CPU, and getting a new motherboard may mean you have to get some new ram, but its a commitment in money and time as your essentially building a new pc. I'd never recommend throwing a lot of money at graphics cards unless your desparate to run the couple of games that require them maxed out.

Top two are my top two too... too!

I'd agree with quite a few of your top ten - if your going to make a general top games of all time list, things like that kind of have to be on there. Complaining about predicatablity on a list like this is kind of pointless. If you were going to put some kind of spin on it then you might expect some different choices. Seems a pretty solid list!

The sandvich is the only sandwich for me

I agree that doom definitely holds up. I think it's because no one is doing that style of level design now. It's kind of the bangai-O of fps's where each level has its own gimic and crazy challange within the overall limited set of assets. I think orcarina of time definitely holds up as well. The mechanics are pretty much the same as any modern 3d zelda (bar stamina etc in skyward sword) and I think the music is some of the best in any game ever. The problem is graphics come back into nostalgia and become retro as time goes on. I can stand anything from the GameCube era bar really stylised games like wind waker or crazy 2D stuff like chu chu rocket, but in a few years I'll probably find them really nostalgic.

The best game on pc obviously: Heretic!! Also a copy of super Mario world on the snes my fiancé got me which I'm particularly fond of. Also mirrors edge, it kind of feels like the afterlife playing it hehe

Forget both, wait for Dark Souls

I noticed the amazon situation but managed to get it when it was on one of its in stock days. Tesco have had it in stock recently online i think. It doesn't appear to be now though.