December 2000: The Top 10 Games of 2000

GameFAQs keeps extensive server logs detailing every single web hit the site has received since October of 1998. In other words, it's possible to tell exactly how many times a given page is hit over the course of a day, week, month, or year. In fact, that's where the daily Top 50 Games list comes from, as well as the Top 10 list on the home page. Each game with one or more FAQs or Codes has its own "FAQ/Code" page, and it is these pages that are added up to represent the top games on the site.

So, when you tally up all of the hits over the course of the entire year of 2000, what were the most popular games of the year? And could you guess them?

Yes, it's a complete repeat of last year's contest. But, to make things a little easier this year, you now have a list of games to choose from. The Top 25 games of 2000 (as of December 2nd) have been listed for you, as well as 5 red herrings designed specifically to throw you off.

Remember, the contest isn't to pick the most popular games that came out this year, nor to choose your 10 favorite games, but to select the 10 FAQ/Code pages that received the most hits throughout the entire year of 2000.

The winners of the contest are as follows:
- First Place: Dylan Headly - (20)
- Second Place: James Boone - (21)
- Third Place: Dallas Scott - (23, closest to tie-breaker)
- Fourth Place: Charlie Chan - (23)
- Fifth Place: Danny Duong - (23, furthest tie-breaker)
- Random Winners: Raymond Liedtke, Jonathan Nguyen, Adam Hudes, Brendon Johnson, Jennifer McMyler

The tie-breaker answer (How many hits did the Final Fantasy VIII page get in 2000?) was 1,319,696. An honorable mention (but no prize, sadly) goes to Dale Hancock for coming within 304 hits of the actual answer.

Rank	System	Game
1	PlayStation	Final Fantasy VIII
2	PlayStation	Chrono Cross
3	GameBoy Color	Pokemon Gold/Silver
4	PlayStation	Final Fantasy VII
5	PlayStation	Final Fantasy IX
6	PlayStation	Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
7	PlayStation	WWF SmackDown
8	PlayStation	Legend of Dragoon, The
9	Nintendo 64	Perfect Dark
10	Nintendo 64	Zelda: Ocarina of Time
11	GameBoy	Pokemon
12	Nintendo 64	Zelda: Majora's Mask
13	Dreamcast	Resident Evil: Code Veronica
14	Dreamcast	Marvel vs. Capcom 2
15	PlayStation	Vagrant Story
16	PlayStation	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
17	GameBoy	Pokemon Yellow
18	PlayStation	Gran Turismo 2
19	PlayStation	Legend of Mana
20	PlayStation	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
21	Nintendo 64	WWF Wrestlemania 2000
22	DOS/Windows	Diablo II
23	Nintendo 64	Donkey Kong 64
24	PlayStation	Wild Arms 2
25	PlayStation	Digimon World
26	Super Nintendo	Chrono Trigger
27	PlayStation	Parasite Eve II
28	Dreamcast	Dead or Alive 2
29	Nintendo 64	WWF No Mercy
30	PlayStation	Star Ocean: The Second Story
31	GameBoy Color	Legend of Zelda DX
32	PlayStation	WWF SmackDown 2
33	PlayStation	Syphon Filter 2
34	PlayStation	Final Fantasy Tactics
35	PlayStation	Suikoden II
36	Super Nintendo	Final Fantasy III
37	DOS/Windows	Baldur's Gate II
38	PlayStation	Xenogears
39	DOS/Windows	Sims, The
40	Nintendo 64	Goldeneye
41	Super Nintendo	Dragon Ball Z RPG - Legend of the Super Saiyajin
42	Dreamcast	Shenmue
43	Nintendo 64	Pokemon Stadium
44	PlayStation	Metal Gear Solid
45	PlayStation	Silent Hill
46	PlayStation	Legend of Legaia
47	Arcade	Marvel vs. Capcom 2
48	Dreamcast	Capcom vs. SNK
49	Super Nintendo	Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
50	Nintendo 64	Jet Force Gemini
51	PlayStation	Final Fantasy Anthology
52	PlayStation	Syphon Filter
53	PlayStation	Breath of Fire III
54	PlayStation	Front Mission 3
55	Nintendo 64	Super Smash Brothers
56	Super Nintendo	Seiken Densetsu 3
57	PlayStation	Valkyrie Profile
58	PlayStation	Driver 2
59	PlayStation	Dino Crisis
60	GameBoy Color	Pokemon Trading Card Game
61	PlayStation	Breath of Fire IV
62	Nintendo 64	Harvest Moon 64
63	PlayStation	Monster Rancher 2
64	Super Nintendo	Dragon Ball Z Hyper Dimension
65	PlayStation	Dragon Ball Final Bout
66	PlayStation	Fear Effect
67	Dreamcast	Skies of Arcadia
68	PlayStation	Tenchu 2
69	PlayStation	Saga Frontier II
70	Nintendo 64	Ogre Battle 64
71	PlayStation	Dino Crisis 2
72	Nintendo 64	Banjo-Tooie
73	PlayStation	Jedi Power Battles
74	PlayStation	Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
75	DOS/Windows	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
76	PlayStation	Spider-Man
77	Nintendo 64	World Is Not Enough, The
78	PlayStation	Grandia
79	Dreamcast	Jet Grind Radio
80	PlayStation	Soul Reaver
81	Dreamcast	Power Stone 2
82	Dreamcast	Sonic Adventure
83	PlayStation	MegaMan Legends 2
84	Dreamcast	Virtua Tennis
85	Dreamcast	Crazy Taxi
86	GameBoy Color	Dragon Warrior Monsters
87	PlayStation2	Tekken Tag Tournament
88	PlayStation	Medal of Honor
89	Dreamcast	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
90	PlayStation	Parasite Eve
91	PlayStation	Gran Turismo
92	PlayStation	Lunar: Silver Star Story
93	Super Nintendo	Super Mario RPG
94	DOS/Windows	Hitman: Codename 47
95	Dreamcast	Seaman
96	PlayStation	Harvest Moon
97	PlayStation	Alundra 2
98	PlayStation	MegaMan X5
99	PlayStation	Galerians
100	DOS/Windows	Final Fantasy VIII