December 1999: The Top 10 Games of 1999

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 1999, what were the most popular games of the year? And could you guess them?

The final results were as follows:

1. Elijah Miller (22)
2. Doug Hesia (25)
3. Scott Carson (27)
4. Jason Meyers (27)
5. Josh Madagan (28)
6. Eddie Viar (29)
7. Steve Ondrejack (31)
8. Mike Plyley (31)
9. Jordan M. Davis (32)
10. Eric Kurosu (33)

For the random drawing only one person actually bothered to claim their prize, Jeff Chan. Since two random prize drawings weren't claimed, the prizes will be carried over to the April contest. The third place prize was deterimined by the tiebreaker. The page for the #1 Game of 1999, Final Fantasy VIII, received 1,407,255 hits over the course of the year. Wow.

Rank	System	Game
1	PlayStation	Final Fantasy VIII
2	GameBoy	Pokemon
3	Nintendo 64	Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4	PlayStation	Final Fantasy VII
5	PlayStation	Silent Hill
6	PlayStation	Xenogears
7	PlayStation	Star Ocean: The Second Story
8	PlayStation	Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
9	PlayStation	Legend of Legaia
10	PlayStation	Metal Gear Solid
11	GameBoy	Pokemon Yellow
12	PlayStation	Syphon Filter
13	Nintendo 64	Super Smash Brothers
14	Nintendo 64	Goldeneye
15	PlayStation	WWF Attitude
16	PlayStation	Dino Crisis
17	PlayStation	Gran Turismo
18	PlayStation	Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
19	PlayStation	Final Fantasy Tactics
20	PlayStation	Lunar: Silver Star Story
21	GameBoy Color	Legend of Zelda DX: Link's Awakening
22	PlayStation	Street Fighter Alpha 3
23	PlayStation	Breath of Fire III
24	PlayStation	Suikoden II
25	Nintendo 64	Donkey Kong 64
26	PlayStation	Resident Evil 2
27	Super Nintendo	Final Fantasy III
28	Nintendo 64	WCW/NWO Revenge
29	Nintendo 64	WWF Wrestlemania 2000
30	PlayStation	Tekken 3
31	Dreamcast	Sonic Adventure
32	PlayStation	Driver
33	PlayStation	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
34	Dreamcast	Soul Calibur
35	Nintendo 64	Jet Force Gemini
36	PlayStation	Parasite Eve
37	Nintendo 64	Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
38	Nintendo 64	Pokemon Snap
39	PlayStation	Brave Fencer Musashi
40	PlayStation	WWF Warzone
41	PlayStation	Ehrgeiz
42	PlayStation	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
43	GameBoy Color	Pokemon Gold/Silver
44	GameBoy	Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
45	PlayStation	WCW Mayhem
46	PlayStation	Tales of Destiny
47	Nintendo 64	Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
48	PlayStation	Dragon Ball Final Bout
49	Nintendo 64	Castlevania 64
50	PlayStation	Final Fantasy Anthology
51	Super Nintendo	Chrono Trigger
52	PlayStation	Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
53	PlayStation	Monster Rancher 2
54	PlayStation	Tomb Raider 3
55	PlayStation	Gran Turismo 2
56	Nintendo 64	WWF Attitude
57	Super Nintendo	Seiken Densetsu 3
58	PlayStation	WCW/NWO Thunder
59	PlayStation	Wild Arms
60	PlayStation	Saga Frontier
61	Nintendo 64	Banjo-Kazooie
62	Super Nintendo	Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
63	PlayStation	Thousand Arms
64	Nintendo 64	WWF War Zone
65	Arcade	Marvel vs. Capcom
66	PlayStation	Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
67	Dreamcast	Marvel vs. Capcom
68	DOS/Windows	Baldur's Gate
69	DOS/Windows	Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
70	Nintendo 64	Shadow Man
71	Nintendo 64	Gauntlet Legends
72	Dreamcast	Blue Stinger
73	PlayStation	Medal of Honor
74	PlayStation	Resident Evil Director's Cut
75	Arcade	King of Fighters '99, The
76	PlayStation	MegaMan Legends
77	DOS/Windows	Quake III: Arena
78	Arcade	Tekken Tag Tournament
79	DOS/Windows	Half-Life
80	PlayStation	Need for Speed, The: High Stakes
81	PlayStation	Tenchu
82	PlayStation	Wu Tang: Shaolin Style
83	Super Nintendo	Final Fantasy V
84	PlayStation	Grandia
85	Nintendo 64	Star Wars Episode I: Racer
86	PlayStation	Bloody Roar 2
87	PlayStation	Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace, The
88	PlayStation	Tomorrow Never Dies
89	Nintendo 64	Mario Party
90	PlayStation	Alundra
91	PlayStation	Suikoden
92	DOS/Windows	Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace, The
93	Nintendo 64	Mario Golf
94	PlayStation	R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
95	DOS/Windows	Darkstone
96	PlayStation	Final Fantasy V
97	Nintendo 64	Resident Evil 2
98	Super Nintendo	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
99	PlayStation	NBA Live '99
100	Dreamcast	Ready 2 Rumble Boxing

The Winning Entry

Entry	Actual	System	Game	Points
1	1	PlayStation	Final Fantasy VIII	0
2	2	GameBoy	Pokemon	0
3	3	Nintendo 64	Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	0
4	4	PlayStation	Final Fantasy VII	0
5	10	PlayStation	Metal Gear Solid	5
6	6	PlayStation	Xenogears	0
7	14	Nintendo 64	Goldeneye	7
8	8	PlayStation	Resident Evil 3: Nemesis	0
9	17	PlayStation	Gran Turismo	8
10	12	PlayStation	Syphon Filter	2
Total Points				22