The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)

All time rank: 8 of 1,000
1990s rank: 3 of 276
1991 rank: 1 of 21
List appearances: 77 lists
Developer: Nintendo EAD
Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Genre: Action-Adventure
Series: The Legend of ZeldaThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Wikipedia: Wikipedia
IGDB: IGDB
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Main+Extra: ~17h
100%: ~17h
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

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All time 68
2025 Multiplayer.it
I 100 migliori videogiochi della storia #16
2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Greatest Video Games of All Time #47
2024 Moustique
On a classé les 100 meilleurs jeux vidéo depuis la sortie de Pong en 1972 #32
2023 British GQ
The 100 greatest video games of all time, ranked by experts #26
2022 Gamereactor
Best Ever: Spel #6
2022 IGN
The Top 100 Video Games of All Time #4
2021 GamesRadar+
The 50 best games of all time #35
2020 GAMINGbible
The Greatest Video Games Of All Time #55
2020 Slant Magazine
The 100 Best Video Games of All Time #24
2019 IGN
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #2
2019 Popular Mechanics
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #1
2018 Game Informer
The Top 300 Games of All Time #1
2018 GamesTM
The 200 Greatest Games of All Time #1
2018 Hyper
The 200 Games You Must Play #1
2018 IGN
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #5
2018 Slant Magazine
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #25
2017 Edge
The 100 Greatest Videogames #35
2017 Gamereactor
Gamereactor's Top 100 bedste spil nogensinde #6
2017 Polygon
The 500 best games of all time #20
2017 Stuff
Stuff's Best Games Ever: The 50 greatest games of all time #37
2016 Gameswelt
Gameswelt Top 100 #1
2015 Edge
The 100 Greatest Videogames #31
2015 GamesRadar+
The 100 Best Games of All-Time #19
2015 GamesTM
100 Greatest Games of All Time #1
2015 IGN
Top 100 Games of All Time #2
2015 Power Unlimited
Top 100 Beste Video Games Aller Tijden #13
2014 GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time #9
2014 Popular Mechanics
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #4
2014 Slant Magazine
100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #20
2013 EP Daily
Top 100 Games & Movies Of All Time! #3
2013 GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time #9
2013 GamingBolt
Top 100 greatest video games ever made #5
2013 NA
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die #1
2012 G4
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #2
2012 GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time #17
2012 Gameswelt
Gameswelt Top 100 #6
2011 Gamereactor
Game Reactor top 100 #1
2011 GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time #17
2011 Jeuxvideo
Les 100 meilleurs jeux de tous les temps #21
2011 Stuff
Countdown of top 100 games #23
2010 FHM
FHM's 100 Greatest Games of All Time #49
2010 GamesTM
100 Greatest Games Of All Time #1
2010 The Phoenix
Top 50 Games of All Time #3
2009 Edge
The 100 Best Games To Play Today #5
2009 Empire
The 100 Greatest Games #27
2009 Game Informer
The Top 200 Games Of All Time #12
2009 Jeux Video Network
Les 100 meilleurs jeux vidéo de tous les temps #1
2008 Stuff
100 Greatest Games #17
2007 Edge
Edge's Top 100 Games of All Time #6
2007 IGN
The Top 100 Games of All Time #8
2005 IGN
IGN's Top 100 Games #11
2005 Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power's Top 200 Games #3
2005 Yahoo! UK
The 100 Greatest Computer Games of All Time #11
2003 Entertainment Weekly
We rank the 100 greatest early video games #1
2003 GameSpot
The Greatest Games of All Time #1
2003 IGN
IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time #6
2002 Electronic Gaming Monthly
100 Best Games Ever #3
2001 GameSpy
GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time #28
2000 Edge
The 100 best games of all time #7
1999 Hyper
The Top 50 Games of All Time #3
1999 Next Generation
The Fifty Best Games of All Time #1
1997 Electronic Gaming Monthly
100 Best Games of All Time #3
1997 Hyper
The 50 Best Games Ever! #1
1997 Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power's 100 Best Games of All Time #2
1996 GamesMaster
Top 100 Games of All Time #80
1996 Next Generation
Top 100 Games of All Time #64
1995 Hyper
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #1
1994 GamesMaster
The All Time Top 100 Ever #24
Decade 2
2025 Game Two
Die 20 BESTEN GAMES der 90er! #1
2016 Insider
The 11 best games from the '90s #2
Miscellaneous 6
2024 Destructoid
20 best SNES games of all time, ranked #8
2024 GamesRadar+
The best SNES games of all time #1
2023 Den of Geek
35 Best SNES Games of All Time #2
2021 Goomba Stomp
50 Best SNES Games #3
2017 IGN
Top 100 SNES Games of All Time #1
2012 Gamereactor
De 10 bästa Super Nintendo-spelen #1
End of year 1
2021 Goomba Stomp
The Best Games of the 1990s (1992) #1

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