In 2003, GameSpy listed the game as one of the 25 most underrated games of all time.

" GameSpy writer Benjamin Turner listed it as one of the best Game Boy Advance games of the year.

It has been considered a " Trojan horse " for getting NESs into stores during the video game market crash of 1983 and the accessory was called by GameSpy the fifth greatest video game marketing move within twenty-five.

* Planet Network, network of video game-related websites operated by GameSpy

GameSpy Industries, Inc., known simply as GameSpy, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software.

The Planet Network ( also known as the GameSpy Network ) is a network of video game-related websites operated by GameSpy.

Currently, the company's websites include the gaming portal, GameSpy. com, created in 1999 ; the Planet Network, a collection of " Planet " websites devoted to popular video games ( such as Planet Quake, Planet Half-Life and Planet Unreal ) as well as the genre-related websites, 3DActionPlanet, RPGPlanet, SportPlanet and StrategyPlanet ; ForumPlanet, the network's extensive message board system ; and FilePlanet, arguably one of the largest video game file download site on the Web.

GameSpy Arcade is the company's flagship matchmaking software, allowing users to find servers for different online video games ( whether they be free or purchased ) and connect the user to game servers of that game.

Mark Surfas founded GameSpy Industries, a network of computer and video game Web sites and online video game-related services.

The game was one of the first home video games to feature scrolling graphics and a multi-level playing field, and has been identified as one of the earliest examples of the survival horror genre by a GameSpy article.

Defense of the Ancients has been credited as one of the influences for the 2009 Gas Powered Games title Demigod, with the video game publication GameSpy noting the game's premise revolved around aspiring gods " DotA in real life ".

Despite its use being criticized in most Super Mario Advance games, a GameSpy review called the version found in Super Mario Advance 2 a blast to play in multi-player because it only requires at least two Game Boy Advances, one copy of the game, and a link cable.

Director Yojiro Ogawa stated in an interview with GameSpy that the compilation was meant to introduce younger gamers to the original games in the Sonic series.

It has since attracted a cult following, and continues to garner respect long after its release — in 2004, GameSpy added it to their Hall of Fame, and in 2005 GameSpot declared it one of its greatest games of all time.

In addition, the game's artificial intelligence was not regarded as particularly challenging, with GameSpot noting that " enemies follow the same sorts of predictable patterns that may remember from previous Doom games " while GameSpy stated the way enemies would spawn to attack the player was " gimmicky "; the reviewer noted that players would realize that picking up a lone armor vest would cause a variety of zombies to emerge from hidden compartments in the dark.

* GameSpy Arcade, a utility for use with network computer games

The title has been inducted into a number of features listing the greatest games ever made, including ones by GameSpy, Edge, IGN, GameSpot and PC Gamer.

GameSpy reviewer Phil Theobald, who awarded the games four out of five stars, stated, " Before I knew it, I was hooked all over again.

" The game was similarly reviewed by GameSpy, who concluded: " Unreal Tournament raises the bar for first person teamplay games.

Calling Metroid: Zero Mission stale, GameSpy asserted that players less familiar with Metroid games would get more enjoyment out of it because of its similarities to previous Metroid games.

GameSpy also publishes the Roger Wilco voice chat software, primarily meant for communication and co-ordination in team-oriented games, where users join a server to chat with other users on the server using voice communication.

The company's " Powered by GameSpy " technology has enabled online functionality in over 300 PC and PlayStation 2 games.

In March 2007, GameSpy added the Wii as another supported platform and will help get some of its games online.

As of August 2010, GameSpy ceased to publish for the general public on the internet, statistics on the number of servers, players and games actually engaged at any one time.

The software was soon updated to include games other than Quake, and renamed from QSpy to GameSpy.

GameSpy hosts matchmaking and other servers for multiplayer games played online through their dedicated server.

GameSpy Arcade allows players to view and connect to available multiplayer games, and chat with other users of the service.

GameSpy Arcade allows users to play games online such as Halo, Command & Conquer: Renegade, Counter-Strike, Unreal Tournament 2004, as well as various other First-Person-Shooters and Strategy games.

Many of the GameSpys previously supported by MSN Gaming Zone were moved to GameSpy Arcade, forcing users to install the new software to be able to continue playing these games online.

Mac OS X users may also, in addition to the cross-platform GameSpy service ( although Revision B is required for GameSpy ), use GameRanger to play multiplayer games.

" GameSpy editor Phil Theobald called him the breakout star of the game, stating that " the gruff, quick-to-anger pro / antagonist is a treat to watch as he continuously becomes infuriated with the incompetence of his minions.

GameSpot reviewer Frank Provo gave the game an 8. 2 out of ten, stating " Sonic Advance 2 is easily the toughest 2D Sonic game ever made ", where as GameSpy reviewer Christian Nutt called Sonic Advance 2 " a solid adventure with some niggling flaws ", and gave the game a 3 out of 5.

GameSpy praised the use of timing in the battle system, stating that " these twitch elements were designed to be fun and engaging, and they succeed wonderfully at this ".

GameSpy echoed this concern, stating that Shion was " often naïve to the point of unbelievability ".

A reviewer for GameSpy described SuperPower 2 as " a bunch of pointless hand-waving in a half-hearted attempt to pawn off a ponderous spreadsheet as a game ", also stating that "... because the game is so devoid of personality, it's not even engaging as a way of experimenting with nightmare scenarios.

GameSpy chose it as the third best GameCube title of all time, behind The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Resident Evil 4, while IGN put it at first in a similar list.

GameSpy named it the ninth best Game Boy Advance game of 2003, while its readers named it the sixth best.

It was considered to " deftly satirize Grand Theft Auto while being almost as entertaining " in a review by GameSpy, which suggested that Hit & Run improved several gameplay aspects that it borrowed from Grand Theft Auto, including instant mission restarts, a superior guidance system, and an easily accessible collection of vehicles.

The port was received well by the journalists in the industry ; GameSpy site Planet Half-Life noted that it was a shame that an official PC version of Decay never emerged, while British journalist Alec Meer stated that it was " fantastic to have this short but sweet lost Half-Life episode on PC at last, and it even has something the PS2 version didn't — online play ".

GameSpy reviewer David Hodgson was more reserved in his views of the game ; although describing it as " great fun ", he noted that it could become " tedious, with one member waiting for minutes at a time, while the other scratches their head, then completes an objective ".

" while GameSpy says that " the mother of all realism mods arrive for BF2 ".

The designs from the Nintendo DS remake were praised by Elisa Di Fiore from GameSpy as making the characters appealing while Cheat Code Central complained that some were too pixelated.

IGN stated that " Neversoft has finally made a good game besides all their Tony Hawk " GameSpot described it as " initially a 19th-century Grand Theft Auto " while GameSpy addressed it as having " just about everything you could want from a game set in the Wild West ".