In the same issue in which they reviewed it, "Next Generation" ranked "Super Mario 64" number 1 on their "Top 100 Games of All Time". They explained, ""Super Mario 64" is the first true 3D game to play as good as the 2D games of the 16-bit era. ... As such, it represents the new high-water mark of both gameplay and graphic sophistication." In 1997 "Electronic Gaming Monthly" ranked it the 4th best console game of all time, arguing that it had cracked open the entire genre of 3D gaming while working flawlessly in nearly every respect, excepting only the camera. GameSpot called it one of the 15 most influential games of all time, rating the Nintendo 64 version with a score of 9.4 and the Wii Virtual Console version an 8. "Game Informer" commented that even a decade later it offered hours of entertainment. They also commented on the camera system, stating that by present-day standards the camera system "would almost be considered broken". Game Revolution's retrospective review described the graphics as "beautiful", but criticized the camera, saying "it doesn't work as well as it should". "Super Mario 64" placed 6th in "Official Nintendo Magazine"s "100 greatest Nintendo games of all time". In 2009, "Game Informer" named it the 13th best game of all time. "Official Nintendo Magazine" described it as a "masterpiece of game design", stating that Nintendo was able to take its "number-one 2D franchise and convert it flawlessly into 3D". Michael Grayford of Liquid Entertainment stated he was initially "very turned off" by the openness, but came to like it, writing that "each level brought some new unique cool gameplay element and I was never bored". Warren Spector, former lead designer at Ion Storm, stated it was "not possible to squeeze this much gameplay into a single game" and "no game has done a better job of showing goals before they can be attained, allowing players to make a plan and execute on it". He also praised the exploration aspect, commenting that "players to explore the same spaces several times while revealing something new each time is a revelation".