| Its a fair statement to say that the most | | | | top, but just a blast to play. The game had so |
| important video game console to ever come out | | | | much charm. For all its arcade fun though, it did |
| was the Nintendo NES. There has yet to be a | | | | require a lot of timing in order to beat some of |
| more influential system to ever hit the video | | | | the boxers. |
| game market. One only needs to look at all the | | | | 5: Super Mario Bros: What would the NES, or |
| franchises that were created from the 8-bit | | | | Nintendo for that matter, be without this game? |
| generation. With that being said, here are my Top | | | | Completely revolutionary and arguably the most |
| Ten Greatest NES Games of all time: | | | | important video game of all time. |
| 10. Metroid: The game that brought incredible | | | | 4: Tetris: How many hours were lost playing this |
| ambience and tone to the Nintendo generation. It | | | | game. Just watching blocks from a top of the |
| was much more than your garden variety sci-fi | | | | screen to the bottom. Who knew? |
| shooter. | | | | 3: Battletoads: Although the game was down right |
| 9: Contra: The classic co-op for the NES. Oh, | | | | impossible to finish. The idea of playing the toads |
| yeah.....The code. It deserves to be on the list just | | | | that fought was just too funny and original. |
| for that reason alone. The granddaddy video code | | | | 2: The Legend of Zelda: What "best of" list would |
| that gave you 30 lives. | | | | be complete without this one? There had never |
| 8. Tecmo Bowl: Can hold up to any Madden | | | | been a game prior to this one which had such |
| Football Game. Maybe not in realism, but definitely | | | | incredible scope and length of gameplay. Truly an |
| in fun. | | | | epic, even to this day. |
| 7. R.C. Pro Am: Incredibly simple and addictive. | | | | 1: Super Mario Bros 3: Simply a perfect game! No |
| Even better than plating with real life radio control | | | | too difficult that its frustrating. No too easy that it |
| cars. | | | | becomes boring. It had great re playability. What |
| 6: Mike Tyson's Punch Out: Completely over the | | | | more could you ask for? |