Fight the Fight

Doing this list just hit me one day, and it was a great little trip down memory lane…  Growing up in the ’80, I spent a lot of time seeking out the video games in malls and hotels… That is when I wasn’t playing them at home or in the respective homes of friends…

5. Bioshock – this is a game I wrote about a while back [link].  I don’t usually like FPS (first person shooters), but this game was different enough and compelling enough to get me more than just plain interested.

4. Conquest of the World (Odyssey 2) – This was a signiture game for this system that got most of it’s lasting fame from being sued by NAMCO for infringing on the PacMan copyright with the KC Munchkin game.  But Conquest was a collection of games that almost felt like you’re playing different aspects of military simulations from War Games.  Of course if you went and played the game now, you’d realize how pathetic it is compared to even the most basic games available free online.  But it’s still completely awesome.

3. Super Tecmo Bowl (NES) – this was a game that friends and I played for years.  It was the first sports game I got that actuallly had athletes (thanks to licensing from the NFLPA).  Friends and I would sometimes playing a season over a weekend and keeping stats to compare our godly stats to the players in real life.  I always had the best luck playing as the Chiefs or Oilers…

2. Gran Turismo Series – What can I say?  While there are dirving simulators getting better all the time, this series has always been way ahead of the curve.  In terms of the early versions, the games stayed that far ahead of the curve for years in a technical field usually changing by the week.

1. Tetris – it doesn’t matter the platform, I can waste hours making lines or whatever unique aspects another version may have (especially “The Next Tetris” on N64)…  It’s also something I’m fairly confident in my abilities to do.  Quite the skill to be confident in, eh?

Honerable Mention: Galaga, Oregon Trail, NHL 94 (Genesis), Dune 2, Red Alert 2, Lemonade Stand, Grand Theft Auto Series, Karate Champ, and Bust-a-Move (aka bubble bobble).