Overall, I was quite impressed with your guys’ job. I didn’t realize how much I *didn’t* know about NES games – I’ve only played maybe a quarter of the ones on the list.

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This was the first Mega Man where they teased an end boss other than Dr. Wily. And unlike Mega Man 6 where it had become obvious that you were going to fight Wily at some point, the ruse was actually convincing in this game. I remember being genuinely disappointed that Wily wasn't in the game

Yeah, me too. Of course, it was probably pretty easy to fool me at age 13.

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What can I say? Sid Meier is a freaking genius. He makes great video games

Pirates (which I never played for NES but owned on Commodore 64 and now have the PC version on my laptop) is in my Top Ten favorite games of all time.

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You'd think that a game that revolves around something so mundane as delivering newspapers would be really terrible. Mindscape somehow made the idea work.

Agreed.

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I have very little to say about this game [Bionic Commando] except… it's FREAKING WEIRD not being able to jump!

That’s one of the things I always liked about it – made it seem realistic (the whole ‘resurrecting Hitler’ storyline notwithstanding ).

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This game was so highly anticipated in Japan that children cut school to buy it, causing the Japanese government to pass legislation preventing all future games in the series from being released on school days. This law is still in effect.

That is hilarious!

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So I had to go through systematically, trying every number... which really sucks because the number was 747. That's right, it took me 748 tries.

Hahaha… sorry Val, but that is hilarious. :p

I was sooooo happy that you guys included Startropics – my absolute favorite game of all time! I was worried that it was too much of a ‘cult favorite’ for you guys to like it. I find whenever people mention it, they forget to mention that one of the things that made it good was that it was so *funny* and campy.

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This was perhaps the first title that basically forced you to get out some graph paper and draw your own map to get through the damn thing

First NES title or first game ever? I used to do that in Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds for C64.

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I never really much cared for Grant DaNasty... he just wasn't as good as Sypha or Alucard

*shocked* He can friggin’ *climb walls and ceilings*, Syd! Think of the things *you* could do with that ability! Plus, I love the level where you get him, with the baroque-style music. Have you guessed yet that Grant was my favorite? Seriously, dude, Alucard was frigging *useless* - yeah, sure, he can turn into a bat… but his attacks are gayer than a tangerine.

Incidentally, my brother owned this and had it stolen by a punk ‘friend’ of his, which upset me to no end at the time.

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Mega Man 2 is my favorite NES game of all time, bar none. I thought it was general consensus that it was the best title in the series, but apparently I thought wrong

Yeah, I dunno… it’s *awfully* close between MM2 and MM3. To me MM3 gets the *slight* edge purely because of the coolness and total shock of having to fight the MM2 bosses.

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Part 3 of the Mega Man series holds a special place in my heart

So here’s a funny and/or lame story: one year I was Magnet Man for Hallowe’en, and nobody knew who I was supposed to be.

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While this is an absolutely amazing game, I am fairly certainly that Jeebus must have been SMOKING CRACK when he picked this as his top choice.

Really? I’ll back him up on that – I think it’s that good.

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]but anyone who would bother to read this site has played the game, so you already know how awesome this game is.

Yeah, I can buy SMB3 as No. 1 too.