Submitted by J Paskaruk

The Commodore 64 is an Epic Win for bringing home computing and games to the masses. Not only was it stand-alone as a game console, but if you were savvy enough you could also program on it.

Submitted by Jonathan M

Although it was all a simple game of strategy and memorizing punch patterns, there was something magical about Punch-Out. We remember having competitions with our friends to see how far we could get without continuing and that final day when someone got as far as Mike Tyson and then we sat around all day trying to beat him. Then cheats and walkthroughs came out detailing how to beat each character and ruined it all…

This guy is such a pro, he plays the entire game, only getting hit once in the 3rd round by Tyson (Warning: It’s 33 minutes long):

Submitted by Lynne T

Dots and Lines or Dots and Boxes was a fun way to waste time during bus rides, long classes, or anytime you had a willing opponent, paper and a writing utensil. There were a lot of fun strategies for trapping your opponent, although most people just assumed it was luck of the string. Did you know there’s a way to turn this into a gambling game by adding coins to the squares?