Castlevania was an epic NES game that shaped the future of gameplay and spawned a great series of games. Werewolves and vampires were a staple of pop-culture in the 80’s and early 90’s and this game complimented that time very well.

You Don’t Know Jack was the ultimate catalyst for fighting with siblings and cousins. Since you had to share the keyboard to enter your answers, eventually the poor-sport of the group would start smacking hands, answering questions for you and generally making it difficult to get a good score. At the same time the comedian host of YDKJ would mock you when you got answers wrong, to questions that were complicated, silly or confusing, which only added to tension.

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22 years ago Square Enix opened our eyes to the world of video game RPGs with Final Fantasy. It was slow and tedious, but it was ours and we loved it. We would spend hours wandering the woods killing imps, dragons, giants and other beasts on our quest for glory and to defeat the mysterious darkness that covered the land. We could change our character’s names, customize which combination of characters we were to play with, and later in the grade, upgrade them into ultimate wizards, warriors, and black belts.

Submitted by Julie D

One of the best NES games of all times! Excitebike provided many children with more hours of gameplay than any of those fancy-pants RPG’s or shooters they have now. And after you were done beating it and challenging all your friends, you could also build your own maps, which provided even more entertainment.

Submitted by katsak

We got this game for $1 from the flee market on a 5¼-inch floppy disk when we were kids. Then late at night or before they got home from work, we’d sneak into our parent’s office and play on the old 386. It was the first time most of us saw blood-splatter in a video game and it popularized first-person shooter style games. Remember all of the cool hidden rooms? How many of you had handmade maps on graphing paper so you could collect all of the secret compartment shwag?