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Either MegaMan 2 or 3 - 2 has more historical value, plus a tighter level design, and 3 is larger, more epic in feel. You can safely ignore the rest. Castlevania III will last you a very long time... Turtles II is the most famous, but the flicker is some of the worst you'll see. III was released too late for most people to take notice, but was an improvement on all counts. Space shooters: Gradius II (Japanese Import), Recca, (Japanese Import) Gun_Nac (Not a Japanese Import) or Life Force. (You might actually find this one.)

Now all we need is one to teach Japanese kids how to speak English...

Kids play these.

Are we counting variations? Tetris Attack. Otherwise, it depends on what you're looking for in a Tetris game. Purists cite the Tengen NES version, but it's obsolete. Two player competition can also be found on the SNES Tetris & Dr. Mario cart, along with advanced vs. cpu level play. My favorite of the classic versions was a Tetris for a monochrome computer that simply added new pictures to the borders when you went up a level, so there was a reason to see what later levels had to offer. My second favorite is the original Gameboy version - the B type music track is an invitation to a dance. As for the appeal, it seems to play best to those with a mind that can think several moves ahead of the piece in play - at it's most zen, you're guiding a stream of broken pieces into a unified whole, and it's either something that clicks with your personality, or it doesn't.

-Wikipedia. Easiest way to find out who the bad guys are is to ask who wants you to think everyone else is a bad guy.

No nudity. No sex. It gives off that "neighbor's stained playboy spread" vibe, but it's not even softcore. I could have sworn I saw an interview where the creator said this was his revenge on women for teasing him as a child. I'm not joking.

But I've forgotten the dirtiest game of them all. Yes, dirtier than even Beat 'em and Eat 'em. One so obscene, that it actually allows a player to reach sexual climax through the gameplay itself. Rez. An arthouse favorite in Walmart's bargain bins, when not sold for solid gold bricks on E-bay, the sexual aspects of the Japanese release of this on rails rhythmic shooter were recently discovered on this side of the ocean, thanks to the truly courageous investigative bloggers at http://www.gamegirladvance.com, without whom, the world would still think murdering hookers ever meant something. The best part: It can be a two player game, for couples to share. Because nothing a console can do, can match the games you can find in a relationship with someone who likes to play games too.

Hey, but why should guys get all the fun? Some of the best porn in videogaming comes to us from women, who as a whole, seem way more mature about the subject. Exhibit A: The sex mini-game in God of War was designed by a woman. You didn't know? The swoops and swirls of fluid analog control should have been a dead give away. The original design called for players to mash the buttons as fast as possible. Exhibit B: Female game designers have held conferences on interactive sexual experiences. Rockstar wanted to go, but called in sick at the last moment. Then spent the rest of the day creating a Patricia Vance mod for "Vice City." Talk in these conferences is every bit as detailed as you'd imagine it would be - but minus the sweaty palms, bad lighting, and nervous stares at anything except the eyes of the speaker. Their goals are noble, but can they succeed in a world where the idea of sex in videogames has all fallen into one of three forms? Form #1 - "SEX IS COOL!" See any videogame where the main heroine dresses like a dominatrix 24/7 in order to prove that no real life dominatrixes were consulted for the project, and then dry humps Nazis in order to steal their life giving juices. Also, most fighting games. Form #2 - "SEX IS SCARY!" Lest you think I'm only picking on men, I point you to Roberta William's Phantasmagoria, which includes a rape scene so dehumanizing and cruel, that it was mistakenly protested by women who cited it as proof men didn't know to write female characters. Form #3 - "SEX IS FUNNY!" The entire Lesiure Suit Larry series exists based on this idea. Plus, in a bold "Fuck you" to Rockstar, who mistook it for an invitation at first, their PS2 game can be hacked with a gameshark to remove most of the censorship, a crime for which they haven't apologized. No game exists which has combined the three.

Continuing the theme of "male programmers find women terrifying" - Rockstar Games, the badboys of bitmapping, who routinely murder hookers after sex with a blunt object, then shoot all the people in the ambulance when it comes, and run over her body again, naturally wanted to push the envelope - And lick the stamp. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, clever use of a gameshark reveals that sex can be had just by talking to some women, showing an interest in them as people instead of victims, and getting to know them over the course of time. No money needed! Score! Of course, this is unrealistic, but hey, it's all fantasy anyways. One has to applaud Rockstar for their courage in hiding this scene, and standing up to the ESRB ratings board by lying and pretending it was all fan created. Take that, THE MAN! ESRB Head Patricia Vance, as seen in the shrine in Rockstar's basement.

Sure! With just a gameshark and patience, low polycount high shame comedy porn can be yours. Start with BMXXX for the Gamecube - not only is the game a close simulation of a playable game, but you can earn nipples for the create a character through your own hard work and sweat, gaining gold medals in unlockable trick competitions over the course of long months, until the broken game finally surrenders the sexual content you desire, in a lifeless puppet you control, while the game engine cries into it's pillow. You scum. If that isn't soul draining enough for you, try a wrestling game. As you can see here, in the legendary porn game 'No Mercy', a giant Stephanie McMahon Helmsley , her floating disembodied limbs controlled by her Satanic powers, is about to use a much smaller male to sate her unspeakable desires. He has no choice but to submit - this picture is taken from the replay. And this is only the beginning - more to follow...

If Breakout doesn't count, Atlantis (1982), might be the first console exclusive property to be given a direct sequel. Cosmic Ark was released the same year.

Can't match the NES, but - 2004. Gettysburg, PA. Snes. Shaq-Fu. Rows of it. Surrounded by Gamecube and PS2. $60.

Free inside every Happy Meal! Not dirty if you connect the dots properly!

The only way to get graphical enhancements (that I know of anyway) is to use an emulator that has a graphics plug-in that does it. Thanks. Ha, I forgot about that. it's been ages since I played a PSX game on my PS2. But does it upconvert it as well as those Tomb Raider shots? The Tomb Raider game that I have still looks like crap on a PS2. Not anywhere near what we see in that picture. If the PS2 doesn't do it for you, go for ePSXe; and good luck. Let me know how it works out for you... I haven't been able to run it on my computer, but based on people's random screenshots, it looks wonderful.

The PS2 will turn the lego vomit look into a spray paint on a t-shirt look; it's kinda like the N64, if it had more texture memory and less vibrant colors. The only change is to smooth solid textures; transparencies are still 8 bit looking. No changes to the native resolution, or full screen anti-aliasing. BLEEM! is a better option for graphics, but compared to the other Sony systems and PC emulation has the worst compatibility...

For games almost everyone agree look like something a diseased lego threw up, PSOne games seem to get around - officially playable on PSX, PS2, PS3, and PSP. And then there are the unofficial ways of playing the discs you own... The PSone may be the first system who's games play better on other platforms. What is the best way to play the games? Are the graphical enhancements worth it to you, or do you prefer the original hardware to ensure 100% compatibility? For those who don't play them, I'm curious: will this be the first generation of games since the dedicated pong systems to be thought of as almost completely disposable?

He has a rare Madden variant. Congratulations.

I paid $30 for mine.

For the right kind of kid, it's all it needs to be. If you don't know whether you qualify - The game selection is yard sale worthy. Forget Streets of Rage and Phantasy Star - Largely forgotten cassics like Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Sonic: Triple Trouble, and Fantasy Zone share space with average titles like Kung Fu Kid, Quartet, and Astro Warrior. Snail Maze and Penguin Land are a pleasant surprise, but then there's Bomber Raid, which is unplayable - the screen causes the small tile sets to become a moving optical illusion, and the bullets are lost against the busy background. For me, on a budget, needing games that don't require me to stop my life to play, it was a Godsend. For everyone else, it's going to be nostalgia or curiousity that sells it. It can't compete with the Gameboy, DS, PSP, or even the VG Pocket Caplet.

Where did you see this? I thought this was a Target exclusive and was discontinued? There are stacks of them at the local Ollie's liquidation store.

"What is it, a Gameboy?" "Yeah, except it's got games built inside it!" - Two kids overheard in an Ollie's store, playing with their newest system.

Halo. 2600. There are thousands of ways it could happen. Time travel. Mental instability. Microsoft needs a back-up OS for the X-Box 360... But imagine for some reason, you're the programmer tasked with bringing the Halo experience to the most famous console of the early 80's. 2 sprites and a missile per scanline. 128 colors, one per scanline on a sprite. Your job depends on it. How would you do it?

1. Your page isn't loading. 2. Are you including sequels and guest appearances in your page? Dig Dug in Namco vs Capcom.

Add F-Zero X, Sin and Punishment, and Zelda: TOOT. Just curious - does anyone like Mario 64 and Sunshine? I found the latter slow, with too many jumps that forced you to retrace your steps - I'd have preferred death...

Oh, why not? Dreamcast died too soon, but sometimes it tied the noose to the ceiling fan. Shenmue is my pick. An entire town to explore, layers of detail giving it life even when nothing is happening... And Ryo has the personality of a walking ATM machine. He's always there when you need him. He's great at giving away money. Polite to the elderly. Kittens love him... But he has a girlfriend. You know this because she tells him, often. He dosen't know this, because he's not paying any attention to her. The violin hits, the stars are beautiful, they show enough raw emotion to be respecting a restraining order from seperate zip codes... And you have to ask yourself whether this was written by a 7 year old. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gddJpH9R0Mo