With the release of Star Wars: Battlefront II, the sequel to one of my all time favorite games, I started thinking back on the best of the best video games. From the Arcade to the Atari 2600, NES, Super Nintendo, Sega Genensis, N64, Playstation, PS2, and of course Xbox, there have been countless hours with a controller that would have been better spent on getting to know girls, making home improvements, studying, being a better husband, or learning a skill.
So here are my nominations for the best ever video games... (I guess I'll include PC games as well, so as to not offend our resident computer geek)
Arcade: Star Wars, Gauntlet, Rampage, Street Fighter 2
Atari 2600: Pitfall
NES: Super Mario Bros., Contra, Metroid, Mega Man, Punch-Out
Super Nintendo: Streetfighter 2
Sega Genensis: Madden
Playstation: NCAA Gamebreaker
N64: Goldeneye, Battletank, Knockout Kings, Mario Kart, Shadows of the Empire
PS2: Madden
Xbox: HALO, HALO 2 (online), NCAA Football 06, Star Wars: Battlefront, NBA 2k3, Soul Calibur
PC: Age of Empires, X-wing
I'm sure I've left off some good ones, but based on my scientific polling of myself, it seems clear that the NES, N64, and the Xbox produced the best games.
Strangely, I'm not in any hurry to get a Xbox 360 or PS3. I think they will be mediocre systems like the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis that don't make the big leaps in technology and gameplay like the NES, N64, and Xbox. My guess is that the next big thing is a few years away.
