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I'm sitting on the couch on Monday night watching the Eagles and Redskins play a game that has been brutal to watch so far. I'd flip the station over to USA to catch a glimpse of Raw but the WWE has been even more painful to watch as of late. Quite frankly, I feel sorry for any of you who actually shelled out the money for their latest abomination of a pay per view. Anyway, I figured that while I'm here doing nothing and the wife is cleaning around the apartment I figured that I would come to the computer and begin typing up something so she wouldn't ask me to help out.

These Classic Games Deserve Your Attention

Released in 1985, the NES changed the gaming landscape with its revolutionary 2D titles. Thanks to the Virtual Console on the Nintendo Wii, gamers can experience these great classic titles for just 500 Wii Points (the equivalent of $5.00). So which games stood above the rest? Here are five NES games worth downloading on the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console.

Like all video games the sports games continue to improve. Real players, better graphics, longer and more in depth franchise modes, etc. Even though sports video games get better and better there will always be something special about the NES sports games. The sports video games on the NES were classic and are still fun to play today. These were the 10 best sports games on the NES.

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was the dominant video game console of the early and mid 1980s. Released in 1985, the NES single handedly rejuvenated the console video game industry after the video game crash of 1983. The games released on the NES have becomes classics and many defined the genres they represented and continue to influence design philosophy in modern games. There are so many excellent games from the NES that any list will inevitably leave off games deserving of honor. The list below comprises games that were both classics and have a lasting legacy.

The days of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or SNES were key formative years of my youth. I spent hours playing Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, and dozens more classic platform games. However, it was the RPGs, those role playing classics like Final Fantasy and A Link to the Past that had the most effect on me. I spent days beating Zelda two and three times, so enamored with the game as a whole that I couldn't wait to play through it one more time when I was finished.

Launching in the US on August 1989, the Nintendo Game Boy has been around for 18 years. The original Game Boy set the standard to portable gaming. All the Nintendo DSes and Sony PSPs you see everyone playing today wouldn't be possible if it weren't for the overwhelming success of the Game Boy. It was the quality of the games that kept the Game Boy around for more than ten years until its successor, the Game Boy Advance, was launched. The games that sold well were repackaged with the "Player's Choice" label and sold at a budget price. Here are the top 5 best Player's Choice games for the Game Boy.

I was randomly thinking about what my favorite games are, and so then I thought, why not share it and maybe someone else will end up finding a new game to add to their favorites list.

For video game purists, more advanced technology does not necessarily mean a better game or a better gaming experience. Sometimes, the older games are still the best. The reason so many new games fail is because they lose sight of what a video game should be. Realistic 3D graphics are great, but if there is no decent story to back them up, if game play is too convoluted, or if failing one task sets you back 3 screens and 30 minutes, we won't want to play and we won't recommend the game to our friends. When we are looking for a video game, for the most part, what we want more than graphics is fun. It is, at heart, a game, right? With that in mind, here is a list of games that got it right.

In the early 1990's, video games experienced what is regarded by many to be the swan song of 2D gaming. The NES built up a lot of steam in the late 1980's with its 8 bits of processing power, but their competitor Sega wasn't going to just sit back and watch Nintendo cash in on all the console sales. Instead, they began a new generation of video gaming known as the 16-bit era by releasing a console known as the Genesis. It was inevitable then that in order to maintain their foothold in the home video game industry, Nintendo would have to release new hardware as well. In 1991, Nintendo launches the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or SNES.

In celebration to the 20th Anniversary of the release of Famico (known as NES in North America) in Japan, Nintendo released a line of Famico games emulated on the Game Boy Advance. Less than half of the titles managed to travel overseas for a domestic U.S. release. They were known as the Classic NES titles. Keep in mind the NES was the console where many of the most recognizable video game franchises started. It is the virtual who-who's of the gaming industry. Here are the top five Classic NES titles for the Gameboy Advance.

What Video Games Are People Buying These Days?

The 2000s was a massive decade for the video game business. Over that span video games overtook movies as an entertainment medium, with some of the most powerful game franchises earning hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. The past ten years has seen PC software giant Microsoft throw their hat in the video game ring with the successful launch of their Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles. Nintendo faded in the early part of the decade, but game back stronger than ever following the reason of their handheld touch-screen DS and DSi, and their massively popular, ground-breaking Wii console. The decade also saw the release of the best video games of all time, and many of those games will be long remembered in video game history for their innovative gameplay. Trying to pick the greatest of these games was a daunting challenge, and I'm sure the fanboys will be out in full force to defend their consoles of choice. Here are my picks for the best video games of the 2000s...

The Nintendo 64 is possibly the most popular videogame console ever made. Some of the best games were created for this system, and surely some of the best videogame hours have been spent playing these games. I received an N64 for my 11th birthday, and I immediately fell in love with it. I played a lot of games on that system, but I wanted to know if my favorite games were anyone else's favorite games. I did a little research, and using the user ratings and, of course, my own opinions, I think I have selected a great list of the top 10 best games ever made for the Nintendo 64.

When you take a look back at the original classic top ten nintendo games that made an impact on how you played the best games ever, such as super Mario Bros, Contra, the Legend of Zelda, and Duck Hunt, then you will find yourself on a quest back down memory lane with Super Mario, who is a warrior elf on this board game, that sets fourth on a mission to save princess Zelda. But before he could save her, Mario would have to fight King Cooper. With a sword and shield. Super Mario has to pass different boards by winning the board. Mario would gain magic through little flowers that sometime appeared on top of the blocks he crossed that gave him power, to defeat King cooper, before he could save Princess Zelda.

As a new decade is just around the corner and this decade comes to a close, I feel that it is only right to look back on the top ten video games that have shaped the gaming world in the past ten years.

Now Choosing the Top 10 Video Games of All Time is a difficult task, one must take in the replay value, the pure epic idea of the game , and the amount of time you could still play the game. Lets face it some games never get old, and here's a list of them, THE TOP TEN OF ALL TIME.

What makes a video game truly great? There are many factors, including graphics, game-play, replay ability, multiplayer modes, soundtrack, and more. Below are my top 10 games of the last decade across all gaming systems. Enjoy.

A Guide to the Ten Best Games Ever Made for the Super Nintendo Gaming System

From countless years of video game experience, I have come to enjoy a few excellent RPGs more than many other games available. These are ten of the top RPGs of all time.