[OANST]

10, Mega Man 2
-I was obsessed with this game as a kid. I loved the first Mega Man, but this is the one that grabbed me the most.

9, Super Mario 64
-I wasn't playing video games a great deal when I was in high school, but when I got this I just couldn't put it down until I had every star.

8, Castlevania 2
-The black sheep of the Castlevania series is also my favorite in the series. At the time, I was amazed by the disinformation that villagers would give. Their tips would be almost right, but just a little off. For instance, to pass a mountain, a villager tells you to carry the white orb and bang your head against the mountain three times. What you actually needed to do was kneel next to the mountain for ten seconds while holding the orb, and a whirlwind would pick you up. This was made extra confusing because when Simon walks, he thrusts his head forward. So, if you are walking pressed against an object it looks like you are banging your head against it.

Of course, I discovered later that it was just a bad translation.

7, Tetris
-Any child of the 80's could tell you how important Tetris was to us. I

6, Breath of Fire
-I loved this game when I was a kid

5, Oddworld series
-These are the games that got me back into video games. April picked up her playstation, and her copy of Abe's Exoddus from her house, and I was immediately hooked. I was 20 years old, and hadn't really played a video game since Mario 64.

4, Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
I love this game. I just absolutely love it.

3, Ico
This game changed the way that I look at video games. It's art. Pure art. The fact that they were able to portray the story and emotions that they did with such a small amount of dialogue is amazing.

2, Shadow of the Colossus
Again, it's art.

1, Psychonauts
The best game that I have ever played. Story, dialogue, art, and gameplay came together to keep me fascinated through about ten playthroughs.


I would also like to mention Braid, The Maw, and Splosion Man. I really loved those games, as well.