Here were some of the games I had to leave off the top ten:

River City Ranson: It killed me to leave this off, but I had no choice. A mythic Double Dragon style beat 'em up from the makers of Super Dodge Ball. Game features included bad guys turning into coins after yelling "BARF," learning fighting techniques from reading, energy and wisdom gained from eating hamburgers, and your character's bare ass as they took a shower.

Various Madden games: For obvious reasons

Mutant League Football: A brillant game that took the Madden formula and added monsters. Best of all, if you beat up a guy enough they exploded. And if too many of your teammates died, you forfeited the game. Whoever came up with that should have a building named after them. Great sound effects for the coaches too.

NHL '93: Really solid hockey game, famous for two reasons: (1) you could bust a guy's head open and make them bleed on the ice, and (2) the "head one way then shoot the puck the opposite way" scoring technique that resulted in 20 goal games.

Mortal Kombat II: Probably the best of the series. I was a whiz with the guy with the hat (don't know his name, don't bother telling me)

Super Mario Kart: Very fun and influential game, best played against other people.

The blog turn two on Wednesday - I'll definitely post then.

Joe