Then and Now: How Your Favorite Classics Evolved

Ninja Gaiden (NES, 1988)

Throughout his blood-soaked career, ninja Ryu Hayabusa has saved the world from rival ninjas and demons. He was limited by technology, as the above screen shows, but his sword still found the mark and enabled him to cut through enemies.

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  • kfreezespot on 4/1/2009 6:11 pm

    i dunno... SMB was really good and all, but Galaxy was phenomenal! i totally love flying around as flying mario, and ADORED all of the amazing graphics and storylines. some of the games here are better in their latter forms, but Unleashed was kinda hokey in my mind. imho, all of the blur's original games are way better. to amandac51096: don't press ya luck, and yeah, this was a great article.

  • lawgai on 1/1/2009 7:25 pm

    I hate to nit pick, but you said Mario first started out to rescue the Princess in Super Mario Brothers 1985, when in fact he started in in 1980/81 in Donkey Kong doing the same thing, and I agree with Jonnyw your list is so much better when you don't use a count down.

  • newdefect on 1/1/2009 6:24 am

    Forgetting the most Important: http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/030508/153438__zelda_l.jpg

  • alexdaplayar on 12/31/2008 10:56 pm

    actually ninja gaiden and ninja gaiden 2 are u two separate games completely ninja gaiden to is a sequel to ninja gaiden for the xbox the other ninja gaiden are completely different ninjas and story line

  • johnnyw4life on 12/31/2008 9:47 pm

    Your articles are so much better when you aren't trying to rank things. Stick to these.

  • animeqn89 on 12/31/2008 9:46 pm

    I think they should have done a comparison of the first Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy XIII.

  • beastrunner on 12/31/2008 7:00 pm

    i loved resident evil for ps1

  • nerocaligula on 12/31/2008 6:34 pm

    I like to think that Halo: Combat Evolved, is somehow a weird evolution of "Combat" (that old Atari 2600 game)

  • valoeternal on 10/14/2008 7:18 pm

    Eggman is the original Japanese name, and the name "Ivo Robotnik" was created soon afterward as a real name for the nefarious scientist. Eggman became a sort of nickname.

  • amandac51096 on 10/11/2008 11:01 am

    No Robotnic is his original name, pxeggman. Eggman came later on.

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