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.






Reader Comments (32)
Hey, did any of you get the new Sonic game The Dark Brotherhood? It came out, I think last week. Is it any good? Sonic Unleashed= Promising. I hope that it's a good game. We shall see soon enough... ;D awesome article, btw.
To aocrkid: Since when has Metal Gear been getting worse? Have you played the latest one? MGS4. So sick.
warhawk. metal gear and sonic is the opposite, it's just been getting worse with time, just like crash bandicoot. the new game looks good, but they need to just take out the 3D levels...and the were-hog...
yeah, really. his original name was eggman, and that's what i've always called him.
'Dr. Robotnik, now called Eggman" Eggman is HIS ORIGINAL NAME.
I love these classic games. Graphics aren't always necessary to have a great game. Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, ROTT (Rise of the Triad) Does anyone remember that game? Command and Conquer! I think the newer games are overrated!
Starofx and it psuedo-3D graphics? Actually those are in fact 3D graphics. Simply becuase the polygon count is painfully low does not make it a 2D game...it's 3D and if you had any idea what you were talking about you'd know that. The series may have debuted in craptacular 3D...but it was never "pseudo 3D".
Wow, so many games that look better now than then. But what about Link and Kirby? Back then, Kirby looked like a pale oink puffball, now he looks a heck of a lot better. And back then, Link looked like a famine midget. Now he still looks a little famine but he does look better. Cm'on ppl.
DOOM is the bomb! i remember watching my dad play it with a joystick wen i was like 4. Then wen I turned 10 i snuck it from his case of games and installed it on my computer. use to play everyday when no one was looking. THere was also another game like DOOM. its called wolvestien or somen like dat.
How did RE1 end up being the only original game to get bashed... that game was epic and the graphics and gameplay were amazing. Granted the controls and movements have gotten better over the games, but still...