Best Classic Video Games

This started as a Twitter discussion, but 150 characters do not do it justice. I am probably a little older on average than most of the people posting here at TheKeyPlay, but my interests cover a wide range in the gaming sense. Here are my criteria

1) Addictiveness of play
2) Ease of play
3) Cultural impact
4) Shared positive memories

So, here are some of my favorites

1) Goldeneye-N64
For any college student in the late 90's, a highlight was the four player kill all mode of Golden Eye. If you get killed, you take a drink. Who didn't get pissed at your buddy when they picked Oddjob, whose diminutive height made for a tough target. We all screamed when the guy who stunk at the game picked Proximity Mines as the target.

2) NHL95- Sega Genesis
Without a doubt the easiest hockey video game to play. The 1995 version featured my favorite sports team of all time, the 94 Cup champion Rangers. I could play for days without a break. And, Sega NHL hockey has the iconic pop culture moment of the guys in Swingers making Gretzky's head bleed before a night on the town. That scene repeated itself many a night in the French biosphere.

3) Oregon Trail- DOS
Choose the oxen over the mules. Float the Columbia River. Shoot bears and bison, and don't waste ammo on rabbits. And die of diarrhea. Education was never so fun.

4) Bases Loaded- NES
If you beaned Paste twice, he would charge the mound and get kicked out of the game. Enough said.

5) NCAA 98- Playstation 1
Bragging rights. Most picked athletic QB's and threw to throwback go routes down the seam. I ran the fullback, milked the clock, and waited for mistakes. Cold blooded.

6) Outrun- Arcade
Still the best money making scheme Pizza Hut ever came up with. Outrun was a state of the art racing game for the mid-80's that we fed quarters to, even though it was almost impossible to get past more than 2-3 minutes of game time. I'd load it up with a pocket full of quarters right now.

7) NCAA Football 2011- PS2
Virginia Tech career, with Tyrod as my first QB. Glorious.

8) SimCity- DOS
Damn you polution!!!

9) Call of Duty WWII games- M1 Garrand. The realism is spectacular, even though aiming is a nightmare.

10) Tecmo Super Bowl
I liked the Bills, with the off tackle left power play to Thurman Thomas and trips right double slant with a curl on the outside. Others took the low road and picked Bo Jackson on the sweep or Barry Sanders on a sprint draw. Take the Giants with LT coming off the edge as a sleeper pick.