"No matter how lazily you spend your Saturdays now, lest you ever forget that there was a time so many years ago when Saturday mornings meant jumping out of bed at 7 AM sharp, bowling over the family pet and plopping yourself in front of the TV for your favorite cartoon shows to come on.
And what about after school way back when? Remember racing back home and tossing your book bag aside just in time for all those afternoon cartoons to start and begging your mom to let you finish watching whatever it was on before you tackled your homework assignments? Remember how almost everyday had a different line up, so you'd plan your sports and club activities around when so and so was on?
Things may have changed in the 10 or 20 years since we've been kids, but the memories remain. So in celebration of our childhood years, here are some of the catchiest and/or most memorable video game cartoon intros from that bygone era." ~ RantGaming.com
These groundbreaking video games changed gaming forever and drew in scores of fans in the process.
Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
The Sega CD (aka Mega CD) had some classics that still live on today. Here's the 7 best Sega CD games & how to play them on modern consoles.
Series X/S + Dev Mode. It's a shame the retail mode emulators got removed, dev mode looks like a pain in the ass.
Final Fight was a great game on the CD, not only on the system but as a fighting game of the time as well. Up there in some ways with Streets of Rage 2 IMO. It's too bad they didn't continue putting the rest of them on there, the music is top notch too.
There is some wrong information in this article. I just checked for Sonic CD and Shining Force CD on Nintendo Switch eShop (as stated in the article) across 4 different regions, and they are not available.