Tuesday Top 5 - Old School Video Games

1. NBA Hangtime (Nintendo 64) - Based on the old NBA Jam arcade game, this still holds up today. Didn't really reach its peak till we discovered how to give the characters giant animal heads. I was always the psychotic looking clown. Ando used to be awesome at this, so much so that we once hacked into his character and downgraded all his attributes without his knowledge just to make it more of a level playing field. In recent years, Murray and his giant chicken "Cornelius" have become feared by other players.

2. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 (Playstation One) - The first skating game I ever spent a lot of time playing, especially the Hangar Level. You could do ridculous things in this game that defied the laws of physics. One of the first times I can remember have really good music in a game, with music from bands like Rage Against the Machine and Public Enemy.

3. Goldeneye (Nintendo 64) - Based on the James Bond movie, I reckon this was one of the first really good 3D shooters. The single player game wasn't all that great, but multiplayer was always fun, especially when you had four people playing at once. Sometimes people would choose to make their character a midget, meaning it was a smaller target, which I kind of thought was cheating.

4. Double Dragon - When we were kids Ash and I used to love this game, I have fond memories of playing it in the kids games room at the holiday resort we used to go to. I remember there were bad guys who looked like Mr T, and women with whips. The solution for dealing with all foes was almost always waiting for them with your back turned, then delivering a well timed backwards elbow. You would do this again, and again, and again, and never get bored.



5. Mortal Kombat (Sega Megadrive) - I was a big Scorpion fan. Loved that harpoon thing he had, although it took so long to recover after sending it that if you didn't hit your target, you left yourself wide open to a counter attack. You can now download this through the Playstation store to play on your PS3, despite the fact that the game is a good 15 years old I'm seriously considering it.