The Blazkowicz legacy begins here (unless you technically count Billy).

"Obey Wario, DESTROY MARIO!"

It was simple, it was intuitive, it was the platformer that put the player first in design.

Final Fight can eat its heart out.

MILES PROWER. MILES "PER" HOUR! GET IT? HAHAHAHAHAHA

SILENCE BLATHERING TOADIES!

Dibs on Koopa Troopa.

Now imagine showing a parent from 1992 half the violent shit that gets released today!

Why'd they call it Mario Paint when people only ever used it for the music mode?

Bored of running and gunning? We have top-down stages too!

This IS your granddaddy's Skyrim.

An open world done so well that kids randomize the item locations and just play the damn thing again.