Ninja Gaiden (NES)

How I would sum this game up:  What ninja games are all about.

The only problem with this game is no one knows how to pronounce Gaiden.  It is pronounce gaiden.  I hope that helps.

On to the game.  I love it.  If you want to get me excited, play me some sound effects, it will be like a Pavlovian experiment and I'll start drooling.  The boss theme on this is so good, I hum it in my head when I'm doing really important and it motivates me.  It introduced the idea of story line in video games.  Ryu is, as far as I'm concerned, one of the best heroes on the Nintendo.

If you weren't a ninja for Halloween when you were a kid, get out.