"Atari, I'd say Pac-Man. Nintendo, Mega Man 2. In fact, Mega Man 2 I consider to be the greatest game of all time. Back then, programmers really put their spirit into it. Today, they try to play off realism by buffing up the graphics and sound, but the old video games, even though the graphics sucked, you could tell somebody put their soul into it." — Greggor Nallo (junior-English and science engineering)

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"Tecmo Super Bowl. I always played it; it was the first cool Nintendo game. The last time I played it was at home over break." — Tyler Bowers (sophomore-recreation park management)

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"I still have an Atari. There're so many great games. I'm still a fan of Asteroids and Circus Atari. The great thing is the simplicity; it's short and simple." — Kate Anton (senior-economics)

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"Blades of Steel, because I'm a big hockey fan. Skate or Die's good too. The graphics are so ghetto. RBI Baseball, too, I can't forget. . . . The games now look too real. I mean, they show Allen Iverson and it looks like Allen Iverson. I want something that looks fake." — Andy Roth (sophomore-kinesiology)

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"Dr. Mario: you had these pills Mario threw in a bottle and you had to try to get three in a row. I haven't played it since fourth or fifth grade; I used to like to beat my brother at it. — Nicole Albanese (sophomore-elementary education)

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"Mario 1. When I was six, it was the only game I could beat. Now, it's the only game I can beat drunk." — Dan Brian (freshman-crime, law, justice)

— Compiled by Nick Norcia