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Welcome to the "BEST GAME EVER!!!" Project's fourth Side-Event: Franchise Firsts!

You can vote for 2 games in this bracket. Vote carefully—you can't change your vote after submitting it. The top 4 games at the end of the week will advance to the next round.

1980 - Pac-Man - Arcade
1981 - Donkey Kong - Arcade/A2600
1985 - Super Mario Bros. - NES
1986 - Dragon Warrior - NES
1986 - The Legend of Zelda - NES
1986 - Castlevania - NES
1986 - Metroid - NES
1987 - [Mike Tyson's] Punch-Out!! - NES

You are encouraged to discuss your choices and your reasons for selecting the game you did.

To me, no first game has been as great as Castlevania 1, which is a game essentially without flaw.

Claytone wrote:To me, no first game has been as great as Castlevania 1, which is a game essentially without flaw.

Agreed. There's very few effectively perfect games but that is one of them for sure.