The Discussion Thread -Day #9- The 15th Annual Greatest Games Event

[Pajderman]

#23 Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

The second best game on the NES. Full of stereotypes to punch and a daunting last fight against a real world heavy weight champion. Probably the first game I can remember with licensing of a real person. Simple and effective gameplay with pattern recognition as the main strategic tool to archive a knock out.  

I still play this game now and again. It holds up so fantastically well. And the last fight against the titular champ is as difficult as ever. It took me years before I beat him for the first time and it actually felt like I took down a true master at his craft.