The Gamer Blue Print the first 16 Years

So I was going to blog about some Street Fighter related items, but today I felt like typing about something else.

So today was my son's two month check in and vaccination shots. Poor little guy. As soon as he wakes up he cries. The pain must be unbearable for a two-month old. So I figured I would carry him and play some video game music. Thanks to Mega Ran, my son was put to sleep. I also played some jams from the Plasmas and Select Start. During this time I began to think, what games should I let my son play, should I just let him play what ever "Imagine Babyz/Petz/Dogz/Catz" game or should I let him begin his video game lineage the same way I began mine?

So I decided to make a chart of the years and how old I was at the time to coincide with my son's age and what not. On this list I compiled some of the best games I played during those years. For instance, in 1985 I was 4 years old, and Super Mario Bros. was the game of that year. Granted, I don't think I got my NES until 1986 or 87, but it's a good measuring stick for my son.

So here's the list of games, only in order of their release (from the top of my head).

2013/1985 (4 yrs) - Issac will be four years old. Little kids are pretty advance these days, but the game in 1985 would have been Super Mario Bros. (NES)

2014/1986 (5 yrs) - Ghosts 'n Goblins is the only game I can come up with during this time period.

2015/1987 (6 yrs) - Oh man, this is going to be a great year for Issac. The Legend of Zelda, Double Dragon, Punch Out! (with or without Mike Tyson), Castlevania, and Mega Man make this one great year to finely shape young Issac's video game career.

2016/1988 (7 yrs) - A good time for Issac to learn his first cheat code... Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start... good old Contra.

2017/1989 (8 yrs) - Time for Issac to learn the importance of great co-op play with Guerilla War. Then some great single player action with Mega Man 2, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for NES.

2018/1990 (9 yrs) - This must be a great year for "III's" as Super Mario Bros. 3 and Mega Man III are released. Also going to have to make my son watch Fred Savage in the Wizard.

2019/1991 (10 yrs) - The 16-bit era has begun. The 16-bit Wars are raging. Issac will get the best of both worlds while playing Super Mario World and Sonic the Hedgehog. Other notable games are SNES version of Street Fighter II. And one of my favorite video games of all time, Final Fantasy II (IV).

2020/1992 (11 yrs) - Super Mario Kart and the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past make this a must play SNES year.

2021/1993 (12 yrs) - My PC gaming cherry gets popped with Doom, so naturally as a part of gaming history for me, Issac will battle the hordes of demons. On the SNES side of things, the FX Chip hits big with Star Fox.

2022/1994 (13 yrs) - Another SNES dominate year. Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III (VI), Mega Man X, and one of the greatest platform games of all time, Donkey Kong Country.

2023/1995 (14 yrs) - Some of the last greatest RPGs of the 16-bit era, Earthbound and Chrono Trigger. Also, the Pokemon craze begins with Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue.

2024/1996 (15 yrs) - Super Mario RPG bids plays the SNES's swan song as hits like Resident Evil and Super Mario 64 hit the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64.

2025/1997 (16 yrs) - Powerhouses like Star Fox 64 and Final Fantasy VII hit the market. Castlevania Symphony of the Night proves 2-D games will never die, and Goldeneye 007 brings home great First Person Shooter action to the Nintendo 64.