Blog From The Bench

#15: Super Dodge Ball (NES)

Why it Made the Cut: What a great, great, great game. This NES sports-action hybrid allowed you to pelt the Candy Corn out of an impressive variety of international stereotypes, using an array of gravity-defying dodgeball throws: the slow-motion megabomb, the topsy-turvy wacky-throw, and the ever-popular tri-splitter. Transmit your frustration from real Dodgeball games in elementary school to this holiest of NES relics!

Props: Is there a more satisfying feeling in the history of gaming than sending Knut from the Iceland team into the next zip code with a well-placed turbo throw?!

Poops: Those backgrounds burned my corneas.