up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A-start. Nintendo nostalga is unbeatable. NPR did a story on the Mini Bosses, a band that plays nothing but covers of Nintendo game theme songs.

One of the more mindlessly fun Nintendo games that I remember was "Arch Rivals," a two-on-two basketball game in which you could punch your opponent in order to steal the basketball. Against the computer, you could win 216-0. The fighting action wasn't quite as good as the fights in the hockey game "Blades of Steel," but boy was it satisfying.