The CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES Bracket Tournament: Vote Now!

[Junkie]

How do we vote?

[Dave in the City Out West]

Voting will occur in separate threads in the Video Game Thread section of tmf.com, Junk Man. Our first matchup is now up. Three more to come tomorrow morning.

#7 Out Run vs #10 Shinobi. Close game so far! http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5221

[Dave in the City Out West]

Morning folks...

Three new matchups now posted and open for voting. Remember voting is open for 24 hours after the start of the match.

#4 Ms. Pac Man vs #13 Xevious (Namco Region): http://www.themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5225

#5 Mega Man 2 vs #12 Contra (Nintendo Region): http://www.themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5227

#2 Centipede vs #15 Food Fight (Atari Region): http://www.themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5228

[Little Birdie]

no Don Key Kong Junior ?

[Dave in the City Out West]

no Don Key Kong Junior ?

Dats a good game too, but the bracket was so deep. DK Jr was a victim of being in such a good conference. You had to think there'd be one odd man out.

***UPDATE: We have our first winner. Out Run beats Shinobi to advance to the second round. Congratulations to Out Run Nation!

Tomorrow we'll announce the other three winners, then post three more matchups as we continue the very busy first round. More to come...

[It's Da Bread]

A modern one would be fun, too

[yots]

Just remembered this game- might be my favorite Atari game ever (Pitfall & Pole Position are in the running), but that game is...... Frogger.

[Dave in the City Out West]

Three new matchups posted this morning!

#1 Super Mario Bros. 3 vs #16 Double Dribble: http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5233

#3 Donkey Kong vs #14 Burger Time: http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5234

#8 Road Blasters vs #9 Marble Madness: http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5235

Cast your votes now! Today's games have some potential...

[Dave in the City Out West]

Double Dribble was seeded way way WAY too low...

[Dave in the City Out West]

Congratulations to Double Dribble for a shocking upset of #1 Super Mario Bros. 3.

We also have two other winners: #3 Donkey Kong and #8 Road Blasters. Now to today's games. Four matchups for Saturday, followed by four more that we'll post on Sunday.

#2 The Simpsons vs #15 SMASH TV (Sega Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5239

#6 Pole Position vs #11 Rally-X (Namco Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5240

#4 Tempest vs #13 Pong (Atari Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5241

and #7 Super Tecmo Bowl vs #10 Bubble Bobble (Nintendo Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5242

Due to the lower traffic on Saturdays, we'll extend voting to two days for these four matchups.

[Is Anyone Alive Out There]

Congratulations to Double Dribble for a shocking upset of #1 Super Mario Bros. 3.

We also have two other winners: #3 Donkey Kong and #8 Road Blasters. Now to today's games. Four matchups for Saturday, followed by four more that we'll post on Sunday.

#2 The Simpsons vs #15 SMASH TV (Sega Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5239

#6 Pole Position vs #11 Rally-X (Namco Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5240

#4 Tempest vs #13 Pong (Atari Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5241

and #7 Super Tecmo Bowl vs #10 Bubble Bobble (Nintendo Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5242

Due to the lower traffic on Saturdays, we'll extend voting to two days for these four matchups.

how the hell is Smash TV only a #15 seed?

[It's Da Bread]

How did you do the seeding?

[Dave in the City Out West]

How did you do the seeding?

Seeding was based on a few factors: game popularity, sales, historical impact, and overall game quality.

Basically every game represented in the bracket had historical impact on the Classic Video games era. (sometimes for the WRONG reasons as is the case with ET)

I also turned to some top ten lists to get a better feel for where certain games would stack up for their seeding. That's why I changed SMB3 from a 3 seed to a 1 seed.

I also use my personal rankings based on all of the above plus my own experience. That's probably one reason Smash TV wasn't ranked higher. If I did it again, I'd put Smash as a 10 or 11 and maybe put Dragons Lair as 15th.

[Dave in the City Out West]

Four new first round matchups posted this mid-day:

#1 Pac Man vs #16 Mappy (Namco Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5245

#2 Legend of Zelda vs #15 Kid Icarus (Nintendo Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5247

#3 Space Invaders vs #14 Breakout (Atari Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5248

#4 Frogger vs #13 Dragon's Lair (Sega Region): http://themikefrancesa.com/showthread.php?t=5246

Voting for today's games will run until about Monday at 1pm Eastern, i.e. Dupp Time. AND voting for Satruday's games is still open until Monday morning.

[Dave in the City Out West]

It's getting pretty hot and heavy now! Here's how the weekend results went for the first round.

#1 Pac Man destroys #16 Mappy
#15 SMASH TV upsets #2 The Simpsons, but I think Smash was seeded too low.
#3 Space Invaders topples #14 Breakout
#2 Legend of Zelda smashes #15 Kid Icarus
#4 Frogger beats #13 Dragon's Lair
#7 Super Tecmo Bowl destroys #10 Bubble Bobble
#13 Pong gets a surprising, and resounding, upset of #4 Tempest
#6 Pole Position beats #11 Rally-X


We'll have today's matchups up at about 4:30 pm ET. I made a mistake posting these too late but hopefully we'll get some good action today.