Probably the only FF one I'll put up here just because it doesn't include all the characters from the game, but it does have the 4 for my favorite party: Zidane, Steiner, Vivi and Garnet.
Simple yet awesome. I still don't know how they are calling these games after the princess you keep having to rescue and not the hero of it all. I still chuckle when someone thinks Zelda is Link's name.
I know it's all about depth perception but there's just something awesome about Megaman jumping at a giant robotic octopus; plus Megaman X just looks cooler than the original anyway.
Oh I'm sorry? Did I blow through the brick wall of your mind with ninja turtle awesomeness?!? Oh and we're on skateboards! Oh and you get a free pizza with this game!
Contra is a pretty cool game, but the box art is cooler; always wondered where that disgusting alien was in the game but I guess 8-bit graphics can only detail so much.
And even that era wasn't horrible aesthetically by any means. Now the North American NES Mega Man covers - that's ugliness defined.