People can rant and rave about intuitive controls, stellar graphics, online play and motion sensors as much as they damn well please, but one of the most important aspects of video games to me has always been the musical score. In recent years, as games have migrated towards more cinematic pastures, the musical scores of old have turned away from the simple, repetitive tunes of yesteryear, and transformed into something more ambient. That's all well and good, but there's nothing like coming away from a game humming a catchy tune, which is why most of the games you'll find on this list are from the 16-bit era and before.

It's good to know your history kids, and even in prehistoric times, man beheld music.

10. Blades of Steel (NES) - Start Screen Theme

Not only did Blades of Steel feature its own fighting system, but it also did a hell of a job of pumping you up with this sweet theme music as your overtly generic players and teams skated onto the rink. Yes, it's kind of a pansy tune, but it also makes you fist-pump annoyingly in your opponent's face while bobbing your head before you take his Minnesota white and purple team out with your Edmonton green and yellow. A word to the wise, always pick the Canadians in a hockey game. Always.

They also tried to make a new Blades of Steel in 1999, cleverly titled Blades of Steel '99. It sucked, know why? First, it had the NHL license. Second, this song wasn't in it.