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With the state of today's backwards compatibility in the absurd state that it's in, there are some games that we currently own from previous generations of home consoles that we will never have the chance to play on our new and improved systems. Why compatibility for the 360 and PS3 can't be akin to that of Wii/GameCube or PS2/PS I'll never know, but it's annoying caveat of current-generation consoles that we are stuck with. Going back even further, for games on cartridge, you really have no other option other than purchasing the originating system.
Sure, a lot of these games may be available on download services like Xbox LIVE Arcade or Wii's Virtual Console, but a true gamer is a hoarder, and always prefers playing a game on the system it was built for, much like a film aficionado will traverse hell and high water to see an original film print of his or her favorite movie. So while some of these games you could easily go download in minutes, if you truly love gaming, you'll take the hours out of your day to hunt them down, along with their systems that you probably already owned at one point in your life, and re-purchase them. Here's to feeding the secondary market.
10. Jaws (Xbox, PS2)
Okay, so this game isn't so great. But short of Ecco The Dolphin, what other game will allow you to swim through the ocean as a creature of the deep? Not only that, but I'm pretty sure that you ain't going to be able to tear human beings limb from limb with a bottle-nosed kiss ass like Ecco. While the game might not be perfect in any sense of the word, it really is your only option to be the most famous shark of all time and do shark-like things.
Not to mention, dragging innocent people through the water in your teeth to John Williams' theme is a borderline wet dream.
