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I kind of want to make my own bracket for this, even though actually running it as a contest might be disappointing.

Anyway here are predix:

1) Super Mario Bros.
16) E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial - ET could secure a higher seed based on joke votes, but I understand putting it here since nominations could be thrown out. It could actually beat a lot of games in the bracket but certainly not SMB.

8) Donkey Kong 3 - Adventure is not a world beater but I expect DK3 to be really weak.
9) Adventure

5) Phantasy Star
12) BurgerTime

4) Ghosts n' Goblins
13) Altered Beast

6) Balloon Fight - Fight may be better-known, but it seems that Mach Rider is the more respected game.
11) Mach Rider

3) Bubble Bobble
14) Sinistar - I thought about taking Sini here, but the problem is that it was an arcade-only game until like the mid 90s, and no one really cared for top-down arcade shooters at that time. That said it could be close since I don't expect BB to be great here.

7) SimCity
10) Shadowgate

2) Ninja Gaiden

1) Donkey Kong

8) Missile Command
9) Defender - I'm mostly just going with MC because its a better-known game, but this could be close.

5) Bomberman
12) Arkanoid

4) Final Fantasy II
13) Alex Kidd in Miracle World

6) Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
11) Adventure Island - this choice boils down to considering which series Gfaqs cares for more and I think it is decisively Ultima. It will be close though, since Island definitely has a play rate advantage.

3) Prince of Persia
14) Space Harrier - I think PoP is very much overseeded here, but I don't think Harrier will be able to win. It is a highly-praised game, but it wasn't able to get a good console port until the mid 90s, giving it the same issues as Sinistar.

7) The Guardian Legend.
10) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? - Guardian Legend is a well-received Zelda clone released on the NES, which I think is enough to overcome Carmen Sandiego's name recognition.

2) Duck Hunt
15) Hydlide

1) Super Mario Bros. 2
16) Fantasy Zone

8) Double Dragon - I don't see Double Dragon being worth too much, being a very early game in the beat-em-up genre which Gfaqs doesn't care for. Mansion on the other hand is a highly-praised adventure game that has probably held up better than the likes of Monkey Island.
9) Maniac Mansion

5) Marble Madness
12) Lode Runner

4) Kid Icarus
13) Paperboy

6) Centipede
11) King's Quest

3) Galaga
14) Solomon's Key

7) Final Fight
10) Castlevania: The Adventure - if this were CV2 it would easily win, but as an early Game Boy release, I don't think the Castlevania name will be enough to win here.

2) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

1) Mega Man 2

8) Golden Axe
9) Rygar

5) Gradius
12) Populous

4) Frogger

6) Excitebike

3) Punch-Out!!

7) Tempest - I don't see Tempest having much strength as an early "3D" arcade title, that only received ports to non-Atari systems in compilations. Whereas Wizardry is super old, but may get some series respect and is much more in the wheelhouse of games Gfaqs might care about.
10) Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

2) Castlevania

1) The Legend of Zelda

8) R-Type - this one should be close, but SF should have the edge here based on series respect and the fact that R-Type was only playable in arcades and on TG-16 until -2009-.
9) Street Fighter

5) Pitfall
12) Splatterhouse

4) Super Mario Land

6) Double Dragon II: The Revenge
11) Mother

3) Ms. Pac-Man

7) Bionic Commando
10) Wrecking Crew

2) Dragon Quest

1) Metroid

8) Zork - I don't see anyone but the oldest potential voters caring at all for an ancient text-based game like Zork
9) Tecmo Bowl

5) Rampage
12) Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards - Gfaqs doesn't really care about either, but

4) The Oregon Trail

6) Blaster Master
11) Wonder Boy in Monster Land

3) Contra
14) R.B.I. Baseball

7) Gauntlet - both are respected series, but I think Strider has more exposure due to its stand-out protagonist
10) Strider

2) Metal Gear

1) Pac-Man

8) Super C - this is a port of Contra isn't it? Anyway I think TMNT takes advantage of Super C not having the Contra name and walks with it
9) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game

5) Q*Bert
12) Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness - I can buy Ultima 4 being ok but the first game? I don't think anyone but the oldest oldies on the site would vote for Ultima 1.

4) Donkey Kong Jr.
13) Elite

6) Dragon's Lair
11) Tapper - yes not many people care for Lair in 2020, but I think even less people care about Tapper

3) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
14) Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap

7) Ghouls n' Ghosts
10) Minesweeper - Sweeper could win against a slightly weaker opponent, but I think GnG holds here.

2) Mario Bros.
15) Star Wars (1983)

1) Tetris

8) Sid Meier's Pirates! - I don't buy that a CM64 game will be able to beat a well-known arcade game.
9) Joust

5) Ice Climber
12) Spy Hunter

4) DuckTales
13) Ys: The Vanished Omens

6) Dig Dug
11) 1942

3) Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels

7) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
10) Pole Position

2) Mega Man

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