National Video Game Day took place over the weekend. Let’s talk games and see Massachusetts’ favorite video games while we do.
I’m a Gen-X guy, so I grew up immersed in video game culture. My earliest video game memories are from the arcade. I can remember playing the original Punch-Out!! (before Mike Tyson was tacked on) at Funspot in Laconia, NH. And I played plenty of Pac-Man at the Boardwalk Arcade in Wells Beach, ME as a kid. I still go there every summer. And now I take my kids.
My first at-home gaming experiences were with the Intellivision system. My Uncle Mike picked one up in the early ’80s and I’m pretty sure he ended up owning every game available on the platform. Night Stalker was a favorite of mine because it had creepy monsters. I think my Uncle still has the system and games stored away somewhere. I wonder how much it’s worth today?
Growing up, my brother and I had the Sega Master System. Which was great, because all our friends had the original Nintendo Entertainment System. So we got the best of both worlds: Sega at home, NES with our pals. I eventually bought a friend’s old NES off of him so I could play the Mega Man games. Mega Man 2 is still my all-time favorite video game. It’s a true classic.
Massachusetts’ Favorite Video Games: National Video Game Day
In honor of National Video Game Day on July 8, BetMassachusetts shared this study called What Are the Favorite Video Games in Massachusetts? They built the list by analyzing Statista’s data on the Top 10 best-selling video game franchises in 2022 and a year’s worth of the most searched-for video games according to Google Trends. Let’s take a look and see which games make up the Top 5 here in the Commonwealth.