Wii

Magician Lord

After playing through Magician Lord on the Wii's Virtual Console, it's easy to see why people were once so quick to plunk their quarters into the local arcade's Neo Geo cabinet just to give the game a go. The 2D graphics are colorful, the beastly enemies are huge, and your hero can transform into a ninja, a samurai, or various elementals. Unfortunately, now that it isn't 1990 anymore, those aspects seem less compelling in light of the game's sluggish pace, stiff controls, and unforgiving difficulty.