Xevious

I was totally blown away by the more representational graphics of Xevious.  Instead of flying across space or a highly abstract playing field.  The battle of Xevious unfolded above a lush panorama of fields and forests.  Looking at the screenshots now it is a little bit difficult to understand why I thought that, but Xevious had graphics that were amazing for its day.  I also really liked the finite range of the bombs and the bomb sight.  Xevious was a big step toward the modern top-down shooter and a great game.

Jimdex = ( 8 love + 6 play it now)/2  = 7