Welcome ghouls and goblins to a special feature of NES Player. Well, it is that time again. A short-lived period of realization that summer has long died and we are forcibly accepting the changes that follow. Fall has made itself feel comfortable in our lives until the coldness of late November sneaks up close behind on us. This is the time of year when we celebrate autumn by placing seasonal corn stalks, haystacks, and pumpkins in and outside of our homes in the season's tradition. Let's not dance around the subject, though. We all know that October is best known for one day and one day alone. A certain holiday that has evolved through the generations -- the event we refer to as all hollow's eve.

Today's Halloween is treated as a Hallmark sort-of holiday. Kids change identity for a single night and go house to house in hope of candy treats. Everything is fit into an organized procedure, even down to what you say (the formal "Trick or Treat" slogan). According to the holiday's much deeper history, the night of the 31st has a much more powerful and even cynical meaning that can be found in the passes of its long history consisting of witchcraft, hangings, satanists, and possessions. It is the one time of the year that we prepare for our own inevitable death by sometimes dressing as someone who has already bit the dust. Scared stupid? You should be..

Putting aside the past traditions for now, though, current preparation is a thing of necessity and is more so important during the remaining months of the year. We prepare as we carve a jack o' lantern, as we go shopping for a mask or costume, and even when we buy bags of candy. The greatest tool of prepartion, however, is to become in a fashioned state of mind. Whether it's trading invented ghost stories with a close one or involving yourself in an already drawn-out story of events in a video game, the days that follow up to the actual date of haunting can prove to be just as exciting and scary.

In this top ten list I have chosen the best NES games that I feel successfully portray "Halloween-ish themes" and include some of the seasonal feelings of this October month. So proceed to number ten by clicking on the link below...that is, if you're not afraid.