I worshipped the first two as a kid. I mean it. I really did.
I cried at the end of the all touching D2 (Weee are the champions, my friends.) I loved the goalie, I wanted to do the knuckle puck. God...the memories. It makes me want to see the movies all over again (Except number 3...why did they destroy them?)
Although they were relentlessly unrealistic they ruled.