- Ff4, 6, and 7
- Chronotrigger
- Super Metroid
- Castlevania SOTN
- Zelda a Link to the past
- Tony hawk’s pro skater 1 and 2
- Any of the street fighter
- Pokemon
- Star craft + brood war
- Diablo 1 and 2
And so much more!
I’ve bought SOTN for 4 different systems/platforms now. Double Crissaegrim and double Rings of Varda ftw.
I used to play it that way to. OP. To the max. It was more fun to try the other weapons and items to be honest. The game has tonnes of unique gear!
I’m kinda surprised it took this long to see Pokémon mentioned.
So many to pick… But I will choose only a few…
Age of Empires 2
Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Civilization
Doom 2
Command and conquer, before Westwood was fucked over by EA
StarCraft
The StarCraft storyline and characters resonated so much with me as a kid.
Top 5
Doom and Doom II
Command and Conquer: Red Alert
Super Mario World
StarCraft with Brood War expansion
Duke 3D
Similar to mine, I’d add TIE Fighter and Warcraft II as well.
This is the perfect list for me. Command & conquer was a gem!
Earthbound
and of course motherfucking Half-Life
Legendary ending and silly humor throughout made this my goat game. Super Mario World and Super Metroid tie for second.
The exact two that came to my mind!
that’s a big hi five, bro!
Age of Empires 2
But only started playing it a few years back
Wololo
Hard to pick one but if I had to I’d go with Final Fantasy VII since it was the game that got me into RPGs, and I got some good memories of watching my brother play it when we were kids.
I remember beating Final Fantasy VII and just staring at my TV in shock. Like, mouth hanging open, mind blown.
What’s crazy is for the life of me, I can’t even remember the basic gist of the ending of the game today. I just remember how it made me feel.
My favorite games as a child growing up in the 90s:
Zelda OoT
Super Mario 64
Pokemon Red
Zelda OoA/OoS
Though after later playing Final Fantasy 7 in 2003 that quickly captivated me and became really special to me. It was my first Final Fantasy I ever played and one of my most cherished games to this day.
Also, while I never played the original 90s game, I absolutely adored Black Mesa and the Half Life franchise. It was damn impressive what Valve accomplished with the original Half Life back then.
Dune 2,
Descent,
Transport Tycoon,
Starcontrol 2,
Starcraft,
Civilization,
Commander Keen,
Jill of the Jungle
Turrican 2
Day of Tentacle
Wing Commander
Might and Magic
Ufo
Dune 2 … such a great game! I was just playing a bit of OpenRA last night. Great to see your comments this morning!
Spyro
Gonna throw Crash Bandicoot on this one as well
Baldur’s Gate
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Goldeneye
PC:
- Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis
- Day of the Tentacle
- The Monkey Island trilogy
- Sam and Max Hit The Road
- Full Throttle
- Loom
- X-Wing
- TIE-Fighter
- The Dig
- Space Quest 4 and 5
- Quest for Glory 3 and 4
- Beneath a Steel Sky
- Broken Sword 1
- Flashback
- Out of this World
- Prince of Persia 1 and 2
- Test Drive 3
- Ultima VII
- Doom and Doom 2
- Twinsen’s Adventure
- Descent
- Syndicate
- MDK
- Interstate ‘76
- Command and Conquer
- Age of Empires
- SimCity 2000
- SimTower
Console (NES/SNES):
- Mega-Man 3
- Super Contra
- Ninja Gaiden 2-3
- Dr. Mario
- Battletoads
- Little Nemo: The Dream Master
- Captain Skyhawk
- Kiwi Kraze
- Base Wars
- Batman: Return of the Joker
- A Boy and his Blob
- Whomp’Em
- Yo! Noid
- Fester’s Quest
- Bart vs. The Space Mutants
- Caveman Ugh-Lympics
- Ghostbusters 2
SNES
- Super Mario World
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
- Chrono Trigger
- Pilotwings
- Starfox
- Zelda: A link to the Past
- Donkey Kong Country
- F-Zero
- Street Fighter 2 Turbo
- ActRaiser
- Castlevania 4
- Super Mario Kart
- Secret of Mana
- Megaman X
- Final Fight
- NBA Jam
- Contra 3
- Axelay
- Super Bomberman 2
- Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose
- Prince of Persia (Mechner’s favorite)
- TMNT: Turtles in Time
- Zombies Ate My Neighbors
- Star Wars trilogy
- Out of this World
- Joe & Mac
- Disney’s The Lion King
- Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
N64
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Super Mario 64
- Mario Kart 64
- GoldenEye 007
- Star Fox 64
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Donkey Kong 64
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
- WipEout 64
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
- Killer Instinct Gold
- Gauntlet: Legends
- Cruis’n World
I think those adventure games deserve the accolade considering they really were the pinnacle of the genre, and it hasn’t even really continued since then.
They died with the transition to 3D and have resurrected and blossomed into a lot of new games and subgenres like with Disco Elysium, the Tell Tale games, The Talos Principle, Life is Strange, Monument Valley, VA-11 Hall-A… even The Stanley Parable is a point and click narrative driven game.
Good call on The Stanley Parable; it does have a similar fun, nonsensical style like the old Lucas games. Disco was very interesting and I enjoy the Tell Tale games, but those don’t really scratch the same itch. The others I’m ignorant about.
At any rate, those old gems still feel like the pinnacle of the genre to me.
Syndicate was glorious
Truly was, incidentally Satellite Reign is a spiritual successor to it, and it’s pretty fun.
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
One of my all-time favorite Zelda games!
Mine too!
That game is trippy af. One of the first games I ever played and completed. An absolute classic
