What is your favorite video game from the 90s?
What is your favorite video game from the 90s?
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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
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- 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!
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I've bought SOTN for 4 different systems/platforms now. Double Crissaegrim and double Rings of Varda ftw.
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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!
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I'm kinda surprised it took this long to see Pokémon mentioned.
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This is almost my exact list. They're all games I will happily replay.
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Top 5
Doom and Doom II
Command and Conquer: Red Alert
Super Mario World
StarCraft with Brood War expansion
Duke 3D
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Similar to mine, I'd add TIE Fighter and Warcraft II as well.
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This is the perfect list for me. Command & conquer was a gem!
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This is the perfect list for me. Command & conquer was a gem!
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Agree for C&C:RA. I easily spent hundreds of hours playing that game. But would you believe they were all on the PS1? (family didn't have a PC in the 90s 🫤)
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You can play Super Mario World on the PS1?
I gotta see that. Lol
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StarCraft
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The StarCraft storyline and characters resonated so much with me as a kid.
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Earthbound
and of course motherfucking Half-Life
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Legendary ending and silly humor throughout made this my goat game. Super Mario World and Super Metroid tie for second.
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Definitely Half-Life.
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The exact two that came to my mind!
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that's a big hi five, bro!
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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
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One of my all-time favorite Zelda games!
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Mine too!
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That game is trippy af. One of the first games I ever played and completed. An absolute classic
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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.
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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.
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Earthbound and Chronotrigger are the two games with the most memories for me.
U. N. Squadron and Super Punch-out! We’re the two I played through the most - just over and over again. So much fun.
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Command and conquer, before Westwood was fucked over by EA
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- Quake
- Thief
- Metal Gear Solid
- Half Life
- System Shock 2
Honourable mention to Final Fantasy 7, and Zelda Ocarina of Time. They might have been great when released, but I don’t think they’ve aged well.
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Yeah, super nice choices!
With exception of MGS, I still play all of those (Quake and Thief series) every few years.
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@Platform27@lemmy.ml @mayflower@lemmy.ml Those are some excellent choices. I'd pick quake for multiplayer - and SS2 for single. Honorable mention to Dune 2.
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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.
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Total Annihilation... couldn't get enough of it. Even playing strategy games today I desperately miss the elaborate control and mechanics of TA.
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Unpopular opinion: Total Annihilation > Star Craft
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*South Korea has entered the chat
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Pretty sure you can get a modern copy of TA. Either on steam or gog.
And if you like the general style but want to broaden your horizons a bit, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance and Planetary Annihilation: Titans are both good options!
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Never played that, but how about Supreme Commander? That game still beats out any other RTS imo
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Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Goldeneye
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Baldur's Gate
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Original Unreal. Ranked #1 in the world at one point for a couple weeks. Nothing compares to that game and time for me.
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Fallout. I'm yet to play the second part and people say it's even better. You just don't see such game design anymore, I can't say modern or old one is better, both have their advantages but playing Fallout was totally worth it
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If you loved it, you must play 2! It’s so good.
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Donkey Kong Country 2
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Heroes of Might and Magic 2
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Heroes of Might and Magic III !!!!!!
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A great choice as well! Both are my favorites from the series, but 2 is the one that I got to play first as a kid.
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Handheld it's Pokemon red/blue, no competition.
Edit: although it's actually gold/silver if that counts (released 1999 in Japan, 2000 in North America)
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Yes Game Boy was a must in that years, even with just Tetris was great as device and then Pokemon have make the addiction.
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Yes, I spent many years with red/blue/yellow, but I have to say, gold/silver were the most bang for the buck. I remember reading so many articles about what the new game would have (day night cycle, radio with daily lottery system, weekly events, new pokeball types, holding/berry systems, etc.) and they delivered on absolutely everything in spades. It was only after I beat the elite four that I realized you could go back to kanto and do 8 more gyms! It was by far the most satisfied I have ever been with a new release to a series. I have since read that the devs were under the impression that it would be the last game in the franchise (lol!) so they poured everything into it. And it shows.
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Super Mario World
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Spyro
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Gonna throw Crash Bandicoot on this one as well
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I replayed Spyro recently, and honestly, I felt like it didn't hold up. It felt like the objective was to get all of the gems, but there was no reward for getting gems. And maybe because it was a kids game, I just felt like it was way too easy. You could basically just walk to the end of each level, skip any gems and dragons that weren't in the main path to the exit of the level, and finish the game in a couple of hours. I also felt like the level design was kind of wonky. Like, there were paths where you would follow to a dead end just to get gems, and there was nothing else there. That's fine if that happens a couple of times in the game, but it was like this like 4 or 5 time per level.
Spyro 2 was a huge improvement to this formula, because you use the gems to buy upgrades and unlock new paths, or pay the dude to let you use the elevator and such. It made getting gems - and therefore the rest of the game - feel a lot less pointless.
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Commander Keen
Age of empires 1
Pyramid: Challenge of Pharaoh's dream
Atlantis: The lost tales
Ski free
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Super Mario Bros 3 is a timeless game and is my favorite side scroller although Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country give it a run for its money
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SMW is one of the greatest platformers of all time, but SMB3 was such a huge leap forward it's hard to say
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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
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Dune 2 ... such a great game! I was just playing a bit of OpenRA last night. Great to see your comments this morning!
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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
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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.
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Festers quest is probably the most buggy game I've put a lot of time into. It's good, but could have been great.
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Really? I don't remember it being buggy back then
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Quake 3 arena
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It's still the first game I run with every PC upgrade.
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Excellent
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Metal gear solid was brilliant.
Then wipeout 2097.
Also, does anyone else remember the Music franchise of games on PS1?
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Seconded. Nothing really compares to MGS imo. That being said, I stopped gaming around 2001.
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You mean Parappa the Rapper?
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No, I meant this game: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_(video_game)
I spent hundreds (maybe thousands) of hours on that!
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In no particular order:
THPS
Super Smash Bros.
Goldeneye
Worms
Lemmings
FIFA World Cup’98
Pokémon red/blue
LoZ: Links’s Awakening
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- Counter-Strike
- SiN
- Delta Force
- Baldur's Gate
Counter-Strike overtook the others by a mile in the 00s but in the 90s I probably enjoyed Delta Force more actually.
Wait I forget about consoles:
- GoldenEye 64, opened my eyes to FPS I guess
- Wave Racer 64, was the staple racer in our household
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I was just trying to remember the name of SiN earlier today, thanks.
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Counter-strike was in the 2000s though right? Or am I gone mad?
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I thought it was 1998 but the mod came out in 1999, then Valve bought them out and released it as a standalone game in 2000.
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SIN was so good (patched)! I even somehow remembered the day Sinclair was born when that date came irl.
Later when Episode 1 (of 1) came out I set my ringtone to its theme music.
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There are too many to mention, but the top five for me in no order:
- SimCity 2000
- Baldur's Gate (1&2)
- Final Fantasy VI (or III, as we called it in the States)
- Doom II
- Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara
And I'd still play any of them to this day.
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Super Metroid
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By far:
- Leisure Suit Larry
- Prince of Persia
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LSL was a pioneer in micro-transactions. This was pre Internet, mind you. If you got stuck, you could call a paid 1-900 number for hints or straight walkthroughs, and they charged ~$4 per minute. Don't ask me how I know.
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Final Fantasy VI (or III as it was known then). Just a masterpiece with great music, a great story, great characters, and fun gameplay.
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Age of Empires 2
But only started playing it a few years back
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Wololo
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Streets of Rage 2. Honourable mention to FFVII and FFVIII.
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I second streets of rage. It has an amazing soundtrack.
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Interstate 76
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Oh, yeah, this game is cool, I loved playing it when I was a kid, the car combat was really nice, I would love a modern game like this.
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- Ultima series, especially Ultima VII and Ultima Underworld I & II
- Myst series
- Hexen
- Doom
- Quake
- Duke Nukem
- Postal and Postal II
- Diablo and Diablo II
- SimCity and Simcity 2000/SCURK
- Civilization series (still play!)
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Some of my favourite that bring back good memories:
- Age of Empires II
- Caesar games
- C&C Red Alert
- Diablo
- Magic & Mayhem
- Pharaoh
- Pokémon (Yellow, Blue/Red)
- Postal
- SimCity 2000
- StarCraft
- Warcraft II
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It's pretty hard to pick one but I do have favorites among different categories.
Solo RPG - Chrono Trigger
MMORPG - Ultima Online
FPS - Quake
RTS - C&C: Tiberian Sun
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Solid choices all!
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Diablo
Doom
Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis
Lotus
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I know the other three games, but never heard about lotus
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Descent
It was a multi player net work game we used to play at work over lunch or occasionally on weekends.
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Occasionally I rewatch one of the best trailers ever crafted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHFazkfmBE4&t=2
This one (2022!) is the last good trailer I spotted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kNtEKfN4Hg&t=48
Regarding my favorite games:
Scortch, Worms 1, Tomb Raider 1 + 2, Diablo Hellfire, Gran Turismo 1 + 2, Koudelka
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Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=IHFazkfmBE4&t=2
https://piped.video/watch?v=_kNtEKfN4Hg&t=48
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Just a great game. Descent 1-3 were loads of fun.
From what I understand, the IP owners basically became scumbag squatters, and no hope for a revival of the IP ever occurred
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Hated that game. My friends would always find where the exit was, and let me wait there while they did the job.
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Sanitarium.
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The Shining Force series
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I played so much X-Com, Civ 2, and Final Fantasy Tactics back in the day.
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Man that's a tough one. The 90s covered a huge spectrum of games and consoles.
Perhaps at the time, Final Fantasy VII was my favorite. No other game absorbed me like it did. I spent so much time playing it. But it's aged badly now.
But as far as games that I would still go back and play? I'd say probably twisted metal 2. The game is just so good. The music, the characters, the vibe of the game.
- There is a shocking lack of Star Control 2 in here. Easily the best game I have ever played, period. It frequently gets name dropped in lists of game developers' favorite games of all time. Later space epics like Mass Effect stood on Star Control 2's shoulders to reach the heights they did.
Good news! The devs released it to the open source community under the name The Ur-Quan Masters. You can play it now for free! And they're developing a sequel as we speak over at Pistol Shrimp Games
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Super Melee was so much fun! Chenjesu and Khor-Ah were the toughest but the other ships were pretty well balanced. So much fun.
I loved exploring new star systems too. Just an incredible game!
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Juffo-Wup fills in my fibers and I grow turgid.
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Oh this one is good. I have like 12 hours stuck in an empty community college lounge today. I found an APK for Android and I've been playing for a solid 4 hours. It's a lot of fun even just gathering resources and upgrading the flagship.
How do I find tech upgrades? My lander needs some environmental resistance for sure.
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.. you'll find upgrades eventually :)
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Transport Tycoon
Doom
Goldeneye 64 (I bought a N64 console just for this game)
Frontier Elite
Baldur's gate
Fallout 2
X : Beyond The Frontier
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Goldeneye 64 (I bought a N64 console just for this game)
Also did this! Played it at a friend's, fell in love, so 13 year old me got a job and worked til I could buy it. What a game.
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I still play Civilization 1 from time to time.
And with friends, Worms 2 is a banger, and so is the cave flyer Wings
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Worms was so much fun
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Still is 😊
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Difficult to pick a single fave. Here are the games I've spent most of my time playing back then.
On PC:
- X-Wing series (X-Wing, TIE Fighter, etc.)
- Star Control 2
- Earthsiege 1 and 2
- Starsiege: Tribes
- Team Fortress mod for Quake
- EverQuest
On arcade, mostly fighting games, and some side-scrollers:
- Mortal Kombat 1, 2, 3, 4
- Killer Instinct 1 and 2
- Virtua Fighter 1 and 2
- Marvel Vs. Street Fighter
- TMNT
- X-Men: Children of the Atom
Want to go back to the 80s? Lode Runner, Rescue on Fractalus! and Karateka. Also Gyruss introduced me to modern remixes of classical music.
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Earthsiege 2 ❤️
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Age of Empires 2
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Brave Fencer Musashi! It's a fun RPG from squaresoft. Very much a hidden gem. The music in it was streets ahead.
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