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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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
And so much more!
Top 5
Doom and Doom II
Command and Conquer: Red Alert
Super Mario World
StarCraft with Brood War expansion
Duke 3D
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.
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.
Command and conquer, before Westwood was fucked over by EA
Total Annihilation... couldn't get enough of it. Even playing strategy games today I desperately miss the elaborate control and mechanics of TA.
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Goldeneye
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)
Honourable mention to Final Fantasy 7, and Zelda Ocarina of Time. They might have been great when released, but I donβt think theyβve aged well.
Original Unreal. Ranked #1 in the world at one point for a couple weeks. Nothing compares to that game and time for me.
Donkey Kong Country 2
Baldur's Gate
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
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
SMW is one of the greatest platformers of all time, but SMB3 was such a huge leap forward it's hard to say
Commander Keen
Age of empires 1
Pyramid: Challenge of Pharaoh's dream
Atlantis: The lost tales
Ski free
Metal gear solid was brilliant.
Then wipeout 2097.
Also, does anyone else remember the Music franchise of games on PS1?
Super Mario World
In no particular order:
THPS
Super Smash Bros.
Goldeneye
Worms
Lemmings
FIFA World Cupβ98
PokΓ©mon red/blue
LoZ: Linksβs Awakening
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:
Super Metroid
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!
PC:
Console (NES/SNES):
SNES
N64
Final Fantasy VI (or III as it was known then). Just a masterpiece with great music, a great story, great characters, and fun gameplay.
Descent
It was a multi player net work game we used to play at work over lunch or occasionally on weekends.
Sanitarium.
There are too many to mention, but the top five for me in no order:
And I'd still play any of them to this day.
Secret of Mana
Ace of Empires 2
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Pokemon Blue
Goldeneye
By far:
Brave Fencer Musashi! It's a fun RPG from squaresoft. Very much a hidden gem. The music in it was streets ahead.
I played so much X-Com, Civ 2, and Final Fantasy Tactics back in the day.
Age of Empires 2