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[–] Cabeza2000@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] lungdart@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
  • 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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[–] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 23 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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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[–] happyhippo@feddit.it 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] quinnly@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

[–] jzzvid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of my all-time favorite Zelda games!

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[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Earthbound

and of course motherfucking Half-Life

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[–] Dalraz@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

Command and conquer, before Westwood was fucked over by EA

[–] nueonetwo@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

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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[–] Platform27@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  1. Quake
  2. Thief
  3. Metal Gear Solid
  4. Half Life
  5. 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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[–] Lordran_Hollow@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] ebits21@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Goldeneye

[–] TheCelticPirate@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Donkey Kong Country 2

[–] Smartboystupid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Heroes of Might and Magic 2

[–] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Heroes of Might and Magic III !!!!!!

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[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Original Unreal. Ranked #1 in the world at one point for a couple weeks. Nothing compares to that game and time for me.

[–] flux@lemmyis.fun 11 points 1 year ago

Baldur's Gate

[–] moreeni@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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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[–] samick1@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] regular_human@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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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[–] svamp@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Commander Keen

Age of empires 1

Pyramid: Challenge of Pharaoh's dream

Atlantis: The lost tales

Ski free

Super Mario World

[–] florge@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Gonna throw Crash Bandicoot on this one as well

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[–] philthi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Metal gear solid was brilliant.

Then wipeout 2097.

Also, does anyone else remember the Music franchise of games on PS1?

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[–] Leobm@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] maudefi@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Dune 2 ... such a great game! I was just playing a bit of OpenRA last night. Great to see your comments this morning!

[–] lavadrop@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

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 β€˜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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[–] haohao@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] Kastelt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Doom. I wasn't even alive when it came out yet the game is still great and in my opinion has aged extremely well outside of graphics.

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In no particular order:

THPS

Super Smash Bros.

Goldeneye

Worms

Lemmings

FIFA World Cup’98

PokΓ©mon red/blue

LoZ: Links’s Awakening

[–] hot_milky@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
  • 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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[–] carlosfm@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

By far:

  • Leisure Suit Larry
  • Prince of Persia
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[–] anti@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Streets of Rage 2. Honourable mention to FFVII and FFVIII.

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[–] Xoubalf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Final Fantasy VI (or III as it was known then). Just a masterpiece with great music, a great story, great characters, and fun gameplay.

[–] s20@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] BASTAHT@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Age of Empires 2

But only started playing it a few years back

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[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Super Metroid

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Diablo

Doom

Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis

Lotus

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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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[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] F4stL4ne@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Sanitarium.

[–] Panda@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Some of my favourite that bring back good memories:

  • Age of Empires II
  • Caesar games
  • C&C Red Alert
  • Diablo
  • Magic & Mayhem
  • Pharaoh
  • PokΓ©mon (Yellow, Blue/Red)
  • Postal
  • SimCity 2000
  • StarCraft
  • Warcraft II
[–] sib@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Secret of Mana

Ace of Empires 2

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Pokemon Blue

Goldeneye

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[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • 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!)
[–] ifyoudontknowlearn@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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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