I liked the Marathon series for Mac and the Twisted Metal series for PS.
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
It's between Final Fantasy Tactics and Suikoden II. I think it goes to the latter.
TOCA Touring Car Championship
Gran Turismo
Syphon Filter
MGS 1 for obvious reasons.
Blitz and NBA street 1&2 were definitely some faves.
Jet Moto series.
Jet grind radio had so many hours sunk into it.
Resident evil 1-2 was absolutely terrified of these games but couldn’t stop playing and quickly became a favorite of me and my dad.
The 90s were peak gaming for me - a lot a creative things were going on, new genres being explored. And we were spoilt for choice with all the blatant piracy.
But if I had to choose one game that really blew me away, that would be Thief.
I've always been a Nintendo fan, and their first- and second-party catalog from the 90s is phenomenal:
- Zelda OoT / MM
- Goldeneye / Perfect Dark
- Super Mario Bros 64
- Mario Parties
- Banjo Kazooie / Tooie
- Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow
- Pokémon Stadium
Outside of Nintendo, the standout titles for me are:
- Crash Bandicoot
- Spyro
- Metal Gear Solid
- FF VII & VIII
Super Mario Kart and NHL '94
Zelda OoT
Super Mario World
Doom
TIE Fighter
Diablo
The one i played the most was probably super mario world
My favorite snes game
But ocarina of time was great too.
For pc id say, red alert or diablo.
Homeworld and Half Life for me: both were just awesome. I spent a very long time in both.
Technically 2000, but Sacrifice. It's still one of the most unique games I've ever played, and is my top wish for a remake/remaster.
It's a hybrid action RPG and RTS, which isn't completely unheard of, but even in its niche genre it's unlike anything else. You play a wizard with a range of both spells and summonable units, which can be ordered around to a limited degree, or more commonly used as a personal escort. Both the units and your own spells are very creative, and the higher level ones can be ridiculously powerful. In a glorious early celebration of terrain deformation, many of the high level spells will create volcanoes, mountains, craters, or even gaping voids in the already surreal landscapes. The story mode is also very weird and funny, with some top level voice actors.
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. Super Mario 64 was my first "3D" so to speak, but OoT took that to the next level. The feeling of wonder when I first left the Lost Woods and came out into the field will never be topped.
Can't decide between at least:
Homeworld
Frontier: Elite II
Warcraft II
Burden of the Crown
X-Wing, TIE Fighter, X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, X-Wing Alliance
backyard baseball
Mechwarrior 2. Controlling a heavy mech was 90s af.
And I can still hear the startup sequence in my head. Reactor online Sensors online Weapons online. All systems nominal.
The ones I played the most were:
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Heroes of Might & Magic
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Civilization
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Genghis Khan ][: Clan of the White Wolf
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ZZT
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Final Fantasy 6
not in order, mind
I don't really know what to pick so I'm going to go with something kind of obscure, "The Adventures of Bouapha: Spooky Castle". The gameplay is a little hard to explain but it kind of plays like Zelda but you can pickup upgrades for your main weapon that allows it to be thrown in many directions and it has sub-weapons that can either be found or dropped by enemies and they have limited ammo.
I actually forgot this game existed until itch recommended me "Hamsandwich", which is a free and open-source collection of updated versions of a bunch of old Hamumu Software games. There are mods available for specific games and it's available for Linux, Windows, MacOS, Android and any other OS/device that can play the online version.
Rebel Assault
Simant
Happyweed
Sid Meier's Colonisation, my 10 year old laptop that I replaced last year only had enough power to play that game and I put so many hours into it when I didn't have access to my main pc. It's just a shame that my new laptop doesn't upscale dosbox the same way my old one did but I think that's just because of the differences between MacOS and Windows.
(Edit: wrote the wrong game series somehow)
Flashback. There's something cinematographic in that old Delphine gem.
So many amazing games to choose from such as all the D&D based ones, Morrowind, the SimCity ones and the Championship Manager games, but my absolute favorite was Fallout 2 for sure!
Syndicate and Wing Commander Privateer
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