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What is your favorite video game from the 90s? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by mayflower@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] lavadrop@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 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 ‘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

[–] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] lavadrop@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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.

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

Festers quest is probably the most buggy game I've put a lot of time into. It's good, but could have been great.

[–] lavadrop@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Really? I don't remember it being buggy back then