Asklemmy

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

• 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!

Top 5

Doom and Doom II

Command and Conquer: Red Alert

Super Mario World

StarCraft with Brood War expansion

Duke 3D

Earthbound

and of course motherfucking Half-Life

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

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.

Command and conquer, before Westwood was fucked over by EA

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

Total Annihilation... couldn't get enough of it. Even playing strategy games today I desperately miss the elaborate control and mechanics of TA.

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

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.

Donkey Kong Country 2

Heroes of Might and Magic 2

Spyro

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)

StarCraft

Prince of Persia, the first game I ever played.

Probably followed by Tetris, the first game I ever played in my own device.

Then I looked it up, and SNES JRPGs Secret of Mana and Secret of Evermore were also from the 90s and now I can't decide anymore, especially as I just realized there were 5 more years of games still coming.

Baldur's Gate

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

Super Mario World

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.

Commander Keen

Age of empires 1

Pyramid: Challenge of Pharaoh's dream

Atlantis: The lost tales

Ski free

In no particular order:

THPS

Super Smash Bros.

Goldeneye

Worms

Lemmings

FIFA World Cup’98

Pokémon red/blue

LoZ: Links’s Awakening

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

Metal gear solid was brilliant.

Then wipeout 2097.

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

• 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

Quake 3 arena

Sanitarium.

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

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.

• 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!)

By far:

• Leisure Suit Larry
• Prince of Persia

Age of Empires 2

• 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 2
• Ultima VII
• Doom and Doom 2
• Twinsen’s Adventure
• Descent
• Syndicate
• MDK
• Interstate ‘76
• Command and Conquer
• Age of Empires
• SimCity 2000
• SimTower

I still play Civilization 1 from time to time.

And with friends, Worms 2 is a banger, and so is the cave flyer Wings

Interstate 76

Sonic 3 & Knuckles

I played so much X-Com, Civ 2, and Final Fantasy Tactics back in the day.

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

Metal Gear Solid

Monkey Island 2 (The first one is arguably better, but 2 was my introduction to the series, so I have a bit of a soft spot for it)

Rogue Squadron!

Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven

Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor

Heroes of Might and Magic III