Homeworld and Half Life for me: both were just awesome. I spent a very long time in both.
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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
It's between Final Fantasy Tactics and Suikoden II. I think it goes to the latter.
Baldur’s Gate. That game blew me away.
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.
- Frontier: Elite II
- Quake
- Command & Conquer
- Civilization
- Quest for Glory
- Simcity
- Doom
- Wolfenstein
- Prince of Persia
- Syndicate
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
There were a lot of games released in the 90s. It would take 2-3 per genre to start getting close.
Picking just one single game... I guess I'll go with Fallout 2
I don't think I can choose between games like Alpha Centauri, Marathon, Chrono Trigger, Homeworld, Quake, Counter-Strike (I played the beta in '99, does that count?), not to mention King of Fighters '98, Half-Life, Star Craft... wow it really was the golden era of gaming wasn't it?
Tekken 3. Late 90s but I spent HUNDREDS of hours playing it.
Can’t pick a favorite. But I will say the one I return to the most often is Super Metroid
My top favorites, can't decide which one is the best:
- Dyna Blaster / Bomberman
- Commander Keen
- Skyroads
- Hero's Hearts
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.
It's impossible to pick just one (even when talking specific genres)
But when it comes to fighting games, Marvel vs. Capcom and KOF '97 where among the best.
loved KOF 97, 98 back then. Bloody Roar 2 as well. That game was so much fun.
There are so many... Here are some that I probably spent the most time with:
- Master of Orion
- XCom (the original)
- unreal tournament
- Elder Scrolls Daggerfall
- Falcon 3.0
- Mechwarrior 2