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What is your favorite video game from the 90s? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 6 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 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.

[–] [email protected] 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 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 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] MrSlicer 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

According to that previously mentioned interview with the designers of the game, this was an oversight on their part. When they were creating the game, they had instant access to any area of the game, so the thought never occurred to them to put in a save or password feature. It wasn't until after the game was finished

https://www.retrojunk.com/a/A4Hln2R72v/in-defense-of-festers-quest

that they realized their mistake.