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Ambermoon

Sonic Adventure.

If 1998 in Japan and 1999 everywhere else is too close to the '00s (and in the context of what SA1 meant for the Sonic franchise I wouldn't blame you,) Sonic CD.

backyard baseball

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.

Seven kingdoms

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)

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.

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

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

I loved the game Tomba! 2 The Evil Swine Return, it was creative, intricate, and very far ahead of its time, I would love to see the series get a reboot or a remaster

The Secret of Monkey Island Super Metroid Yoshi's Island

Star fox 64

• Half-life
• the Doom games
• the Quake games
• Shogo
• POD
• Outlaws
• Soldier of Fortune (it was released in 2000 tho but it's almost the 90's lol)

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

So unfortunately I didn't play video games until about 2001 when I turned 5 and got an N64 for my first Christmas in the USA. The game itself is from 2000 though.

Mickey's Speedway USA for the N64.

Goddamn I loved that game. I have so many fun memories with it.

Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri - it was the Crysis of its time, in that whatever computer you had, you needed a better one to be able to play it.

Also, we all decided that the atrocious acting in the FMVs was deliberate, so that's okay.

Titanic: Adventure out of Time The game had quite the ambiance (Smethelles awkward FMV face & that haunting D deck music still haunts my dreams sometimes). In addition, I really liked the laid back mystery solving gameplay that it provided... I feel like it was pretty unique and haven't found anything that quite scratches that same itch.

Also, sim tower.. That game is just awesome.

In no particular order, these are the games I played the most back then.

SNES

• Super Bomberman II
• Stunt Race FX
• Super Mario Bros
• Yoshi's Island

PS1

• Gran Turismo 2
• Spyro 1 & 2
• Crash Bandicoot series
• Twisted Metal 2, 4
• Jet Moto series
• Coolborders series
• Pro Skater series
• Einhänder

PC

• After Dark Games

And a couple of nearly-90s favorites,

PC

• 4x4 Evo 2
• Red Alert 2
• OG Halo