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[–] Arbiter 89 points 1 month ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Chrono Trigger - SNES, 1995

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Brkdncr 14 points 1 month ago (5 children)

This game was huge. People that weren’t around at the time don’t understand how much better it was than previous games.

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[–] partial_accumen 61 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] Retreaux 55 points 1 month ago

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo 64

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Space Cadet 3D Pinball (PC)

(tell me you didn't just hear that sound in your head)

[–] Rhynoplaz 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Super Mario World. The perfect platformer.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Castlevania Symphony of the Night - PlayStation

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

Tetris - Gameboy

[–] Retreaux 32 points 1 month ago

Final Fantasy 7 - PlayStation

[–] Rhynoplaz 31 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

Unreal Tournament

[–] ace_garp 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bubble Bobble, Arcade, 1986

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[–] Rhynoplaz 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Donkey Kong Country - SNES

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[–] LurkyLoo 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] Gremour 25 points 1 month ago

Diablo (1996?)

[–] PoorYorick 25 points 1 month ago

The Legend of Zelda - NES

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Super Mario Bros. - NES

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - N64, 2000

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[–] khannie 24 points 1 month ago

Street fighter 2 - hyper fighting edition (arcade).

Played this every day after school for years as did a huge portion of my school.

[–] Rhynoplaz 23 points 1 month ago
[–] Kelly 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Master of Orion - MS DOS, Mac OS

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (9 children)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Baldur's Gate, both 1 & 2 on PC (I prefer #1). I had to actively consider whether it had been at least 25 years it came out and...I feel super old now 😅.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Pokémon Crystal is just shy of your 25 year threshold depending on what month it was released (it came out in 2000 in Japan), so I'll say Pokémon Yellow or Pokémon Gold and Silver. We can sit here and nitpick about which is the best, but Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal were all amazing.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] ace_garp 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wipeout 2097 (Wipeout XL), PSX, 1996

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[–] PoorYorick 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Final Fantasy 4, SNES.

(Still one of the best games I've ever played.)

[–] LurkyLoo 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Earthbound - SNES (with the oversized box and guide)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Elite - BBC Micro Model B originally.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Duke Nukem 3D, PC

[–] Saljid 16 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] Rhynoplaz 14 points 1 month ago
[–] ramblingsteve 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

UFO (or xcom) - enemy unknown.

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[–] DamienGramatacus 13 points 1 month ago

Metal Great Solid

[–] 48954246 13 points 1 month ago

Spyro (series) Playstation 1998-2000

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

I’ll propose Age of Empires 1. That one is my childhood pretty much 😄

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Rollercoaster Tycoon

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Banjo-Kazooie - N64

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