If last week we took the veterans of the place back to their early years with the report on the “games you will remember if you were born in the 80s”, today we have to do the same with you , nineties friends. If you were born in the 90s, you enjoyed a time when video games began to reach almost every home thanks to consoles like SNES, Mega Dive, PlayStation< /b> or Nintendo 64; you saw the birth and growth of internet cafes and online gaming; and you were the last to spend your pay in the great arcades of our country. For all these reasons, the time has come for us at HobbyConsolas.com to pay tribute to your generation and review some of the best games that were released in the 90s.
NOTE: Many great games arrived during the 90s, so this report will be updated with more titles. Of course, we're open to suggestions, so feel free to remind us what the best 90s games were for you. Without further ado, we leave you with the alphabetical list of games that you will remember if you were born in the 90s.
In 1997 Ensemble Studios revolutionized the world of real-time strategy with Age of Empires. That title allowed us to manage the resources of our own army from the Stone Age to the Iron Age and fight against our friends online. And that was only the beginning of what would come later.
In 1996 the guys at Naughty Dog introduced the world to Crash Bandicoot, a hilarious platform game starring a very hooligan marsupial who came to be considered for a long time as the "unofficial mascot" of PlayStation. We want Crash back!
If there is a Spanish video game for PC that you will remember if you were born in the 90s, it will be Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. That top-down action and strategy adventure developed by Pyro Studios in 1998 put us in the shoes of a group of military commandos who had to infiltrate enemy bases during World War II.
If you are one of those who spent your afternoons together with your colleagues in internet cafes, you will remember Counter-Strike very fondly. This first-person shooter created by Valve arrived in 1999 to allow us to fight in teams in large three-dimensional arenas with weapons of the time. Go go go!
If in the 80s we had a great time with Maniac Mansion, in the 90s we did with its second part. LucasArts brought us this Day of the Tentacle in 1993 for us to enjoy again with another graphic adventure full of humor by Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman. People liked it so much that Day of the Tentacle Remastered has just arrived on PC, PS4 and PS Vita.
In 1996 came the first installment of the Diablo saga. It was then that the guys from Blizzard captivated us with this RPG that would lay the foundations that many others would follow from then on.
Already at the end of the decade, in 1999, Capcom offered us a new survival horror of the most particular kind. Dino Crisis was a terrifying adventure inspired by Resident Evil in which we controlled Regina but replaced the zombies with dinosaurs like velociraptors and a T-Rex!
SEGA managed to surprise in 1994 with a humorous platformer for the Mega Drive loaded with action starring none other than a worm in a suit that endowed it with superpowers. The success of Earthworm Jim was such that it would later reach many other systems and would have a remastering for PS3 and Xbox 360, as well as several sequels and an animated series for television.
In the 90s there were many great soccer simulators, but if we have to choose one, it is FIFA98. Electronic Arts revolutionized the genre with a title full of licenses, players much more similar to the real thing than what we were used to back then, and the most intuitive controls. And he had futsal! Besides, who doesn't remember that intro to the rhythm of the legendary Son 2 by Blur?
Two of the games that you will remember the most if you were born in the 90s will be Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII. In 1997Squearesoft revolutionized the world of RPGs with FF VII and in 1999 he managed to captivate us even more with the next installment of the saga. Two unforgettable stories, turn-based combat that managed to conquer the hearts of users and an incredible visual aspect for the time have made these two Final Fantasy favorites among fans of the saga. And the remake of Final Fantasy VII is coming!
In 1997 Polyphony Digital introduced the world to the first installment in the Gran Turismo saga. That exclusive PSX game had 11 circuits and 170 cars with official licenses from some of the most important motorsport brands. That, coupled with control like never before, made GT quickly become the most critically and publicly acclaimed driving title.
If you spent your afternoons hanging out with friends and playing video games, it's more than likely that GoldenEye 007 was one of your favorites on Nintendo 64. This classic first-person shooter Developed by Rare in 1997, it revolutionized multiplayer on consoles with its innovative control and by allowing four players at the same time.
If before we talked about Counter-Strike, now we have to make it our own with Half-Life. And it is that Valve offered us in 1998 an FPS that would end up having a legion of followers thanks to its setting, originality and its protagonist. Bring back Gordon Freeman!
Besides GoldenEye 007, the Rare team left us many other great Nintendo 64 games and Killer Instinct is a clear example of this, although before it went through recreational. A brutal fighting title with characters full of charisma and an amazing 3D graphic section to be from 1994. Of course, it had nothing to envy to Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter. And now we have the new installment of Killer Instinct on Xbox One!
In 1992 the first installment of the series came to SNES under the name Super Mario Kart and in 96 Mario Kar64 would arrive. . Its fun approach forever revolutionized the world of driving games and made home games with friends a lot of fun. How many times have you broken the box when hitting a colleague with a shell?
The masterpiece of Hideo Kojima came to us in 1998 exclusively for the first PlayStation. His surprising graphic section, the precise control and a much more mature plot than we were used to at that time, made this first Metal GearSolid never leave our heads.
Another of the games that you will remember if you were born in the 90sis Mortal Kombat. In 1992 Midway offered us a fighting title like we had never seen before, without cutting a hair when it came to showing blood and dismemberment and with digitized sprites that made it gain visual appeal. And last but not least, the term Fatality was born! FINISH HIM!
This year Nintendo is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, and no wonder. In 1996 they would reach the Game BoyPokémon Red and Blue, and two years later we would see Pokémon Yellow. Those first three installments of the saga kept us glued to the screen until we got hold of all of them. . And now they do it again with their reissue on the 3DS Virtual Console.
Another internet cafe classic. The Quake multiplayer battles made the idSoftware title one of the most popular back in 1996 because it was really cool to fight with fully 3D environments and characters!
In 1996 we also got the first Resident Evil for PSX. Capcom gave life to the first survival horror proper and laid the foundations for a genre that would continue at the top of its hand thanks to Resident Evil 2in 1998 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis in 99. These three games were really scary!
In the 90s we loved rally racing, thanks in part to Carlos Sainz, and SEGA took advantage of the momentum to create SegaRally in 1995. Races against time with the Same circuits and cars that we saw on TV. That last!
Closing the 90s, already in 1999, we got the first installment of the Silent Hill saga. Building on the foundations laid by Resident Evil, Konami brought us its own survival horror for the first PlayStation. And it was really scary!
Despite what it may seem from its name, SimCity 2000 came to us in 1993 and if you were born in the 90s you will almost certainly remember it. This work developed by Maxis allowed us to build entire cities and manage their different resources. It was so cool that, even today, it is considered by many to be one of the best strategy games ever.
If Nintendo had Mario, SEGA couldn't be left behind. Thus, in 1991 it created Sonic The Hedgehog, a stocky blue hedgehog who would star in a platform video game of the same name on Mega Drive and left us all speechless for his speed.
In 1996 Namco introduced the world to Soul Blade, also known as Soul Edge in its version for arcade machines. White weapons made critics and the public enthusiastically receive the title and began a saga that would continue two years later with the first SoulCalibur.
Perhaps Street Fighter II is the most acclaimed title by fans of the Capcom saga. The first arcade version of the game arrived in 1991 and since then it has grown with each reissue, coming out on numerous desktop platforms and including new characters and settings.
Who can forget about Super Mario 64? We were so impressed with this masterpiece for Nintendo 64 that we were unable to give it a grade when we reviewed it at Hobby Consoles. And it is that Nintendo changed the world of platforms in 1996 with this great game completely in three dimensions.
If Super Mario 64 blew us away on the Nintendo 64, Super Mario World did the same on the SNES. The title was launched in 1990 and offered us a visual section and mechanics like we had never seen before in a platform game. And with him we met Yoshi!
In 1995 the guys from Namco broke in with the first installment of Tekken, surprising with a fighting title that had some mechanics in which we controlled each limb of the fighters with an assigned button. Its success was such that Tekken 2 would arrive in 1996, expanding the history of the Mishima clan, and in 1998 we would have Tekken 3, which represented a notable graphic evolution and further polished the game. control.
If you were born in the 90s, it is very possible that you consider that The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time is the best installment of the saga starring Link . This fantastic game was released in Nintendo 64 in 1998 and showed that Nintendo was in top form and that N64 cartridges could compete head-to-head with PlayStation CDs.
Point adventure games wouldn't be the same without The Secret of Monkey Island. In 1990 Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer teamed up to introduce us to the always funny Guybrush Threepwood and his light-hearted pirate adventure. "Look, behind you, a three-headed monkey!"
Do you remember when Lara didn't suffer misfortunes and shot everything that moved? This is how our beloved archaeologist was when it was created by Eidos Interactive in 1996. The impressive character design and mechanics, which perfectly blended platforms, puzzles and action, made TombRaider everything. a success and catapulted Lara Croft to world fame.
Another of the games that was all the rage in the golden age of internet cafes is Warcraft II. The Blizzard real-time strategy title immersed us in exciting battles commanded by armies of sides such as humans, orcs, elves, dwarves, gnomes, or goblins. It was the ideal game for Tolkien fans of the time.
In 1992 the revolution in shooting games arrived thanks to Wolfenstein 3D. The work of idSoftware showed truly amazing graphics with three-dimensional environments that marked a before and after in first-person shooters.
