Baldur’s Gate. That game blew me away.

The ones I played the most were:

• Heroes of Might & Magic

• Civilization

• Genghis Khan ][: Clan of the White Wolf

• ZZT

• Final Fantasy 6

not in order, mind

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.

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

The one i played the most was probably super mario world

My favorite snes game

But ocarina of time was great too.

For pc id say, red alert or diablo.

Mechwarrior 2. Controlling a heavy mech was 90s af.

And I can still hear the startup sequence in my head. Reactor online Sensors online Weapons online. All systems nominal.

Homeworld and Half Life for me: both were just awesome. I spent a very long time in both.

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.

In more or less this order:

Fifa 99

Duke Nukem 3D Doom

Rise Of The Triad

Test Drive 5

Simcity

Hardball 3

Madden 98

Starcraft

Age Of Empires 2

Need For Speed 2

All Points Buletin

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

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.

Super Mario 64

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 liked the Marathon series for Mac and the Twisted Metal series for PS.

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.

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

Can’t pick a favorite. But I will say the one I return to the most often is Super Metroid

Tekken 3. Late 90s but I spent HUNDREDS of hours playing it.

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?

Flashback. There's something cinematographic in that old Delphine gem.

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.