Tags for '1990s'
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Game: Final Doom
Release Date: May 31, 1996 (US)Like an aging athlete, the time has come for Doom to hang up its gloves and exit gracefully from the scene. -
Game: Star Wars Dark Forces
Release Date: Feb 28, 1995 (US)One of the first titles to actually improve upon the Doom formula, Dark Forces managed to rise above “me-too” status and become a great game in its own right. -
Game: Descent
Release Date: Feb 28, 1995 (US)No exploding body parts or fireball-vomiting demons here--Descent puts an industrial spin on the genre by taking you into the bowels of huge factory-like space stations to fight mining robots gone mad. -
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Game: Heretic II
Release Date: Jul 4, 2003You wouldn't want to live there, but the world of Heretic II is a beautiful place to visit. -
Release Date: 1998As an expansion pack for a now-classic first-person action game, Sith is very good - but it isn't great. -
Release Date: Dec 11, 1998Ocarina of Time definitely follows in the footsteps of the previous games, and the result is a game that can't be called anything other than flawless. -
Release Date: Sep 30, 1997 (US)Arguably the best single-player first-person shooter since Doom. -
Game: Half-Life
Release Date: 1998Half-Life is the closest thing to a revolutionary step the genre has ever taken. -
Release Date: Oct 31, 1995 (US)TIE Fighter is the best space combat game ever made. -
Game: Donkey Kong 64
Release Date: Dec 6, 1999Those of you who remotely liked Mario 64 or Banjo-Kazooie will be excited to the point of numbness by this game. -
Release Date: 1996A breakthrough in outdoor 3-D action sims, Terra Nova gives mech games and flight sims something to aspire to. -
Release Date: 1998It's a noble effort to both cannibalize the best elements of classics of the genre and also provide a number of refreshing innovations. -
Game: Descent II
Release Date: 1996If you don't like Descent at least a little bit, make no mistake, there is something wrong with you. -
Game: Quake II
Release Date: 1997Whatever else may be said about Quake II, one thing is certain: It is the only first-person shooter to render the original Quake entirely obsolete. -
Game: Full Throttle
Release Date: Apr 30, 1995Featuring a superb story that borrows from the cult films Easy Rider and MadMax, Full Throttle is arguably LucasArts' finest graphic adventure creation. -
Release Date: 1996Someone has finally returned to the RPGs of the old school and created an adventure that will take even the most experienced gamer months to unravel. -
Game: Stonekeep
Release Date: Oct 31, 1995 (US)A game so long in the making, even Stonekeep's supposed cutting-edge technology is dull compared to that of its competitors. -
Game: Rayman
Release Date: Apr 30, 1996 (US)Rayman is side-scrolling, comic animation at its finest. Both experienced video gamers and newbies will find it absorbing, engaging and amusing. -
Game: Spear of Destiny
Release Date: 1992 (US)Spear of Destiny is the sequel to Wolfenstein 3D by id Software. -
Game: Grim Fandango
Release Date: 1998In addition to being a very good adventure game, it features great writing and beautiful art direction.
