If you think a game should be higher or lower in ranking, then upvote or downvote it. If you don’t see a game on the list that you think should be on the list then create a top level reply with the name and system.
Marathon.
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee (PS1)
So many games that I even upvoted that are still absolutely amazing haven’t really aged perfectly control- or gameplay-wise, but Oddworld could be released today and it would still be perfect.
Half-Life
My thought when reading the title of the thread was “If Half-Life fits the bill, it’s half life.”
Revolutionary game.
Bloody hell, I didn’t realize it’s that old. I played it in high school, feels like yesterday.
Play Black Mesa, you deserve it. Not only it’s Half-Life like you’ve never seen it, but there’s also a completed Xen campaign.
I did, it’s amazing. Also just replayed HL2 with some fancy graphics mod, pretty cool stuff.
Yeah, this is the make us feel old thread.
We’re only a couple months from the launch lineup for the ps2 qualifying here.
My hope is that this becomes a living document that will show up in search engines and make people aware of lemmy and can be reffered to when people ask “what should i play?” Thats why the title says “best” instead of “most popular.” There’s a lot of hidden gems posted already.
Galaga
Super Mario Bros 3 - NES
This game was huge. People that weren’t around at the time don’t understand how much better it was than previous games.
They made a freaking MOVIE to promote it!
And that stupid glove.
I love the Power Glove™️.
It’s so bad.
Looking back, boy did they have vision. I get that the Power Glove wasn’t all it was cracked up to be but Nintendo really saw early on how we want to interact with our machines.
Then somewhere along the way they realized they could make a lot of money by relicensing the same game over and over again, and suing their most loyal fans out of existence.
YES. It’s absolutely criminal that people always show the first one off and out it on a pedestal.
I can hear Hell’s March just from the screenshot
Click the screenshot!
Reporting!
Unit. Lost. Unit. Lost. Unit. Lost.
I think that phrase just chipped away at my delicate teenage self esteem back in the day. Something new to bring up in therapy: being bullied by RTS games.
Our base is under a tack.
Mission. Failed.
Doom
Freelancer, PC
A great pick, but it’s not 25yo yet, tho
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo 64
Super Mario World. The perfect platformer.
Bubble Bobble, Arcade, 1986
Great, now I’ll have the music from this game stuck in my head all day
SkiFree (PC)
Check out Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders for modern SkiFree vibes!
I mean… if there’s no yeti trying to eat me it just won’t feel the same…
Remember to press F to go faster
Street fighter 2 - hyper fighting edition (arcade).
Played this every day after school for years as did a huge portion of my school.
Castlevania Symphony of the Night - PlayStation
