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[z1ggy]

I love the dark/cyberpunk artstyle from the 90's, those boxes are sexy as hell. Now everything is so emo.

 

[Phediuk]

It's kinda terrifying how just about EVERYTHING on the Genesis and Saturn seems like a product of its time now.

Makes me feel old as shit. I remember when Sega was the ultra-cool bad boy of the game industry.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Said NSFW peener

The best part is that in the game you don't actually know it's some alien taking a piss.

You reach a cliff with a waterfall, you swim up the waterfall thinking "been there done that". Then you reach the top and....yeah.

 

[TAJ]

 

[kess]

This rating system looks like a relic now

 

[N4Us]

At least the music, anyways

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXYdxvP4D3k&list=PL250DA60FA0A90D67&index=4

 

[NinjamicWZ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wZGVazbJYY&list=PLD79B47F6328A40FF&index=2

no, listen to this video of it: http://i.imgur.com/hpcIO34.gif

that bass is killing it in my headphones so hard right now

 

[Don't Laugh]

 

[UltraGunner]

 

[FaultTolerance]

"Attitude"

"Get it!"

Yup, 90's.

 

[Salmonax]

 

[AmyS]

Holy shit, forgot all about that game.

Also, since cacildo mentioned Crime Fighters:

There was a sequel, Crime Fighters II, aka, Vendetta.

(NA, EU, JPN)

 

[sephiroth7x]

The most 90's game must have been Toe Jam and Earl... could you really release that nowadays without it being labelled as the ultimate in cheese!!

Reminds me of photos like this -

 

[kess]

The most 90's game must have been Toe Jam and Earl... could you really release that nowadays without it being labelled as the ultimate in cheese!!

Toe Jam and Earl is awesome. Jet Grind Radio is Awesome. Cheese is Awesome.

 

[Vindicator]

 

[Green Wiggly]

HEY.

You will not bad mouth this awesome man.

A true legend of his time.

So crediting someone with sireing not one, but TWO of the most well shorn gaming experts of all time is bad mouthing? Oh, what times we live in. In going back to rocking some Kong while repeating "don't give up, you can do it if you really want" in my head.

 

[HueyFreeman]

Ha, my first thought as well

 

[Herbspiceguy]

Back when Indiana Jones was a boss and Sega made kick-ass arcade games;

Which also reminded me of;

 

[Polioliolio]

Hit arcades in '99. I've always liked the original box art, reminds me of the illustrations you'd see on YA paperback novels.

This is definitely some of the best box art ever right here.

Now everything is a CG render.. looks bad. Miss this kind of thing.. yes, even when Fabio is doing his best Conan impression.

 

[Host Samurai]

Fatal Fury gives me heavy 90's nostalgia. Just look at these giant sprites and character designs

Duck King is a product of the 90's

Look at Raiden. Obviously based of of 90's wrestling legend Big Van Vader

 

[Green Wiggly]

The cast of Saved by the Bell is here to kick your ass (and smile while they do it)!

 

[inm8num2]

 

[Spring-Loaded]

The most 90's game must have been Toe Jam and Earl... could you really release that nowadays without it being labelled as the ultimate in cheese!!

If you reskinned it as a Regular Show game, then yeah.

 

[AmyS]

I remember that game on Genesis

And the arcade ver:

Which for whatever reason also makes me think of this game: Edit: beaten by kess

 

[endresults]

Fuck I miss the 90's. So innocently stupid.

 

[cacildo]

I know I miss the 90 because i lived with my parents and we were all young and even with all the school hurdles i felt safe in a level I will never feel again

However I think there's something very special in these 90 games, aside from nostalgia.

 

[AmyS]

The most blatant rip-off of Capcom's Final Fight, ever -- And, originally from the 90s, unlike FF.

 

[daviyoung]

 

[Train of Midnight]

Holy shit that prop game. I remember they had it at my lazer tag place when I was a kid!

 

[thesuperfunk]

Music and all ...

 

[dankir]

Hit arcades in '99. I've always liked the original box art, reminds me of the illustrations you'd see on YA paperback novels.

I really really loved the character select theme from Crazy Taxi 2

So badass!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4-h76ehWyE

 

[chaostrophy]

Man, pro gamers everywhere were just praising the hell out of Guys R Us.

Cheesy ads aside, Gaiares is actually a really good game. The mechanic of draining weapon power from enemies is quite fun.

 

[Seik]

IDK why, there could be many games, but that's the one.

 

[AlwaysPlaying]

The legendary Lance Boyle, and actualy video footage....ohh the fond memories.

 

[Ganondorfo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnwLFw80k1Y

Listen to it, it feels so 90s arcade music.

 

[AmyS]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnwLFw80k1Y

Listen to it, it feels so 90s arcade music.

Thanks for posting ^ I didn't know of that game 'til just now.


Another great game, movie was the 80s, but game was the 90s

 

[Rydeen]

Oh man, Prop Cycle. Used to play that endlessly at Game works in Seattle. My grandparents used to own a chalet in Leavenworth, a mock-bavarian village in central Washington. There used to be a little family fun center there called Icicle Junction, and when we'd go up there in the Summer I'd spend hours in the arcade playing Prop Cycle. They had a really kick-ass mid 90's arcade, with Time Crisis, Marvel Super Heroes, and the Japanese version of Darkstalkers 3.

I'd kill to own a working Prop Cycle cabinet though.

 

[Herbspiceguy]

Last night I had a flashback...

Megatech Software was the first licensor of anime games in the United States, and the first licensor of hentai games or eroge in English.

 

[djtiesto]

Oh man, Prop Cycle. Used to play that endlessly at Game works in Seattle. My grandparents used to own a chalet in Leavenworth, a mock-bavarian village in central Washington. There used to be a little family fun center there called Icicle Junction, and when we'd go up there in the Summer I'd spend hours in the arcade playing Prop Cycle. They had a really kick-ass mid 90's arcade, with Time Crisis, Marvel Super Heroes, and the Japanese version of Darkstalkers 3.

I'd kill to own a working Prop Cycle cabinet though.

Yeah, Prop Cycle is one of those games that could have only come out in a short slice of time in the 90's - when arcades with custom hardware/cabinets were still viable, when 3D technology was up to par, and when such a whimsical and experimental concept wasn't liable to get its eyes rolled at by a jaded and cynical gaming populace.

 

[Aizu_Itsuko]

THANK YOU


wth is wrong with these people, 3rd page?!

The thread is called "The most 90s video games", not "Great games from the 90s."

There's a difference.

 

[See You Next Wednesday]

I think it's title pretty much speaks for itself:

Most radical.

 

[C.Redfield]

 

[BPoole]

 

[lt519]

yooooo chip's challenge nice, i was about to post something like this

 

[See You Next Wednesday]

Speaking of which, WTF happened to the Xbox Arcade remake, it looked sooooo good.

 

[nw3]

So much 90s feels

 

[Regiruler]

By the definition that the 80s are just better 90s:

 

[Mr. Poolman]

What I've learned from this thread is that in the 90's there was this lingering wish of going out and beat up some people with pipes.

 

[Tizoc]

Found this add while lurking thru a tumblr

 

[New002]