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What was your favorite game that year? 1993 edition. (56k)
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Theslammer
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Game that was released that year.
GreenMonkey
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Nod goes to Betrayal at Krondor. Such a great RPG that tries to do a lot of things differently.
Really need to replay it, I never quite finished as a teen.
Really need to replay it, I never quite finished as a teen.
Memorabilia
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1993? There's only one correct answer: Doom.
Played it so much I didn't see my long distance gf for over 3 weeks. She broke it off. I didn't notice. 2 weeks later she begged me to take her back. I didn't notice. Would lose gf over Doom again.
(Why does that read like a Steam review?)
Played it so much I didn't see my long distance gf for over 3 weeks. She broke it off. I didn't notice. 2 weeks later she begged me to take her back. I didn't notice. Would lose gf over Doom again.
(Why does that read like a Steam review?)
Theslammer
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Gabriel Knight
Followed very closely by Myst. I'm torn on 1993, sometimes I pick Myst, sometimes GK. This moment I feel it's GK
htf did I forget this? Ugh, gotta edit. >_>
My 1993 self says:
WWF Royal Rumble
Besides SMW, it was the main reason I sold my C64 and got a Super Nintendo instead. As a 7-year-old mark it was the greatest thing ever. Nowadays, I like to deny that any wrestling games existed before the N64 era... the Acclaim/LJN games were so bad in hindsight.
My current self prefers Link's Awakening, Super Mario All-Stars and SF2T. Aladdin on Mega Drive was surprisingly good too.
edit: Streets of Rage 2 was released in 1993 as well? Then it gets my pick as I still play it every now and then.
Reminds me that I need to schedule Secret of Mana for the next local co-op night. I never really played more than the first 2-3 hours of it.
WWF Royal Rumble
Besides SMW, it was the main reason I sold my C64 and got a Super Nintendo instead. As a 7-year-old mark it was the greatest thing ever. Nowadays, I like to deny that any wrestling games existed before the N64 era... the Acclaim/LJN games were so bad in hindsight.
My current self prefers Link's Awakening, Super Mario All-Stars and SF2T. Aladdin on Mega Drive was surprisingly good too.
edit: Streets of Rage 2 was released in 1993 as well? Then it gets my pick as I still play it every now and then.
Reminds me that I need to schedule Secret of Mana for the next local co-op night. I never really played more than the first 2-3 hours of it.
Captains Curse
Banned
Sunset riders on SNES for sure. Great times playing co-op with my brother.
"Bury me with my... money"
"Bury me with my... money"
aygomyownroad
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Sam and Max Hit the Road and Doom for me.
Doom has cemented a place as one of my favourite games of all time, but would love to revisit Sam and Max Hit the Road, the older me would be able to get further in it!
Doom has cemented a place as one of my favourite games of all time, but would love to revisit Sam and Max Hit the Road, the older me would be able to get further in it!
Possumowner
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Doom all the way
DarkCronos
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when i read the thread title i thought Doom even before clicking and reading the list.
A lot of great games came out that year, but my answer is still Doom
A lot of great games came out that year, but my answer is still Doom
JohnSpartanLee
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1. Day of the Tentacle
2. Zelda: Link's Awakening
3. Street Fighter II Turbo
4. X-Wing
5. Flashback
6. Turrican 3
7. Super The Empire Strikes Back
2. Zelda: Link's Awakening
3. Street Fighter II Turbo
4. X-Wing
5. Flashback
6. Turrican 3
7. Super The Empire Strikes Back
djplaeskool
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WouldYouKindly
Banned
Zombies ate my neighbors not even close
Rad Shadow
Banned
Secret of Mana
30yearsofhurt
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Doom and X-Wing
Vital Tundra
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I actually can't decide on this year, sorry. Everyone was going full steam making games. Makes sense I suppose.
bobs...onGaf
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This is just a complete knee jerk response but seeing road rash 2 on that list and not voting for it would feel wrong
God that game was fantastic
Still hate viper
God that game was fantastic
Still hate viper
CollectedDust
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Unpopular opinion, but I'd probably pick Star Fox. I played the crap out of that game when it came out.
Honorable mentions for Doom and All Stars.
Edit: I didn't play Doom in 1993, I played it several years later on a Windows 95 machine. I think I may have felt differently if I played Doom that year.
Honorable mentions for Doom and All Stars.
Edit: I didn't play Doom in 1993, I played it several years later on a Windows 95 machine. I think I may have felt differently if I played Doom that year.
Theslammer
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Natasha was nice, though. She at least had your back!
Are we stating what was our favorite game from that year was at the time or what is currently our favorite game that came out that year? The answer is different depending on the rules. At the time? Probably Star Fox. I didn't own a Super Nintendo but I'd go to a friend's place just to watch him play it. The polygonal visuals were simply mesmerizing.
Out of all those games, however, Links Awakening is my favorite today. I didn't play it until much later on though. It's absolutely phenomenal.
Out of all those games, however, Links Awakening is my favorite today. I didn't play it until much later on though. It's absolutely phenomenal.
TheJollyCorner
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You forgot one of Sierra's finest, OP:
(although this cover is for the CD-ROM version that came out in '94, the original floppy version came out in '93)
I didn't play it until '94, so my GOTY in 1993 was Secret of Mana... but holy hell... some amazing games released that year.
(although this cover is for the CD-ROM version that came out in '94, the original floppy version came out in '93)
I didn't play it until '94, so my GOTY in 1993 was Secret of Mana... but holy hell... some amazing games released that year.
BuckRobotron
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Doom.
Although I had experience with many of those SNES games, especially during get-togethers. Street Fighter rounds being common. And taking turns playing Star Wars.
Although I had experience with many of those SNES games, especially during get-togethers. Street Fighter rounds being common. And taking turns playing Star Wars.
The Cool One
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Man 1993 was a beast of a year
Plumpbiscuit
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Mortal Kombat II.
Great follow-up from the first even if it was more of the same but just improved.
Great follow-up from the first even if it was more of the same but just improved.
DavionStriker
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Three way tie because each of these are completely different animals.
1. Secret of Mana - Still holds up great today
1. Doom - What can I say? It brought FPS to the masses. Remember that the former term for FPS was Doom clone.
1. X-Wing - Yes it came after Wing Commander, but this was more iconic in its graphic direction and complexity.
1. Secret of Mana - Still holds up great today
1. Doom - What can I say? It brought FPS to the masses. Remember that the former term for FPS was Doom clone.
1. X-Wing - Yes it came after Wing Commander, but this was more iconic in its graphic direction and complexity.
Looking over the list, here are my favorites
Narrowing it down...
1. Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
2. NHL '94
3. Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
4. DOOM
5. Ecco: The Tides of Time
As always I can not pick just one...brb...going to try and narrow list. I played a TON of these...sigh..
Disney's Aladdin
Doom
Ecco the Dolphin
Mortal Kombat
Myst
NBA Jam
Star Fox
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
X-COM: UFO Defense
X-Wing
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Yep...that's probably as close as I can get. I actually played nearly every game from A-Z. I guess I'll do the "games I spent the most hours on" in bold again.
Disney's Aladdin
Doom
Ecco the Dolphin
Mortal Kombat
Myst
NBA Jam
Star Fox
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
X-COM: UFO Defense
X-Wing
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Yep...that's probably as close as I can get. I actually played nearly every game from A-Z. I guess I'll do the "games I spent the most hours on" in bold again.
Oh, god, what a year it was! Really hard to judge what is "best". What criterion would one even use after all these years? Long term industry impact? Personal time played? Quality of art/music? Achievements in programming? How did it age? No idea, really. Also nostalgy doesnt help at all.
As a mostly PC player back then I missed on many gems, some of those I was able to experience only relatively recently, so it also skews perspective. Hopeless, but I try anyway.
1. DOOM. Well, it is the game for which I installed an over-the-air coaxial cable connection to my neighbor so we could play it regularly. Distributed as a shareware over Fidonet which helped to propel its popularity to cosmic levels and created all that modern market for FPSs.
2. Day of the Tentacle... Sleepless nights, several months of puzzle solving/guessing/desperate pixel hunting. Still remains one of the best adventures of all times for me.
3. Mortal Kombat. If Doom was the king of LAN parties, MK was the go to local multiplayer at that time. Bloody good times.
4. Master of Orion. This came in like a comet and ate those night hours like it was nectar. I just gotta sent some colonists on that planet so they can repel the invasion, let me count the turns.... What, it is 3am already?
5. X-Wing. I do not think I'm only one here who bought a flight stick/joystick for this game and didn't regret it. Space sims would probably be much less popular today if not for X-Wing/Tie Fighter nostalgy.
6. XCOM. I thought it came out later, but maybe USA version did come out in 1993. no idea. Anyway, this game introduced my young soul to "addictive punishing", the feeling I forgot I like until Demon Souls came out. Only I had way more time back then to bath in it.
Honorary mentions:
x. Secret of Mana
x. The Lost Vikings
x. Sam & Max Hit the Road
x. Prince of Persia
x. Flashback
x. Disney's Aladdin
Yep, that was a good year. Diverse lineup, bold experiments, network play and 3D graphic advances. Good year indeed.
As a mostly PC player back then I missed on many gems, some of those I was able to experience only relatively recently, so it also skews perspective. Hopeless, but I try anyway.
1. DOOM. Well, it is the game for which I installed an over-the-air coaxial cable connection to my neighbor so we could play it regularly. Distributed as a shareware over Fidonet which helped to propel its popularity to cosmic levels and created all that modern market for FPSs.
2. Day of the Tentacle... Sleepless nights, several months of puzzle solving/guessing/desperate pixel hunting. Still remains one of the best adventures of all times for me.
3. Mortal Kombat. If Doom was the king of LAN parties, MK was the go to local multiplayer at that time. Bloody good times.
4. Master of Orion. This came in like a comet and ate those night hours like it was nectar. I just gotta sent some colonists on that planet so they can repel the invasion, let me count the turns.... What, it is 3am already?
5. X-Wing. I do not think I'm only one here who bought a flight stick/joystick for this game and didn't regret it. Space sims would probably be much less popular today if not for X-Wing/Tie Fighter nostalgy.
6. XCOM. I thought it came out later, but maybe USA version did come out in 1993. no idea. Anyway, this game introduced my young soul to "addictive punishing", the feeling I forgot I like until Demon Souls came out. Only I had way more time back then to bath in it.
Honorary mentions:
x. Secret of Mana
x. The Lost Vikings
x. Sam & Max Hit the Road
x. Prince of Persia
x. Flashback
x. Disney's Aladdin
Yep, that was a good year. Diverse lineup, bold experiments, network play and 3D graphic advances. Good year indeed.
MisterFalcon
Member
Master of Orion
The Lost Vikings
Tornado flight sim
Virtua Fighter arcade
The Lost Vikings
Tornado flight sim
Virtua Fighter arcade