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What was your favorite game that year? 1993 edition. (56k)
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PanicFreak
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Mortal Kombat
Honorable mentions
Doom
Road Rash II
Mutant League Football
Honorable mentions
Doom
Road Rash II
Mutant League Football
Hippopuncher12
Member
Damn, what a year! These threads have just reinforced to me that gaming just isn't what it used to be. Picking a game for this year though....probably Link's Awakening or Mortal Kombat.
Edit: Oh shit someone below mentioned Shining Force came out this year in the west so nevermind it was that. Series needs a comeback dammit.
Edit: Oh shit someone below mentioned Shining Force came out this year in the west so nevermind it was that. Series needs a comeback dammit.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
The enhanced voice version of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, the best point & click game ever (and the VA was a part of that), came out in '93. so that.
Other favourites this year for me were Day of the Tentacle, Metal Marines and Link's Awakening.
Other favourites this year for me were Day of the Tentacle, Metal Marines and Link's Awakening.
Laevateinn
Member
Shining Force is missing from the OP. It was released in the west in 93. I've basically dedicated my life to it. GOAT series for me.
Massive Nights
Member
Jungle Strike, Gunstar Heroes and Mega Drive Aladdin came out the same year?!
Good year!
1 - Link's Awakening - one of a handful of classic GB games that held my attention.
2 - Myst - I cheated at some parts but still loved it. Thought the atmosphere was cool.
3 - Secret of Mana - I was nuts for this game, played it fully though like eight times, once on iOS
4 - Street Fighter II Turbo - First game my friends and I stayed up all night playing.
5 - X-Men - what a blast, but I found it a bit too hard.
1 - Link's Awakening - one of a handful of classic GB games that held my attention.
2 - Myst - I cheated at some parts but still loved it. Thought the atmosphere was cool.
3 - Secret of Mana - I was nuts for this game, played it fully though like eight times, once on iOS
4 - Street Fighter II Turbo - First game my friends and I stayed up all night playing.
5 - X-Men - what a blast, but I found it a bit too hard.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Boy do I wish I had a gameboy in 93 for Link's Awakening. I was 5 though, I doubt I would have got far.
We were genesis kids at this stage, so Aladdin, Ecco & Shinobi all come straight to mind, big main stays.
I very strongly recall my dad playing PoP alot but it wa son PC and thus might have been a little earlier than 93? Not sure on that one. He played a lot of Doom too.
My favourite was Aladdin, the flying carpet/lava sequence blew my mind. I found Ecco interesting but very creepy at age 5 so I spent a lot of time watching my big sister playing it and jsut swimming around the opening area when I had it on haha.
I remember seeing Batman Returns in magazines and really wanting it, but I don't believe I ever played it.
We were genesis kids at this stage, so Aladdin, Ecco & Shinobi all come straight to mind, big main stays.
I very strongly recall my dad playing PoP alot but it wa son PC and thus might have been a little earlier than 93? Not sure on that one. He played a lot of Doom too.
My favourite was Aladdin, the flying carpet/lava sequence blew my mind. I found Ecco interesting but very creepy at age 5 so I spent a lot of time watching my big sister playing it and jsut swimming around the opening area when I had it on haha.
I remember seeing Batman Returns in magazines and really wanting it, but I don't believe I ever played it.
Mega Man IV (GB)
Mortal Kombat (SNES, GEN)
Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES, GEN)
Super Mario All-Stars (SNES)
Fatal Fury (SNES)
Disney's Goof Troop (SNES)
Final Fight 2 (SNES)
Sumo Fighter (GB)
Art of Fighting (SNES)
It has to be Street Fighter II Turbo, really a great way to play Street Fighter back in the day. The turbo cheat was insane, SSF2 felt super slow afterwards.
Mortal Kombat (SNES, GEN)
Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES, GEN)
Super Mario All-Stars (SNES)
Fatal Fury (SNES)
Disney's Goof Troop (SNES)
Final Fight 2 (SNES)
Sumo Fighter (GB)
Art of Fighting (SNES)
It has to be Street Fighter II Turbo, really a great way to play Street Fighter back in the day. The turbo cheat was insane, SSF2 felt super slow afterwards.
hydrophilic attack
Member
myst
best game in the genre until the witness came along
best game in the genre until the witness came along
Gai Murakumo
Member
There is so many I could pick but if I have to pick one it would be Gunstar Heroes.
dickroach
Member
Link's Awakening easily. outside of Tetris and Pokemon, definitely my most played GB game; maybe my favorite Zelda game. fond memories of talking with friends at school trying to figure out how the hell to beat dungeons, and vividly remembering where i was when i beat certain bosses.
This is my favorite game from 1993:
Doom is a close second and such a milestone title and I was blown away the first time I played it.....but overall, the game that I most fondly remember from that year and that takes me back is Day of the Tentacle. I was so happy when they announced and released a Remastered version.
Other excellent games that year for me:
Street Fight II Turbo (SNES)
Shadowrun (SNES)
Sam & Max Hit the Road (PC)
Super Mario All-Stars (SNES)
...such a great year. The whole decade was an awesome time for gaming.
Doom is a close second and such a milestone title and I was blown away the first time I played it.....but overall, the game that I most fondly remember from that year and that takes me back is Day of the Tentacle. I was so happy when they announced and released a Remastered version.
Other excellent games that year for me:
Street Fight II Turbo (SNES)
Shadowrun (SNES)
Sam & Max Hit the Road (PC)
Super Mario All-Stars (SNES)
...such a great year. The whole decade was an awesome time for gaming.
Honome
Member
Impossible to pick only one game, all these titles brought me back so many memories... I'll make a list of the top 10 with no specific order:
Doom (PC)
Ecco the Dolphin (GEN)
FIFA International Soccer (GEN)
Flashback (GEN, PC)
Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (PC)
Mortal Kombat
NHL '94 (SNES, GEN, SCD)
Veil of Darkness (PC)
X-COM: UFO Defense (PC)
X-Wing
Doom (PC)
Ecco the Dolphin (GEN)
FIFA International Soccer (GEN)
Flashback (GEN, PC)
Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (PC)
Mortal Kombat
NHL '94 (SNES, GEN, SCD)
Veil of Darkness (PC)
X-COM: UFO Defense (PC)
X-Wing
stalker is a cool movie
Too many great games to decide. If I had to pick, I'd probably say my top 3 would be
Doom - playing this coop with my brother and some of my friends was massively fun.
Secret of Mana
Mortal Kombat/Street Fighter 2 - fact separate the two, had tons of fun with both.
With Lost Vikings getting an honorable mention. I'd love to see that game remade in 3d with coop.
Doom - playing this coop with my brother and some of my friends was massively fun.
Secret of Mana
Mortal Kombat/Street Fighter 2 - fact separate the two, had tons of fun with both.
With Lost Vikings getting an honorable mention. I'd love to see that game remade in 3d with coop.
Pestilence11
Member
93 was an incredible year for games. Impossible for me the choose a favourite.
JRW
Member
Doom PC (1993) - I still remember playing this for the first time at a friends house back in 1993, I was beyond blown away, It truly felt like we were playing a game ahead of its time.
Doom was the reason I ended up buying a PC shortly after, A Packard Bell desktop with a Pentium 60Mhz and 4 MB ram (lol).
Of course after the Packard I've always configured / built my own PC's like most users do nowadays.
Doom was the reason I ended up buying a PC shortly after, A Packard Bell desktop with a Pentium 60Mhz and 4 MB ram (lol).
Of course after the Packard I've always configured / built my own PC's like most users do nowadays.
Version 3.0
Member
I suppose I'd have to say Link's Awakening. I hated the Game Boy when it arrived. The idea of playing on that crappy little screen, instead of a TV, was abhorrent to me (an opinion that hasn't changed over the years).
But while I was on vacation, visiting friends, I played a bit of Link's Awakening, and I had to buy a Game Boy to play the whole thing. I literally hurt my eyes playing through it on that piece of shit. Later, the Super Game Boy made it all better.
Honorable mention to Secret of Mana. It still holds the record for most money I ever paid for a new game - just over $100 ($106, I think), at Service Merchandise. It was the only store I could find that had it. I felt it was worth it, so that's high praise.
edit: oh heck, I missed Doom. Ah, whatever. I can't decide, then.
But while I was on vacation, visiting friends, I played a bit of Link's Awakening, and I had to buy a Game Boy to play the whole thing. I literally hurt my eyes playing through it on that piece of shit. Later, the Super Game Boy made it all better.
Honorable mention to Secret of Mana. It still holds the record for most money I ever paid for a new game - just over $100 ($106, I think), at Service Merchandise. It was the only store I could find that had it. I felt it was worth it, so that's high praise.
edit: oh heck, I missed Doom. Ah, whatever. I can't decide, then.
spookyfish
Member
Damn. Good year for games! Starfox, Street Fighter Turbo, Sonic CD, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Secret of Mana, and one you forgot: Silpheed Sega CD.
Honome
Member
Indeed, my friend. Tarkovsky was a genious.
That's the one I meant to include and forgot. Such a great game.
Heart of Black
Member
This is really hard! But that was the year I got a Game Boy, and I got it with Link's Awakening, which I absolutely adored above all else!
But I definitely played many of the others through friends.
What a great year.
But I definitely played many of the others through friends.
What a great year.
Theslammer
Member
As far as what I played a ton:
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (GEN)
Gunstar Heroes (GEN)
Jungle Strike (GEN)
Jurassic Park (GEN)
Lethal Enforcers (GEN)
Mortal Kombat (GEN)
Mutant League Football (GEN)
Myst (PC)
NBA Jam (GEN)
Pirates! Gold (GEN)
Road Rash II (GEN)
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (GEN)
X-Men (GEN)
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (GEN)
I honestly think Mean Bean Machine aged the best of any of this. My brother would get pissed when I did that combo shit on him and all those clear beans dropped on him.
Pirates! Gold was my thing back in the day, though. That was the game that made me wish there was more open-world and was the first open-world game I played.
But Street Fighter II... when I found out how to do actual moves and could spam the HADOKEN, I played the tournament mode a billion times. It was a rude awakening when I played this online on the 360 and realized that spamming that doesn't work on humans. =P
Great memories with all of this, but I think Pirates! Gold was what I was most in love with next to Street Fighter.
EDIT: One thing about Lethal Enforcers: although I played that a ton, I played it while hating that you had to redo a level if you shot a civilian or cop. They'd jump out of nowhere, damn it!
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (GEN)
Gunstar Heroes (GEN)
Jungle Strike (GEN)
Jurassic Park (GEN)
Lethal Enforcers (GEN)
Mortal Kombat (GEN)
Mutant League Football (GEN)
Myst (PC)
NBA Jam (GEN)
Pirates! Gold (GEN)
Road Rash II (GEN)
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (GEN)
X-Men (GEN)
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (GEN)
I honestly think Mean Bean Machine aged the best of any of this. My brother would get pissed when I did that combo shit on him and all those clear beans dropped on him.
Pirates! Gold was my thing back in the day, though. That was the game that made me wish there was more open-world and was the first open-world game I played.
But Street Fighter II... when I found out how to do actual moves and could spam the HADOKEN, I played the tournament mode a billion times. It was a rude awakening when I played this online on the 360 and realized that spamming that doesn't work on humans. =P
Great memories with all of this, but I think Pirates! Gold was what I was most in love with next to Street Fighter.
EDIT: One thing about Lethal Enforcers: although I played that a ton, I played it while hating that you had to redo a level if you shot a civilian or cop. They'd jump out of nowhere, damn it!
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Doom, easily.
Sam & Max Hit the Road and SF2: Turbo probably battle it out for 2nd place.
Sam & Max Hit the Road and SF2: Turbo probably battle it out for 2nd place.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I have that Alien 3 game. That shit is ass.
From that list I'd say the cream of the crop are :
X-Wing, Secret of Mana and Link's Awakening.
If I had to choose absolutely 1 it would be
Legend of Zelda : Link's Awakening.
But fuck what I wouldn't give to get something like X-Wing again...
And Secret of Mana was fantastic too.
That's my choice anyway, 94 and 95 are better anyway...
X-Wing, Secret of Mana and Link's Awakening.
If I had to choose absolutely 1 it would be
Legend of Zelda : Link's Awakening.
But fuck what I wouldn't give to get something like X-Wing again...
And Secret of Mana was fantastic too.
That's my choice anyway, 94 and 95 are better anyway...
Bluekaveli
Member
Batman, Mortal Kombat, or Royal Rumble.
Batman
Batman