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Rehash of the same old thread, go back as far as you can.
1980: Defender
1981: Robotron 2084
1982: Time Pilot
1983: Gyruss
1984: Mario Bros(C64)
1985: Super Mario Bros
1986: Outrun
1987:Twin Cobra
1988: Castlevania 2
1989: Wonderboy 3
1990: Bonks Adventures
1991:Sonic the Hedgehog
1992: Zelda 3
1993: Dracula X
1994: Monster World 4
1995: Yoshi's Island
1996: Diablo
1997: Castlevania: SoTN
1998: Zedla :OOT
1999: Guwange
2000: Deus Ex
2001: Rez
2002: Shinobi
2003: CV: Aria of Sorrow or KOTOR
That's actually a pretty fucking good list, xS. Let me try, but expect some overlap.
1981: Robotron 2084
1982: Donkey Kong Jr
1983:Gyruss
1984: Marble Madness (Punch-Out VERY close behing)
1985: Space Harrier
1986: Fantasy Zone
1987: Phantasy Star
1988: Galaxy Force/Galaxy Force II
1989: Wonderboy 3
1990: Bonks Adventures
1991:Sonic the Hedgehog
1992: Zelda 3
1994: Monster World 4
1995: Yoshi's Island
1996: Star Ocean
1997: Castlevania: SoTN
1998: Tales of Phantasia (PSX)
1999: Valkyrie Profile
2000: Crazy Taxi
2001: Shenmue II
2002: Shinobi
2003: Tales of Symphonia
I've added one for 1979. You can get the dates for most of these games on www.mobygames.com.
I'm not really sure about all of my choices. Juno First was release in 83 and is really close to Gyruss quality wise. Time Pilot 84 was released in 84 and was a really great game. Megaman 2 was released in 89 and is really close to WB3 quality wise. Contra 3 and Sonic 2 were released in 92. NIGHTS, Quake and Mario 64 were released in 96... I guess Diablo was the one that stole most of my time.
98 had FFT, ESP.Ra.De, Fallout 2, and MGS. And 99 had great games like Planescape: Torment, Sonic Adv, R Type Delta, etc. And it's hard to pic between Rez, Sin and Punishment and GTA3 for 2001.=\
I'm too tired to go back too far...
2003: KOTOR...for now
2002: Ikaruga
2001: Advance Wars
2000: Crazy Taxi
1999: Metal Gear Solid (?)
1998: Zelda OOT
1997: Castlevania SOTN
1996: Super Mario 64
1995: Yoshi's Island
1994: Sonic and Knuckles
1993: Sonic CD (?)
1992: Zelda 3
1991: Street Fighter II
1990: Bonk's Adventure
I'm basing these on how much I like them today. For example, Doom was my favorite game of '93 but I don't think it has aged the best of the 1993 releases. Here's mine for now. I might change a few.
1977 - Combat(VCS)
1978 - Super Break Out(Arcade)
1979 - Asteroids(Arcade)
1980 - Tempest(Arcade)
1981 - TRON Deadly Discs(InTV)
1982 - Omega Race(Vic 20)
1983 - Archon(C64)
1984 - Spatter(Arcade)
1985 - Super Mario Bros.(NES)
1986 - Out Run(Arcade)
1987 - Shinobi(Arcade)
1988 - Super Mario Bros. 2(NES)
1989 - Wonder Boy 3(SMS)
1990 - Bonk's Adventure(TG16)
1991 - Sonic(SG)
1992 - Zelda 3(SNES)
1993 - Shinobi 3(SG)
1994 - System Shock(PC)
1995 - Yoshi's Island(SNES)
1996 - Super Mario 64(N64)
1997 - Castlevania: SotN(PS1)
1998 - Zelda: OoT(N64)
1999 - Unreal Tournament(PC)
2000 - Deus Ex(PC)
2001 - Grand Theft Auto 3(PS2)
2002 - Morrowind(PC) maybe, it impressed me the most for 2002 but it also irritated me and I gave up on it.
xS, Defender is from 1980, not 1979.
I don't know why, but it's hard for me to equate game releases to specific years :( If it weren't for DC's 9/9/99 release, I probably wouldn't even be able to pinpoint the last few console dates :p
2003: KOTOR
2002: Metroid Prime
2001: Grand Theft Auto III / Conker's BFD is close
2000: Zelda: Majora's Mask / Jet Grind Radio is close
1999: Soul Calibur
1998: Zelda:Ocarina of Time
1997: Goldeneye
1996: Super Mario 64
1995: Yoshi's Island
1994: Super Metroid
Use mobygames or gamefaqs.Quote:
I don't know why, but it's hard for me to equate game releases to specific years If it weren't for DC's 9/9/99 release, I probably wouldn't even be able to pinpoint the last few console dates
Let's see....
1993: Doom
1994: Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
1995: Virtua Fighter 2
1996: Quake
1997: Can't say.
1998: Half-Life
1999: Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram (DC)
2000: Shenmue
2001: Virtua Fighter 4
2002: Beatmania IIDX 6th Style
2003: Not too sure, but it'll probably be Half-Life 2.
Looking back over it, I know this list isn't right. I'll fix it up later.
Too many games and I'm not researching dates for all the games I love. Let's just say there's a lot of excellent ones.
I'm sure OoT, Sin and Punishment, C:SOTN, MGS, Doom, Wolf3D, and the Quakes are on there somewhere, but whatever.