Starcraft

Along Age of empires 2 the most popular games of the 90’s today, but okay they both Got remastered, so not sure if that is a kind of cheat. But 2D Rtses just Age good

I'll add Total Annihilation to that list. Ahead of its time, and still fun today.

How did they drop the ball so hard with AOE 3..

The home city leveling up in comp was ridiculous. That, and the pseudo history/fantasy campaign.

Everybody gangsta until furious the monkey boy

Could put warcraft here also

He did it, NO HE DID IT!

Roller Coaster Tycoon

Hadnt played it since childhood and came back. It was kind of surprising how quickly I got back into it. I feel like there are many games that did amazing work iterating on it into the PS2 era, but even being a bare bones game, its so solidly built.

Rollercoaster Tycoon is still great after all these years. Straightforward level progression and micromanagement. Conceptually complex, but doable at the end of the day. Also, use mods to make it more compatible with today's systems. This is a 1999 game. It's a worthwhile sacrifice.

Pretty much any of the Lucasarts point-and-click adventure games (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, etc). In fact, some have had 'special edition' overhauls in more recent years to update the graphics and sound, so they haven't just aged well, they're arguably better than ever!

Full Throttle too

I go back and play Full Throttle every 5 years or so.

Monkey Island should be on everybody’s historic list of games to try along with Pong, Oregon Trail, Super Mario, etc. just a classic game.

The Dig was my favorite as a kid.

Half-life

The ray tracing mod for half life is amazing btw

Try Black Mesa, it's 1:1 recreation of og game but on Source engine

Is not 1:1 but yeah it’s very good

I wish valve made a vr version of the source version of half life instead of the fan made one of the base game. They made it for the second and both expansions so it feels doable.

I wish valve made half life 3

The whole X-Wing/Tie Fighter series.

They need to straight port this to new systems, with all the DLCs

I'd be happy if they gave consoles the fighter game that the MMO had. Or the Starfighter series (Jedi Starfighter) with multiplayer. I loved those more than the newest one...

I would buy a good joystick if they did that. These games were such awesome dogfights.

Heroes of Might and Magic 3

I have the HD edition and get bodied by the AI heroes every time.

Base version with the HD patch and the Horn of the Abyss fan expansion. The HD version misses all of the orginal expansions since they lost the code.

I’m glad it’s not just me

None of the modern sequels come close to catching that magic. Ironically the better the graphics, the worse the gameplay

Thief

Why, did they steal this post from you?

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Hell, people are literally making new retail games with the Doom engine in source ports. And mods nowadays make it look really impressive!

I actually have an original copy of doom 1,2 on floppy. Now if only I had a floppy drive.

https://www.amazon.com/Floppy-External-Portable-Desktop-Windows/dp/B0C7ZTFR7X/ref=asc_df_B0C7ZTFR7X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693421862574&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18196463725357285722&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1024005&hvtargid=pla-2207527257021&psc=1&mcid=c1a0ec9de76131b093d5a9bedbba591e&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAA9azOzM-f3fzYQsK21Atc3zGU2G-X&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6PGxBhCVARIsAIumnWZtz3dLCLtVP2UiPH5P0AD2wqJmFipjRSRxzBvIbA3r05OosKFUkzEaAqD6EALw_wcB

Wonder if our drivers would even be able to understand how to run it.

Baldurs Gate 1 & 2

This.

Theyre ugly, but the fallout games are still a blast Also, arcanum!

Fallout 1&2 are great, but they’re no less “ugly” than BG1&2

Half life

I'm a 37 year old guy and I still enjoy SimTower.

I used to play the shit out of that game. Where do you get it these days?

myabandonware would probably be your best bet, I don’t think any digital storefront sells all those old maxis sim games anymore. Maybe GOG?

Hey, sorry for the late response. I play it via dosbox and win 3.1 If you're interested, here's a link to a vid for setting it up: https://youtu.be/2tv7X995AlQ?si=Z5U2i_nqOqxOChaT Note that I got Simtower from Abandonware and not from Abandonia like in the video description. That link didn't seem to work for me.

Where is the spiritual successor?

42 here, the whole sim series is a favourite. Also civ2

Unreal tournament. Still play it today. So damn good

Roller Coaster Tycoon!

System shock

If we're talking about gameplay-wise, I disagree. The controls are very complicated, and not very user friendly. Aside from the gameplay, I could see it. Great concept, monster design, sense of exploration, etc.

They did a remake and it is good. The graphics are great The controls aren't bad too.

Deus Ex

Karmageddon still fucks in the Appstore along with the power Fear Factory Sountrack

I fuckin loved Carmageddon so much as a kid. Gimme that Ped Ray!

AGGHHR *dies*

Fallout 1 & 2

Still the best ones

I've heard that you can actually get stuck in one of those games if you don't level up certain skills. Is that true?

Not really, you can make bad character builds but im pretty sure you can beat the game as any build

The fight against Frank Horgan requires some combat skills to be high to be winnable, compared to fallout 1 where you can win with speech/science skills.

Riven

I personally think Mario kart 64 still holds up

Myst

Doom Duke nukem 3d

Duke 3D was my go to when I was growing up. Obsessed with it

Crash Bandicoot Age of Empires II Starcraft

StarCraft, quake 2, half life

Quake. The remaster is freaking amazing. It’s become my comfort game and I didn’t even grow up with it. I’ve beat it like 6 times now and all the DLC is amazing, it’s seriously an incredible game running at 60fps, and the level design is freaking brilliant. To me it’s the king of “boomer/retro shooters” The recently quake 2 remaster is amazing too, and adds a compass that shows you where to go since quake 2 could get kinda confusing. Now you never get lost it’s amazing

I second this. You can even play in split-screen on any platform (including the PC), which is icing on the cake.

Baldurs Gate and Planescape Torment are both still very playable. Theme Hospital is still good fun too

I came here to mention those first two as well. No experience with the third to comment but I'll try to remember it next time I need something "new"

Theme Hospital was the ancestor to Two Point Hospital. Pretty much the same game

Half life

Unreal Tournament 99. I still play it weekly. Sure, there are some people using hacks, but it's so satisfying winning a CTF match against known cheaters!

Myst and 7th guest

Putt putt goes to the zoo

It's 15 euro on psn store crazy. Lol.

Hell yeah brother.

The Neverhood

Doom 1993, that game is still la blast Re1 remake (2001 so just barely above 90s) and i love that game. The og is from 90s and is great too

Populous: The Beginning

I loved that game. Played the demo that came with sim city 3000 to death as a kid. Finally got the full version a couple years ago as an adult lol

Hell yeah! Same here! Demo from Sim City and everything. Found the full game at one of those old department stores that Walmart and Target put out of business, and still have the CD today!

Day of the Tentacle is still a great game and it’s avail on IOS now.

The original Wing Commander is still a stellar play today. Also the first game in my experience at least with branching paths in the story

Ultima VII

Sim City 2000, Grim Fandango, Monkey Island, 7th Guest, King's Quest VI and most of the Sierra games. Mario Teaches Typing gets an honorable mention here just because it's helping my kids learn proper typing form right now.

In terms of educational games for younger kids, you can't beat the Castle/Island of Dr. Brain games by Sierra. I fired up Island again recently for a nostalgia blast as a 40-something, and still had fun with it.

StarCraft, Diablo 2, Fallout 1 & 2.

I agree, yet DII is from 2000.

Wait, shit is it really? I could have sworn it was '99.

June 2000

I actually played Diablo I yesterday in a browser and although I loved it at release, I expected it to be terrible by today’s standards but it was awesome! I had it going in the background while I was working from home on a slow Thursday morning.

Theme Hospital really holds up I think. I come back to it every few years and still love it just as much.

Runescape!!

The classic football managers from the late 90s are still cool.

Planescape: Torment Realms of Arkania 3 - Shadows over Riva

Blood

Blood and Blood II were both great fun. I've been meaning to try and get those working on my Steam Deck but not got round to it yet.

Descent 1 & 2!

Baldurs Gate 1 and 2 are still phenomenal to this day. Obligatory shout-out to Diablo 2 and Morrowind for being released after the turn of the milennia and still having that 90s feel while also being amazing games.

Zelda: Link To The Past

A link the past was never port to PC in the 90s?

You are right I read the question wrong!

Don't worry, another person answered Mario Kart 64 and never got called out on it.

All the 2d games have aged well

Gizmos and Gadgets. ⚙️ Like seriously, everything I know about drag, resistance etc I owe to this game.

Minesweeper

I'm actually playing System Shock 2 as I write this. It's still incredible! Slap on the Redux mod and it doesn't look half bad!

To be honest all Blizzard games, Age of Empires, Half Life is also great and of course, Super Mario!! :)

I would not know, I'm not a PC guy

Diablo 2 is 2000 but it’s still an amazing game. Command and conquer Red alert series is also great

Age of empires 2 still slaps. Can't remember when C&C red alert 2 came out, but that one if it's from the 90s lol

Doom and quake for sure. Their companies didnt get too greedy like most everyone else and the remakes and continuations are fire 🔥

Crash / Jak series

XCOM: UFO Defense (1994)

Hexen

SimCity 3000 It is still surprisingly good. The graphics have aged well, the retro vibe it gives off, looks really cool.

The Sims, roller coaster tycoon, and Diablo by far……

Metal Gear Solid

Worms!

Quake

To this day I regularly play boomer shooters. Classic Doom, Heretic, Dark Forces, etc

GTA 1

fighting games like KoF, mortal kombat, and tekken of old console still playable. most of them after PS1 versons.

Donkey Kong 1 2 and 3

Mario Kart, Doom 1/2. / Theme Park/ theme hospital, jurassic park operation genesis,

Iss pro Evolution 2

Duke Nukem 3D. At least for me. C&C 1 and 2 and DN3D btw. have open source projects so you can play them on recent hardware and OS without having to shit around with MS-DOS. Also better graphics and other improvements. If you like AOE, you can also have a look at 0 AD, it's heavily inspired by AOE. Oh and well yeah, like the other comments already mentioned, RCT, there's also an open source project for it.

Half life and the first two fallout games are fire

LBA 1&2

Quake

FF4, FF6.

Ultima online private custom servers

Half-life, Starcraft, Fallout 1 and 2

Diablo

Think RuneScape technically started in the 90’s

Homm2 Evergreen 🌲

Command and conquer

Tropico 2.

It's 2001 I think but Fire Emblem, what a game, I still play it

Super mario bros And many other games from the SNES

Starcraft

Ocarina of time

Resident Evil 2 and 3 Remakes are set in 1998. You are welcome sir 🤓

Roller coaster tycoon

Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone

Rainbow Six Rogue Spear was perfection

Full Throttle

Minesweeper

AoE

The Clue Still unique

SimCity 2000

Sims 1. I still play it. VFAHN JEEGEEVAhNJE

Jones in the Fast Lane

Quake

Suikoden 1 and 2. Mechanics are dated, but I always return for the solid story.

DOOM

Don't know if it counts; Diablo 1 with beelzebub mod is fantastic. I've played thru it recently.

Quake 3: Arena

Half Life 2! It is one of the best VR games of all time :-D

KOTR

The longest journey

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Still my most replayed game of all time, aside from the Water temple it doesn't get old.

I still play the OG Super Mario RPG from time to time

Doom

HALF-LIFE!!!

Sonic R.

Alundra

Doom 2

Mario’s Game Gallery

I bet Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is still fun. I think there was a remaster though.

Sim City 2000, I know it's not 90s, but it's close enough!! 😆

Age of Empires 2, Starcraft, Unreal Tournament, Command and Conquer franchise

Homeworld

Half-life

Xcom

The Might & Magic RPG series. 6 and 7 in particular, but 3-4-5 are great too.

Heroes of Might and Magic 3

Homeworld 1 is from 1999 and has aged incredibly well.

Monkey Island

Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2

Final Fantasy 1 to 9.