^^ This, a 100 times!


Duke 3D didn't fully open itself up for me until I tried multiplayer. At first sight, one would think that these levels are more geared towards singleplayer but the level design is perfect for multiplayer.
Levels like Tiberius Station and L.A. Rumble are absolute genius and I didn't realize this until I spent countless hours of null modem / LAN sessions playing Duke against 1 or more friends.
Steroids + jetpack makes for some of the fastest and craziest FPS gameplay of all times to this very day, insane really.

1. Fallout (1997)
2. Resident Evil (1997)
3. System Shock 2 (1999)
4. Resident Evil 2 (1998)
5. Age of Empires II (1999)
6. Grim Fandango (1998)
7. Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now (1998)
8. Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (1998)
9. Worms Armageddon (1999)
10. Half-Life (1998)

I rarely played back then.

Here is my list of my most played 90's games.

1. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
2. Civilization II
3. Empire Deluxe
4. SimCity 2000
5. Diablo
6. Warlords III: Dark Lords Rising
7. RollerCoaster Tycoon
8. Pirates! Gold
9. The Need for Speed
10. Fallout

Ummmmm....In no particular order...

Doom
Thief
Civilization
Fallout
Homeworld
Planescape: Torment
X-Com/UFO
Star Control II
System Shock
Sam and Max Hit the Road

Edit: What's crazy is that you could easily swap out every one of these games and have a top 10 every bit as good. Hell, you could probably be that two or three times over. That was one stacked decade of PC gaming.

I'll mention games i played (as a kid in the 90's), although some of them might have just been demos. no order.

Starcraft
Warcraft 2
Tyrian (Demo)
Doom (Demo, and I loved making wads for this game, and doing multi-player over IPX)
Operation: Inner Space (demo)
Diablo
Dialbo 2
Soul Reaver (Probably my favorite)
Mechwarrior 4 (i think, or was it 3? Came with an Xcom game i never played)
Duke Nukem 3D (custom maps for Multiplayer)

Hmmm...

There are so many great games I played back then--most of them FPS games. It's difficult to choose the top 10!

1. Homeworld

2. Quake

3. Doom

4. Duke3D

5. Age of Empires

6. Outlaws

7. Tomb Raider

8. StarCraft

9. Sim Tower

10. MissionForce: CyberStorm

Shit, I forgot Homeworld.

Never forget your Homeworld! :)

In no specific order:

1. Starsiege: Tribes
2. Myth: The Fallen Lords
3. Need for Speed II
4. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
5. Thief: The Dark Project
6. MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
7. Duke Nukem 3D
8. World Cup 98
9. Hidden & Dangerous
10. Half-Life

These are in no particular order.

Doom
Descent
Warcraft 1
Age of Empires 1
Magic: The Gathering (MicroProse)
SimCity 2000
Capitalism Plus
Alpha Centauri
Diablo
Freakin' Funky Fuzzballs (obscure puzzle game from 1990, childhood favorite)

I also have a soft spot for a handful of educational titles (Treasure Mountain, I.M. Meen, Carmen Sandiego)