Many of these games were before my time. I had some older cousins and family friends that let me borrow them. Consoles I’ve owned are NES, SNES GC, Switch 1, PS2, XB360, XBOne, and XB S/X. These are the years the games were published and I am including only makes i have played and enjoyed. There are many other flops or unremarkable games from my past.
1985 - SMB, Duck Hunt, Gradius
1986 - Solomon’s Key
1987 - Punch Out, Double Dragon, Mega Man
1988 - SMB 3, Bayou Billy, Mega Man 2
1989 - Adventures of Lolo, Dragon Spirit
1990 - Mega Man 3
1991 - Super Mario World, Gradius 3
1992 - Super Mario Kart, TMNT Turtles in Time
1993 - Alfred the Chicken
1994 - Donkey Kong Country, Super Punch Out, Mega Man X
1995 - Donkey Kong Country
1996 - Kirby Super Star, Mega Man X3
1997 - Mario Kart 64, Goldeneye 007
1999 - Jet Force Gemini, RE2 (N64), SSB
2001 - SSB Melee, MGS 2, Silent Hill 2, GTA3
2002 - RE Remake, RE Zero, Time Splitters 2
2005 - Resident Evil 4 (PS2)
2006 - Lost Planet
2007 - COD4 MW
2008 - COD WaW, Gears 2
2009 - COD MW2, Resident Evil 5, BM Arkham Asylum
2010 - Red Dead Redemption, Battlefield Bad Company
2011 - Gears 3, BM Arkham City
2012 - BL2
2013 - BM Arkham Origins, GTA 5
2015 - BM Arkham Knight
2018 - PUBG (XB), Red Dead Redemption 2
2019 - Destiny, COD MW, RE2 Remake, STJ Fallen Order
2021 - RE Village
2023 - RE 4 Remake, Dead Space Remake, Dredge, STJ Survivor
2024 - Another Crabs Treasure
2025 - ARC Raiders
2026 - RE Reqium (Enjoying so far, need to see how the relativity is still)
If we’re talking old games that hold up, I would put Rogue (1980) and Nethack (1987) on that list. Rogue is like the basis for 60% of the gaming industry, and Nethack is still being actively developed.
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1984: Elite
1985: Ultima 4
1986: The Legend of Zelda
1987: Final Fantasy
1988: Mega Man 2
1989: TMNT & Golden Axe
1990: Secret of Monkey Island
1991: LOZ: A Link to the Past
1992: Wolfenstein 3D
1993: Doom
1994: X-Com: UFO Defense
1995: Chrono Trigger
1996: Duke Nukem 3D, Diablo
1997: Goldeneye 007, Final Fantasy 7
1998: Ocarina of time, Half-Life, Metal Gear Solid, and Starcraft
1999: Planescape Torment, THPS, GTA2, Unreal Tournament, System Shock 2, Smash Bros, EverQuest, Homeworld, and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
2000: Deus Ex, Diablo 2, The Sims, Baldur’s Gate, and Majora’s Mask
2001: Halo, MGS2
2002: Vice City, Morrowind
2003: Wind Waker, KOTOR
2004: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, and WoW
2005: RE4, God of War, Shadow of the Colossus
2006: Bully, Wii Sports, Saints Row, Just Cause, and Dead Rising
2007: Bioshock, Portal, TF2, and Mass Effect
2008: Fallout 3, MGS4, and GTA 4
2009: Demon’s Souls, Arkham Asylum, Prototype, Borderlands, L4D2, and Minecraft.
2010: Red Dead Redemption
2011: Skyrim, Dark Souls, Portal 2
2012: Dishonored, Far Cry 3, Xcom: Enemy Unknown
2013: GTA5
2014: Dark Souls 2
2015: Bloodborne, MGS5
2016: Stardew Valley, Dark Souls 3
2017: Breath of the Wild
2018: RDR2
2019: Sekiro, Death Stranding, and Fallen Order
2020: Hades, HL: Alyx
2021: Disco Elysium
2022: Elden Ring
2023: Baldur’s Gate 3 and Tears of the Kingdom
2024: FF7 Rebirth and Helldivers 2
2025: Expedition 33 and Hades 2
2026: Nothing has come out this year that I truly appreciate. Yet. Most of the ones I want to try I haven’t played yet.
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Many of these games were before my time. I had some older cousins and family friends that let me borrow them. Consoles I’ve owned are NES, SNES GC, Switch 1, PS2, XB360, XBOne, and XB S/X. These are the years the games were published and I am including only makes i have played and enjoyed. There are many other flops or unremarkable games from my past.
1985 - SMB, Duck Hunt, Gradius
1986 - Solomon’s Key
1987 - Punch Out, Double Dragon, Mega Man
1988 - SMB 3, Bayou Billy, Mega Man 2
1989 - Adventures of Lolo, Dragon Spirit
1990 - Mega Man 3
1991 - Super Mario World, Gradius 3
1992 - Super Mario Kart, TMNT Turtles in Time
1993 - Alfred the Chicken
1994 - Donkey Kong Country, Super Punch Out, Mega Man X
1995 - Donkey Kong Country
1996 - Kirby Super Star, Mega Man X3
1997 - Mario Kart 64, Goldeneye 007
1999 - Jet Force Gemini, RE2 (N64), SSB
2001 - SSB Melee, MGS 2, Silent Hill 2, GTA3
2002 - RE Remake, RE Zero, Time Splitters 2
2005 - Resident Evil 4 (PS2)
2006 - Lost Planet
2007 - COD4 MW
2008 - COD WaW, Gears 2
2009 - COD MW2, Resident Evil 5, BM Arkham Asylum
2010 - Red Dead Redemption, Battlefield Bad Company
2011 - Gears 3, BM Arkham City
2012 - BL2
2013 - BM Arkham Origins, GTA 5
2015 - BM Arkham Knight
2018 - PUBG (XB), Red Dead Redemption 2
2019 - Destiny, COD MW, RE2 Remake, STJ Fallen Order
2021 - RE Village
2023 - RE 4 Remake, Dead Space Remake, Dredge, STJ Survivor
2024 - Another Crabs Treasure
2025 - ARC Raiders
2026 - RE Reqium (Enjoying so far, need to see how the relativity is still)
I am compelled to disagree that Banjo Kazooie holds up better than The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time for 1998. That’s crazy talk.
I am interested in doing this but do not have the time currently. Ill come back to this later.
put Link & Zelda over Banjo & Kazooie in your list then ;9
Man that seems like a lot of work lol
work… Work, WORK?
this is play and relaxation m’shark
As in, list from memory? List games that you actually played? Or just games you think are good?
as in sit down and fill in a list for your own satisfaction =)
discover new things just to fill in the list, find what others have written in the years you’re missing
If we’re talking old games that hold up, I would put Rogue (1980) and Nethack (1987) on that list. Rogue is like the basis for 60% of the gaming industry, and Nethack is still being actively developed.
in your own list
make a list and share, that’s the challenge =)
1997 - GoldenEye
The last 40 years are a blur, and I honestly don’t know what year any games came out. I could guess a range, but that’s about it.