Other: Mother/Earthbound Beginnings.
To be fair it is a rough and pretty barebones game compared to the two sequels, but the final boss/ending is honestly exceptional, so much so that they kinda just reused it for Earthbound, but I actually prefer the way it was executed in Beginnings. It had a more eerie and epic feel to it. Beginnings is also where the most iconic "Earthbound" song comes from (it's not actually in Earthbound I'm pretty sure):
Also I've barely played any games from this year so it also kinda just wins by default, but it is probably in my top 3 for the 80s
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