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rapsuperstar31 on 28 September 2023
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SvennoJ said:
Kyuu said:

I respect your opinion (always) but regardless of our subjective tastes, the general opinion at least here quite clearly leans towards consoles, especially during this period. Let's be real, in a VGC poll, PC games won't stand a chance against Zeldas, Mario 64, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasys, Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid etc.

Personally, my 1990 GOTY is Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake which was a home computer game from Konami, but it's gonna get destroyed by NES/SNES options. It's not a "Metal Gear Solid".

The only way PC has a chance is if one groundbreaking PC game finds its self in a poll stacked with strong console releases that will cannibalize each other. I'd love to be proven wrong though. Phantasy Star just beat Final Fantasy 1, so anything can happen I guess.

Secret of Monkey Island is my goty for 1990 which I played on PC. It was also on Amiga 500.
We'll see, every year of the 90's some other great long lasting IP popped up on PC, while I see lots of sequels for consoles.

But sure the polls will be skewed since PC gaming was still a niche back then while NES/SNES exploded in sales.

I've never been a pc player, but I remember hanging out at my neighbors house as a kid and watching him play Secret of Monkey Island and finding that final boss fight both hilarious and cool.  It was a bummer it never came to the nes/snes like Maniac Mansion did which I rate very highly.