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Great list with great games. Agree with a lot, but all deserve a mention. Especially with 1998, that should be made law or something .

Here in Europe a lot of release dates for most of 1990's don't match yours as many games came a year later (or, 'the next year', at least), but here's mine based on our release dates:

1990 Tetris, GB
1991 Super Mario Bros. 3, NES
1992 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, SNES
1993 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, GB
1994 Super Metroid, SNES
1995 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, SNES
1996 Warcraft II, PC
1997 Super Mario 64, N64
1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, N64
1999 SoulCalibur, DC
2000 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, N64
2001 Empire Earth, PC
2002 RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, PC
2003 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, PC
2004 Rome: Total War, PC
2005 Call of Duty 2, PC
2006 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, GC
2007 Super Mario Galaxy, Wii
2008 Fallout 3, PC
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, PS3
2010 Super Mario Galaxy 2, Wii
2011 Super Mario 3D Land, 3DS
2012 Resident Evil: Revelations, 3DS
2013 Super Mario 3D World, WiiU
2014 Mario Kart 8, WiiU

1997 and 1998 have soo many choices though. 2002, 2003 and 2009 are pretty good years as well, because I can't mention some that are way better some best ones of a lot of other years. 1990, 1996 (we got N64 in 1997, as evidenced by my 1997 entry), 2001, 2008 and 2014 were a bit lacking for me, but luckily I don't exactly remember 1990.

Such lists always seem a bit one sided. Though it looks like I only like Nintendo games because they win almost every year, that obviously is far from the truth.



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Lack of Super Metroid disturbs me.



My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first. 

YEAH DEMONS SOULS!



I have been since 1990 so I will skip some of the early years.

 

1991 - Final Fantasy IV

SquareSoft, SquareSoft

 

1992 - Final Fantasy V

SquareSoft, SquareSoft

 

1994 - Final Fantasy VI

SquareSoft, SquareSoft

 

1995 - Chrono Trigger

SquareSoft, SquareSoft

 

1997 - Final Fantasy VII

SquareSoft, SquareSoft

 

1998 - Half-Life

Valve Software, Sierra Entertainment

 

1999 - Final Fantasy VIII

SquareSoft, SquareSoft

 

2000 - Final Fantasy IX / Chrono Cross (Tie)

SquareSoft, SquareSoft

      

 

2001 - Final Fantasy X

SquareSoft, SquareSoft

 

2005 - Resident Evil 4 / Shadow of the Colossus (Tie)

Capcom, Capcom / Team ICO, SCE

            

 

2006 - Final Fantasy XII

Square Enix, Square Enix

 

2007 - God of War 2

Sony Santa Monica, SCE

 

2008 - Patapon

Japan Studio, SCE

 

2009 - Demon's Souls

From Software, SCE

 

2010 - Heavy Rain

Quantic Dream, SCE

 

2011 - Uncharted 3 : Drake's Deception

Naughty Dog, SCE

 

2012 - Journey

ThatGameCompany, SCE

 

2013 - The Last of Us

Naughty Dog, SCE




1990: Super Mario Bros 3

1991: Super Mario World

1992: Zelda: Link to the Past

1993: Starfox

1994: Donkey Kong Country

1995: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

1996: Super Mario 64

1997: Starfox 64

1998: Banjo-Kazooie

1999: Soul Calibur

2000: Perfect Dark

2001: Halo: Combat Evolved

2002: Metroid Prime

2003: F Zero GX

2004: Half-Life 2

2005: Resident Evil 4

2006: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

2007: Super Mario Galaxy

2008: Dead Space

2009: Uncharted 2

2010: Super Mario Galaxy 2

2011: Xenoblade Chronicles

2012: Call of Duty: Black Ops II

2013: Bioshock Infinite

2014: Bayonetta 2



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How Knights of the old republic, halo 2, and mass effect getting no mention is beyond me. Especially kotor probably the best game ever imho.



Halo MCC will sell 5+ million copies(including digital)

halo 5 will sell 10 million copies(including digital)

x1 will pass ps4 in USA, and UK.

1990 - Super Mario Bros. 3
1991 - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
1992 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
1993 - Mega Man X
1994 - Contra: Hard Corps
1995 - Donkey Kong Country 2
1996 - Civilization II
1997 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
1998 - Half-Life
1999 - System Shock 2
2000 - Deus Ex
2001 - Ikaruga
2002 - Virtua Fighter 4
2003 - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2004 - Half-Life 2
2005 - God of War
2006 - Okami
2007 - God of War II
2008 - Fallout 3
2009 - Uncharted 2
2010 - Super Meat Boy
2011 - Portal 2
2012 - XCOM: Enemy Unknown
2013 - The Last of Us

I haven't played many recent games so I can not comment on 2014. I will probably end up picking between Shadow of Mordor, Dragon Age III or Bayonetta 2.

@OP

I find the Nintendo hegemony and console FPS presence in your list disturbing.



I guess I will make my own list as well:
1990- Super Mario Bros 3
1991- Super Mario World
1992- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ( ALttP is a close 2nd place though.. I just prefer 3D Zelda games in general)
1993- Mega Man X
1994- Tie between Final Fantasy VI, Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Super Metroid
1995- Tie between Yoshi's Island and Chrono Trigger
1996- Super Mario 64
1997- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
1998- Banjo Kazooie
1999- Tie between Quake III Arena and Counter-Strike
2000- Final Fantasy IX
2001- Smash Bros Melee
2002- Metroid Prime
2003- Wind Waker
2004- Paper Mario: TTYD
2005- Resident Evil 4
2006- Okami
2007- Super Mario Galaxy
2008- Team Fortress 2
2009- Uncharted 2
2010- Super Mario Galaxy 2
2011- Rayman Origins
2012- Xenoblade ( I know it came out in Europe in 2011, but I literally couldn't find another 2012 game to pick! Man, was 2012 a shitty year for gaming!)
2013- Mario 3D World
2014- Mario Kart 8 ( Haven't played Smash yet though)



                
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Nice list. I agree with 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, and 2014.



    

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curl-6 said:

1990: Super Mario Bros 3

1991: Super Mario World

1992: Zelda: Link to the Past

1993: Starfox

1994: Donkey Kong Country

1995: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

1996: Super Mario 64

1997: Starfox 64

1998: Banjo-Kazooie

1999: Soul Calibur

2000: Perfect Dark

2001: Halo: Combat Evolved

2002: Metroid Prime

2003: F Zero GX

2004: Half-Life 2

2005: Resident Evil 4

2006: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

2007: Super Mario Galaxy

2008: Dead Space

2009: Uncharted 2

2010: Super Mario Galaxy 2

2011: Xenoblade Chronicles

2012: Call of Duty: Black Ops II

2013: Bioshock Infinite

2014: Bayonetta 2

Hey, 11 in common. Not bad!