mgs1 is better by far. And easily top 5 of the game of generation, probably top 5 in history. My pick is resident evil 1.

Super Mario 64: heralded the arrival of 3d gaming and brought the thumbstick back to controllers.

Final Fantasy VII. Great epic of the late 90s.

That's hard for me to choose. There are a lot of games from the 90s that I love. Donkey Kong C3, Yoshi's Island, Chrono Trigger, Breath of Fire 2...

But... If we are talking about the most important one, I would probably say Super Mario 64.

the 90's produced the best game ever made: Ocarina of Time

Super Mario World.

Even if my loyalties moved more to the disc based console, SMW still holds a special place in my heart. The music, the colors, the gameplay. The joy of stepping over a Secret Palace Switch and returning to a level to see stacks of blocks now filled was unparalleled. The pain that was beating most castles, particularly the sixth one. Timing had to be impeccable.

Playing a game with so many secrets to unfold and such a satisfying gameplay is what makes this game stick the most for me in the 1990s. I still stand that Nintendo hasn't done anything this good ever since.

A lot of very good games in the running here. Going to have to plump for Yoshi's Island, which is just a sheer joy to play (more so than anything else I've played). Wonderful graphics, superb level design, catchy and memorable music. It's always a fantastic experience to play through, chock full of Nintendo magic. It also offers a fair bit of challenge when trying to 100% as well (not sure how I managed multiple times as a kid, I really struggle now).

Shout out to Tomb Raider II. It pains me not to select this, but Yoshi conquers all.

I don't believe in a singular game for an entire decade.

However, while I never played it.. I can with great confidence call Quest 64 the best game of the 90s. It had 64 games for the price of 1. Hard to beat that value.

I have been playing games for 30 years, the 2 most influential and memorable I can remember from the 90's were Tomb Raider and Mario 64, but from those 2, Mario aged better, I can still play it to this day with enhanced graphics on an emulator, on the other hand Tomb raider would be near unplayable to me now. Those were the 2 first 3d games I ever played.

There were others that also are very memorable, Metal Gear, Gran Turismo, Resident Evil, Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy 8 (I never played 7 or 9), Quake 2, Command and conquer and many more

FFVIII of course.