And the prettiest.

Sidenote, I hope it comes across nicely for everyone. I made them as wide as mZuzek’s thread banners, figured that should be okay then, but if it’s wider than someones resolution then that could be irritating if it goes off screen or whatever. Not sure how the site would handle that. Was also kind of hesitant about the height, but it fits all info (some games have more). It’s too late now regardless, I already made all 50.

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe?

I never played the original Resident Evil back then it first release, as in the 90s I didn't play on console. So my first exposure was the rerelease on Wii. I actually played Resident Evil 4 first, and as I liked that game, I bought *every* Resident Evil for the system. Yes, including Umbrella and Darkside Chronicles. Of all these games I liked RE1 the most.

Yes, I wasn't repelled by the old control scheme as many others were. But Resident Evil excels in another area: atmosphere. The atmosphere of the creepy villa and then the lab. The game always keeps you on your toes, although it has way less enemies than later entries. Every time you start to feel secure, because you start to amass ammunition, know how to kill the Zombies or find your way around the villa, the game adds a spin to keep you unsettled. This is in the best sense of the word survival horror. And that makes it so great and keeps the game in my TOP 50, although yes the controls and visuals are dated.

The game is a mix of a shooter, but with fixed camera angles which certainly makes shooting a bit cumbersome, survival horror and light puzzles. You find your way through the villa and lab, searching for keys or items that help you progress and slowly uncover the truth about what happened here. The game keeps your resources as healing and ammunition sparse, so it often is a prudent tactic just to run through a room with an enemy instead of wasting bullets.

And yes, as I played the reworked version starting from Gamecube, it probably already got some improvements. Most visibly the graphics. Look at the pictures above and below for comparison.

From this game (the original blocky version) spawned a whole big franchise, with many games and movies. This success started here, despite controls, despite all it's shortcoming, because it does so well on the creepiness, on the unsettling feelings, on the jump-scares (who doesn't remember the zombie dogs). So it deserves it's place on my list. The game itself got countless rereleases, including on Switch which is another version I bought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ppxxVVJVAE&ab_channel=GameSpotTrailers

Next batch of hints:

#49: Make points with trains, a music career, as spaceship pilot and obviously on a graveyard. Racking up highscores in this first game in the series from the 90s.

#48: Real 3D has six degrees of freedom. Autonomous robots are useful - until they rebel.

#47: Turn based battles with knights, mages, thieves, elves or merfolk. The game is in continuous development since 2005 and by now has 17 official campaigns (and lots of usermade ones).

#46: A Nintendo console also getting this iconic game - but it is a complete new game. The name of this game from the 90s includes a part of the name of the console.

A bit late but:

Hint: 69% chance to hit target! What could go wrong? Permanent death probably. This is the second time.
Supplementary Hint: Fire Emblem is the wrong series, but the game is similar in some mechanics if not theme.
Guessed by: Nobody

Hints left:

#49 - Very fast with lots of pixels! A highly definitive racer that defies physics.

As it's the last day: There's a clue in this hint that refers to both a technical aspect of this game and it's title.

#45 - If you like guns this games will give you a reason to clap, and it begins with 4 friends being the victim of a trap.

#45: Borderlands. I think each one has Claptrap and four main characters, but in Borderlands two they are in a trap in the intro, so I say Borderlands 2.

And can I say your hints are great stuff.

EDIT: And #49 is maybe Pixeljunk Racers?

45 is absolutely correct! 

49 has had the series mentioned in this thread already. But I think no one is cottoning on to the part of the hint I thought made it too easy!

Probably likely definitely... correct

Indeed a great game. With a really weird way of doing 3D, which funnily makes it possible for user made maps to be pretty mind-boggling.