So many to pick... But I will choose only a few...

Age of Empires 2

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Heroes of Might and Magic III

Civilization

Doom 2

• Ff4, 6, and 7
• Chronotrigger
• Super Metroid
• Castlevania SOTN
• Zelda a Link to the past
• Tony hawk's pro skater 1 and 2
• Any of the street fighter
• Pokemon
• Star craft + brood war
• Diablo 1 and 2

And so much more!

Top 5

Doom and Doom II

Command and Conquer: Red Alert

Super Mario World

StarCraft with Brood War expansion

Duke 3D

StarCraft

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Earthbound

and of course motherfucking Half-Life

Command and conquer, before Westwood was fucked over by EA

Hard to pick one but if I had to I'd go with Final Fantasy VII since it was the game that got me into RPGs, and I got some good memories of watching my brother play it when we were kids.

1. Quake
2. Thief
3. Metal Gear Solid
4. Half Life
5. System Shock 2

Honourable mention to Final Fantasy 7, and Zelda Ocarina of Time. They might have been great when released, but I don’t think they’ve aged well.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Goldeneye

Total Annihilation... couldn't get enough of it. Even playing strategy games today I desperately miss the elaborate control and mechanics of TA.

My favorite games as a child growing up in the 90s:

Zelda OoT

Super Mario 64

Pokemon Red

Zelda OoA/OoS

Though after later playing Final Fantasy 7 in 2003 that quickly captivated me and became really special to me. It was my first Final Fantasy I ever played and one of my most cherished games to this day.

Also, while I never played the original 90s game, I absolutely adored Black Mesa and the Half Life franchise. It was damn impressive what Valve accomplished with the original Half Life back then.

Original Unreal. Ranked #1 in the world at one point for a couple weeks. Nothing compares to that game and time for me.

Baldur's Gate

Donkey Kong Country 2

Heroes of Might and Magic 2

Fallout. I'm yet to play the second part and people say it's even better. You just don't see such game design anymore, I can't say modern or old one is better, both have their advantages but playing Fallout was totally worth it

Handheld it's Pokemon red/blue, no competition.

Edit: although it's actually gold/silver if that counts (released 1999 in Japan, 2000 in North America)

Spyro

Super Mario World

Super Mario Bros 3 is a timeless game and is my favorite side scroller although Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country give it a run for its money

Commander Keen

Age of empires 1

Pyramid: Challenge of Pharaoh's dream

Atlantis: The lost tales

Ski free

PC:

• Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis
• Day of the Tentacle
• The Monkey Island trilogy
• Sam and Max Hit The Road
• Full Throttle
• Loom
• X-Wing
• TIE-Fighter
• The Dig
• Space Quest 4 and 5
• Quest for Glory 3 and 4
• Beneath a Steel Sky
• Broken Sword 1
• Flashback
• Out of this World
• Prince of Persia 1 and 2
• Test Drive 3
• Ultima VII
• Doom and Doom 2
• Twinsen’s Adventure
• Descent
• Syndicate
• MDK
• Interstate ‘76
• Command and Conquer
• Age of Empires
• SimCity 2000
• SimTower

Console (NES/SNES):

• Mega-Man 3
• Super Contra
• Ninja Gaiden 2-3
• Dr. Mario
• Battletoads
• Little Nemo: The Dream Master
• Captain Skyhawk
• Kiwi Kraze
• Base Wars
• Batman: Return of the Joker
• A Boy and his Blob
• Whomp’Em
• Yo! Noid
• Fester’s Quest
• Bart vs. The Space Mutants
• Caveman Ugh-Lympics
• Ghostbusters 2

SNES

• Super Mario World
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
• Chrono Trigger
• Pilotwings
• Starfox
• Zelda: A link to the Past
• Donkey Kong Country
• F-Zero
• Street Fighter 2 Turbo
• ActRaiser
• Castlevania 4
• Super Mario Kart
• Secret of Mana
• Megaman X
• Final Fight
• NBA Jam
• Contra 3
• Axelay
• Super Bomberman 2
• Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse
• Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose
• Prince of Persia (Mechner's favorite)
• TMNT: Turtles in Time
• Zombies Ate My Neighbors
• Star Wars trilogy
• Out of this World
• Joe & Mac
• Disney's The Lion King
• Battletoads in Battlemaniacs

N64

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Super Mario 64
• Mario Kart 64
• GoldenEye 007
• Star Fox 64
• Diddy Kong Racing
• Donkey Kong 64
• Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
• WipEout 64
• Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
• Killer Instinct Gold
• Gauntlet: Legends
• Cruis'n World

Quake 3 arena

Dune 2,

Descent,

Transport Tycoon,

Starcontrol 2,

Starcraft,

Civilization,

Commander Keen,

Jill of the Jungle

Turrican 2

Day of Tentacle

Wing Commander

Might and Magic

Ufo

Metal gear solid was brilliant.

Then wipeout 2097.

Also, does anyone else remember the Music franchise of games on PS1?

Doom. I wasn't even alive when it came out yet the game is still great and in my opinion has aged extremely well outside of graphics.

In no particular order:

THPS

Super Smash Bros.

Goldeneye

Worms

Lemmings

FIFA World Cup’98

Pokémon red/blue

LoZ: Links’s Awakening

• Counter-Strike
• SiN
• Delta Force
• Baldur's Gate

Counter-Strike overtook the others by a mile in the 00s but in the 90s I probably enjoyed Delta Force more actually.

Wait I forget about consoles:

• GoldenEye 64, opened my eyes to FPS I guess
• Wave Racer 64, was the staple racer in our household

Streets of Rage 2. Honourable mention to FFVII and FFVIII.

Age of Empires 2

But only started playing it a few years back

There are too many to mention, but the top five for me in no order:

• SimCity 2000
• Baldur's Gate (1&2)
• Final Fantasy VI (or III, as we called it in the States)
• Doom II
• Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara

And I'd still play any of them to this day.

Final Fantasy VI (or III as it was known then). Just a masterpiece with great music, a great story, great characters, and fun gameplay.

Super Metroid

By far:

• Leisure Suit Larry
• Prince of Persia

Interstate 76

Diablo

Doom

Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis

Lotus

Secret of Mana

Ace of Empires 2

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Pokemon Blue

Goldeneye

Some of my favourite that bring back good memories:

• Age of Empires II
• Caesar games
• C&C Red Alert
• Diablo
• Magic & Mayhem
• Pharaoh
• Pokémon (Yellow, Blue/Red)
• Postal
• SimCity 2000
• StarCraft
• Warcraft II

Sanitarium.

• Ultima series, especially Ultima VII and Ultima Underworld I & II
• Myst series
• Hexen
• Doom
• Quake
• Duke Nukem
• Postal and Postal II
• Diablo and Diablo II
• SimCity and Simcity 2000/SCURK
• Civilization series (still play!)

Descent

It was a multi player net work game we used to play at work over lunch or occasionally on weekends.

I played so much X-Com, Civ 2, and Final Fantasy Tactics back in the day.

Sam n Max Hit the Road and King's Quest 5, 6, and 7. <3

Master of Orion.

Ultima Underworld.

Shadowgate.

Goldeneye.

Final Fantasy 7, 8, and 9.

Golgo 13.

Wing Commander 3.

Lands of Lore.

SimTown.

Yo Noid

RCT 3

After Dark ;P

Also Catz.

Age of Empires 2

Brave Fencer Musashi! It's a fun RPG from squaresoft. Very much a hidden gem. The music in it was streets ahead.