10 Video Games 90s Kids Never Forgot

10. Metal Gear Solid

The revered stealth action goliath from Hideo Kojima was a masterpiece in cinematic storytelling at the time, unmatched by anything in the industry. Additionally the grounded, realistic, moment to moment gameplay had nuance that lent it character beyond the competition.

The opening few rooms in the Shadow Moses complex show off these small gameplay intricacies that separated this game from its peers. Snake leaves footprints in the snow that guards will follow, those same guards will occasionally sneeze and lose line of sight, breath exhaled from mouths freezes mid air and rain splashing underfoot can give you away.

These revolutionary at the time, and it made a real impact on the audience.

It helps that this was the first mainstream stealth game to appear to a mass audience. It was able to garner such a following due to the developers giving equal weight/care to both the stealth and action mechanics.

MGS is entwined in gaming folklore nowadays and its first mainstream entry is simply one of the most important pieces of entertainment in history.