10 Video Games 90s Kids Never Forgot
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Growing up in the nineties - in video game terms - was a very exciting time. It saw the infancy of the 3D games and the perfection of the platformers of the eighties. Handheld consoles were common place on the school yard and which game you happened to be playing would see you revered or shunned with equal speed.
In the ranks of these games have been some of the most resilient franchises around, ones which, in some cases are still being produced today. Over time these names have shaped and manipulated this generations idea of what makes great games.
After the millennium the mistakes and hard learned lessons of the nineties were refined which began to further push the impact of games as a whole. They began to amaze everyone and even intimidate other mediums.
The nineties kids have already spent three decades in unbelievably versatile times for games and they've produced some of have undoubtedly now produced some of the finest examples from all genres thanks to this period of insurgency.
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.