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The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall from Bethesda Softworks is an enormous RPG and sequel to The Elder Scrolls: Arena. It includes a massive gameworld and pioneering freeform play. It was well received for these factors, but was criticised for a number of crippling bugs.
The follow-up to id's 1993 game Doom, and one of the earliest first-person shooters to make full use of 3D polygonal graphics and level design. Featuring a dark and gritty atmosphere inspired by gothic and Lovecraftian fiction, players traverse numerous dimensions in an attempt to stop the invasion of eldritch forces led by the mysterious "Quake".
Super Mario 64 takes the Mario franchise into polygonal worlds, setting numerous standards for 3D game design along the way.
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation is the last in the Zenithia Trilogy of Dragon Quest remakes for the Nintendo DS. This was the first time in little over 15 years that Dragon Quest VI has made it to the United States in any form from the original Japanese SC.
Released in 1995, The Ultimate Doom refined elements of deathmatch, and added a completely new episode of content to the original game.
Virtual Hydlide is an action-adventure video game for the Sega Saturn console, developed by T&E Soft. It is a remake of the original Hydlide, the first game in the series, but incorporates three-dimensional graphics.
In the shoes of a Material Defender working for the PTMC, the objective is to take to the underground and overcome the epidemic of rogue mining robots plaguing across planets in a heart pounding 360 degree action shooter.
Filled with insane power-ups, explosive weapons, and ludicrous amounts of gibs, Rise of the Triad is an arcade-style over-the-top spiritual sequel to Wolfenstein 3D that introduced numerous features to the genre.
Set in a bleak cyberpunk universe, System Shock is a first-person action-adventure game from Looking Glass Studios that challenges players to overcome the hazards of an immense, multi-level space station under the control of an artificial intelligence with aspirations of godhood.
As the leader of an elite squad of anthropomorphic animal pilots, fly throughout the Lylat star system in the prototype Arwing spacecraft to prevent the galactic conquest of a mad scientist in this 3D shooter for the SNES (with real-time polygonal graphics powered by the new Super FX chip).
The sequel to Ultima Underworld saw the Avatar return to Britannia at the invitation of Lord British to help celebrate their victory over the Guardian a year before in Ultima VII. However, the Guardian has other plans and traps Britannia's elite along with the Avatar within an impregnable prison.
Also known as Star Cruiser II: The Odysseus Project, Star Cruiser 2 was released in 1992 for the NEC PC-98 and Fujitsu FM Towns computers.
Dragon Quest V is a turn-based RPG released in 1992 and is the fifth installment in the popular Dragon Quest series. It is also the second entry in the Zenithia Trilogy, and one of the most popular games in the franchise.
Considered by many to be the progenitor of the first-person shooter genre, Wolfenstein 3D is a 1992 first-person action game that pits the player, as Allied spy William "B.J." Blazkowicz, against the might of Nazi Germany.
Ultima Underworld is one of the first free-roaming, first-person CRPGs. In this game, the player as the Avatar must rescue the daughter of a Baron from the Stygian Abyss. There, amidst the ruins of a once utopian colony, the Avatar will also discover the dark horror that lies far below.
A DOS-era flight simulator that puts players in the cockpits of attack, scout, and utility helicopters in missions around the world.
Expansion set for Gunship 2000, adds a map editor and two new campaign settings - Antarctica and the Philippines.
A high-fantasy first-person shooter based on the Catacomb duology of action games from id co-founder John Carmack. It is a precursor to id's Wolfenstein 3D.
StarBlade was an arcade shoot 'em up released in 1991 by Namco. It is a rail shooter featuring flat-shaded polygonal graphics.
Embark on an adventure with characters from different walks of life, all destined to unite with you, to save the world.
An early first-person role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software. Ahead of its time, it had 3D polygon graphics, FPS gameplay, strafing controls, open-world space exploration, and an epic sci-fi space opera plot.
An early role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software for the PC-88, PC-98 and FM-7 computers in 1986 and ported to MS-DOS by Brøderbund. An early RPG-shooter hybrid, it was one of the first computer games with polygonal 3D environments, along with full 360-degree third-person exploration for indoor environments.
An RPG originally in the works for the Playstation Portable to be released in 2007, but has since been presumed on hold, or even canceled, since no more information has been revealed.
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