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Lead Klaymen through a variety of puzzles and scenarios to save or take over his home world in this cult adventure game, the brainchild of Doug TenNapel, who also created '90s platforming star Earthworm Jim.
Released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, Sakura Taisen is the first game in the iconic Japanese game franchise that combines strategy RPG elements with dating sim style character interactions to make "A Storm of Romance amid Taishou Cherry Blossoms!"
The third installment in SNK's tag-team fighting game series, further revamping the gameplay while completely redrawing all characters in a newer style.
The first in a long line of action-oriented survival-horror games, Resident Evil pits a small group of special forces agents against hordes of zombies and other mutated creatures in a mysterious mansion.
The sequel to (and remake of) Street Fighter Alpha brings five new fighters into the fray including newcomer schoolgirl Sakura while adding a new special ability: the "Custom Combo", in which players can trigger a massive timed combo chain using their Super Meter.
The sequel to Namco's original 3D fighting game adds new characters and a variety of new moves and unique attacks.
The second installment in SNK's tag-team fighting game series, introducing the ability for players to customize their own three-fighter team from the overall roster.
Set years before the World Warrior tournament of Street Fighter II, Street Fighter Alpha explores the backstories of some of the series's familiar faces (while introducing new ones) with a revamped fighting game engine (complete with a new cartoony art style).
Serve up some Kilrathi and scrambled eggs in this star-studded FMV space flight simulator from Origin!
Banshee's Last Cry is a horror-themed sound novel produced by ChunSoft that was originally released for the Super Famicom in 1994. It has been ported to various systems over the years but wasn't available in English until 2014, twenty years after its initial release.
Namco's answer to Sega's Virtua Fighter, featuring a unique button system where each of the four buttons corresponds to attacks from each of the fighter's arms and legs.
Pitting together fighters from SNK's other franchises, The King of Fighters '94 introduces a new team-based system where players fight in teams of three, eliminating each combatant in one-on-one rounds.
Tokimeki Memorial is the first in the long-running series of dating sims by Konami which started life on the PC Engine. Released in 1994, it boosted the popularity of the dating sim genre in Japan immensely.
The fifth iteration of Street Fighter II makes further changes to each characters' movelist while rebalancing the game and adding a new Super Meter (with a Super Combo attack for each fighter), adjustable game speed settings, and a hidden final boss.
In one of the most revolutionary first-person shooters of the 1990s, players control the last remaining space marine in the demon-infested stations on Mars' moons.
An interactive movie / visual novel / adventure game, released in the early 90s. Gadget has gone on to influence many visionary filmmakers, such as Guillermo del Toro, Alex Proyas, and the Wachowskis.
Four new warriors enter the World Warrior tournament in the fourth main iteration of the classic Street Fighter II series. Along with the roster change, the game received numerous graphical and audio upgrades thanks to its more powerful CPS-2 hardware.
Twelve of the fiercest warriors of the late 18th century engage in duels to the death as a dark power rises over Japan in the first weapon-based fighting game for the Neo Geo.
The second installment of one of the most violent fighting game franchises of all time, providing a smoother fighting system while adding new fighters, Fatalities, babalities, friendships, and much more.
SNK's second foray into the fighting game genre, known for its dedicated linear story, camera zooming effect (allowing for large character sprites in close-range combat), and the introduction of a gauge that depletes when certain moves are used.
The hot-blooded sequel to the original Fatal Fury, heavily improving the fighting mechanics of the original while adding a bigger cast of playable characters and worldwide locales.
The second update to Capcom's signature fighting game, making the gameplay significantly faster while adding new special moves for most characters.
Run, jump and spin through levels as Sonic and Tails, in order to thwart the plans of the nefarious Dr. Robotnik and free the kidnapped animals! Released by Sega in 1992, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is often considered one of the greatest platformers of all time.
By combining digitized character graphics and extreme violence, Midway's 1992 fighter revolutionized the U.S. fighting game genre, spawned a long-running series, and helped create controversy regarding video game violence.
Widely considered to be the first survival horror game to use polygonal graphics. Initially released on the PC by Interplay, and developed by Infogrames, in 1992, Alone in the Dark would go down as a historical landmark in video gaming history.
The first update to the smash-hit fighting game Street Fighter II balances various aspects of the gameplay while adding support for playable bosses and mirror matches.
Horror themed adventure game developed by Chunsoft in 1992 that was the first entry in the company's influential Sound Novel series.
SNK's first fighting game and the first fighting game on the Neo Geo, telling the tale of a trio of martial artists participating in a local tournament to seek revenge on the crime boss that sponsors it.
The second Castlevania installment for the Game Boy, Belmont's Revenge continues the tale of Christopher Belmont, who must rescue his son from the clutches of Count Dracula.
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