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3d was always the most interesting thing about any videogame to me even before games had 3d graphics. The first videogame I thought was cool was the maze game included with the black and white macintosh because it had a mode that allowed some maze paths to look 3d and cross others. The coolest thing about 8-bit and 16-bit games was the various tricks they used to evoke spatial depth both visually but also in terms of world building and gameplay. I still find it difficult to enjoy games with flat level design where gameplay relevant information is largely conveyed by two coordinates instead of three. (most RTS, simulation, top down action rpg, and even many 3rd person action and open world games)

Pretty disappointing year for my tastes, 6-10 wouldn't have made my list at all in previous years. Two edge cases: the new levels in the Doom 64 re-release, and a Wipeout clone called Pacer which was sort of maybe already released as Formula Fusion three years ago?

1. Spelunky 2

2. Prodeus

3. Final Fantasy VII Remake

4. Fall Guys

5. A Monster's Expedition

6. Doom 64 The Lost Levels

7. Pacer

8. Microsoft Flight Simulator

9. Dreams

10. Dezatopia

damn you Blazing Chrome and Grip Combat Racing for being so good you made me revise my top 100 list

I have an ordered list with 100 items

I added a new item it makes a page 2 for it with one item and saves

if I try to add more I get an error saying ordered lists can only have 100 items

if I try to delete that 101st item it says the list is empty and cannot save

if I remove an item from the first page and try to save it says a list cannot have more than 100 items

so now I cannot edit my ordered list anymore

Metroid II Return of Samus

Gadget: Invention Travel Adventure

Marathon Infinity

Riven: the Sequel to Myst

Thief: the Dark Project

Silent Hill 1

Ico

Metroid Prime

Portal

Risen

Dark Souls 1

NaissanceE

Obduction

Approach the NES original as an arcade game and try to be surprised by everything else that it is, still my favorite game of the series and the best soundtrack of all time. None of the other games capture the combat or music at all.

Nex Machina is the best twin stick shooter I've ever played. Doom 2016's multiplayer is the best competitive FPS I've ever played if I can find a game of it. Resident Evil 7 PSVR finally justified VR. Overload from the Descent creators is the first improvement in that genre since Descent II. Bug Princess 2 and Magic Duels justified my iPad purchase. Thimbleweed Park is the best adventure game since the 90s. Obduction is the best combination of storytelling, world building, and puzzle solving ever. And that new Twin Peaks season is the best TV since The Wire. And Orange County finally got a restaurant that makes their own pastrami.

I also recommend an old CRT but watch out for heavily used or abused ones with worn out electron guns (weak red, green, or blue color that requires extreme correction or is uncorrecable), convergence or geometry issues that can't be fixed in the operator menu, or poor black levels or poor brightness. Sony and Panasonic are overall the best brands, just find ones that weren't used constantly on maximum contrast for a decade.

Dr Pepper Heritage > Mr. Pibb > Dublin Dr Pepper > Pibb Xtra > Dr Pepper

the game is not very fun if you play levels from the 100 mario challenge or most starred list

the game is pretty good if you play "featured" levels

the game is great if you play levels from friends or anyone with good taste you come across online somehow

the game is amazing if you want to make levels