Top 40 Video Games Of The 90s
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1. Super Mario 64 (1996 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When the evil Bowser steals 120 power stars and traps Princess Peach within the walls of her own castle, it's up to Mario to save her once again.
Director: Shigeru Miyamoto | Stars: Charles Martinet, Leslie Swan
Votes: 7,050
2. Doom (1993 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy, Horror
In the future, an unnamed marine fights for survival on a space station on Mars where the Union Aerospace Corporation accidentally opened up a physical portal to Hell.
Directors: John Carmack, Tomohiko Sato | Stars: Kevin Cloud, David Koseruba, Christopher Murvey, Bobby Prince
Votes: 5,605
3. Final Fantasy VII (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
A former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.
Directors: Yoshinori Kitase, Yasushi Matsumura, Masato Yagi
Votes: 11,324
4. GoldenEye 007 (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond must track down agent-turned-terrorist Alec Trevelyan to stop the launch of a powerful satellite. Play the game that set the stage for the First-person shooter genre on the console.
Director: Martin Hollis | Stars: Kevin Bayliss, Ken Lobb, Scott Hochberg
Votes: 6,063
5. Half-Life (1998 Video Game)
M | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr. Gordon Freeman must fight his way out of a secret research facility after a teleportation experiment goes disastrously wrong.
Directors: Gabe Newell, Randy Pitchford | Stars: Kathy Levin, Harry S. Robins, Mike Shapiro, Bill van Buren
Votes: 11,245
6. System Shock 2 (1999 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
An agent is deployed on a mission to explore a distant planet, but instead wakes up from his cryosleep five months later only to discover that the ship's artificial intelligence has been corrupted and the humans infected by an alien race.
Director: Ken Levine | Stars: Kemal Amarasingham, Laura Baldwin, Matt Boynton, Eric Brosius
Votes: 1,228
7. Chrono Trigger (1995 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Crono, a young boy, is thrust to adventure by destiny to destroy an oncoming threat that will destroy the world in 1999.
Directors: Yoshinori Kitase, Akihiko Matsui, Takashi Tokita, Nao Ito
Votes: 3,304
8. Mortal Kombat (1992 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy
Seven martial artists from Earth must battle in sorcerer Shang Tsung's super secret tournament.
Stars: Daniel Pesina, Richard Divizio, Carlos Pesina, Ho-Sung Pak
Votes: 3,764
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young Kokiri boy discovers that his destiny is to free the Seven Sages and save the land of Hyrule from the treacherous sorcerer Ganondorf.
Directors: Eiji Aonuma, Yoichi Yamada, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Shigeru Miyamoto, Tôru Ôsawa | Stars: Nobuyuki Hiyama, Fujiko Takimoto, Jun Mizusawa, Takashi Nagasako
Votes: 10,644
10. Donkey Kong Country (1994 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Waking to find his banana hoard clean gone, Donkey Kong sets out with his nephew Diddy Kong through jungle and cavern, past temples and reef, across pine forests, factories, and mountains to rid the island of the wicked Kremlings and reclaim his bananas.
Director: Tim Stamper
Votes: 3,290
11. Streets of Rage 2 (1992 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Crime
Mr. X kidnaps Adam and sends gang punks into the streets. Axel and Blaze, along with Adam's brother Skate and Axel's friend, set out once again to stomp Mr. X and his baddies into the ground.
Director: Noriyoshi Ôba
Votes: 1,105
12. Sonic the Hedgehog (I) (1991 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Family
A blue hedgehog with supersonic speed must rescue animals from being turned into robots by a mad scientist.
Votes: 3,623
13. Banjo-Kazooie (1998 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The witch Gruntilda has captured Banjo's beloved sister, intending to leech the girl's youth and beauty through black magic and mad science. Banjo and Kazooie set out across nine worlds to get her back.
Director: Gregg Mayles | Stars: Chris Sutherland, Grant Kirkhope, Eveline Fischer, Lee Ray
Votes: 1,991
14. Grim Fandango (1998 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Manuel Calavera is a travel agent in The Land of the Dead who has stumbled across a ring of corruption.
Director: Tim Schafer | Stars: Tony Plana, Maria Canals-Barrera, Alan Blumenfeld, Pamela Adlon
Votes: 3,751
15. The Secret of Monkey Island (1990 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Young pirate wanna-be Guybrush Threepwood sets out to pass the Three Trials, woo the governess Elaine Marley, reach the fabled Monkey Island and vanquish the nefarious ghost pirate LeChuck.
Directors: Ron Gilbert, Hal Barwood | Stars: Dominic Armato, Earl Boen, Alexandra Boyd, Leilani Jones
Votes: 3,303
16. Quake (1996 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Mankind discovers the secret of 'slipgates' called teleporters. However, they're misused by some strange force code-named 'Quake', which uses the slipgates to send hordes of warriors to earth to take over the whole world.
Director: John Romero | Stars: J.S. Gilbert, Matt Mark, David Locke, Trent Reznor
Votes: 2,600
17. Super Smash Bros. (1999 Video Game)
E | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Mario, Link, Samus and everybody's favorite Nintendo characters battle it out in a no-holds-barred tournament.
Director: Masahiro Sakurai | Stars: Charles Martinet, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Kazumi Totaka, Makiko Ômoto
Votes: 2,488
18. Star Fox 64 (1997 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Mad scientist Andross arises as the emperor of Venom and declares war on the entire Lylat System, starting with Corneria. General Pepper sends in the Star Fox team to protect the key planets of the Lylat System and stop Dr. Andross.
Director: Takao Shimizu | Stars: Daisuke Gôri, Kyôko Tongû, Tomohisa Asô, Hisao Egawa
Votes: 1,795
19. Baldur's Gate (1998 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The main character, ward of mystical monk Gorion, whose name, sex, race and class are defined by the players, leaves his order's keep for the first time and starts a journey to discover his true identity. But someone wants him dead.
Director: Feargus Urquhart | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Michael Bell, Jeff Bennett, Gregg Berger
Votes: 2,010
20. Spyro the Dragon (1998 Video Game)
E | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young cute purple dragon named Spyro sets out to free his dragon buddies, after they had fallen victim to the villainous Gnasty Gnorc, who has turned them into crystal statues.
Stars: Clancy Brown, Carlos Alazraqui, Michael Gough, Jamie Alcroft
Votes: 2,344
21. Diablo (1996 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
It is a horrible era for the formerly peaceful town of Tristram. Prince Albrect is missing, King Leoric is dead, and demonic raids are now commonplace. You are one of the heroes, who visits Tristram to slay whatever is causing this horror.
Director: Mark Schwarz | Stars: Michael Haley, Glynnis Talken, Michael Gough, Paul Eiding
Votes: 3,060
22. Duke Nukem 3D (1996 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Blonde action hero Duke Nukem takes on murderous aliens and mutated Los Angeles police officers that have taken over Los Angeles.
Director: Greg Malone | Stars: Lani Minella, Jon St. John, Lee Jackson
Votes: 3,429
23. Fallout (1997 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being sent by the overseer of his vault to search for a new water purifying chip, the player discovers the horrors of post apocalyptic America, and the threat of the Master's Army.
Director: Feargus Urquhart | Stars: Charlie Adler, Richard Dean Anderson, Jeff Bennett, Clancy Brown
Votes: 4,098
24. Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After successfully retrieving the Death Star plans, Kyle Katarn is hired by the Rebel Alliance to uncover information about a secret trooper project the Empire has in development.
Director: Daron Stinnett | Stars: Nick Jameson, Julie Eccles, Jack Angel, Peggy Roberts-Hope
Votes: 1,133
25. StarCraft (1998 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 2499 in the Koprulu sector, a ferocious collective race known as the Zerg arrives to massacre the exiled human colonies while a highly advanced race, the Protoss, intervenes to exterminate the Zerg.
Directors: Matt Samia, Mark Schwarz, Duane Stinnett, Chris Metzen, Glenn Stafford | Stars: Glynnis Talken, Michael Gough, Paul Eiding, Lani Minella
Votes: 5,499
26. Crash Bandicoot (1996 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Crash Bandicoot is on a quest to rescue his girlfriend from the evil Dr. Neo Cortex.
Directors: Andrew S. Gavin, Jason Rubin | Stars: Brendan O'Brien, Kappei Yamaguchi, Shôzô Îzuka, Mitsuru Ogata
Votes: 3,578
27. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The ship in which Link travels back to Hyrule is destroyed in a storm. He awakens on a strange island, where he will find a new enemy and some new friends.
Directors: Takashi Tezuka, Yoshinori Tsuchiyama
Votes: 1,535
28. Pokémon: Red Version (1996 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Play as a young Pokémon trainer trying to catch all 150 Pokémon.
Director: Satoshi Tajiri
Votes: 2,884
29. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991 Video Game)
T | Action, Sci-Fi
Ryu, Ken and a roster of six international newcomers compete to get the chance to take on the evil dictator M. Bison, the leader of the Shadaloo organization, who plans to brainwash the best fighters to work in his organization.
Star: Johnpaul Williams
Votes: 1,897
30. Super Mario World (1990 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Family
While Mario and Luigi are vacationing in Dinosaur Land, Bowser kidnaps the Princess. Mario and his new dino friend Yoshi go on a mission to save her.
Director: Takashi Tezuka
Votes: 5,487
31. ToeJam & Earl (1991 Video Game)
K-A | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Isometric adventure starring 2 hip aliens on a mission to repair their spaceship.
Director: Greg Johnson
Votes: 165
32. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (1991 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When Krang steals the Statue of Liberty, the turtles pursue the Foot Clan to the Technodrome, where Shredder sends them through a time warp. The Turtles must fight Shredder's army in both the past and the future in order to get home.
Director: G. Suzuki | Star: Miki Chang
Votes: 1,408
33. Mega Man X (1993 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the year 21XX, a century-old capsule is unearthed containing the first Reploid: Mega Man X - a robot able to think for himself. But after a new age of Reploids begins, the powerful Sigma goes Maverick and forms an army of evil Reploids.
Stars: Stephen Chang, Megumi Ogata
Votes: 933
34. Gunstar Heroes (1993 Video Game)
GA | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Gunstar family are the protectors of the planet Gunstar 9, After many years of peace, vicious dictator Colonel Red kidnapped the Gunstar twins' older brother and used mind control to make him his slave.
Votes: 206
35. Earthworm Jim (1994 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a spacesuit falls on Jim, it mutates him into an earthworm hero thus Earthworm Jim is born. He must now defeat the evil Queen Slug-for-a-butt and rescue her sister, Princess What's Her Name.
Director: David Perry | Star: Doug TenNapel
Votes: 929
36. Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1992 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Family
Sonic must save the past, present, and future of Little Planet, as well as rescue Amy Rose from his evil double, Metal Sonic.
Director: Naoto Ohshima | Stars: Kaneta Kimotsuki, Michiko Nomura, Masato Nishimura
Votes: 1,140
37. Snatcher CD-ROMantic (1992 Video Game)
Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
June 6, 1996, A mysterious explosion destroys the Chernolton research facility near Moscow. Lucifer Alpha, a powerful biological weapon under secret development there is released into the ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideo Kojima, Shinya Inoue, Yoshinori Sasaki | Stars: Yûsaku Yara, Mami Koyama, Kikuko Inoue, Kaneto Shiozawa
Votes: 179
38. Resident Evil (1996 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Mystery
The RPD are investigating strange cannibalized corpses on the outskirts of the city. The Alpha squad, Jill and Chris, are sent to locate missing team members. While there, mutated dogs cause them to flee into a supposedly abandoned mansion.
Directors: Shinji Mikami, Mitsuhisa Hosoki | Stars: Charlie Kraslavsky, Inezh, Greg Smith, Linda
Votes: 5,915
39. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Luke Skywalker leads the Rebel Alliance's elite starfighter unit, Rogue Squadron, into battle against the Empire.
Director: Julian Eggebrecht | Stars: Bob Bergen, Robert M. Foster, Olivia Hussey, Neil Ross
Votes: 913
40. RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999 Video Game)
E | Adventure
Complete a series of preset scenarios by successfully building and maintaining amusement parks through business ownership as a theme park entrepreneur in RollerCoaster Tycoon.
Director: Chris Sawyer | Star: Chris Sawyer
Votes: 603
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