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Best Video Games of the 90s

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  • Final Fantasy VI (1994)

    1. Final Fantasy VI

    1994TVideo Game
    9.1 (3.7K)
    A mysterious woman joins a group of mercenaries in order to find out about her destiny and means of saving the world from an evil madman.
    DirectorsHiroyuki ItôYoshinori Kitase
  • The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)

    2. The Secret of Monkey Island

    1990EVideo Game
    9.3 (3.4K)
    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.
    DirectorRon GilbertStarsDominic ArmatoEarl BoenAlexandra Boyd
  • Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)

    3. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

    1991EVideo Game
    9.2 (2.6K)
    Having vanquished the ghost pirate LeChuck with a soft drink, Guybrush Threepwood now seeks the treasure of Big Whoop. During his quest he discovers LeChuck is back from the dead. Once again.
    DirectorRon GilbertStarsDominic ArmatoEarl BoenAlexandra Boyd
  • Grim Fandango (1998)

    4. Grim Fandango

    1998TVideo Game
    9.1 (3.9K)
    Manuel Calavera is a travel agent in The Land of the Dead who has stumbled across a ring of corruption.
    DirectorTim SchaferStarsTony PlanaMaria Canals-BarreraAlan Blumenfeld
  • Silent Hill (1999)

    5. Silent Hill

    1999MVideo Game
    9.0 (6.7K)
    Harry awakes from a car crash to notice his daughter, Cheryl, vanished. As he searches for her, through the eerie town of Silent Hill, a terrifying descent into the unknown is set.
    DirectorKeiichiro ToyamaStarsMichael GuinnSusan PapaThessaly Lerner
  • The Curse of Monkey Island (1997)

    6. The Curse of Monkey Island

    1997K-AVideo Game
    9.1 (2.9K)
    After unwittingly turning his true love Elaine into solid gold with a cursed engagement ring, Guybrush Threepwood must find a map, a ship and a crew, sail to Blood Island and track down an uncursed diamond ring to reverse the curse.
    DirectorsJonathan AckleyLarry AhernStarsDominic ArmatoAlexandra BoydEarl Boen
  • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995)

    7. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

    1995Video Game
    8.1 (365)
    CD-ROM adventure starring an omnipotent supercomputer calling itself AM (as in "I think, therefore I am."). Built by the Americans as the ultimate defense system, AM accidentally became self-aware and eventually goes insane.
    DirectorDavid MullichStarsHarlan EllisonTom MyersJulio Jeinson
  • Suikoden II (1998)

    8. Suikoden II

    1998TVideo Game
    9.1 (495)
    Three years after the Gate Rune War, the 108 Stars of Destiny once again gather to protect the City-State of Jowston from the invading Kingdom of Highland, led by the demonic Luca Blight.
    DirectorYoshitaka Murayama
  • Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999)

    9. Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!

    1999EVideo Game
    8.5 (1.6K)
    Spyro and Sparx are unwillingly transported to the fantasy realm of Avalar, where an iron-fisted warlock called Ripto and his henchmen, Gulp and Crush are summoned.
    StarsTom KennyMilton JamesMarcelo Tubert
  • Day of the Tentacle (1993)

    10. Day of the Tentacle

    1993EVideo Game
    8.9 (2.1K)
    A disembodied tentacle is accidentally exposed to nuclear waste, giving it human abilities and an ambition to take over the world.
    DirectorsDave GrossmanTim SchaferStarsRichard SandersDenny DelkJane Jacobs
  • Pokémon: Red Version (1996)

    11. Pokémon: Red Version

    1996EVideo Game
    8.8 (3.1K)
    Play as a young Pokémon trainer trying to catch all 150 Pokémon.
    DirectorSatoshi Tajiri
  • Pokémon: Blue Version (1996)

    12. Pokémon: Blue Version

    1996EVideo Game
    8.7 (1.5K)
    Play as a young Pokémon trainer trying to catch all 150 Pokémon.
    DirectorSatoshi Tajiri
  • Final Fantasy VII (1997)

    13. Final Fantasy VII

    1997TVideo Game
    9.5 (12K)
    A former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.
    DirectorsYoshinori KitaseYasushi MatsumuraMasato Yagi
  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)

    14. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    1995K-AVideo Game
    8.5 (2.3K)
    When the evil magikoopa Kamek knocks Baby Mario from the grasp of his delivery stork and lands him on the remote Yoshi's Island, the plucky green dinosaur sets out on a mission to carry the baby to his parents.
    DirectorsShigefumi HinoHideki KonnoToshihiko Nakago
  • Baldur's Gate (1998)

    15. Baldur's Gate

    1998TVideo Game
    8.9 (2.1K)
    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.
    DirectorFeargus UrquhartStarsDee Bradley BakerMichael BellJeff Bennett
  • Final Fantasy IV (1991)

    16. Final Fantasy IV

    1991UnratedVideo Game
    8.4 (1.9K)
    A dark knight questions the ruthless actions of his king and undergoes a quest to redeem himself and save the world.
    DirectorHironobu Sakaguchi
  • Spyro the Dragon (1998)

    17. Spyro the Dragon

    1998EVideo Game
    8.2 (2.5K)
    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.
    StarsClancy BrownCarlos AlazraquiMichael Gough
  • Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh (1996)

    18. Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh

    1996NC-17Video Game
    7.5 (437)
    Curtis Craig, a totally normal man begins to hear strange voices. Could it be that he is an insane killer..?
    DirectorAndy HoyosStarsPaul Morgan StetlerMonique ParentRagna Sigrun
  • Pokémon Snap (1999)

    19. Pokémon Snap

    1999EVideo Game
    7.2 (854)
    Guided by Professor Oak, photographers take pictures of different Pokémon on the uncharted Pokémon Island.
    DirectorsKoji InokuchiAkira TakeshimaYoichi YamamotoStarsUnshô IshizukaStuart ZagnitJames Carter Cathcart
  • Sam and Max Hit the Road (1993)

    20. Sam and Max Hit the Road

    1993TVideo Game
    8.7 (1.1K)
    Two screwball detectives are hired to track a couple of human oddities that went missing from a local Tourist Trap.
    DirectorsSean ClarkMichael StemmleStarsBill FarmerNick JamesonMarsha Clark
  • Chrono Trigger (1995)

    21. Chrono Trigger

    1995EVideo Game
    9.4 (3.5K)
    Crono, a young boy, is thrust to adventure by destiny to destroy an oncoming threat that will destroy the world in 1999.
    DirectorsYoshinori KitaseAkihiko MatsuiTakashi Tokita
  • Suikoden (1995)

    22. Suikoden

    1995K-AVideo Game
    8.3 (320)
    108 Stars of Destiny must band together to liberate the corrupt Scarlet Moon Empire.
    DirectorYoshitaka MurayamaStarKaren Strassman
  • Xenogears (1998)

    23. Xenogears

    1998TVideo Game
    9.0 (806)
    Young warrior and artist Fei Fong Wong sets off on a journey that tests his faith as well as courage as he is suddenly thrown into a battle where no one is who they seem.
    DirectorTetsuya TakahashiStarsHikaru MidorikawaTomokazu SekiYumi Tôma
  • Phantasmagoria (1995)

    24. Phantasmagoria

    1995MVideo Game
    8.2 (821)
    A young successful author and her photographer husband buy a stunning and mysterious mansion on the outskirts of a small town in New England, but soon enough start to experience maddening horrors of its previous owner.
    DirectorPeter MarisStarsVictoria MorsellDavid HombRobert Miano
  • Lemmings (1991)

    25. Lemmings

    1991Video Game
    7.6 (568)
    Guide the hapless Lemmings back home safely in every level with the limited tools provided.

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