HF Retro Game of the Year - 1992 - Vote in the Poll!

[Frankie Blueberries]

DOOM won 1993 with 31.8% of the votes.

I'll put Street Fighter II on the 1991 list.

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[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

“Mortal Kombat” easily

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

I went with TMNT: Turtles in Time.
Runner ups would be Super Mario Kart > Wolfenstein 3D > Super Mario Land 2 > Sonic the Hedgehog 2 > Mortal Kombat > Mario Paint.

 

[Commander Clueless]

As legendary as Turtles in Time was back in the day, I still gotta give it to King's Quest. Love that series.

The true winner in my book is Quest for Glory III: Wages of War.

 

[Osprey]

I went with Dune II. It did for RTSes what Doom did for FPSes. Its success inspired Blizzard to make Warcraft and its own development team to follow it up with Command & Conquer and the rest is history.

I also loved Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, but it was one of many great adventure games around that time and didn't innovate its genre like Dune II.

 

[Commander Clueless]

I went with Dune II. It did for RTSes what Doom did for FPSes. It inspired Blizzard to make Warcraft, then the makers of Dune II made Command & Conquer and the rest is history.

Yeah, I owe the vast majority of my childhood gaming to what came from Dune II, but I never played it.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Its Mario Kart or Mortal Kombat.

TMNT in 3rd

 

[member 157595]

My favorite game on the list is easily Dragon Quest V but I won't let DQ fanboyism influence my vote here. Need to think about this one.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Mario Kart should win this by a landslide.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

For some reason I have really fond memories of Super Mario Land 2. It might have been the most challenging Mario game I've ever played (for me it's between that, and Super Mario Bros 2 and 3), but I remember it was a lot of fun and really rewarding to play. Probably the best platformer I've played on a handheld.

 

[Zodiac]

some good ones there for sure ...but Mortal Kombat would be my favorite from that list. still play it from time to time.

 

[The Macho King]

I went with Dune II. It did for RTSes what Doom did for FPSes. Its success inspired Blizzard to make Warcraft and its own development team to follow it up with Command & Conquer and the rest is history.

I also loved Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, but it was one of many great adventure games around that time and didn't innovate its genre like Dune II.

I think we just have the same taste in games.

I agree - Dune II by a mile for me.

 

[Desdichado93]

Wolfenstein 3D of course.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Lunar is a personal favourite so I'll make the case.

Cutscenes in 1992 with the might of the Sega CD!

Good music



Timeless RPG gameplay that's resulted in three (3) separate remakes (Saturn/PSX, GBA, PSP)

I never had a Sega CD, but I played this original version via emulator after loving the PSX remake for years. Certainly has some quality of life issues but still holds up pretty damn well for a game that's almost 30 years old now.

 

[tacogeoff]

wow those are some epic choices.
Ended up going with Mario kart but was torn between Mario Kart, Mortal Combat and Wolfenstein 3D. You could almost argue that Wolfenstein was more important than Doom was to the FPS as it was the precursor to Doom.

 

[itsjustsurvival]

Lunar is a personal favourite so I'll make the case.

Cutscenes in 1992 with the might of the Sega CD!

Good music



Timeless RPG gameplay that's resulted in three (3) separate remakes (Saturn/PSX, GBA, PSP)

I never had a Sega CD, but I played this original version via emulator after loving the PSX remake for years. Certainly has some quality of life issues but still holds up pretty damn well for a game that's almost 30 years old now.

I've played most versions of this game. It is the equivalent to a movie you can watch over and over. Other RPGs do things better, but there is just something about this game...

I like the characters, story, and music. I like having 5 members to a party. I like the art style a ton (especially the SegaCD and PSX versions, the PSP remake is cool and all, but I love the old sprites).

A lot of people grew up with the Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest/Chrono Trigger games as their foundation to JRPGs, but this game was mine.

 

[itsjustsurvival]

wow those are some epic choices.
Ended up going with Mario kart but was torn between Mario Kart, Mortal Combat and Wolfenstein 3D. You could almost argue that Wolfenstein was more important than Doom was to the FPS as it was the precursor to Doom.

Mario Kart was my runner up. What a fun game. And I'm with you on the Wolfenstein opinion.

This is definitely a stacked list. So many good games.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

TMNT I guess but Sonic 2 is good as well. Not to mention Mario Kart...

 

[The Macho King]

Mario Kart was my runner up. What a fun game. And I'm with you on the Wolfenstein opinion.

This is definitely a stacked list. So many good games.

Unpopular opinion - Wolfenstein 3Ds contribution is overstated. Ultima Underwold came out earlier, had many of the same contributions, and was frankly a better game.

 

[tacogeoff]

Unpopular opinion - Wolfenstein 3Ds contribution is overstated. Ultima Underwold came out earlier, had many of the same contributions, and was frankly a better game.

but wasn't Ultima Underworld a RPG and Wolfenstien 3d more of a fast paced fps? or do you mean just in the first person 3d graphical design?

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

Mario Kart narrowly over Super Star Wars and Mortal Kombat. I wish that all Rainbow Roads had followed OG Mario Kart's design and had no walls whatsoever. So much fun on that map playing 1v1 and bumping your friend off the ledge.

 

[The Macho King]

but wasn't Ultima Underworld a RPG and Wolfenstien 3d more of a fast paced fps? or do you mean just in the first person 3d graphical design?

Wolfenstein was a bit more twitch based, but UU did not have much in common with its forebears when it comes to being an RPG.

 

[Osprey]

Unpopular opinion - Wolfenstein 3Ds contribution is overstated. Ultima Underwold came out earlier, had many of the same contributions, and was frankly a better game.

Wolfenstein 3D had a superior control scheme and faster gameplay, though, and those things had a greater effect on the industry, such that even RPGs would eventually adopt them. UU may've been the better game, but I don't think that it contributed as much to the overall direction of gaming as Wolf3D did.

 

[McRpro]

Lots of great choices here but I voted for Super Mario Kart.

 

[Emperoreddy]

My favorite game on the list is easily Dragon Quest V but I won't let DQ fanboyism influence my vote here. Need to think about this one.

Its a really really good JRPG but the west didn't see it until many years later so its going to get overlooked.

Had essentially Pokémon gameplay before Pokémon.