35 Nostalgic 90s Video Games That Made Millennials And Gen Xers Fall In Love With Gaming

Time to blow the dust out of those old cartridges and take a trip back to the golden age of gaming!

These nostalgic 90s video games are the ones that made Millennials and Gen Xers fall head-over-heels in love with gaming.

Whether you were button-mashing on a Super Nintendo or struggling through a pixelated level on a PlayStation, these classics defined childhoods and sparked lifelong obsessions.

Get ready for a wave of nostalgia so strong, you might just hear that familiar startup sound in your head! Let’s hit “Start” on some 90s gaming magic!

1. Super Mario 64 (1996)

2. Final Fantasy VII (1997)

3. Doom (1993)

4. Golden Eye 007 (1997)

5. Half-Life (1998)

6. System Shock 2 (1999)

7. Chrono Trigger (1995)

8. Mortal Kombat (1992)

9. ToeJam & Earl (1991)

10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)

11. Donkey Kong Country (1994)

12. Super Mario World (1990)

13. Earthworm Jim (1994)

14. Streets of Rage 2 (1992)

15. Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)

16. Banjo-Kazooie (1998)

17. Grim Fandango (1998)

18. The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)

19. Quake (1996)

20. Super Smash Bros. (1999)

21. Star Fox 64 (1997)

22. Baldur’s Gate (1998)

23. Spyro the Dragon (1998)

24. Diablo (1996)

25. Duke Nukem 3D (1996)

26. Fallout (1997)

27. Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995)

28. StarCraft (1998)

29. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (1991)

30. Gunstar Heroes (1993)

31. Crash Bandicoot (1996)

32. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1992)

33. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (1993)

34. Mega Man X (1993)

35. Pokémon: Red Version (1996)

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