Was it the worst year for gaming?

>Doom
that's it.

  1. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >literally any year after 2013
    >and you know why

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      I don't think so tbh.
      2013-2020 is a second Renaissance for me. Games get good again.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        This I have to hear. I know it's off-topic and not retro, but this thread sucks cocks and OP is a fag who already got BTFO'd anyway, so do tell why you think this is the case.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          2013 was so bad that Ganker never recovered from the endless tidal wave of shit and is still mind broken a decade later.

          2013: Metal Gear Rising, Injustice, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Arkham Origins, Dota 2, Dragon's Crown, The Last Of Us, Payday 2, Saints Row 4, GTA 5, Shadow Warrior, Assassin's Creed 4, Battlefield 4, Outlast, Path of Exile, Warframe.
          2014: Dark Souls 2, Wolfenstein The New Order, Bayonetta 2, Shadow Of Mordor, Shovel Knight, Far Cry 4. Yeah it's a slow year.
          2015: Ori And The Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat 10, Arkham Knight, Bloodborne, Fallout 4, The Witcher 3, Metal Gear Solid 5, Rocket League, SOMA.
          2016: DOOM, Dark Souls 3, Grim Dawn, Persona 5, Enter The Gungeon, XCOM 2, Killing Floor 2, Civ 6, Shadow Warrior 2, No Man's Sky, Hitman, Superhot.
          2017: Resident Evil 7, Nioh, For Honor, Hollow Knight, Nier Automata, Injustice 2, Hellblade, Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild, Mario Odyssey, Sonic Mania, Destiny 2, Fortnite, Cuphead, Assassin's Creed Origins.
          2018: Celeste, Dead Cells, Red Dead Redemption 2, Hitman 2, Monster Hunter World.
          2019: Sekiro, Control, Modern Warfare, Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry 5, Bloodstained, Metro Exodus.
          2020: Doom Eternal, Nioh 2, Resident Evil 3, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, The Last Of Us Part 2, Ghost Of Tsushima, Ori And The Will Of The Wisps, Genshin, Torchlight 3, Factorio, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Black Mesa, Valorant.

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            >Dark Souls 2 over Tropical Freeze

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            what a miserable list of games.

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              >Wolfenstein The New Order
              >Rocket League
              >DOOM,
              >Killing Floor 2
              >No Man's Sky
              >For Honor
              >Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild
              >Destiny 2
              >Fortnite
              >Celeste
              >Doom Eternal
              >The Last Of Us Part 2
              >Genshin
              >Torchlight 3
              >Valorant.
              >Dota 2
              >Path of Exile
              >Payday 2

              How can one Anon have such miserable, awful taste?

              >nooo you have to like exactly what i like and hate what i hate

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                Shut up, retard.

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            >Wolfenstein The New Order
            >Rocket League
            >DOOM,
            >Killing Floor 2
            >No Man's Sky
            >For Honor
            >Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild
            >Destiny 2
            >Fortnite
            >Celeste
            >Doom Eternal
            >The Last Of Us Part 2
            >Genshin
            >Torchlight 3
            >Valorant.
            >Dota 2
            >Path of Exile
            >Payday 2

            How can one Anon have such miserable, awful taste?

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            You're averaging 1 good game per year. Congrats.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        2013 was so bad that Ganker never recovered from the endless tidal wave of shit and is still mind broken a decade later.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >You know why
      >Google games from 2013
      >They're all fucking garbage
      Can you narrow it down for me?

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      https://i.imgur.com/pCSIxyx.jpg

      >Doom
      that's it.

      I don't think so tbh.
      2013-2020 is a second Renaissance for me. Games get good again.

      Oh look, discussion that's retro that sometimes goes slightly beyond December 2007
      Hey mod dickheads, why don't you shut this thread down like you did my Zelda ocarina thread, which was clearly a retro discussion?

  2. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >that's it
    >star fox, link's awakening, virtua fighter, mortal kombat 2, kirby's adventure, gabriel knight, rondo of blood, super mario all-stars, myst, day of the tentacle, mega man x, aladdin snes, samurai showdown, romancing saga, super street fighter 2
    And that's just the most obvious one Google finds

    /retard thread

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Also picrel, one of the best 2D platformers ever

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >Virtua Fighter & SamSho
      not notable until the sequels
      >Super Street Fighter 2
      a DLC
      >Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers & day of the tentacle
      top kek
      >Mega Man X
      Mega Man games came out every year
      >Romancing SaGa 2
      absolutely not notable in the sphere of jrpgs

      the rest are alright. every year surrounding '93 had better lineups though. What year would you reckon was worse?

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        >top kek
        Those are two of the best adventure games

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        >absolutely not notable in the sphere of jrpgs
        Because it didn't get localized until decades later. It is up there in the top selling SNES games. Easily best console RPG that generation, with maybe Shadowrun (Genesis) comparable in quality.
        >X-Wing, Starfox, Syndicate, The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening, Sonic CD, Myst, Mortal Kombat II, Castlevania Rondo of Blood, NBA Jam, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, The Punisher, Ecco the Dolphin, Shinobi III Return of the Ninja Master, The Haunting Starring Polterguy, Night Slashers, Jungle Strike, Shadowrun (SNES), Gunstar Heroes, Rocket Knight Adventures, Thunder Force IV
        Seems like a good year to me.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        >not notable in the sphere of jrpgs
        Considering that year also gave us Secret of Mana, Phantasy Star IV, Lunar Silver Star, Illusion of Gaia, Shadowrun, Shining Force 2, Lufia, Ogre Battle, Breath of Fire, Ys 4, Dark Wizard, Albert Odyssey 7th saga.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        >absolutely not notable in the sphere of jrpgs
        lol, this nigga...

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Mega Man X solos the entire list.
      A rare, actual 10/10 game that has not aged in the slightest.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        X is worse than NES Megamen. Sorry, not sorry.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          That's not your real opinion.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        You know what ages games? Playing new ones.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          And new games do not diminish Mega Man X1, is what I'm saying.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          Wtf is this retarded statement even supposed to imply?

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Don't forget Rondo of Blood and Shinobi 3.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Good list. Number one omission is Secret of Mana.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      MK2 is the only good one though

      Street fighter was just ok in comparison. I know a few people will disagree with that

  3. 1 month ago
    Anonymous
    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Go girls, go!

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      It may not have been the best year in gaming but it was certainly the breast year

  4. 1 month ago
    Anonymous
  5. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Eat me.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous
    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      shit game

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        shit taste

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        shit anon

  6. 1 month ago
    Anonymous
    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      doesn't count because i didn't know about it

  7. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    1993 had Rondo of Blood, Links Awakening, Star Fox, Punisher arcade, Daytona USA as well. If anything the first bad year for video games was probably 2012 if we dont count before 1980.

  8. 1 month ago
    Anonymous
    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      holy shit. that's what western game boxart looked like in 93'?

  9. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Lufia and the Fortress of Doom

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Oh shit absolutely based OP your opinion is ignored

  10. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    much better year for Kevin Nash that's for sure

  11. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Space hulk 1993

  12. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >that's it.
    Not even Castlevania III?

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      2 is so tight

  13. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >Doom
    MobyGames lists over 50 games higher rated than Doom, over a 100 if you count user scores and not just scores by game journalists. Obviously that's a lot of contrarian opinions, but to say Doom specifically was the only notable release in '93 is retarded.

  14. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    If this wasn't a Bait Thread, you should have a nice day.
    If it was, you should have a nice day painfully

  15. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Arcade games were awesome in 93.

  16. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    I spent the whole year playing Battle City, Contra and Battletoads with a childhood friend of mine (it was his NES, I didn't have anything).

    In late 1994 I got my first PC and have to say I enjoyed quite a few PC games from 1993. Mortal Kombat, The Lost Vikings, PoP2, Lotus (damn, I can hear the music in my mind now) were great. And maybe two or three years later I discovered more nice stuff from 1993 like Betrayal at Krondor, Gabriel Knight, MoO etc.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Wing Commander Academy and Privateer were both 93' releases.

      But OP implies Doom was the biggest thing. It was it still is big. The wad hack tools made it so.

  17. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >1993
    Gabriel Knight
    Day of the Tentacle
    Sam & Max
    Quest for Glory 4
    Myst
    Cosmology of Kyoto
    Ambermoon
    Hired Guns
    Betrayal at Krondor
    Ultima Underworld 2
    Realms of Arkania 2
    Lands of Lore
    Elite II Frontier
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Shinobi III
    Battle Mania Daiginjou
    Phantasy Star IV
    Shining Force II
    Gunstar Heroes
    Ranger X
    Mega Man X
    Secret of Mana
    Shadowrun
    Ihatovo Monogatari
    Uncharted Waters 2
    Aerobiz Supersonic
    Ogre Battle
    Goof Troop
    Tetris Battle Gaiden
    Princess Maker 2
    Akumajo Dracula
    Castlevania Rondo of Blood
    Bomberman '94
    Ys IV Dawn of Ys
    Daytona USA
    Virtua Fighter
    Samurai Shodown
    Fatal Fury Special
    Mystic Warriors
    Violent Storm
    Cadillacs & Dinosaurs
    Batsugun
    Sorcer Striker
    Kirby's Adventure
    Link's Awakening

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >uncharted waters
      good job anon.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >Bomberman '94
      >Ys IV Dawn of Ys

      based

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      So OP is full of shit once again

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        OP is overflowing with shit, yes.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        "OP is a homosexual" isn't just a meme

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      op fucking annihilated by a list autist.

  18. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    I don't get what your trying to say, OP? Are you saying 1993 was a bad year? Are you saying that Doom was the only good game in 1993? Seems very strange...

  19. 1 month ago
    Anonymous
  20. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    If we're keeping it retro, probably 1985.

    >NES released

    Video gaming would never be the same...for the worse.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Ok crack smoker

  21. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    I just don't feel like 1992 had a good line up.
    Wolfenstein 3D and Mortal Kombat may be games that heavily influenced their genres, but I don't want to play them.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >ultima underworld
      /v is that way retard.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      1992
      Final Fantasy V
      DQ V
      Soul Blazer
      Super Mario Kart
      Shining Force
      Minimal research already proves you're a moron.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      How could one not love indy4?

  22. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983

  23. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Ridge Racer literally brought textured polygons at 60fps to arcades in 1993, you retarded zoomie.

  24. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    1994
    PS1 was the start of movie games
    Fuck optical media

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >PS1 was the start of movie games
      No it wasn't. You just have a hate boner for Sony.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      movie games didnt even exist until metal gear solid, if you hate 1994 for that reason you'll absolutely hate 2006

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Cinematic games are older than MGS.
        Like Wing Commander, Another World, Flashback, etc..
        And the LaserDisc games like Dragon's Lair are even older.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >PS1 was the start of movie games
      No it wasn't. You just have a hate boner for Sony.

      movie games didnt even exist until metal gear solid, if you hate 1994 for that reason you'll absolutely hate 2006

      The "freedom" the disc format allowed for also encouraged devs to add as much bloat and superfluous tat as possible. The death of arcades and the arcade format also led to this. Now games had big budget CGI intros, a full cast of voice acting, and more dialogue than was necessary. Metal Gear 2 on the MSX has more gameplay than any of the series latter entries, save for MGSV.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        see:

        >PS1 was the start of movie games
        No it wasn't. You just have a hate boner for Sony.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Zoomer.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Everything is a choice.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Go back to playing your fucking Magnavox Odyssey Original, Odyssey 300, Fairchild Channel F, Odyssey 2 or six-switch Atari VCS/2600, dear great-great Grandpa.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      What was SEGA CD?

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        fmvslop is not movie games

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          It flopped, so we can't really say that it "started" movie games.

          What is Snatcher?

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        It flopped, so we can't really say that it "started" movie games.

  25. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Doom kickstarted PC gaming as we know it. Eat shit, OP.

  26. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    2023

  27. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    What's a Mega Man X
    Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
    Day of the Tentacle
    Secret of Mana
    Shinobi 3
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Gunstar Heroes
    Sonic CD
    Kirby's Adventure
    Space Quest 5
    Gabriel Knight
    NBA Jam
    Sam & Max Hit the Road
    Cadillacs & Dinosaurs
    Super Street Fighter 2
    Mortal Kombat 2
    Samurai Shodown
    Flashback
    Spin Master
    Fatal Fury Special
    The Punisher
    The Lost Vikings
    Star Fox
    Zombies Ate My Neighbors
    Sengoku 2
    Aladdin
    Virtua Fighter
    Violent Storm

    It was probably one of the greatest years for the side-scrolling beat 'em up and point-and-click adventure genres.

  28. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    1993 was the best year in gaming. No contest.
    >Samurai Shodown singlehandedly puts the Neo Geo on the MAP. And it owns the arcades too that summer.
    >Street Fighter II re-invents itself with the best iteration of SFII. The Q-Sound Cab is something else.
    >Virtua Fighter is a sight to behold in action.
    >Secret Of Mana mops the floor with Zelda.
    >the Punisher is smoking hot at the arcade. Its a total dream game. Marvel X Capcom awesomeness.
    >Cadillacs and Dinosaurs drops out of the blue. And its damn satisfying.
    >Snow Bros hits the mega drive. And its a fantastic port too.
    >NBA Jam hits arcades. Probably the greatest sports game of all time.
    >Mortal Kombat is out.
    >DOOM
    Dont fucking care.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >Snow Bros hits the mega drive. And its a fantastic port too.
      anon... come on

  29. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    hey wait a minute. sc2k is from 1993 (not 2000). you dummy op

  30. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    No year in the 90s was the worst in gaming history.

  31. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    1969

  32. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Some games nobody mentioned:

    Batman Returns (SNES beat 'em up)
    Cool Spot
    World Heroes 2
    Splatterhouse 3

    And, if you're into the adventure genre:
    Leisure Suit Larry 6
    Simon the Sorcerer

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >Cool Spot
      >Splatterhouse 3
      Very nice

  33. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Bait thread

  34. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Doom is all you needed, homosexual

  35. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >that's it
    There could literally have been no other games released in 1993, and having DOOM released would already make it one of the best years for gaming, ever.

  36. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >Doom
    >Aladdin
    >Sam and Max Hit the Road
    >Day of the Tentacle
    >Myst
    >Mario All Stars
    >Mortal Kombat II
    >Nba Jam
    >Castlevania:Rondo of Blood
    Sadly doens't count as it was Japan only
    >Kirby's Adventure
    >Mega Man X
    >Samurai Showdown
    >Sonic CD

    Looks okay to me

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Nba Jam was good too

      Mk2, NBA Jam, splatterhouse 3

      Not too bad

      [...]
      2013: Metal Gear Rising, Injustice, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Arkham Origins, Dota 2, Dragon's Crown, The Last Of Us, Payday 2, Saints Row 4, GTA 5, Shadow Warrior, Assassin's Creed 4, Battlefield 4, Outlast, Path of Exile, Warframe.
      2014: Dark Souls 2, Wolfenstein The New Order, Bayonetta 2, Shadow Of Mordor, Shovel Knight, Far Cry 4. Yeah it's a slow year.
      2015: Ori And The Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat 10, Arkham Knight, Bloodborne, Fallout 4, The Witcher 3, Metal Gear Solid 5, Rocket League, SOMA.
      2016: DOOM, Dark Souls 3, Grim Dawn, Persona 5, Enter The Gungeon, XCOM 2, Killing Floor 2, Civ 6, Shadow Warrior 2, No Man's Sky, Hitman, Superhot.
      2017: Resident Evil 7, Nioh, For Honor, Hollow Knight, Nier Automata, Injustice 2, Hellblade, Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild, Mario Odyssey, Sonic Mania, Destiny 2, Fortnite, Cuphead, Assassin's Creed Origins.
      2018: Celeste, Dead Cells, Red Dead Redemption 2, Hitman 2, Monster Hunter World.
      2019: Sekiro, Control, Modern Warfare, Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry 5, Bloodstained, Metro Exodus.
      2020: Doom Eternal, Nioh 2, Resident Evil 3, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, The Last Of Us Part 2, Ghost Of Tsushima, Ori And The Will Of The Wisps, Genshin, Torchlight 3, Factorio, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Black Mesa, Valorant.

      So just that flight simulator and the sword fighting stuff then? I liked the semi truck driver ones too

      So that's 3 from
      2013-2020

      Lollmao

  37. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    You're forgetting one of the best games ever made

  38. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Bitch, have you ever matched panels?!

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *