22 Glorious 90s Gems From the Golden Age of Gaming

For many of us millennials and Gen Xers, the 90s represented the golden age of gaming. Everything was new, nothing had been done before and with each new release big and exciting things were happening. Games would suddenly leap forward in graphical quality. Consoles would transform from generation to generation, reaching new heights previously thought impossible. It was truly a mind-blowing time to be alive.

And so we wanted to capture a little bit of that gaming glory in this collection of glorious 90s gems plucked straight from the golden age of gaming. From the early days of Mario when he was just a puny pixelated character jumping for his life in a two-dimensional world. To the magical movie remakes that let us live out the lives of our favorite famous characters from the comfort of our own homes. To beautiful blasts from the past like when snake suddenly appeared on what was the smallest screen available at the time, the Nokia 3310.

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If you did not manage to guess on your own, then we will fill you in. this is a screen grab from one of the early batman games. To think, this was one of the first times in the video game realm that you could cruise around Gotham as the caped crusader. Special feelings like that are far and few between in the modern gaming landscape.
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Honestly, the only thing better than a new movie coming out in the 90s was the video game that came out after the movie. Finally, the world that you had been introduced to through the magic of movies had come to life and was explorable from the comfort of your very own living room. Plus, who doesn’t like getting to be a hero.
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