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Post by John Titor on Aug 24, 2021 9:04:30 GMT 10
1994 in Video Games - Nintendo got her groove back
What a POWER HOUSE year of the 90s. This list is for USA and UK releases. Honestly you can't go worng with 94 for video games. The 16 Bit wars had been underway for awhile and it seemed Nintendo was getting her groove back ! The tide between Nintendo and Sega slowly shifted. You can thank Donkey Kong for landing a huge blow to the little hedgehog.
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Post by John Titor on Aug 24, 2021 11:31:59 GMT 10
I guess this is when the mid 1990s took off, around summer or fall 1994. around there yes, I noticed a slight change in spring 94 as a kid
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Post by astropoug on Aug 24, 2021 12:00:51 GMT 10
Donkey Kong Country, Earthworm Jim, Final Fantasy VI, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Super Metroid, Killer Instinct, Doom 2 All fantastic
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Post by jaydawg89 on Aug 24, 2021 14:20:14 GMT 10
I guess this is when the mid 1990s took off, around summer or fall 1994. around there yes, I noticed a slight change in spring 94 as a kid Same, I'm starting to consider mid 1994 - early 1997 as the mid 90s.
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Post by John Titor on Aug 25, 2021 1:13:04 GMT 10
around there yes, I noticed a slight change in spring 94 as a kid Same, I'm starting to consider mid 1994 - early 1997 as the mid 90s. yeah that sounds about right, after January 97 things start to warp
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Post by John Titor on Aug 25, 2021 1:14:16 GMT 10
Donkey Kong Country, Earthworm Jim, Final Fantasy VI, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Super Metroid, Killer Instinct, Doom 2 All fantastic all classic games that are hater proof
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Post by slashpop on Aug 25, 2021 14:24:35 GMT 10
around there yes, I noticed a slight change in spring 94 as a kid Same, I'm starting to consider mid 1994 - early 1997 as the mid 90s. Something like July going into August 1994 to February 1997. April to July 1994 felt like a modified version of mid/late 1993 to early 1994 with some different and newer culture that would pop out more in 1995. March to July 1997 was a like a modified version of 1996-1997 with increasing late 90s culture.
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Post by astropoug on Aug 27, 2021 6:58:48 GMT 10
Same, I'm starting to consider mid 1994 - early 1997 as the mid 90s. Something like July going into August 1994 to February 1997. April to July 1994 felt like a modified version of mid/late 1993 to early 1994 with some different and newer culture that would pop out more in 1995. March to July 1997 was a like a modified version of 1996-1997 with increasing late 90s culture. I feel like the mid 90s culturally began when Kurt Cobain committed suicide. It sent shockwaves through pop culture. It also made many realize just how many musicians were depressed and suicidal, that just because someone is famous, doesn't necessarily mean they are happy. As for when it ended, it's difficult to say, but I'd say the rapid rise of teen pop, 3D gaming, and the internet led to the start of the late 90s zeitgeist. It already felt like the mid 90s was transitioning in late 1996, before completely dying off in early 1997.
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Post by John Titor on Aug 27, 2021 8:16:05 GMT 10
Something like July going into August 1994 to February 1997. April to July 1994 felt like a modified version of mid/late 1993 to early 1994 with some different and newer culture that would pop out more in 1995. March to July 1997 was a like a modified version of 1996-1997 with increasing late 90s culture. I feel like the mid 90s culturally began when Kurt Cobain committed suicide. It sent shockwaves through pop culture. It also made many realize just how many musicians were depressed and suicidal, that just because someone is famous, doesn't necessarily mean they are happy. As for when it ended, it's difficult to say, but I'd say the rapid rise of teen pop, 3D gaming, and the internet led to the start of the late 90s zeitgeist. It already felt like the mid 90s was transitioning in late 1996, before completely dying off in early 1997. In Spring 96 Simpsons did a parody episode of Grunge and Gen X sub culture, thats when I knew it was over By Summer 1997 we were in a new era, Spice Girls & Backstreet boys all over the radio, disgust of Grunge, 5th video game generation in full force.
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Post by slashpop on Aug 27, 2021 14:24:05 GMT 10
I feel like the mid 90s culturally began when Kurt Cobain committed suicide. It sent shockwaves through pop culture. It also made many realize just how many musicians were depressed and suicidal, that just because someone is famous, doesn't necessarily mean they are happy. As for when it ended, it's difficult to say, but I'd say the rapid rise of teen pop, 3D gaming, and the internet led to the start of the late 90s zeitgeist. It already felt like the mid 90s was transitioning in late 1996, before completely dying off in early 1997. In Spring 96 Simpsons did a parody episode of Grunge and Gen X sub culture, thats when I knew it was over By Summer 1997 we were in a new era, Spice Girls & Backstreet boys all over the radio, disgust of Grunge, 5th video game generation in full force.
Thing is post grunge and some light grunge was still popular then, Bush and silverchair were still huge all throughout latter 1997 and early 1998 even if the era was different. Bands like Offspring, Green Day, Weezer, Skunk Anansie, Nine Inch Nails, Moist, Marilyn Manson, Bush, Korn, Deftones, No doubt, Oasis, Pulp and Blur were definitely overshadowing early 90s grunge like nirvana, Pearl Jam and soundgarden between mid 1994 to 1996.
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Post by John Titor on Aug 28, 2021 1:37:05 GMT 10
In Spring 96 Simpsons did a parody episode of Grunge and Gen X sub culture, thats when I knew it was over By Summer 1997 we were in a new era, Spice Girls & Backstreet boys all over the radio, disgust of Grunge, 5th video game generation in full force.
Thing is post grunge and some light grunge was still popular then, Bush and silverchair were still huge all throughout latter 1997 and early 1998 even if the era was different. Bands like Offspring, Green Day, Weezer, Skunk Anansie, Nine Inch Nails, Moist, Marilyn Manson, Bush, Korn, Deftones, No doubt, Oasis, Pulp and Blur were definitely overshadowing early 90s grunge like nirvana, Pearl Jam and soundgarden between mid 1994 to 1996. Oh there def was, but MTV around this time kind of stopped covering these bands and launched TRL with Carson Daly in Fall 97 ( then known as MTV LIVE) all you started to see on tv was Backstreet Boys, Hanson & Spice Girls with some Will Smith and No Doubt sprinkled in for the most part (this was around the fall) it felt super different. Even the MTV news segments in between commercials with Kurt Loader stopped covering gangsta rap. Vh1 on the other hand kept playing oasis and silverchair.
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Post by slashpop on Aug 28, 2021 3:20:31 GMT 10
Thing is post grunge and some light grunge was still popular then, Bush and silverchair were still huge all throughout latter 1997 and early 1998 even if the era was different. Bands like Offspring, Green Day, Weezer, Skunk Anansie, Nine Inch Nails, Moist, Marilyn Manson, Bush, Korn, Deftones, No doubt, Oasis, Pulp and Blur were definitely overshadowing early 90s grunge like nirvana, Pearl Jam and soundgarden between mid 1994 to 1996. Oh there def was, but MTV around this time kind of stopped covering these bands and launched TRL with Carson Daly in Fall 97 ( then known as MTV LIVE) all you started to see on tv was Backstreet Boys, Hanson & Spice Girls with some Will Smith and No Doubt sprinkled in for the most part (this was around the fall) it felt super different. Even the MTV news segments in between commercials with Kurt Loader stopped covering gangsta rap. Vh1 on the other hand kept playing oasis and silverchair. Yeah true but there was some genuine core 90s alternative left between summer 1997 and early 1998 that just wasn't the same for most of 1999-2001, specially summer-fall 1997, our lady peace, green day, oasis 1997 album, silverchair, bush, deftones, marilyn manson, garbage, limp bizkit first singles, the foo fighters. Also some hip hop like wu tang and ice cube etc. It didn't have as much coverage as earlier, but still a good amount. . it was pretty much oversaturated with r'n'b/electronica/teen pop and euro pop by spring/summer 1998 and then it picked up in late 1998-late 1999 a bit.
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Post by slashpop on Sept 3, 2021 19:45:02 GMT 10
Almost every single game in 1994 was worth buying, outside of sports titles. Even most of the 3do and sega cd games were worth it.
That's how great the year was. I can't say the same for 1995 and 1996 with early 3d games that are more eye candy than gameplay and increasing amount of medicore snes/genesis ones.
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Post by John Titor on Sept 4, 2021 2:27:18 GMT 10
Almost every single game in 1994 was worth buying, outside of sports titles. Even most of the 3do and sega cd games were worth it. That's how great the year was. I can't say the same for 1995 and 1996 with early 3d games that are more eye candy than gameplay and increasing amount of medicore snes/genesis ones. Sega did so well from 91 -94 despite attempts by Nintendo to move their kiosk on the otherside of the store LMAO I remember Service Merchandise had a SNES as soon as you walked in the door, while the Sega was on another floor LMAO When I think of 94 I mostly think of Sega until the Fall when DKC dropped.
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Post by astropoug on May 18, 2022 17:22:44 GMT 10
Almost every single game in 1994 was worth buying, outside of sports titles. Even most of the 3do and sega cd games were worth it. That's how great the year was. I can't say the same for 1995 and 1996 with early 3d games that are more eye candy than gameplay and increasing amount of medicore snes/genesis ones. I’m honestly just gonna say it, I think 1994-1998 was one long golden age of gaming. To me, this was an incredibly innovative time for the gaming industry. You really can’t go wrong with any year from this time. There were bad games of course like Bubsy 3D, but they were overshadowed by the amazing ones. 1995 was also the year LJN shut down, which automatically makes that year a win in my book.
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