100 Awesome Video Games Released Before 2000

[Torgo]

30)   Super Mario World   (SNES)




Here's an amazing speed run for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBoB20shjsc

[Psycho Circus]

31. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped





The PSX's best platformer by a mile, great new gameplay elements were added all round and the later stages became infuriatingly difficult to complete 100%

[Mr. DS]

32.) Maniac Mansion

Before modern survival games, this one lit up Commadore 64s everywhere. 
Side note...it had one of the coolest intros ever...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91OTEPIfMos

[HappyGilmore]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(arcade_game)

For those that don't remember, this was an arcade game found at malls and arcades in the late '80s/early '90s during the big Ninja Turtle craze.  Then it got ported to the NES, but due to the fact that there was a previous Ninja Turtle game for NES, they just called it TMNT 2: The Arcade Game.  Pretty great game.  Side scrolling beat em up.

25. Earthworm Jim



One of the weirdest, wackiest games ever made....a goldfish bowl for a boss??
Jim's making a comeback, thankfully! 

Great game.  Was gonna post it myself, actually.

[Joe the Destroyer]

34. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

[Joe the Destroyer]

And a game few people know of, and even fewer like.  I would be one of those few...

35. Monster Party

[indianasmith]

RED BARON 3D  (1998)

Best WWI Flight Simulator EVER!!!

[Psycho Circus]

37. Metal Slug 

[Mr. DS]

38.) Street Fighter II

Blanka was my go to guy. 

[Psycho Circus]

39. Darkstalkers

[HappyGilmore]

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[Psycho Circus]

41. Super Bomberman

[Rev. Powell]

42.  Pong

Old school?  I believe this is the first video game ever made.  This clip is from 1969.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LsRGUODHlQ

[Psycho Circus]

43. Super Metroid



In my opinion, the greatest game made for the SNES 

[Mr. DS]

44.) Hexen

Mixing Doom with fantasy, I used to play this for hours.  Wraithsverge was the coolest weapon.  You shoot out spirits of the dead to rip apart your enemies.