I can't begin tell you how mind blowing "Alone in the Dark" was the first time I saw it as a kid. I didn't even have the words to describe it to my friends.
@@Mankey619 You can say this for Sweet Home too. Mansion? Check. Horror? Check? Like a movie? Probably cause there is a movie under same name. But gameplay direction and roles are get from AitD
So many great games in 92. Super Mario Kart, Contra 3, SOR2, Link to the Past & Sonic 2 are each all time classics in my eyes. Magical Quest was the first game I ever beat (I was around 7 at the time), so it also holds a special place in my heart.
Such a great year for gaming. But let's give special attention to Streets Of Rage 2's soundtrack. Which is so good that it even eclipsed the mighty Sonic 2's. The first opening beats just pull me back to that year. Fate of Atlantis also deserved it's accolade fir best point & click that year. I played it on the Amiga and it really pushed my 9 year old brain.
If you haven't played it you should download streets of rage remake. SOR 2 is easily one of the best and most forward thinking soundtracks ever, the first is a great one too, all hail Yuzo Koshiro, gaming legend. I grew up on my mega drive/genesis (I'm from the UK), am 40 years old so was 10 when streets of rage 2 came out, I loved Revenge of Shinobi too, again all hail Yuzo Koshiro for that soundtrack
As groundbreaking Alone In The Dark was in every way: What I loved most about it were the simple sound effects like steps or creaking. They were the topping that made this game perfect.
Contra 3,Somic The Hedgehog 2 and Streets Of Rage 2 are one of my favourite 90s video games ever and I still play them whenever I wanted to go back and play some old games.
As always here are some honorable mentions: Art of Fighting Asterix (Arcade) Bucky O'Hare (Arcade) Fatal Fury 2 Monster in My Pocket Mortal Kombat Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return of the Shredder if you want to get Japanese about this) Warriors of Fate Wolfenstein 3D X-Men (Arcade)
Finally Triple Jump Back 1992 Another Good Year Of Gaming The 80s 90s 00s Great Times Can’t Wait For The Best Games Of 1991 1990 2011-Now And The 1980s I’m From The 1980s And I’m In My 40s Thanks For Taking Us Down Memory Lane Soul Blazer Contra III Magical Quest Streets Of Rage 2 Sonic 2 Alone In The Dark Zelda And Mario Kart Amazing Games And Memories
Same, it is the only retro game that completely blew me away and that I never stopped playing, have it installed in every PC I own, from a 386SX with 4 Megs of RAM to a Windows 11 PC, and even my Android smartphone. Many people consider Mass Effect 2 as the greatest game of all time, and completely forget SC2 where the devs even admitted to drawing inspiration from...
Describes NTSC SNES colours in one entry. Calls the Sega 16-bit console by the outside of NTSC name (Mega Drive) in another. Continuity never stood a chance 😆
Soul Blazer was similar to Zelda, but with the hitch of town building, as you free people by beating enemies. It had a good soundtrack too. That whole series was good, Illusion of Gaia, Soul Blazer, and of course Terranigma. Soul Blazer kicked the whole wonderful series off.
@@hygrave2892 yeah the world building is awesome, i love how you build the towns out, go back and get items and things to help you access new parts of the dungeon, then go back in. You really get to see how you're helping the world
That's why it was such an endearing game. The world got bigger as you shaped it. That alone made you want to keep playing until the end. I rented it for a week, and then after I returned it, decided to purchase it before I got home from Electronics Boutique. Quite a shame to this day very few games have ever been quite as good as Soul Blazer. Could you imagine a modern day remastered version of it?
Sonic 2 was my fav- I realized early there was a game under the x-mas tree...well that box shape is undeniably and though I felt guilty, I had to play it so careful unwrapped it played it for hours and rewrapped it. I acted extra surprised at x-mas morning.
My personal top 10 of 1992: Thunder Force IV, Desert Strike, Sonic 2, Road Rash 2, Contra 3, Alien 3 (Mega Drive) Soldier Blade, Gate of Thunder, Streets of Rage 2, Mario Kart. I've never played Alone in the Dark or Link to the Past so I can't comment on those but they are on my future to try list.
3 years later, but Lucasarts' Dig was one of my favorite of that era of puzzle games. Full throttle too, "I'm not putting that in my mouth" All those Lucasarts archives packs were awesome!
Soulblazer and everything from Quintet rocks. That said, there are a few PC games released that year (in the US) that deserve mention: Ultima VII: Pretty much perfected the early persistent open-world sandbox RPG Dune II: the first great RTS Star Trek: 25th Anniversary: the only good Star Trek game ever made? Wolfenstein 3D: the first FPS worth a damn
I replay King's Quest 6 at least once a year; it's one of the few games I'd consider doing a Quick Play of. More importantly: Sierra made a host of awesome PC games back in those days. If you like King's Quest then you HAVE to try Quest for Glory; specifically QfG4 - it's narrated by John Rhys-Davies!!
In my year at school, rather than Sega Vs Nintendo, it was LucasArts Vs Sierra 😂 I was a LucasArts guy, I felt the graphics were better defined and Sierra’s random deaths annoyed me, but I still enjoyed completing a few of their games, particularly the copy of Leisuresuit Larry 3 my dad was gifted from a guy at his work, complete with guidebook!
The memories here are real. This was my hot year as a kid for gaming, having both a SNES and Genesis (Mega Drive). SO many amazing games, especially from a RPG standpoint. I adored Soul Blazer and to this day do NOT forgive them for not releasing Terranigma in the US as well.
I loved Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis when I was a kid. There was 3 ways to solve every puzzle and 3 endings, depending how you did the final part. It was always punch, talk or sneak your way through a situation. Great game.
Magical Quest Is a deceptively great game. Especially in a age when Disney games were suitable for 6 yr Olds and younger. (I was 7) It's actually quite replayable to this day
King's Quest...it's been a while since I've played it. And Indy...I wish there'd be another one. Quite unique at that time to choose from "Wits, Fists and Team"-mode within the game from a certain point. Monkey Island did come back...why not Indy. I loved all these classic point'n'click adventures. Also the Space Quest and the Larry series. Or Dig, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, Sam'n'Max.
if you guys never played Castle of Illusion for Genesis, give it a play. it's a Mickey Mouse game, but the graphics are so cool, and it's such a creative game. i don't care much for Disney stuff, but that's probably one of the most creatively designed games i've ever seen.
3:40 - Hm... Absolutely no mention how the PAL version had the game completely renamed to Probotector and reskinned every human character into a robot, because the very idea of little digitized sprites of humans using guns that shoot big bright-red dodgeball-sized bullets at each other was too much to bear for children who grew up watching such classics like Watership Down or Farthing Wood? :P
The nostalgia is almost too much. The early 90s was the very best decade in gaming, with more all-time classics coming out than in any other. Also, it was a pleasant surprise seeing Soul Blazer just squeak onto this list .
Im bitter about Mario beating Zelda, but happy to see Soul Blazer made the list. Quartet doesnt usually get the credit it deserves, they cranked out some masterpieces.
Really belabored that kings quest title when 9 times out of 10 we can expect an “egregious pun” just waiting for us at the end of each entry in these countdowns 😔
*haven't seen the video yet* One thing is certain. The 1992 highlight of my Gaming Career was most certainly my birth... (Granted, my favorite childhood game was made in 1991, and I played it years later so that point doesn't mean anything.)
Believe it or not the King's Quest series already had a subtitle for a previous game using a pun with the word heir. "King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human " Just as bad ugh.
It is funny how you tried to say that alone in the dark was the game that influence games like Resident Evil, when Capcom has straight-up come out and said that Resident Evil was influenced by their own prior release of the game called sweet home on the famicom. Alone in the dark may have influenced other point-and-click Adventures, but surely not the survival horror genre
Where Street Fighter 2? I remember Mean Machines scoring it a 98% and I knew at that point my love affair with the mega drive was over and I had to get a snes.
You know you're a SNES fanboy, and that 1992 was probably the peak of the SNES' time when you realise that you owned every SNES game in this list. Probably at the same time at some point.
The Super NES wasn't grey and purple anywhere in the world except for America, so it's interesting you call the Mega Drive by it's correct name for all non-Americans. I think Sonic 2's graphics still hold up today, which is testament to the developers design ethics. It doesn't look dated at all. But then again, I'm an out-of-touch 46 year old, so what do I know?
only the latest Alone In The Dark games weren't good. #1, 2, 3, and 4 my favorite; The New Nightmare.. were all excellent games and #4 really gave me shivers in multiple occasions. You know... before the Horror Survival Games became Action Games.
Umm.. Sensible Soccer? Clearly you guys forget (weren't born) that consoles weren't much of a thing in the UK and that we were all over Sensi on our Amigas. Disappointing list
I can't begin tell you how mind blowing "Alone in the Dark" was the first time I saw it as a kid. I didn't even have the words to describe it to my friends.
boomer beat it
Hahahahahaaaaaaa
Imagine the fan do poligan allon in the dark full hd 😎🤔it will be great
Without Alone In The Dark,we wouldn’t even have games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill.
@@Mankey619 You can say this for Sweet Home too. Mansion? Check. Horror? Check? Like a movie? Probably cause there is a movie under same name. But gameplay direction and roles are get from AitD
So many great games in 92. Super Mario Kart, Contra 3, SOR2, Link to the Past & Sonic 2 are each all time classics in my eyes. Magical Quest was the first game I ever beat (I was around 7 at the time), so it also holds a special place in my heart.
I was 7 too! *high five"
Wow! Half the list is comprised of SNES titles: and they are still some of the best games of all time!
Missing the best PC classics of 1992: Wolfenstein 3D, Ultima VII, Dune 2, and of course Star Control II.
I'm really surprised "Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool" (SNES) didn't make the list. An absolute banger, as they say.
I was only 22 in 1992 great times with Amiga kind off wish it was possible to time travel to back the I feel ancient at 53 now.
Such a great year for gaming. But let's give special attention to Streets Of Rage 2's soundtrack. Which is so good that it even eclipsed the mighty Sonic 2's. The first opening beats just pull me back to that year. Fate of Atlantis also deserved it's accolade fir best point & click that year. I played it on the Amiga and it really pushed my 9 year old brain.
If you haven't played it you should download streets of rage remake. SOR 2 is easily one of the best and most forward thinking soundtracks ever, the first is a great one too, all hail Yuzo Koshiro, gaming legend. I grew up on my mega drive/genesis (I'm from the UK), am 40 years old so was 10 when streets of rage 2 came out, I loved Revenge of Shinobi too, again all hail Yuzo Koshiro for that soundtrack
One word:" Expander".
1992 really was a cracking year. Zelda and Super Mario Kart. What a time to be alive
As groundbreaking Alone In The Dark was in every way: What I loved most about it were the simple sound effects like steps or creaking. They were the topping that made this game perfect.
i still remember the zombie who had that nail-gun accordion and the sound it made.
Also loved the simple but eerie music.
Contra 3,Somic The Hedgehog 2 and Streets Of Rage 2 are one of my favourite 90s video games ever and I still play them whenever I wanted to go back and play some old games.
Great stuff again guys
I do enjoy your vids
thank you
As always here are some honorable mentions:
Art of Fighting
Asterix (Arcade)
Bucky O'Hare (Arcade)
Fatal Fury 2
Monster in My Pocket
Mortal Kombat
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return of the Shredder if you want to get Japanese about this)
Warriors of Fate
Wolfenstein 3D
X-Men (Arcade)
i dont care how old MK is i still find it fun
+Đorđe M. Jovanović
All great titles, for sure! Thank you for the reminder! 👍
To me 1992 was all about streets of rage 2 in coop and thunder force 4!!
Finally Triple Jump Back 1992 Another Good Year Of Gaming The 80s 90s 00s Great Times Can’t Wait For The Best Games Of 1991 1990 2011-Now And The 1980s I’m From The 1980s And I’m In My 40s Thanks For Taking Us Down Memory Lane Soul Blazer Contra III Magical Quest Streets Of Rage 2 Sonic 2 Alone In The Dark Zelda And Mario Kart Amazing Games And Memories
I was 10 in 1992. I really enjoy these list though.
Can't have a best of list for 92 without having Star Control 2.
Same, it is the only retro game that completely blew me away and that I never stopped playing, have it installed in every PC I own, from a 386SX with 4 Megs of RAM to a Windows 11 PC, and even my Android smartphone. Many people consider Mass Effect 2 as the greatest game of all time, and completely forget SC2 where the devs even admitted to drawing inspiration from...
Describes NTSC SNES colours in one entry.
Calls the Sega 16-bit console by the outside of NTSC name (Mega Drive) in another.
Continuity never stood a chance 😆
Soul Blazer is still one of my favorite games of all time. I don’t know why, I just loved it so much.
Soul Blazer was similar to Zelda, but with the hitch of town building, as you free people by beating enemies. It had a good soundtrack too. That whole series was good, Illusion of Gaia, Soul Blazer, and of course Terranigma. Soul Blazer kicked the whole wonderful series off.
@@hygrave2892 yeah the world building is awesome, i love how you build the towns out, go back and get items and things to help you access new parts of the dungeon, then go back in. You really get to see how you're helping the world
That's why it was such an endearing game. The world got bigger as you shaped it. That alone made you want to keep playing until the end. I rented it for a week, and then after I returned it, decided to purchase it before I got home from Electronics Boutique. Quite a shame to this day very few games have ever been quite as good as Soul Blazer. Could you imagine a modern day remastered version of it?
@@hygrave2892 I would love to see that. If they made a version where they randomized the level layouts and drops, I would probably replay it forever
Sonic 2 was my fav- I realized early there was a game under the x-mas tree...well that box shape is undeniably and though I felt guilty, I had to play it so careful unwrapped it played it for hours and rewrapped it. I acted extra surprised at x-mas morning.
Nobody wants to say it but I will. Sonic could kick Mario's a**!
Random: The best-selling album relesased in 1992 is THE BODYGUARD (SOUNDTRACK) by WHITNEY HOUSTON which sold 45,000,000 copies.
My personal top 10 of 1992: Thunder Force IV, Desert Strike, Sonic 2, Road Rash 2, Contra 3, Alien 3 (Mega Drive) Soldier Blade, Gate of Thunder, Streets of Rage 2, Mario Kart. I've never played Alone in the Dark or Link to the Past so I can't comment on those but they are on my future to try list.
3 years later, but Lucasarts' Dig was one of my favorite of that era of puzzle games. Full throttle too, "I'm not putting that in my mouth"
All those Lucasarts archives packs were awesome!
Soulblazer and everything from Quintet rocks. That said, there are a few PC games released that year (in the US) that deserve mention:
Ultima VII: Pretty much perfected the early persistent open-world sandbox RPG
Dune II: the first great RTS
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary: the only good Star Trek game ever made?
Wolfenstein 3D: the first FPS worth a damn
I replay King's Quest 6 at least once a year; it's one of the few games I'd consider doing a Quick Play of.
More importantly: Sierra made a host of awesome PC games back in those days. If you like King's Quest then you HAVE to try Quest for Glory; specifically QfG4 - it's narrated by John Rhys-Davies!!
In my year at school, rather than Sega Vs Nintendo, it was LucasArts Vs Sierra 😂
I was a LucasArts guy, I felt the graphics were better defined and Sierra’s random deaths annoyed me, but I still enjoyed completing a few of their games, particularly the copy of Leisuresuit Larry 3 my dad was gifted from a guy at his work, complete with guidebook!
@RealCaptainJaws Absolutely. I loved Sierra games, especially Space quest games.
I'm surprised World of Illusion and Splatterhouse 2 isn't on the list or TMNT Hyperstone Heist/Turtles In Time
Wait, the evil guy in KQ VI is actually called "Abdul Al Hazred"?
Totally missed that as a kid somehow^^
The memories here are real. This was my hot year as a kid for gaming, having both a SNES and Genesis (Mega Drive). SO many amazing games, especially from a RPG standpoint. I adored Soul Blazer and to this day do NOT forgive them for not releasing Terranigma in the US as well.
I loved Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis when I was a kid. There was 3 ways to solve every puzzle and 3 endings, depending how you did the final part. It was always punch, talk or sneak your way through a situation. Great game.
Magical Quest Is a deceptively great game. Especially in a age when Disney games were suitable for 6 yr Olds and younger. (I was 7)
It's actually quite replayable to this day
King's Quest...it's been a while since I've played it. And Indy...I wish there'd be another one. Quite unique at that time to choose from "Wits, Fists and Team"-mode within the game from a certain point. Monkey Island did come back...why not Indy. I loved all these classic point'n'click adventures. Also the Space Quest and the Larry series. Or Dig, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, Sam'n'Max.
"A year we can barely even remember". Oh thank God I thought you were going to say you weren't born yet.
Here we go! Another good year!
(I was a toddler)
if you guys never played Castle of Illusion for Genesis, give it a play. it's a Mickey Mouse game, but the graphics are so cool, and it's such a creative game. i don't care much for Disney stuff, but that's probably one of the most creatively designed games i've ever seen.
Those graphics hold up well for a 30 year old game.😊
3:40 - Hm... Absolutely no mention how the PAL version had the game completely renamed to Probotector and reskinned every human character into a robot, because the very idea of little digitized sprites of humans using guns that shoot big bright-red dodgeball-sized bullets at each other was too much to bear for children who grew up watching such classics like Watership Down or Farthing Wood? :P
Streets of rage 2 could have been in this list just for the soundtrack.
I wish they added a running ability in SOR2 like the one in SOR3, it would've been the perfect Mega Drive beat'em up.
A run system, multiple endings/paths/boss variety for each character too
My birth year. Not too bad.
It was a great year for games, movies and music. 😊
I started my first job which was in a Game Shop in 1992....What a year! 😄😄😄
Ahh 1992 ... such a yippee year ... I was 10 ...
Oh cool, I was born that year!
I have such great memories of playing King's Quest VI on my friend's computer :)
Great video guys!😊
The nostalgia is almost too much. The early 90s was the very best decade in gaming, with more all-time classics coming out than in any other. Also, it was a pleasant surprise seeing Soul Blazer just squeak onto this list .
The *early* nineties was the very best *decade* for gaming? 🧐🤭
@@vitradesk Maybe I should have proofread that...
Shout out to all the 1992 babies!
love your channel, keep up the good work ✨✨
I remember Super Mario Kart fondly...Great Game
Thank you for the "Spookems"
No mention of Wizardry 7.
Mickey Circus on SEGA was my JAM back in the day
I have very vague memories of 92. No memories of the games though
Im bitter about Mario beating Zelda, but happy to see Soul Blazer made the list. Quartet doesnt usually get the credit it deserves, they cranked out some masterpieces.
You ever crank out a masterpiece?
Man 1992 was a great year for videogames as well as point and click adventure games
Looking at your point and click adventure stuff I'm guessing you also had a Amiga back then right some great ones on that
I was happily playing Amiga games in 1992... old fogey that I am :p
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is number one on my list. 😀👍🎮
Soul Blazer looks and plays like Ys, I'm going to have to check it out.
I really actually have each and every single one of these games to this very day!!
Sonic 2 by far
I was 10 in 1992.
I feel ancient now.
I was 20, welcome to Old. 😊
Oh wow I had fate of Atlantis. I was young and could never get far, I didn’t realize how good it was. Wish I still had it
My birth year!
Sad no Shin Megami Tensei. It started a massive franchise and even a genre.
Really belabored that kings quest title when 9 times out of 10 we can expect an “egregious pun” just waiting for us at the end of each entry in these countdowns 😔
Zelda Past would have made a fine honorable mention to have it in the best of 91
Also, A Link to the Past is my all time fave Zelda game.
I never thought I would see Peter on a Monday, but here we are.
I feel it was so they could make the 'Emporer Pete' gag.
Still, good list :)
Great list, But no Street Fighter 2: World Warrior. Thats a crime for sure.
Fate of Atlantis was amazing!!!
12:58 "Zelda - A Link to the Past", as epicly good as it is, is NOT an RPG, but an Action Adventure.
I really miss Sierra Studios...and their puns.
*haven't seen the video yet*
One thing is certain. The 1992 highlight of my Gaming Career was most certainly my birth... (Granted, my favorite childhood game was made in 1991, and I played it years later so that point doesn't mean anything.)
Nintendo's little gray and purple console.. Slowly pans into the none purple pal SNES. ;)
In the thumbnail... I didn't know that Nick diamond from celebrity deathmatch had his own game
Final Fantasy V & Wolfenstein 3D if you ask me the best games from 1992.
Link to the Past was easily the best game of that year
Peter, I heard you on the Escape the Zoo album! Can you explain this to me? So curious how that happened
I think Peter explained the story during the most recent Tat Appeal!
@@bensonsj98 fucking legend mate ty. Been commenting this on every video
Fun fact: Billy Ray Cyrus had a Billboard 200 #1 album for several months in 1992.
Can't wait for a solid revival of the Alone in the Dark IP. It's only a matter of time. It has to be... right?
I'm baffled by how dirty AITD has been done over the years. I can't be sad, just....how?
Great year for games.
Wow Sonic 2 sold less than first one, never knew that. Quite surprised about that.
Believe it or not the King's Quest series already had a subtitle for a previous game using a pun with the word heir. "King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human " Just as bad ugh.
It is funny how you tried to say that alone in the dark was the game that influence games like Resident Evil, when Capcom has straight-up come out and said that Resident Evil was influenced by their own prior release of the game called sweet home on the famicom. Alone in the dark may have influenced other point-and-click Adventures, but surely not the survival horror genre
Where Street Fighter 2? I remember Mean Machines scoring it a 98% and I knew at that point my love affair with the mega drive was over and I had to get a snes.
Kinda sad no Wolfenstein 3D, but it's a good list
This year is my birth year
where the heck is wolf3d
Spookums?
You know you're a SNES fanboy, and that 1992 was probably the peak of the SNES' time when you realise that you owned every SNES game in this list. Probably at the same time at some point.
I think 1994 was probably the peak for the SNES
@@stevedave8891 It's really hard to argue against that. 1992 and 1994 were both absolutely stellar years for the SNES.
Flashback is better than almost all of these games.
The Super NES wasn't grey and purple anywhere in the world except for America, so it's interesting you call the Mega Drive by it's correct name for all non-Americans. I think Sonic 2's graphics still hold up today, which is testament to the developers design ethics. It doesn't look dated at all. But then again, I'm an out-of-touch 46 year old, so what do I know?
88% for SOR 2
that's gotta be the lowest score I've ever seen for that game
It is an average score of all reviews
@@barrywallace2744 that means some would of reviewed it even lower then!
@@orderofmagnitude-TPATP I recall because I was of that generation was 88 to 90% across all media at that time so the score would end up being 88%
only the latest Alone In The Dark games weren't good.
#1, 2, 3, and 4 my favorite; The New Nightmare.. were all excellent games and #4 really gave me shivers in multiple occasions.
You know... before the Horror Survival Games became Action Games.
9:38 hey is that a portrait of the qanon shaman fool?
Is this guy using an AI voice? Sound like it...
Barely alive? *sobs* I was 23 that year 😱😱😱😱
mario kart ahead of zelda........ thems fighting words
How did Tmnt 4 not make the list nor wolfenstein 3d
Umm.. Sensible Soccer? Clearly you guys forget (weren't born) that consoles weren't much of a thing in the UK and that we were all over Sensi on our Amigas. Disappointing list
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Not putting Mortal Kombat 1 on this list is a sin
Truth be told MK was an ugly game on console.
Street Fighter 2 wasn't on 91 or 92...it was an international phenomenon. Wut.
Sonic 2 is waaay too low on the list, that's easily Top 3. Same goes for Streets Of Rage 2