Blog #6 ----- 1990-1994

I honestly don’t know how to start off this blog. I've got a head cold and my thinking is pretty clouded, but I’ll try and make something somewhat readable.

We start this post in 1990, the beginning of the greatest decade in the 20^th century. Why? Not because of any ground breaking games, but because it’s the decade that I was born! (I'm totally not narcissistic)

Even though I would love to keep this blog about me (again, totally not narcissistic), it’s time to discuss the games that were released in this time frame. 

During this time period… and I suppose since its initial release, Mario has been a very popular franchise in both Japan, North America, and around the world. In the 90’s, Nintendo had the bright idea to combine Mario with something a little Tetris-like. They came out with Dr. Mario, which was the first game I ever played on the Wii. 

The game was originally released only for the NES and the Game boy consoles. It was extremely popular, is featured on many “Best Nintendo games of all time” lists, and has been remade for every Nintendo console.

1991 was the year that Yoshi was released! Err… Super Mario World, which is the first game to include Yoshi. This was also the year that The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past was released, adding one more game to the most popular franchise to this date.

1992 Was an interesting year, because Mega_Man_4 was released in the US on January 15^th.  The game must have been very short, because the same year on December 31^st, Mega_Man_5 was released. The game has little innovation in plot and gameplay, but the graphics were amazing for its time.

In 1993, the game Doom was released by id Software. I believe this was covered in the presentation but I also believe that this game is too important (for me) to not mention.

Not only did this game have a whole new engine created for it, and advance 3D graphics for computer games, it also started a huge franchise that included many spin-offs and even a movie. There are 14 Doom games, including the one that will be released this year.

The main reason why this game is so important is because it’s the reason I'm here (Again, totally not narcissistic). Technically this wasn't my first game, but it was the first game my dad played and got into. He was so amazed by it, that he bought almost every fps that was released after that, and even went on to win UT tournaments. If he hadn't been so into games, I wouldn't have started playing games (that I shouldn't have been playing) when I was 6, and I probably wouldn't have the passion that I do today.

And finally, 1994. This was the year that Warcraft was released, which started a franchise that you may or may not have heard of. This was a very big jump for RPGs.