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My favorite games of all time, in no particular order.

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Chrono Trigger

1. Chrono Trigger

My favorite RPG of all time, and one of the best games of all time. It still holds up to this day. Time travel and anime frog knights. 'Nuff said.

Final Fantasy VI

2. Final Fantasy VI

My favorite Final Fantasy game (although 4, 7 and 9 are very good as well). In my opinion, its one of the best FF stories ever told.

Super Metroid

3. Super Metroid

My favorite Metroid game. I love the haunting atmosphere, tight controls, and the excellent pacing. This is one of the best games on the SNES, and still holds up today. (Prime is great as well).

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

My favorite of the Zelda series. This is one of the finest games ever made.

ActRaiser

5. ActRaiser

Great music, some cool side scrolling action and town building all mixed into one game. One of my favorites on the SNES (and it is a big list).

Soul Blazer

6. Soul Blazer

Continuing on the tradition of Actraiser, but this time with an isometric perspective. This game had you traveling into dungeons and releasing kidnapped souls to rebuild a town - each town was a level (I loved the forest town with the animal village). Very satisfying gameplay, taking you back and forth from the dungeon to town to solve puzzles in both areas. Another great game on the SNES.

Shining Force

7. Shining Force

The second in an old school Genesis series of games (starting with Shining in the Darkness) that laid the groundwork for series like FF Tactics and Etrian Odyssey. This game was extremely addictive, with turn based battles, fun characters and an interesting promotion mechanic. Later games in the series added new character classes and improved UI and mechanics, but the first Shining Force was still the most fun.

Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos

8. Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos

One of many first person RPGs I played on my old PC, and one of the best. I loved the setting, the character creation and the old school difficulty. Legend of Grimrock owes everything to this game.

The Curse of Monkey Island

9. The Curse of Monkey Island

My favorite adventure game from the 90's. Guybrush Threepwood is one of the cheesiest videogame protagonists, and his dumb jokes make this game great. Love the soundtrack too. Pirates!

Grim Fandango

10. Grim Fandango

I played a lot of adventure games back in the 90's, and this is my second favorite. Great story. Love the references to Casablanca.

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