Modern games owe a hell of a lot to their predecessors – almost every game stands on the shoulders of those created before it. Modern first-person shooter games have a lot to thank Wolfenstein for, and without Populous, the entire genre of ‘god games’ may not even exist today.
As well as being forerunners for the incredibly popular games industry, retro games are some of the most innovative and fun ever produced. That’s why I want to pay homeage to some of those games. I’m a big fan of the Megadrive (aka Genesis) and SNES – I grew up with them – so a lot of the games in this article will be titles from those consoles (although quite a few old PC titles will probably find their way in).
So, without further adieu, the first lucky game in the Retro Game Awards is…
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