Possibly the best fantasy setting in any game.
The buggy janky mechanics fade into the background against the sheer unique brilliance of Dunmer culture, environment and history.

Results:
- finished the Main Quest in vanilla version once

Gaming royalty, nothing left to be said. One of the most inspired games of all time, a bottled essence of the 1990s.

Results:
- 1.9 WAD - pistolstarted every map on Ultra-Violence
- Ultimate Doom WAD - ditto

Very promising but flawed start to a great series. You can see the developers experimenting here, not every level encourages stealth and sometimes it basically requires glitching the game to avoid killing a bunch of people. It's quite fun figuring out the ideal path, though. Highlight missions are "Lee Hong Assassination" and "Traditions of the Trade", the latter of which is set in a hotel and offers several ways to approach the target. Hitman games, I feel, operate best in public spaces where you can walk around in a suit and consider your way forward. These early installments still force you to navigate heavily guarded military locations, which are inevitably inferior experiences. Still, there's only 13 missions and the game does not overstay its welcome.

Results:
- finished twice on Hard difficulty

This is a fantastic game that is perhaps overshadowed by more illustrious releases around the same time. But Unreal is positively brimming with atmosphere and style, and it will keep you occupied for a fairly lengthy campaign. The weapon variety at display is impressive - the arsenal of Unreal Tournament isn't a huge jump from this game. The maps succeed in leading you on a proper journey across a diverse planet, and by the end you will feel like a proper hero to the poor aliens who hail you as a extraterrestrial messiah. The environments of Na Pali are often huge and imposing, even with graphics this old. If there's a flaw worth pointing out, it's that some enemies verge on being bullet sponges - Unreal chooses quality instead of quantity and faces you against nimble and durable targets. I regularly found myself circlestrafing to defeat Skaarj, who appear in increasingly tough varieties until the end of the game.
As far as I'm concerned, this deserves a spot right next to Half-Life as a classic worth coming back to. As a shooter it still feels unique.

Results:
- finished Hard difficulty on .226

NES release:
Amazing game and one of my absolute favorite platformers. Early example of tight, near-perfect level design and finely tuned challenge.

Results:
- 1CC (One Continue Clear) twice on the US version
- Best Score: 231900

Unavoidable game of the the early 2000s. Bursting with ambition, but it's actually a lot of fun to this day. I spent much more time on this than I initially expected. The story missions tend to be overly disconnected compared to later installments, and the city environments are lacking, but there's something special in the mood achieved here. Despite the humor typical of the series, it feels nihilistic and cynical to the core. Also, the soundtrack is actually original, which is appreciated.

Results:
98% Completion