30 Years ago: The Games of 1995

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I was browsing on YouTube and came across a neat compilation of games from 1995 that I thought I would share. I remember playing several:

Mortal Kombat 3 (Sega Genesis)
Vectorman (Sega Genesis)
Virtua Fighter (Arcade)
Doom 95 (PC)
Twisted Metal (Playstation) Have good memories of playing this at a friend's house all night.

1995 was a great year for video games. I've seen some games on here I've never heard of before. Some of the sports games on here look fun. At the time I just had a Sega Genesis.

I miss my Sega Genesis, although an emulator does the same job better.

Very nostalgic for me.

From that video I remember playing:

Star Wars: Dark Forces - i had a demo of it and I was a FPS fan
Worms - I used to play this with a friend, great fun
Doom - obviously, endlessly, obsessively
Discworld - that was the hardest point and click adventure ever. many of the puzzles defied logic and I'd never have completed it without a walkthrough. It was funny though, and that kept me playing. I was a fan of the books.
Command & Conquer - Played the demo to death and then bought it the day it came out. Can remember sitting in the car on the way home admiring the box. Played to completion. Many hours of fun.
Descent - the first proper 3D shooter I can remember. But it made me feel sick and I had to run it in a small window to get it smooth.
Screamer - I think I had the full version of this. It seemed amazing at the time.
Terminal Velocity - probably just had a demo, but I can remember playing deathmatch. This game did a beautiful thing where you could fly up through the clouds and emerge into a sunny clear sky.
Destruction Derby - this was a PS1 game but I had it, and the sequel, on the PC. It was hard, as I recall. Very easy to get your car disabled.
PGA Tour 96 - I used to enjoy golf games!

On an unrelated side note, I'm always surprised to remember that the PS1 was out this early. In my brain it arrived towards the end of the 90s.

Thanks for sharing the vid.

It was also the year the Sega Saturn came out.

Yeah. I never saw a Sega Saturn in real life! Or a 3DO, that must have been the same sort of time too.

The Saturn was quite hard to find in the mid 90s due to releasing 4 months ahead of time which angered a lot of retailers. It did well in Japan, but terrible in other countries. It had Virtual Fighter, Panzer Dragoon, Nights into Dreams, and Sonic R. Much of the games was unpolished, but it's still foundly remembered by Sega diehards.

The 3do came out in 93, but it was way too expensive for the general public. It released at 700 dollars which even nowadays is quite expensive.

I can remember gazing lovingly at the 3do in magazine screenshots. That first Panasonic one was beautiful. There's one on Marketplace near me for £250 at the moment. The 14 year old in me still wants one.