20 Years Ago - Great Video and PC Games Released in 1990

1990 was an interesting year.  George H.W. Bush was still President of the United States and Mikhail Gorbachev was the leader of the U.S.S.R.  It was the year Nelson Mandela became a free man, Mike Tyson got knocked out, Marion Barry got busted for drug possession, the Edmonton Oilers won their last (for now) Stanley Cup, the Detroit Pistons took another NBA title, Germany was reunified signaling the end of the Cold War, Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister of Great Britain, and Iraq invaded Kuwait. And that’s just some of the year’s highlights!

Just for fun, let’s look at what some of the awesome video & PC North American game releases were 20 years ago. All of these are great games to play, and some are retro gaming classics!  Of course, these are by no means all the game releases for 1990 – just some of the ones I thought were worth mentioning.

• Bonk’s Adventure (Turbografx-16)

• Commander Keen (PC, Shareware)

• Devil’s Crush (Turbografx-16)

• Dr. Mario (Nintendo Entertainment System)

• Dragon Warrior II (Nintendo Entertainment System)

• Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (PC)

• Escape From the Mindmaster (Colecovision)
  

• Final Fantasy (Nintendo Entertainment System)

• Kickle Cubicle (Nintendo Entertainment System)

• King’s Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (PC)

• Loom (PC)

• Mega Man 3 (Nintendo Entertainment System)

• Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker (Sega Genesis)
  

• Prince of Persia (PC)

• Red Baron (PC)

• Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon (PC)

• Splatterhouse (Turbografx-16)

• Strider (Sega Genesis)
  

• Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo Entertainment System)

• The Secret of Monkey Island (PC)

• Thunder Force III (Sega Genesis)
  

• Ultima VI: The False Prophet (PC)

• Warlords (PC)

• Wing Commander (PC)

1990 also saw the release of Pretty Woman!

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