10 Best Games Of 1991

Music lovers in 1991 got to hear Nirvana’s Nevermind, Metallica’s Black Album, and Pearl Jam’s Tenfor the first time, cinema-goers enjoyed the likes of Terminator 2: Judgement Dayand The Addams Family, and telly fans were introduced to great series like Bottomand The Ren & Stimpy Show. It was also a pretty decent year to be a gamer, so with that in mind, we’re back, once again, to tell you all about the cream of the video game crop of 1991. Here are the 10 Best Games of 1991.
VO: Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Cat Elliott
Video Editor: Charlie Walsh (@ATopLad)
#Castlevania #SuperMario #FinalFantasy
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[@josephchaparro1037]

Once I saw Sonic not even make the top five I knew this list was just something for Snes fans to jackoff too.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

Street Fighter 2 is definitely the most important game of 1991, however it didn't get a console port until 92 which is probably why it's not here.

[@RTPJu]

SF2 was the most important game of that whole generation... and it's not on the 1992 list

[@DeathMetalDerf]

I was ten years old in 1991, and I'd give anything to go back to that time and just stay there to play games with my former self. I really didn't have friends as a kid. Kinda don't have any now... Don't get old guys. You hit 41 and everything starts sagging and dragging, and everything just hurts. Get out while you still can!!!!!

[@DrCasey]

I doubt that... I turn 36 in a few months and haven't experienced that. I'll probably be the same at 41 as I am now and always have been.

[@DeathMetalDerf]

@@DrCasey well good for you, champ.

[@chaospoet]

"and everything just hurts." As someone who is also 41, can confirm. "Ughh.. God, my back hurts." "What did you do?" "Woke up."

[@DrCasey]

@@DeathMetalDerf Sorry. It's just sad to see the young talk like they're old, and you're still pretty young.

[@tristan_840]

I'm only 22 now but I also feel like this. Left out

[@FatNorthernBigot]

I was twenty-one at the time. The 16 bit wars were in full swing. It was a great time to have a newly disposable income.

[@youtubeletmeintoyoutube4580]

I was born at the time.

[@LordLOC]

I was 17, and yeah same here. I think 91 was the first time I ever bought my own console with my own money (I don't remember if I bought an SNES or a Genesis though, I know I had both at one point lol)

[@FatNorthernBigot]

@@LordLOC You don't remember which you had first? That would be heresy at the time😁 Mine was the Genesis (well, Megadrive, here in the UK). I appreciated the extra colours of the SNES, but nothing beat my first 16bit console.

[@LordLOC]

@@FatNorthernBigot I mean come on, we're getting up there in years my friend :D I barely remember what I did yesterday at this point lol

[@FatNorthernBigot]

@@LordLOC You make a good point 😅

[@kriscynical]

I started first grade in 1991. Get off my lawn. I still have my Super Tennis cart from back then. It was a great game that my mom played with me all the time.

[@melvinpretlow7921]

UN Squadron was such a fantastic game. So underrated

[@wyzeguy6]

I loved that game! Really pumped me up to see it on this list!

[@julioan94]

bought it back in like 2001 when I was seven years old and remember both the game and Area 88 anime fondly

[@MrKanjidude]

Indeed a great game. The tight controls, the music, the freedom to choose the order of the missions. The ending sequence always gave me goosebumps.

[@melvinpretlow7921]

@@MrKanjidude Never actually beat it. No time like the present though!

[@templet45]

Seriously though that's what made me click this video I recognized the thumbnail xD such an amazing game...me and my dad would take turns playing growing up and I still play today

[@trainedbyuk]

I was 13 yrs old. Screw you, Potter!!! 😂😂😂 Made me feel old testament old ❤❤❤

[@matthewx360]

I was also 13 so we can be old testament old in the comments together 😅.

[@trainedbyuk]

@@matthewx360 Love it!!! 🤟😊🤟

[@bricktop.]

Man, shout out to Metallica's Black Album. What a banger !

[@palmtreeguy4706]

Being a high school student in 1991 I can confirm it was awesome!

[@Fluoride_Jones]

+PalmTreeGuy I turned 12 years old in March of 1991, and can also confirm it was an awesome year. Being a child of divorce, I got both the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo for Christmas that year. I wouldn't change when I was born for a billion dollars.

[@854Z]

I still play UN squadron to this day, along with super Mario world.

[@MeNoSpeakJibberish]

Ah Christmas 1991 I received my Sega Mega Drive with Sonic. I was sooo happy 😁

[@TheGlitchyBit]

UN Squadron has one of the best soundtracks of all time.

[@templet45]

Goodness yeah…great game and amazing music. I especially love the final boss stage tracks

[@marcsm2008]

I was 9 in 1991. I was already a gamer since 1987. My back hurts...

[@chaospoet]

I was 10 and no joke I almost choked on the Aleve 12 hour back pain relief pills I was swallowing while reading this. 🤣

[@jamesmoss3424]

Sonic the hedgehog is number one on my list. 😀👍🎮

[@Fluoride_Jones]

+James Moss Great game. In fact, all these games are great. What a year 1991 was!

[@definitelynotboromir]

Hell yeah UN Squadron - this game may be older than me, but it's the only one my uncle and I ever played together - excellent memories were forged with each flaming death of our pilots 😅

[@MrYin90210]

Christ I'm old

[@shenloken2]

#1 should be a no brainer. But who would’ve thought a tennis game would outrank Super Castlevania IV, F-Zero, Final Fantasy and friggin Sonic the Hedgehog!

[@calzeke]

I was 11 and remember getting a snes with Street fighter 2 from Santa/dixons that Christmas

[@bricktop.]

Dixon's was mint, you could stand outside and watch the football on TV on a Saturday afternoon.

[@calzeke]

@@bricktop. was a rate good shop. Used to buy games from there all the time and Woolworths

[@juanmartinstehle5047]

Honorable mention: CAPTAIN COMMANDO. My favourite beat em' up ever and one my favourites CAPCOM games of all time.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

+Juan Martin Stehle A great arcade beat 'em up that didn't get a console release until much later, for some reason.

[@juanmartinstehle5047]

@@Fluoride_Jones It received 2 console versions; not counting the compilations. One for the Super Nintendo in 1995 and the other for the original PlayStation in 1998 but only in Japan. Both ports are stupidly expensive.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

😳 How did i not realize how early Castlevania 4 came out? Always felt like something that came out in like 1994 or 95, it was definitely ahead of it's time.

[@UncledadBFD]

This was not meant to be a reply and it’s a testament to my atrocious shift pattern and lifestyle

[@chaospoet]

1991 was awesome! One of my most fondly remembered years of my life. I remember towards the end of Summer Vacation my friend got his SNES and we played the Hell out of Super Mario World and F-Zero (honestly mostly F-Zero as we had never seen or played anything like it before and that soundtrack is from the video game gods). Then later in the year he got Act Raiser and Super Castlevania 4, which was more or less an event for us as we had played the trilogy on NES. I was the Sega guy so I got Sonic, Toejam and Earl and Streets of Rage that year. Plus the arcade scene with Terminator 2: Judgment Day the one with the awesome machine guns, and of course THE game for arcades that year: Street Fighter 2! It was so much fun!

[@swaptrickgaming]

I was 7 at the time but I still majorly got into these systems. Star Fox blew our minds, which made the transition to N64 with Starfox 64 an even bigger deal for us.

[@Marc_Araujo]

I turned 5 that year. I don't remember much...but I do remember the awesome games. Shout-out to Final Fantasy II for the SNES. I remember seeing it in stores but I wouldn't get it until I got my SNES in late 1992.

[@Djordje_Jovanovic]

& as always fellow gamers, here are some honorable mentions: Captain America & the Avengers (Arcade & NES versions) Captain Commando Fatal Fury: King of Fighters Pu-Li-Ru-La Sid Meier's Civilization Spider-Man: The Video Game Street Fighter II Streets of Rage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (or Teenage Mutant HERO Turtles: Turtles in Time if you want to get ridiculous about this) The Simpsons (Arcade)

[@markofthewolvessucks8930]

Pu-Li-Ru-La , The Simpsons , and Fatal Fury 1 should have been on this list....

[@maestro-zq8gu]

It sucks for us that you can't remember 1991?

[@Mrnotpib]

Me: Ah yes, lets’s listen to this old sounding brittish lad list some games from my brith year. Brittish lad: I wasn’t even born yet! Me, also an American: ok. Which way’s the Boston Harbor?

[@AsukaVII]

I still remember getting super mario world in the post and had to share it with my sister, still have the cart to this day. Great memories! First ever game played at grand age of 4😂

[@scorch527]

Oh it's based on review scores? That kinda sucks, I was hoping to find hidden gems

[@maxjohnson569]

I was -10 when these games came out. That’s wild for me to think about.

[@craiggibbons8228]

I was 24 years old and it was a great decade of gaming. Just as the 80s were too ❤

[@richr161]

still game?

[@Mankey619]

Super Castlevania 4 and Belmont’s Revenge are my all time favourite SNES and GameBoy games ever made by Konami in the early 90s.

[@bsmith6646]

I was 14 at the time. SNES was my god. SCIV, FZero, Super Tennis and of course Super Mario World. Ahhh good times. As were the 90s

[@Fluoride_Jones]

+Joolz The Gooner You're two years older than me. I wouldn't chnage a thing!

[@eternalfailure4081]

I always did like the original 2D sonic games, but even at the time I thought "wish I had a SNES so I could play super tennis"

[@fredflintstone5356]

I was born in the 80’s and it certainly doesn’t suck being born then. Growing up with all the Nintendo systems and having the N64 when I was 10 and having 4 player gaming sessions then was awesome. I wouldn’t change the year I was born in at all.

[@RayTheProducer]

This was such warm and tasty nostalgia. Thanks Ben.

[@KRS2000]

I turned 5 in late 1991. I still remember getting my SNES bundled with Super Mario World and then opening up Super Bases Loaded and Lemmings for Christmas that year. It was one of the best Christmases I ever had. Sadly, my Lemmings game got stolen out of my house during the summer of '09, along with Robocop vs. The Terminator.

[@craiggibbons8228]

Sorry to hear that. But what amazing games x

[@jamalvargas6146]

I Was 1 Year Old In 1991 Born In 1990 I Miss The 1990's wish I can relive it all over again

[@destho4308]

Shinobi on Sega Game Gear was and still is fun for a Ninja game.

[@darrenstephen4060]

Year of my birth

[@ellebhee5045]

I was 13 and owned several systems! Ahhh this should be good :)

[@alunjones3860]

I remember 1991 very well. I didn't have the latest console, just a second hand Master System, which was great at the time, but it meant I didn't play any of those games at home, until much later.

[@mathewm6294]

I was an 8 year old that lived on my bike when I wasn't gaming or playing baseball. It's funny how even the biggest gamers back then would still go outside and do things🤷

[@tristan_840]

Because people now could just do anything besides gaming in the internet.

[@tristan_840]

Plus spaces for children are getting smaller and smaller now.

[@chris_is_here_oh_no]

Awesome selection!

[@zingo392]

Thanks for the "Bottom" tv series reference lol. Great videos

[@halfbakedmedia]

Mario Kart was partially made because Shigeru Miyamoto was dissapointed that F-Zero didn't have multiplayer. Gaming Historian did a video on it.

[@petesmart1983]

91/92 think I got my mega drive but I was very young and still might of using my master system

[@julioagua]

I must admit I never liked Super Mario World that much, coming of the marvel that Super mario 3 was, the mediocre powerups turned me off (really, a plain yellow cape...?). However, I love Yoshi and this was his origin

[@frost8077]

I grew up with Super Mario World and rarely played the others, but over time, I felt like Super Mario Bros 3 was the better game. The art style of Mario looked better, and he even does a flip with the star. The worlds and sound effects also seemed better, plus there were the mini-games to help you feel settled in the world. Super Mario Bros 2 was especially a special experience as well, possibly my favorite Mario game. Then you go back to Super Mario World and everything feels less dynamic as you fly around like Neo with 99 lives. I wish I could put it into words better, but World almost feels flat and boring compared to Bros 3.

[@julioagua]

@@frost8077 That's exactly why i think. I also love love love Super mario 2

[@lutherheggs451]

World was a hell of alot better than that overrated Mario 64 that had zero powerups besides the "wing cap" that only worked on the few and far between levels they allowed you to use it on.

[@frankbrodie5168]

I've been out with a girl from Transylvania. She had moved to the UK from Romania in the early 1990's. And I met her through an I.T. course in the mid 90's. I was playing FFXIV sometime last year, and chatting with the guys and gals in the chatlog and mentioned this fact when girlfriends/boyfriends was being discussed. The leader of the 'Free Company' (FFXIV version of guilds) who was an ex US marine who saw active service during the Gulf conflict said that he genuinely thought that Transylvania was a fictional place. Originating from vampire books and films etc.

[@pablot-r9402]

Oh man, you missed out on the evolution of big stand-up & deluxe sit-down arcade cabinets through the decades! Kids who go to mega arcades like Galloping Ghost in Illinois have a blast, but they have to pay respect to the three decades old + arcade goers who saw most of those games as they were growing up!

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

Still got my copy of Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge, as well as my brick like, yellow OG GameBoy. Some of my earliest gaming memories right there, along with Super Mario Land, Alleyway, Tetris and The Blues Brothers GB game 😂

[@mjdf122]

Most of you weren’t born or thought of yet I’ve been blessed to see all of the 1980s to Now The 80s 90s and 00s great times

[@mattjames6349]

El Viento? You caught me off guard there! Strangely I subscribe to Sega Lord X and Game Sack amongst others and I'm pretty sure I've heard of it before! Until you explained about it not being released in the UK, but I still would have thought it would have rung a bell? Oh, well! I was 11 in 91 so...Yeah I'm old!

[@terminalpower.]

Just downloaded Super Castlevania IV on my 3DS today (last day of eShop service), playing it now and I see it on this list. Good game, RIP 3DS eShop.

[@occono3543]

I was year old at the time. I'd feel better about being called old if I didn't have a dead end job.

[@bricktop.]

You managing to pay them bills tho. You're winning champ. Your winning.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

I was about 7 years old and life was So Much simpler. 😄👍

[@dylanf.6542]

I’m a ‘91 baby, been waiting for this one😊

[@ronnope3988]

Awe the year of my birthday 🥳. Been waiting for this one.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Never knew there was a Final Fantasy 2* on SNES, my friend and i owned FF1 & 2 on NES but never saw an FF2 for SNES, just FF3 and then eventually FF7 on PlayStation. However, i do recall my friend eventually buying on PlayStation 1or2 some sort of collection that had Final Fantasy 3* and Chrono Trigger but it included Final Fantasy 5 & 4 with 4 being "Unreleased in America till now" or something like that. This was around the time Alundra, Final Fantasy Tactics, Breath of Fire 4 and Suikoden were coming out, it was a great time to enjoy RPGs. 😄👍

[@tedhaulley9885]

I was 23. Get off my lawn. Anyway, I’ve noticed these older lists seem to have lower percentages in general compared to newer lists. I guess critics were, well, more critical back then.

[@z216ghost]

Before they were paid for reviews and actually gave honest reviews

[@xtlm]

The eff is El Viento lol Never heard of it until just this video, every single person I knew when I was a kid had a genesis, nobody ever mentioned this game. Heck I had a lot of magazines....never heard of it. Never saw it on a store shelf or a vendor at a convention.

[@kryyptyyk]

1991 was indeed a lovely year for many facets of life and entertainment. :) I was approximately 8 years old, and the youngest of three, so I was exposed to all kinds of media and excitement. ^.^

[@axeoseilez3207]

I was 5 so i cant say i remember much aside from playing Sega genesis

[@System_Sega]

F Zero and Super Mario World both came out 1990 in Japan, 1991 in the USA and 1992 in Europe, meaning they could be on 3 different top 10 lists. Maybe pick just one region and stick with it.

[@ericf112]

You hadn't been born yet and it shows

[@VGMFan20XX]

Nice!

[@zaturnneo]

Ahh, '91, I was in 6th grade at a new school, it I had a NES to waste my time

[@magicalfluffybunny]

I was not yet school age in 1991, but alive, lol

[@video-luver769]

I was born in November, 1991. It was an alright year, in my book.

[@gamesthatiplay9083]

Super Tennis > CastleVania 2 GB > Super CastleVania IV.: I learned a lot on this video.

[@mjdf122]

Now we just have to do the best games of 1990 and all of the 1980s best and worst

[@stingyringpiece]

Always a top channel Funny too!! Keep up the good work guys and thanks

[@partofthetribe3277]

I've never heard of the third pick either. Although i was pretty young i was very much alive at the time and already am avid gamer.

[@DajuOnYoutube]

As a way to lead up to what I actually wanted to comment about: Hey, 1991 was the year i was born... With autism! Which makes me think quite alot about how things were made behind the scenes and such. So I'm pretty curious how they could've mentioned that there were going to be another Castlevania on the list but then when that entry comes they act like it's a surprise and that the audience even had a chance to guess it. I mean they have writers like they often mention, including in this video, so both writer and reader must've flubbed it somehow because I have a hard time imagining a situation where it's maybe two different writers or that there were a considerable amount of time in between to forget... Actually there might be a third person missing it, the editor, who even spent time on adding the cookies and stuff instead of editing out one of the mistakes so it makes sense. Like i mentioned, it's just how my mind works, i know it's not a big deal or anything but yeah I'm pretty surprised this made it through script, reading and editing lol.

[@childofthe80s1981]

Monkey Island 2 love that game one of my favorite adventure games of all time

[@misterz6878]

every other weekend, my buddies hangout and one of them built a raspberry pi and we'll play random games. a few weeks back, I was looking through the list of games and came across el viento and we spent a little time on it. really amused to see it on this list. this is why pirating is important. especially if it's nintendo, even more so true bc the eshop closes today.

[@MinecraftMartin]

I thought all the Triple Jump people were in their 50s!

[@Ironstarfish]

FZERO was a very addictive game

[@MrBerniemcgovern]

Yes Bottom!!

[@tyvulpintaur2732]

I was 14-15 years old in 1991.

[@aoccza7]

Monkey Island is AWESOME

[@sammylane21]

I always thought AREA 88'Shin Kazama was a female until I saw the anime, boy did I feel dumb.😂😂

[@edgarpoe1052]

Sucks for you young people! El Viento is news to me. I wonder? Did the Castlevania get mixed up on the list in edit. I call the Gameboy versions grampvania.

[@RageofAlma]

the year i was born

[@adamrenfrow]

Some of these games came out in 1990

[@cubeflinger]

I think you'll find street fighter 2 was probably missing from this list.

[@miamimagicians]

Mario World + Sonic The Hedgehog

[@diezray]

Doesn't suck for us AT ALL that you weren't born then "boy Taylor swift". The world would have still turned and probably for the better had you not.

[@RetroJedi9]

91 is the best as if you don't get born by then

[@dank2171]

Super castlevania could should have been top 5. Don't understand the critics in 1991

[@dank2171]

Final fantasy 4 and sonic being below games like super tennis and 3 or 4 other title is criminal. Maybe you guys should use a different ratings system since critics were beyond dumb back then

[@dank2171]

1.a.super mario world 1.b.final fantasy 1.c super castlevania 4.sonic 5. F-zero. That's a more proper order. 1-3 can be any order but fine with super mario world being #1.

[@Nbflowers1989]

Another great list from TTJ? ANOTHER LIKE SPIKE FOR TTJ!!! ... Anyone?

[@jpj084]

The only music in 1991 was American rock

[@bricktop.]

I was still blasting iron maiden tbh. But Slayer were killing it too

[@matthewwalter3257]

I poohed my pants

[@thiagovidal6137]

This list is absolutely nonsense. Half of those games are completely forgotten and weren't even that good back then. In the other hand, the list is missing absolutely timeless classics such as Street Fighter 2, A Link to the Past, Turtles in Time, Streets of Rage and Sunset Riders.

[@StageRight123]

Ah yes, reading comprehension can be difficult for some I suppose. All of those games except for Streets Of Rage came out in 1992.

[@blakecasimir]

Tsk tsk. Again showcasing Belmont's Revenge and not mentioning the incredible soundtrack?? 😏

[@animationstation1005]

Not a bad list, but Sonic 1 > Super Mario World anyday of the week

[@scottl.1568]

I'll be the judge of this

[@everx7]

Just saw this and decided to go through with all of these Best Games (worst games dont care about those too much) so only these, but to my surprise missing a lot of the best ones. So... is it me who cant find your videos about this Best of 2011-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21, i mean i clicked on the Worst & Best games compilation of every year. Worst are there, best arent. Just only until 2010 are the best of after that only the worst. Really, only bad games were released? Or u forgot to make videos. Or maybe in a different category different compilation on your YT channel? If so id like to see those too, cause i cant even find them. I would love to see what were the best of all these years too. I just dont know if u did forget to make those videos or deleted them, or as i said them are in a different compilation category on ur channel. But even if searched with ur channel name, never came up. Or are those country specific videos or what? Im guessing never been made.

[@seanoshirak4938]

I was 12.

[@willshow5958]

im playing un squadrons now f-in hard lol

[@smsfte4699]

What about Streets of Rage???