Best Games of 1996

This is a list of the best games of 1996.

Quake
★★★★½
First-Person Shooter
id Software (USA)
PC

Tomb Raider
★★★★½
Action-Adventure
Core Design (UK)
PC

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (Baphomets Fluch)
★★★★½
Point-and-Click Adventure
Revolution Software (UK)
PC

Z
★★★★
Real-Time Strategy
The Bitmap Brothers (UK)
MS-DOS

Virtua Fighter
★★★★
Fighting
Sega AM2 (Japan)
PC

Wave Race 64
★★★½
Racing
Nintendo EAD (Japan)
Nintendo 64

Resident Evil
★★★½
Survival Horror
Capcom (Japan)
PlayStation

Wipeout 2097
★★★½
Racing
Psygonis (UK)
PlayStation

Earthsiege 2
★★★½
Mech-Style Vehicle Simulation
Dynamix (USA)
MS-DOS

War Wind
★★★
Real-Time Strategy
SSI (USA)
MS-DOS

Hind
★★★
Combat Helicopter Flight Simulation
Digital Integration (UK)
MS-DOS

Orion Burger
★★★
Point-and-Click Adventure
Sanctuary (Canada / USA)
MS-DOS