Best Games of 1990
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Super Mario WorldNinety six exits, a dinosaur, and the most generous secret map anyone has drawn.Read the review
Metal Gear 2: Solid SnakeA 1990 sequel with sound-sensitive guards and a real three-act script, made obscure by a computer almost nobody outside Japan owned.
Mega Man 3Adds the slide and the dog and then pads itself out with a rerun of its own stages.