4) Resident Evil 1
The game that started it all, Resident Evil 1 is a legend in the gaming world. The beloved series got its start way back in 1996 in the confines of the eerily quiet halls, corridors, and hidden tunnels of the Spencer mansion. Zombies shuffled around the rooms looking for their next victim and put up one hell of a fight, forcing players to expend precious ammo and health resources to deal with them, an experience that never lost its edge due to the crippling lack of stocks needed to replenish your inventory throughout the game.
Everything about RE1 was methodically planned and carefully designed. Infected dogs would leap through windows, zombies grabbed at you as you turned the corners of the mansion and cryptic puzzles had players trying to remember where each locked door and missing puzzle piece was. Even saving your progress was a privilege to be earned, not given, as you hunted for Ink Ribbons throughout the mansion.
It’s no understatement to say that this game spawned an entirely new genre of games which took the gaming world by storm and left fans begging for more. This timeless classic has seen numerous HD remakes, with the latest adding entirely new sections, so there’s no reason to miss out on the game that ushered in the age of Resident Evil.
