Quote Originally Posted by Elpizo View Post
Doom II.
The Legend of Zelda: Link's awakening. (Yeah, I think it's better than "A Link to the Past". Sacrilege, I know.)
Link's Awakening is bloody marvellous.

Most of the ones that jumped to my mind have already been mentioned: Pokemon Gold/Silver, Age of Empires 2, Half Life 2, Sonic 2 (though Sonic 3 & Knuckles was even better) and Warcraft II.