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@sdelfin
I remember enjoying what would have been NHL 93. So I was excited for NHL 94. I liked 94 so much I ended up getting the SEGA CD version, real organ music. And that is the one I play most these days.
I did my proper gamer duty and bought NHL 95 however, after my buddy and I played it for awhile, we ended up go back to NHL 94. We did this for 95, 96, and 97 and then I stopped buying them because we always went back to NHL 94. I did buy one version of the NHL games on the Saturn, but it was horrible.
After that I never bought another NHL game again.
To this day, I keep going back to NHL 94.

NHL 94 for the Genesis/SEGA CD is a game that I have gone back to time and time again for decades.
Controls are simple, game play is just the right speed and intuitive and games are quick.
I am not even a Hockey fan per se.
I have played other Hockey games, even within the NHL series as they were released, and for whatever reason I keep going back to NHL 94.

I will agree with what others have said, the NFL2k games on the Dreamcast are something special too. If I was going to play an American Football game, it would be one from the NFL2k series.

As a Saturn owner back in the day, this list looks about right.
I am a little surprised that Panzer Dragoon 2 is not on the list as it is the better game. But Panzer Dragoon was a launch game so people would have bought it to have something to play. But I guess even by 1996 the writing was sadly beginning to be written on the wall and I guess rail shooters, no matter how good, are not going to be massive sellers.

I always thought the Sonic Racing Transformed - Dragon Canyon level would be a good starting point to model a modern Panzer Dragoon game after.

Panzer Dragoon Zwei is the better of the two games. So in my opinion the bar is much higher this time around. The first Panzer game's remake is better in its current state after the updates, but it was rough at the start.
Do not get me wrong, the Saturn versions are still the preferred way to play these games. On a Saturn, with a Saturn controller on a CRT if possible.
The Panzer games are a product of their times. The hardware limitations, the dawning of 3D, the "2D" controller, people's expectations in general were vastly different in the mid 90's. Zwei was a show piece because it was not possible on previous hardware and the competition had nothing like it and it showed the potential for what 3D could do if it was done right. I remember being totally blown away by Zwei, however I was the lone guy in my area who had a Saturn and Panzer Dragoon Zwei was one game that all my PS buddies agreed was a stand out.
Although I believe it can be done, I have my doubts modern developers can capture the essence of what made it great. There are not the limitations these days forcing creativity anymore. They need to make the game my brain wants to remember. Not just a slick coat of paint and no soul.
I know the Tomb Raider games have been remade many times so they have some practice, but Forever Entertainment should take notes from Tomb Raiders I-III recent remasters.
I will end up buying this (on sale) regardless, I just hope they do it justice.

@archov
Ha!, yeah, I thought about that after I posted it. The reason was because I recently bought a "new" game on Steam. However, it was technically on sale. So I kind of broke my rule, but it was on sale and I thought $1.90 for a "new" game was not much of a risk. It ended up being a fun little Zelda 1 dungeon type puzzle game.
I felt I got my $1.90 out of the purchase!

I took the question as full price big release games. I never buy those.

"How many full price games do you typically buy a year?"

There should be a zero option. I stopped buying full price games years ago once I realized that the vast majority of brand new games are incomplete and buggy. Now I wait and only buy games on sale that have had months if not years of updates. This is especially true for digital games. At this point in my life I own so many games, the marketing hype of "I must buy now" carries no weight.
Physical games may be slightly different, but for the most part I have learned that if I wait a little, I can buy the game on discount and get a more complete game. New games just go on my wish list and I am notified of discounts.

Now the price of entry will be $449.99/€469.99/395.99 plus the cost of Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack - for what is basically an extended rental program.
Have the cost of similar physical games come down for other consoles? I still see people buying games on Ebay. Gunstar Heroes and Castlevania: Bloodlines CIB still fetch a good price despite being available on the service.

I am guessing this will not affect the price at all or maybe it will go up if interest grows.

I picked up a second 8bitdo M30 just in case someone stopped by for a little NHL 94

Thanks for the Linux support! I see it working the Deck!
You have my interest now.

I am definitely holding out for the Genesis/MD version first.

Then at some point in the future I will pick it up on Steam (hopefully GOG) on sale in the future. It would be great on the Deck!

This is too bad because Panzer Dragoon II is the better of the two games in nearly every way.
The Remake of Panzer Dragoon was not quite right. I am not totally sure what was lost in translation, but my best guess is that the Panzer Dragoon games benefited from the Saturn's hardware and the era in which it was made. Basically the limited hardware and the mentality of the programmers of the 90's gave the games a unique feel that modern day "unlimited" hardware and, through no fault of their own, modern day programmers cannot comprehend or easily replicate.

In this case, less is more and more is not always better. For better or worse, they were and still are unique games.

I switched to a Linux desktop after Vista was released (about 2007) and I have been gaming on Linux exclusively since about 2015 or so and SteamOS has come so so far. Proton has matured to the point where nearly all, if not all, of the games I want to play, I can get to work on SteamOS. So for me, things have only gotten better and better.
From my personal experience, really the only games that do not work on Linux are the ones where the developers go out of their way to block Linux. Kernel level anti-cheat is the major problem.
However, with so many games available these days, the way I look at it is if they do not want my money, I will just play other games.
I mean according to Steam stats, Linux now accounts for more players than Mac. That would have been insane only a few years ago. My family owns three Switch consoles, and I am sure we will get a Switch 2 at some point, but we are in no rush. And there is no way we will be buying as many Switch 2's as we have Switch's. My family is just not as excited for the new Nintendo.

I was a console guy for most of my life, but SteamOS has convinced me to switch to PC for the vast majority of my gaming these days.

I have a CRT and modern TV side by side and my console hooked up to both so I can simultaneously have the same game displayed on both screens allowing me to directly compare. I do not necessarily remember how my TVs looked when I was younger, but there is no doubt that when I use the scanline option with my modern TV, it gives, by far, the most authentic picture when directly compared to my current CRT. When I use one of the "smoothing" or standard filter, it looks nothing like my CRT.

At least in my case, the scanline option is a really close representation of my CRT. However, during game play, I think my CRT plays slightly smoother, although it is subtle. Nonetheless, both are more than playable.
After directly comparing the two, if I only had a modern TV, I think I would be okay with how my modern TV looks and plays my older consoles with an upscaler.

Played it a lot on the SEGA CD, I always thought the name was perfect. The name was most likely what caught my attention.
For what it is worth, from the way the SEGA CD's cover was formatted, I always assumed it was two words, Power Monger or at least PowerMonger. The Genesis' version was similarly formatted.

This is a great game, I played a ton of this on the SEGA CD.
As a matter of fact, I am always searching for a modern game similar to PowerMonger.
I ended up playing this a lot more than Populous.