Nothing will ever rival the 90s in gaming. Whole gaming genres and subgenres were invented. FPS, RTS, 4X, 3d platformers, Metrodvanias, ARPG in the style of Diablo. The first modern fighting game was Street Fighter 2 in '91, and it completely laid the groundwork for what a fighting game is to the point where pre-SF2 fighting games like Karate Champ probably don't even register as fighting games for most people.
Nothing will ever rival the 90s in gaming. Whole gaming genres and subgenres were invented. FPS, RTS, 4X, 3d platformers, Metrodvanias, ARPG in the style of Diablo. The first modern fighting game was Street Fighter 2 in '91, and it completely laid the groundwork for what a fighting game is to the point where pre-SF2 fighting games like Karate Champ probably don't even register as fighting games for most people.