1998-The Best Year Ever For Gaming Holy Crap

I was reading a post on Gamespy fo this guy comparing games of 1998 to this year, and while I think this has been a fantastic year for gaming, look at the major releases of 1998:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_video_gaming

insane!

I still think that this has been the best year ever for gaming myself.Archangel3371

I'd say not even close. Last year was better.

[QUOTE="Archangel3371"]I still think that this has been the best year ever for gaming myself.Video_Game_King

I'd say not even close. Last year was better.

[QUOTE="Archangel3371"]I still think that this has been the best year ever for gaming myself.Video_Game_King

I'd say not even close. Last year was better.

1993 beats 1998.doubutsuteki

This year has been the best for me.

1998 is second best.

[QUOTE="doubutsuteki"]1993 beats 1998.Cherokee_Jack

Obviously you weren't much of a gamer back then.

1998 was a good year. But these last few years were pretty good.Solors

I highly agree

I still give it to 2001 personally.Saruman1719

1998 was a great year

Resident Evil 2 and Tekken 3 had me occupied for a while.

Wow, looking at that list it really looks it. I mean... Starcraft, Banjo Kazooie, POKEMON, Baldur's Gate, Ocarina of Time?

Simply impressive. Go 1998

1994 > allMike1978Smith

I would have to agree: Final Fantasy VI, Earthbound (Mother 2 was released in Japan this year so I consider it '94), Super Metroid, Tekken, TIE Fighter, Warcraft, Sonic and Knuckles (gotta love the cartridge hook-up), Donkey Kong Country, and the original PlayStation was released. Don't get me wrong, 1998 was great too, but I'd have to say '94 takes it.

1993 beats 1998.doubutsuteki

By a mile. Master of Orion + Master of Magic = Heaven

1997 was better metal gear solid came out yaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[QUOTE="doubutsuteki"]1993 beats 1998.3KindgomsRandy

By a mile. Master of Orion + Master of Magic = Heaven

Yes!

And: Day of the Tentacle, Elite II: Frontier, Alien Legacy, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, Betrayal at Krondor, Nomad, Veil of Darkness, Doom, Gateway II, CivNet, X-COM: UFO Defense, Syndicate, Burntime, Cannon Fodder, Alien Breed, Wing Commander: Privateer, Dark Sun: Shattered Lands, The Settlers, Pinball Fantasies, Simon the Sorcerer, Dare to Dream, X-Wing, Bloodnet and Railroad Tycoon Deluxe...

Just to mention some more, and not even going into consoles. The SNES and the Mega Drive / Genesis, Nintendo's best ever console vs Sega's best ever console were at the peak of their popularity. Shouldn't that be enough reason?

I'm not saying that 1998 was bad, but it just doesn't compare. The early 90s were something else.

[QUOTE="3KindgomsRandy"]

[QUOTE="doubutsuteki"]1993 beats 1998.doubutsuteki

By a mile. Master of Orion + Master of Magic = Heaven

Yes!

And: Day of the Tentacle, Elite II: Frontier, Alien Legacy, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, Betrayal at Krondor, Nomad, Veil of Darkness, Doom, Gateway II, CivNet, X-COM: UFO Defense, Syndicate, Burntime, Cannon Fodder, Alien Breed, Wing Commander: Privateer, Dark Sun: Shattered Lands, The Settlers, Pinball Fantasies, Simon the Sorcerer, Dare to Dream, X-Wing, Bloodnet and Railroad Tycoon Deluxe...

Just to mention some more, and not even going into consoles. The SNES and the Mega Drive / Genesis, Nintendo's best ever console vs Sega's best ever console were at the peak of their popularity. Shouldn't that be enough reason?

I'm not saying that 1998 was bad, but it just doesn't compare. The early 90s were something else.

I was reading a post on Gamespy fo this guy comparing games of 1998 to this year, and while I think this has been a fantastic year for gaming, look at the major releases of 1998:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_video_gaming

insane!

Hydrafiend

2004

1993 might've been good, but that's when I was born :p

It was great but I didn't have a current gen console at the time and as a kid we didn't have a gaming PC. 2004 was probably more relevant for me. But it seems that every year has so much greatness.

Impossible for me to decide the greatest year of gaming. But it was definately in the nineties!

There was so many awesome games released at different times during the nineties... A decade that just kept getting better...

Now, all that seems to change is the graphics :(

It was 2000 for me. Baldur's Gate II, Deus Ex, and Planescape: Torment (it was very end of '99, but I think it counts).

EDIT: And Thief II.

I don't know man, 94, 96, 01 and 02 were all pretty amazing years...