1998 The best year of gaming ever?

Games released in 1998:

Legend of Zelda OOT

Starcraft

Soul Calibur

Grim Fandango

Metal Gear Solid

Suikoden II

Baldur's Gate

Street Fighter Alpha 3

Fallout 2

Half Life

Radiant Silvergun

Starcraft Brood War

Thief: The Dark Project

Xenogears

Panzer Dragoon Saga

Rival Schools: United by Fate

Resident Evil 2

Banjo-Kazooie

Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped

Ages of Empires: The Rise of Rome

Tekken 3

Parasite Eve

Final Fantasy Anthology

Starsiege: Tribes

Unreal

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six

Sonic Adventure

Pokemon Red and Blue

Final Fantasy Tactics (US release)

Tenchu stealth Assasins

Gran Turismo

FreeSpace

I'm sure I'm missing alot of other games.

Eight games from 1998 are in Gamespots greatest games of all time list:

http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/index.html

redCloudJ7

I remember and love most of those games

The options should be HELL YEAH

and "Your an idiot"

Seriousaly how could you say no.

Half Life-dawn of the modern FPS
Ocarina of TIme- no need to explain this one
Metal Gear Solid- one of the best PS1 games
Resident Evil 2- amazing game
Baldurs Gate 2- One of the best RPGs ever
Bajo Kazooie- One of the best platformers of all time
Starcraft- no need to explain
Grim Fandango- amazing adventure game

I mean the sheer amount of innovation, new ip, creativity, and variety and depth more than makes up for the fact that games have gotten technically more impressive. 1998 was the best year in gaming.

2001 and 2007 are up there

So are 97 and 99-00

2004 is pretty solid. But all in all 1998 is a mega beast in gaming years.jg4xchamp

thief : Best stealth game

Turok 2 also came out in 1998. Sure, not many people talk about it now, but it was one of the best console shooters of its time.

Anyway, yeah, 1998 had so many genre-defining games in it that I doubt any other year can compare to it.

1997 is so underrated :( Back in 1997 pc got 16 AAAs, the same ammount as in 1998AdrianWerner

1997 was a great year.

Games in 1997:

Alundra

Armored Core

Fallout

Final Fantasy 7

Diablo

GoldenEye007

Castlevania Symphony of the Night

Gran Turismo (JP only)

Final Fantasy Tactics (JP only)

Grand Theft Auto ( I don't know if the first game is really that good)

Grandia

Diddy Kong Racing

Crash Bandicoot 2

Klonoa

The Last Express

Megaman Legends

Quake II

Wing Commander Prophecy

The Curse of Monkey Island

Riven

Ages of Empire

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

Total Annihilation

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Carmageddon

Star Fox 64

Star Wars X Wing Vs Tie Fighter

MDK

Dungeon Keeper

Turok N64

Mario Kart 64

Street Fighter 3 New genearation

Tekken 3 (Arcade)

Tomb Raider II

Five games from 1997 are in Gamespots greatest games of all time list.

http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/index.html

1998 was one of the greatest gaming years.... so many great titles !!!

Hell yes.

Half Life, Tribes, LoZ Ocarina of Time, MGS, StarCraft, Fallout 2 and Rainbow Six.

Wish I could jump in a Delorian and go back to when these games came out.

lol memory lane. is it me or did they lower the gaming standards as the tym progesses. i mean, can you really name but a handful of titles that really redefine gaming?FreshDimSum

What do you expect? Gaming was still very, very young then, plus it was really just the start of the 3D era.

It is not as easy to "redefine gaming" as it once was. Everyone is really over rating this.

That is a good list but i think 2004 might have it beat a little bit. It had more games that i was interested in.

Half llife 2 and Doom 3 and DS and PSP are the things that come to mind...also Halo 2.

hoola

Half-Life > Half Life 2 > Doom.

yes, that was the best year ever IMO

what an awesome games lineup!

1999 > 1998. Planescape: Torment.Shafftehr

i have played at least 90% of that list ^^

good times

Great gaming years somehow work in 3 year cycles

1998, 2001, 2004 and then 2007.

Great gaming years somehow work in 3 year cycles

1998, 2001, 2004 and then 2007.

whocares4peace

Another great thing about 98 was that almost all these games were new IP's unlike other great years like 2004 were many of the great games were sequels

99 also was a great year and is not only planescape that was realesed that year. Freespace, System shock 2,everquest,aliens vs predator, homeworld and many others i'm forgetting

So that's why my marks at uni were not so good that year. hmmm

[QUOTE="Shafftehr"]1999 > 1998. Planescape: Torment.L1qu1dSword

So I take it you have never actually played the game?

The I was six years old at the time, I still remember 1998 being a glorious year in gaming. Banjo Kazooie forever! :D