Yes 1998 is widely regarded as the greatest year in gaming history. A couple years back Gamespot (back when they were in their height and still had a lot of great editors) did a special on G4 called "The Greatest Year in Gaming," and they named gave 1998 the title. Their reasoning being that virtually every game genre had either been defined or redefined. Most other years can't compete simply because their greatest releases are just sequels to games that came out in 1998 (like 2004).

ScarFace

United States1175 Posts

September 03 2008 00:55 GMT

#42

On September 03 2008 05:55 tube wrote:
never heard of:
parasite eve, fallout 2, grim fandango, SiN, starsiege: tribes, thief: the dark project, and myth II: soulblighter

every other game you listed was amazing in my memory, especially sc, banjo-kazooie and zelda

You never played Starseige tribes?

I fucking cry for you man, I cry for you.

Boblion

France8043 Posts

September 03 2008 01:13 GMT

#43

November 20 <---> November 30 is just sick oO

Those 10 days mean more for me than 1998 - 2008 ( except for Deus Ex ;D )

10 Days > 10 years.
That shows how bad the game industry is for ages.

Djabanete

United States2786 Posts

September 03 2008 01:27 GMT

#44

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetHack
NetHack is a single-player roguelike computer game originally released in 1987.

New Zealand6138 Posts

September 03 2008 01:30 GMT

#45

On September 03 2008 05:50 GrandInquisitor wrote:

* February 28 – Tekken 3 (PS1)
* March 31 – StarCraft (Win)
* May 22 – Unreal (Win)
* September 30 – Fallout 2 (Win)
* September 30 – Pokémon Red and Blue (GB)
* October 30 – Grim Fandango (Win)
* October 31 – Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion (Win)
* November 20 – Half-Life (Win)
* November 30 – StarCraft: Brood War (Win)

That's the list of games that I played. The only thing I regret about my childhood is that the only console I had access to was a Sega Mega Drive, although to this day I think the Sonic games are grrrrrreat. Except for SA2 onwards, those don't exist.

I have to say Fallout 1 is probably what changed my life and made me a gamer. It was the first real game that I had just been "dropped into", I was about 9 or 10 and I was told how to move, how to switch combat modes, and how to kill things. That was it, I was left on my own to discover the post-apocalyptic world. I don't think any gaming memory of mine can come close to beating Fallout 1 for the first time; it took me literal months. The first time I played through (as kids are wanton to do) I tried to kill everyone in The Hub - that didn't work out too well, because they all had Combat Armor and submachine guns or automatic rifles. I also remember the fact that there was a really cool NPC named Ian who would follow you, and the guy who gave me the game was also called Ian, so I protected that NPC with my life yo.

Sigh... good times. I relived this phenomenon when Fallout 2 came out, and even more so when I discovered you could keep playing after the game was ended. I still have to wonder how many people don't know about the "Fallout 2 Answerbook" and the PC you can access in Vault City after the game. I remember having a contest with one of my friends to see who could get the highest positive karma, we gave up at like 3.5k with the title Savior of the Damned.

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel came a few years later, and while obviously not the same as the previous 2, I have to say it was still a brilliant game in its own right. The multiple endings rocked too, I liked that in all 3 of the Fallout series.

Don't talk to me about Fallout 3 though. -_-

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

September 03 2008 01:41 GMT

#46

On September 03 2008 05:51 Folca wrote:
Amen

BloodyC0bbler

Canada7875 Posts

September 03 2008 01:59 GMT

#47

starsiege tribes was amazing, simply amazing. The only game outside of starcraft to keep me addicted for years, and baldurs gate, pimppppp.

To all who havent played the games on the list given, all i can say is, your missing a piece of your soul because of it.

thoraxe

United States1449 Posts

September 03 2008 02:43 GMT

#48

On September 03 2008 06:14 Mickey wrote:
It wins, because Pokemon Red, and Blue came out.

true dat, spurrs a legacy of crazy poke breeders and trainers.

DoctorHelvetica

United States15034 Posts

September 03 2008 03:42 GMT

#49

All those games are great, but Fallout 1/2 sucked.

closed

Vatican City State491 Posts

September 03 2008 03:46 GMT

#50

fallout did not suck.. it was one of the games that spawned their own universes - as a lot of the games above did!
half-life - it created a truely believable environment
starcraft - spawned a whole franchise of books etc.
fallout 2 - a whole world to explore