Man, I never hear people talk about watching the scrambled spicy channels lol. Watching channel 99 with the tv muted in my room at night hoping to catch a glimpse of a boob for half a second.
Brooo, so many memories of me watching fuzzy Bigger Longer and Uncut and getting my mind blown for what I deemed a ‘cartoon’ at that time actually had as content. I will never forget how I almost puked of laughter when I saw Cartman’s mom scene
Was just thinking how so many things I used to enjoy were more fun and interesting back then. Wrestling being one of them. I’ve lost interest now in wrestling, gaming, and many other things I used to enjoy.
98 was the best for many reasons, as a Sega fan we had amazing games like burning rangers, panzer dragoon saga, shining force 3 sc3, steep slope sliders, and last but not least the Dreamcast start in 98 in Japan
I was 14 at this time and it was a great time to be into gaming. Everything was changing so fast. The PS1 is still one of my favorite consoles of all time. The square JRPGS of the time were some of the best games ever made imo.
Man I can't even imagine the amount of work that went into this video, the editing and script alone might have taken you more than 100 hours, let alone the research! Fantastic job my friend!
98 was the best time to be alive and well for us gamers, we had great movies, awesome music and groundbreaking games as the icing on the cake, it's really hard to top that year
I believe gaming is devolvinng right now. If 1998 was peak gaming (it's definitely up there), 2024 is hitting an all time low. With gaming going full digital and developers telling us "we will own nothing and like it," we are nearing a crash. Our shared gaming history is quitely being erased and once everything is fully digital there will be nothing to share with future generations.
@GORO911 For now yes...but that is going to end in the very near future. Once the digital takeover is complete, there will be no backups because the data will not be accessible. Oh, and that will be just the beginning. Here is what is coming... So far, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have joined together under Microsoft's Azure Network. Now, this was done to gain full control over all distribution of console games. After that, they will price fix every console game and begin delisting titles that fail to meet quotas. These games will be gone forever. All of this is being done to force us into a service base contract like a GamePass on the cloud. Once this happens, emulation for anything beyond the 9th generation will be dead. That is how they are going to kill gaming's history.
I think talk like this is nonsense. Games are awesome today just like they were back then. Insane graphics, better screens to play them on, next to no load time, incredible soundtracks, and a wealth of different genres and styles for people to choose from. There's even options for difficulty in RPGs which was unheard of before. There's something for everyone. If you think gaming is devolving, you're drinking flavor-aid. Gaming is better than ever. Shady practices in gaming isn't new. If you think it is, you clearly lack objectivity.
@@orangejjayDepends on how you look at it, if you're talking AA/Indie games, then I understand where you're coming from, If you're talking AAA gaming however, it's a barren wasteland.
I feel in terms of creativity possibly...but there are gems still dropped every now and then...when it's allowed to be...when publishers know it'll bring in money regardless of what is politically correct....thats the power of the dollar bill to them in the end...they don't actually care what's the new agenda by social media standards
The crowd around Marvel vs Capcom in the arcade was a sight to behold. Some of my best childhood memories. I hate that my one and only local arcade went away the very next year!
Miss this year so much, glad to finally find a video like this going in depth on what made this year in gaming so special. My childhood was slowly but surely coming to an end in 1998 but was lucky enough to experience the revolution on PC, N64, and PS1 at the time (did still have a Saturn back then but unfortunately the disc drive died and didn't get another working Saturn until 20 years later). Still to this day never experienced a year in gaming anywhere near as legendary as 1998, while later generations still put out some great games i go back to regularly i still come across GOAT titles from 1998 i havent played or finished yet (looking at you Tomb Raider III...) Sadly gaming has changed so much that I simply could care less about most modern titles and I refuse to upgrade my consoles ever again so unless it comes out on PC or Switch im not touching it.
Same. It really was something special. You still had the NES, SNES, and the Genesis and those really great 8 and 16 bit games. And you also had the cutting edge N64 and Playstation games coming out too. And the word of mouth culture surrounding the games. Like, we all found out together you could catch level 134 Gengar on the coast of the seafoam isles in Pokemon. We didn't need UA-cam. And maybe that means we searched for the Triforce in OOT and Luigi in Mario 64 but those kinds of Easter eggs were all over the place back then.
I just got to play Penzer dragoon saga for the first time just last night!!! I have been wanting to play that game for decades now as I did not have a Saturn when I was a child but had a PlayStation… I also just want to say that Xenogears is my favorite JRPG OF ALL TIME AND I GOT IT FROM MY 13TH BIRTHDAY!!! The music in that game is beautiful!! And while the graphics are dated and pixelated now, it’s a game for me that never gets old! I also Got Tekken3 which was the first 3-D fighter ever to be built the way that it was built with you being able to sides step into the foreground and background!! I knew that you would mention this in the video and Tekken3 was hands-down the best fighter back then! Nobody played Mortal Kombat anymore-
I would love to see you do a vid for the years ‘94 and ‘04. Those are the two other years outside of ur ‘98 and ‘01 vids that were huge years! This and ur ‘01 vids are awesome!
I completely understand why, in a year with Pokemon, OoT, and MGS, someone would overlook Tomb Raider III, Tomb Raider III received a pretty lukewarm reception in 1998, many reviewers thinking Tomb Raider had plateaued and in desperate need for a refresh.
Another big kudos to you for on this video. I found this and your channel while I was looking for Sony updates and was mostly depressed by the current state of games today in general. This quality retrospective put me in a slightly better mood, thinking of better days. Fascinating how things change though. Thanks and hope your work gains more traction and reaches a bigger audience soon.
Well done and thanks for doing this mate, I'll be sure to check out more of your videos in the next few days. Only thing I'd say is that you didn't put the saturn logo in the thumbnail along with the rest :( , nothing major ofcourse haha. All the best
Love these videos and video game history is endlessly fascinating to me. The 90s are a time when I was a kid and so I have a real nostalgic sweet spot for that era especially with Nintendo Gameboy to Nintendo 64. Your channel is really good compared to how many subscribers you have. Keep on grinding, these videos are great and deserve more views for how much was clearly put into them. Keep that passion for the subject going to drive you. If you can remember why you started it should help keep you avoid burnout and put in the persistent work. Sometimes it takes 10 years to make an "overnight success" but I think you could do it faster. I think it will pay off in time if you remember that. Much love.
I was like 4 in 98 but my literal earliest memories where playing and watching my dad play alot of these and i can say that they not only shaped the industry but set the course of my whole life so im super grateful for these games especially psx and n64 games
I was 16 in july 1998 when I bought a PS1 with the new analog controller included. I had a blast that summer playing Gran Turismo, Abe’s Odyssey, Armored Core, Tomb Raider 2… By the end of the year I knew I would become a gamer for life when I got a copy of Metal Gear Solid because I realized videogames weren’t only meant for kids anymore!
Today I realized that most of my favorite games came out in 1998, I just randomly started checking the dates of when my all-time favorite games came out and I was surprised to find out that so so many came out in 98, a year where I still didn't even know what gaming was because I was too little (5yrs old), so it's not like I have any nostalgia for that year, I played these games many years after they came out, some even more than a decade later and yet they all have in common that they came out on 1998, I don't think is a coincidence. I'm glad someone else realized it though (that's how I found this video), it truly was the best year in gaming (at least for me it sure was!) I know it's subjective but it has to be in the top three or five for most people period, this video doesn't even cover all the masterpieces of that year or even some of my favorites because I know it would be way too long (image just Squaresoft alone was churning out banger after banger that year on the PS1 and so did Konami and Capcom), it really was that good of a year!.
1080 snowboarding as a 11 year old determined to beat everything well while trying not to get caught cussing at the tv. Didn't realize how much that game really got me prepared to be sucked in by the late Tony hawk series.
You forgot to mention that Duke Nukem Forever came out exactly on time that year and became a cultural touchstone. A true masterpiece that proved how a 5th generation game done well could almost look like a 6th gen game! Nobody will deny that Duke Nukem Forever was one of the most important games of 1998, it truly showed off what iD Tech 2 can do, aka Quake II engine, while still having an identity all it's own! Interactivity and world building was started with DNF in 1998. Half-Life wishes it had that kind of influence!
This longform videos are great, you deserve quite a bit more subscribers and views, my friend. On to the video, thank you, for mentioning Xenogears, my one true jrpg love.
98 was a good year in gaming. Probably in variety and quality it was the greatest. But I still feel that 2007 was slightly better just because of the quality. However sometimes I think 98 because of its variety. But basically after 98 the game industry didn’t change much until 2007
I was 3. Most of the PS1 games I was playing in 2000-2003 came from this year. I played both the PS1 and PS2, but the PS1 more before '03, when I got my own.
Rogue Squadron was pretty impresive for the N64 with it's audio technology, also along side Turok 2, was one of the first to use the red expansion pak, it deserved to be in the main list.😢 Great video, i enjoyed a lot anyways. 👌
Great video although you missed a personal favourite of mine: Shining Force 3. A thousand times better than the dodgy House of the Dead Saturn port you mentioned at the end.
Any year that has both resident evil 2 and metal gear solid....yeah thats gonna be the best year in gaming. In fact, metal gear solid could probably win it on its own. Its THAT important.
1995 and chrono trigger, dkc2, yoshis island, time crisis, and tekken 2 would like to have a word. Or 2011 with skyrim, deus ex human revolution, battlefield 3, crysis 2, arkham city, and dark souls.
@55:18 I think you meant to say that the remake for the crash bandicoot trilogy was released on PlayStation four and Xbox consoles and as such was the first time that it was ever seen outside of PlayStation consoles? Either way you only stated that it was released for PS4 and then said that was the first time that it was available on Non-PlayStation platforms?! Minor slip .. Great video though ! 98 was the goat-
1998 I was 17 and I had a PSX and RE2 was one of the greatest games of all time, I will also never forget the first time playing RE1, I still prefer them over the remakes for nostalgia
I was born in 1998, though the N64 and PS1 were my first consoles. Ocarina of Time was my first game. Although PS2/3 was more “my era”, I’m so glad to have first been exposed to the one before it
I was 9 that year. We had a PlayStation. I remember my mom getting me Spyro for sure. I always replayed the first 2-3 levels as we never had a memory card lol. And I rented Need for Speed 3. Good times.
I used to be one of the best online players on Starcraft when I was a kid. I would rarley get beat when I was in my prime. I played that game for hours every night. It was so much fun.
When the honorable mentions include Tenchu - a milestone game- parasite eve, also somewhat revolutionary in its design and Star Wars: rogue squadron. You know it really was the best year.
Parasite Eve and Rogue Squadron should've been part of the main highlights , also left out niche gems like Kagero Deception II , Divers Dream , LSD Dream Emulator etc...
Hmmmn, greatest year is a huge statement... i think that depends on when you were born. For me i would be going back to 1982 as it was the year of the zx spectrum, commodore64, and bbc model B. (BBC model B came out december 81 but all games came in 82). These were what kicked off the mainstream gaming interest in UK. Im not going to list all the games that came out on them, the list would be huge. Or it could be 1988, and the war of the atari 520 vs commodore amiga. These two drove the 16bit era with some incredible titles. One could argue the sega megadrive vs super nintendo. 1990 had some amazing releases. 2d to 3d was huge, but is never going to beat the the year that gaming came along to the masses. Imagine a world without gaming, then in 1982, we had gaming (in uk) that took off. It seems your 'greatest year' is born from someone who grew up in the 90's. Trust me there was a LOT of gaming before ps and nintendo64.
I was also 10 back in 98-I also believe that the late 90s to early 2000s was the best time to be alive in Gaming History. There would never be a repeat of the PS1/N64 and PS2/Xbox/Gamecube era. Let's not forget PS underground and demo discs from the magazines (who remembers going to 7 Eleven or Target to steal a disc or two from the magazines? Admit it-you know who you are lol)
Wait, Resident Evil 2's story was not "cheese" it was a massive improvement in every level. Getting two characters with multiple endings and scenarios-there wasn't anything like it at the time and now in 2024. Let's admit we missed the console limitations as developers were forced to perfect their games to cram, test, and finalize it before release-unlike games now released with bugs and constant patches.
You could more or less make a video like this on 96, 97, 98, 99 and other years too, somewhat dependable on what you rate as "important", some of the years have "First of" and "Last of" type of games. But the year of Unreal and Half-Life is hard to compete against historically in hindsight. I never had a computer to play those new 3D games back then, but I could play Fallout 2 for a while before I ran out of hard drive and memory, it is easily on of my most favorite games ever, also Metal Gear Solid on PSX, good memories. I remember reading about and seeing small pictures and notes about Unreal and Half Life in magazines though, they were pretty hyped.
1991 and 1996: Are we a joke to you? 1991: Street Fighter II: the world warrior The Legend of Zelda:A link to the past (Japan) Final Fantasy IV Super Castlevania IV Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in time. Super Ghouls'n Ghosts Sonic the hedgehog Streets of Rage Battletoads Super Mario World (worldwide,Japan in late 1990) Popful Mail Captain Commando 1994: Final Fantasy VI -1996: Super Mario 64 Super Mario Kart 64 Star Ocean Dragon Quest III remake Nights into dreams Virtua Fighter 3 (arcade) The house of the dead Resident Evil Tomb Raider Crash Bandcoot Pokémon (green ) Super Mario Rpg Metal Slug Quake Dead or alive Duke Nukem 3D
I was 18. My PS1 was one of the first ones. I had to play it upside down, or it would overheat. I still logged more time with the boys on the N64. Every floor of dorms had many rooms playing Goldeneye. Heck, on the N64, my friends and I would play Goldeneye, Starfox, and Mario Cart to death.
Wow i'm convinced. I was thinking 2001 was the best year because of MGS2, Halo, Super smash Melee, and GTA3 to name a few. But I guess 98' did leave a bigger impression on me
certainly was my best christmas, pokemon red and blue and zelda:OOT in one day, 8 year old me was occupied for months, one could say years if you add total time spent on these games over the past 2 1/2 decades. I'm old :
Maybe the last great era before normies and the other parasites started smelling money and attention opportunities. I remember when being a gamer made you a nerd or geek (in a derogatory way)... now it's trendy and "political". Create something great... then they'll infiltrate. Rinse n' Repeat for all of OUR great cultures.
20:50 - I don't know about you, but this is the one I was waiting for. Just hearing that soundtrack made my hairs stand on end! On PC this was and still is the best Need for Speed ever! Alright NFS 4 kind-of enhanced the engine, but NFS 3 had a Diablo with the blue leather alcantara interior, downloadble cars and tracks (like 4) and (what wins it for me) that soundtrack! NF4 had awesome menu music but NFS 3 wins it on the racing soundtrack front.
I agree with the point of this video. I was a kid, back in this era, who experienced this first hand. Console and Windows 98 with CDs and floppy disks. Goated Nostalgia! ❤️❤️👌👌💯💯
I was 10. Best years of my life. Late night Goldeneye tournaments, watching scrambled fuzzy spicy movies on HBO and Southpark.
Man, I never hear people talk about watching the scrambled spicy channels lol. Watching channel 99 with the tv muted in my room at night hoping to catch a glimpse of a boob for half a second.
Brooo, so many memories of me watching fuzzy Bigger Longer and Uncut and getting my mind blown for what I deemed a ‘cartoon’ at that time actually had as content. I will never forget how I almost puked of laughter when I saw Cartman’s mom scene
I was 11, same, and also, star wars, Zelda, 90's movies, x files, music of 90's, quake, doom
I was also 10. It was awesome, I remember getting a Gameboy color and Zelda 64.
South Park kicks ass!
"1998... ill never forget it" ~ Leon S. Kennedy (2004, Resident Evil 4)
Amen
"In nineteen ninety eight the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcers table.”
Was just thinking how so many things I used to enjoy were more fun and interesting back then. Wrestling being one of them.
I’ve lost interest now in wrestling, gaming, and many other things I used to enjoy.
HE KILLED HIM!
That was that long ago?? Damn.
98 was the best for many reasons, as a Sega fan we had amazing games like burning rangers, panzer dragoon saga, shining force 3 sc3, steep slope sliders, and last but not least the Dreamcast start in 98 in Japan
It was great time to be 13 years old. The good old days
I was 14 at this time and it was a great time to be into gaming. Everything was changing so fast. The PS1 is still one of my favorite consoles of all time. The square JRPGS of the time were some of the best games ever made imo.
Everything now is kinda shit
I totally agree with you! 1998 was an unforgattable year for gaming. I wish I could go back and tell that 12 year old kid how lucky he was...
I was 12 to in 1998 . 1998 gave me some of my most cherished childhood memories I’ll never forget
Man I can't even imagine the amount of work that went into this video, the editing and script alone might have taken you more than 100 hours, let alone the research! Fantastic job my friend!
1998 was my favorite year of my childhood and maybe life.
98 was the best time to be alive and well for us gamers, we had great movies, awesome music and groundbreaking games as the icing on the cake, it's really hard to top that year
EIGHT systems existed AT THE SAME TIME in 1998, 2001, and 2007.
Best gaming years EVER !
When you lay it all out on a monthly basis, you sure make a very strong case! Meticulously detailed, knowledgeably observed, greatly appreciated.
The 90’s were crazy, I was 18 in ‘98, I enjoyed the whole decade!
Your production value is insane!
I was 19 in 98, this vid nails it. Was an exciting time. Great work
Old fart
'98 was also the beta for Everquest on PC. That turned out to be a phenomenon. Man it was a great year.
1998 is the best year in gaming. When we really honed console limitations and made games that aged very well.
I believe gaming is devolvinng right now. If 1998 was peak gaming (it's definitely up there), 2024 is hitting an all time low. With gaming going full digital and developers telling us "we will own nothing and like it," we are nearing a crash. Our shared gaming history is quitely being erased and once everything is fully digital there will be nothing to share with future generations.
Emulation will always make sure games survive for future generations.
@GORO911
For now yes...but that is going to end in the very near future. Once the digital takeover is complete, there will be no backups because the data will not be accessible. Oh, and that will be just the beginning. Here is what is coming...
So far, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have joined together under Microsoft's Azure Network. Now, this was done to gain full control over all distribution of console games. After that, they will price fix every console game and begin delisting titles that fail to meet quotas. These games will be gone forever. All of this is being done to force us into a service base contract like a GamePass on the cloud. Once this happens, emulation for anything beyond the 9th generation will be dead. That is how they are going to kill gaming's history.
I think talk like this is nonsense. Games are awesome today just like they were back then.
Insane graphics, better screens to play them on, next to no load time, incredible soundtracks, and a wealth of different genres and styles for people to choose from. There's even options for difficulty in RPGs which was unheard of before.
There's something for everyone.
If you think gaming is devolving, you're drinking flavor-aid. Gaming is better than ever. Shady practices in gaming isn't new. If you think it is, you clearly lack objectivity.
@@orangejjayDepends on how you look at it, if you're talking AA/Indie games, then I understand where you're coming from, If you're talking AAA gaming however, it's a barren wasteland.
I feel in terms of creativity possibly...but there are gems still dropped every now and then...when it's allowed to be...when publishers know it'll bring in money regardless of what is politically correct....thats the power of the dollar bill to them in the end...they don't actually care what's the new agenda by social media standards
1998 will never be surpassed. You are absolutely right.
2001:
We need to talk.
(But I do agree.)
2007 came close though
@@Superstumpgrinder64 came here to back 07' ppl write if off cause ps3 was still getting its legs but xbone stepped up. Other than that 01'(ffx)
Don’t be so sure. 2025 is looking great.
2004.
The crowd around Marvel vs Capcom in the arcade was a sight to behold. Some of my best childhood memories. I hate that my one and only local arcade went away the very next year!
Came across this vid and between this and ur 2001 vid made me an instant fan. Fantastic work!
Miss this year so much, glad to finally find a video like this going in depth on what made this year in gaming so special. My childhood was slowly but surely coming to an end in 1998 but was lucky enough to experience the revolution on PC, N64, and PS1 at the time (did still have a Saturn back then but unfortunately the disc drive died and didn't get another working Saturn until 20 years later). Still to this day never experienced a year in gaming anywhere near as legendary as 1998, while later generations still put out some great games i go back to regularly i still come across GOAT titles from 1998 i havent played or finished yet (looking at you Tomb Raider III...) Sadly gaming has changed so much that I simply could care less about most modern titles and I refuse to upgrade my consoles ever again so unless it comes out on PC or Switch im not touching it.
I was 9 in 1998 and this was the best Era of games to grow up in. So much was out there to play.
Same. It really was something special. You still had the NES, SNES, and the Genesis and those really great 8 and 16 bit games. And you also had the cutting edge N64 and Playstation games coming out too.
And the word of mouth culture surrounding the games. Like, we all found out together you could catch level 134 Gengar on the coast of the seafoam isles in Pokemon. We didn't need UA-cam. And maybe that means we searched for the Triforce in OOT and Luigi in Mario 64 but those kinds of Easter eggs were all over the place back then.
@@darkhobo also, the different myths to get mew.
Playing MGS at 8 yrs old was such a movie I basically cried when Meryl was getting shot lmfao
Wow… I was only 6 in 1998 but there’s so many games (and franchises) in this list that defined my youth
What an amazing job doing this video, it seriously deserves more views!
Remembering '98 makes me really depressed, because nothing like that will ever exist again, and the prospects look very grim.
Thats nostalgia in a whole...music too ..tv...movies...your friends...old internet like aol ..it's all good bro.
I just got to play Penzer dragoon saga for the first time just last night!!! I have been wanting to play that game for decades now as I did not have a Saturn when I was a child but had a PlayStation…
I also just want to say that Xenogears is my favorite JRPG OF ALL TIME AND I GOT IT FROM MY 13TH BIRTHDAY!!! The music in that game is beautiful!! And while the graphics are dated and pixelated now, it’s a game for me that never gets old!
I also Got Tekken3 which was the first 3-D fighter ever to be built the way that it was built with you being able to sides step into the foreground and background!! I knew that you would mention this in the video and Tekken3 was hands-down the best fighter back then! Nobody played Mortal Kombat anymore-
It was a great time to be alive - glad to have experienced it, thanks for this retrospective.
I would love to see you do a vid for the years ‘94 and ‘04. Those are the two other years outside of ur ‘98 and ‘01 vids that were huge years! This and ur ‘01 vids are awesome!
I can truly say I played hookie the most from school in this year. Ocarina dominated my life, so did Turok and MK Trilogy.
Turok games were so bad imo 😂 idk I was 10 when it came out and just couldn't get into it
Glad to see Battlezone for the pc get mentioned, super underrated game imo….I still play it once in a while…..
Underviewed video. This is incredible. Thanks for all your hard work. Good stuff!
Damn, Tomb Raider III not even in the honorable mentions, it was a huge name in the gaming world in 1998, I'm really shocked it isn't in this video
I completely understand why, in a year with Pokemon, OoT, and MGS, someone would overlook Tomb Raider III, Tomb Raider III received a pretty lukewarm reception in 1998, many reviewers thinking Tomb Raider had plateaued and in desperate need for a refresh.
I remember tomb raider being huge too. Damn near ps1 mascot
@@illuminated_crown Many believed Tomb Raider had become stale by 1998.
TR3 was disappointment after masterpiece that was TR2
Tomb raider 3 was awesome how is it not in the list
1998 was magical in every way.
And no Zelda will be ever to surpass OoT. Ever.
Another big kudos to you for on this video. I found this and your channel while I was looking for Sony updates and was mostly depressed by the current state of games today in general. This quality retrospective put me in a slightly better mood, thinking of better days. Fascinating how things change though. Thanks and hope your work gains more traction and reaches a bigger audience soon.
Well done and thanks for doing this mate, I'll be sure to check out more of your videos in the next few days. Only thing I'd say is that you didn't put the saturn logo in the thumbnail along with the rest :( , nothing major ofcourse haha. All the best
Good list. Tomb Raider 3 was worth a mention and also Parasite Eve from Square (often criminal underrated).
been saying this for years lol '98 was insane for gamers
Love these videos and video game history is endlessly fascinating to me. The 90s are a time when I was a kid and so I have a real nostalgic sweet spot for that era especially with Nintendo Gameboy to Nintendo 64.
Your channel is really good compared to how many subscribers you have. Keep on grinding, these videos are great and deserve more views for how much was clearly put into them. Keep that passion for the subject going to drive you. If you can remember why you started it should help keep you avoid burnout and put in the persistent work. Sometimes it takes 10 years to make an "overnight success" but I think you could do it faster. I think it will pay off in time if you remember that. Much love.
1998: The only correct answer to the question 'What was the greatest year in gaming?'
I was like 4 in 98 but my literal earliest memories where playing and watching my dad play alot of these and i can say that they not only shaped the industry but set the course of my whole life so im super grateful for these games especially psx and n64 games
The 1998 Playstion Pizza Hut Demo Disc... i had never replayed a demo disc so many times in my life. Someone should do a video on that.
Awesome video! Minor nitpick at 1:01:06 it's Ultima Underworld :)
Metal Gear Solid, Half-Life, AND Ocarina of Time? Wow wow wow wow.
Wow.
Starcraft 1, Nfs 3 , Tekken 3 , Fallout 1
Just banger after banger
I was 16 in july 1998 when I bought a PS1 with the new analog controller included. I had a blast that summer playing Gran Turismo, Abe’s Odyssey, Armored Core, Tomb Raider 2… By the end of the year I knew I would become a gamer for life when I got a copy of Metal Gear Solid because I realized videogames weren’t only meant for kids anymore!
I enjoyed your comment, left a like.
Today I realized that most of my favorite games came out in 1998, I just randomly started checking the dates of when my all-time favorite games came out and I was surprised to find out that so so many came out in 98, a year where I still didn't even know what gaming was because I was too little (5yrs old), so it's not like I have any nostalgia for that year, I played these games many years after they came out, some even more than a decade later and yet they all have in common that they came out on 1998, I don't think is a coincidence. I'm glad someone else realized it though (that's how I found this video), it truly was the best year in gaming (at least for me it sure was!)
I know it's subjective but it has to be in the top three or five for most people period, this video doesn't even cover all the masterpieces of that year or even some of my favorites because I know it would be way too long (image just Squaresoft alone was churning out banger after banger that year on the PS1 and so did Konami and Capcom), it really was that good of a year!.
1998 was fantastic, but 1997 is my favorite year overall for one reason. Ultima Online.
1080 snowboarding as a 11 year old determined to beat everything well while trying not to get caught cussing at the tv. Didn't realize how much that game really got me prepared to be sucked in by the late Tony hawk series.
All of these games are better than anything released this year
That's not true. Don't let nostalgia blind you.
@@nekonomicon2983 Name 5 games from 2024 that can eclipse the best games from 1998. No remakes hehe.
You forgot to mention that Duke Nukem Forever came out exactly on time that year and became a cultural touchstone. A true masterpiece that proved how a 5th generation game done well could almost look like a 6th gen game! Nobody will deny that Duke Nukem Forever was one of the most important games of 1998, it truly showed off what iD Tech 2 can do, aka Quake II engine, while still having an identity all it's own! Interactivity and world building was started with DNF in 1998. Half-Life wishes it had that kind of influence!
I was 13 in 1998. I spent that time playing Zelda Ocarina of time and 007 Golden Eye👍👍
This longform videos are great, you deserve quite a bit more subscribers and views, my friend.
On to the video, thank you, for mentioning Xenogears, my one true jrpg love.
Happy to say I own a copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga! Best Saturn game hands down!
Imo Shining the Holy Ark is better.
i bought mine in like 2003 for $150.
dope work !
Anywhere from 1996-2001 you could choose a year and have a good argument for the best year
98 was a good year in gaming. Probably in variety and quality it was the greatest. But I still feel that 2007 was slightly better just because of the quality. However sometimes I think 98 because of its variety. But basically after 98 the game industry didn’t change much until 2007
I was 3. Most of the PS1 games I was playing in 2000-2003 came from this year. I played both the PS1 and PS2, but the PS1 more before '03, when I got my own.
Rogue Squadron was pretty impresive for the N64 with it's audio technology, also along side Turok 2, was one of the first to use the red expansion pak, it deserved to be in the main list.😢
Great video, i enjoyed a lot anyways. 👌
The Golden Age of gaming was 1995 - 2010.
Agreed
Close! More like 1990-2010. The tailend of the NES and launch of the SNES can't be understated. It was also a pretty special time from 1990-1995 😄
No mention of KOF 98, one of the best fighting games. Big sad. Anyway, great video, I'm watching the 2001 vid too.
Great video although you missed a personal favourite of mine: Shining Force 3. A thousand times better than the dodgy House of the Dead Saturn port you mentioned at the end.
Any year that has both resident evil 2 and metal gear solid....yeah thats gonna be the best year in gaming. In fact, metal gear solid could probably win it on its own. Its THAT important.
A great nostalgic trip back in time.The games were so great in 1998.My first PlayStation 1 game was Resident evil 2.
Damn, what a mega list of amazing games
What really proves how much of n incredible year for games this was, is the honorable mentions list - look at those titles!!
There were so many top tier games in this year in various genres. I don't think it was ever really topped.
I played most of these games when they originally came out......... man, am i old or what? :P
My favourite year in gaming still
1995 and chrono trigger, dkc2, yoshis island, time crisis, and tekken 2 would like to have a word.
Or 2011 with skyrim, deus ex human revolution, battlefield 3, crysis 2, arkham city, and dark souls.
@55:18
I think you meant to say that the remake for the crash bandicoot trilogy was released on PlayStation four and Xbox consoles and as such was the first time that it was ever seen outside of PlayStation consoles?
Either way you only stated that it was released for PS4 and then said that was the first time that it was available on Non-PlayStation platforms?!
Minor slip ..
Great video though ! 98 was the goat-
And how good it was to be 15 years old in 1998
1998 I was 17 and I had a PSX and RE2 was one of the greatest games of all time, I will also never forget the first time playing RE1, I still prefer them over the remakes for nostalgia
This was a great video
I was born in 1998, though the N64 and PS1 were my first consoles. Ocarina of Time was my first game. Although PS2/3 was more “my era”, I’m so glad to have first been exposed to the one before it
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Especially considering the backlog from 1997
What do you mean
He probably means games from 1997 that he didn't get until the next year or games he had from the year earlier he hadn't yet played.
@@PaperBanjo64 this
I was 9 that year. We had a PlayStation. I remember my mom getting me Spyro for sure. I always replayed the first 2-3 levels as we never had a memory card lol. And I rented Need for Speed 3. Good times.
The Gameboy color is rightly considered part of original Gameboy. It wasn't truly a next Gen system but a beefed up Gameboy
Would you consider series s/x and PS5 next gen consoles? They pretty much feel like beefed up versions of their last gen counterparts
Yeah, it's the GBA SP of the GB lineup
I used to be one of the best online players on Starcraft when I was a kid. I would rarley get beat when I was in my prime. I played that game for hours every night. It was so much fun.
When the honorable mentions include Tenchu - a milestone game- parasite eve, also somewhat revolutionary in its design and Star Wars: rogue squadron. You know it really was the best year.
Parasite Eve and Rogue Squadron should've been part of the main highlights , also left out niche gems like
Kagero Deception II , Divers Dream , LSD Dream Emulator etc...
Hmmmn, greatest year is a huge statement... i think that depends on when you were born.
For me i would be going back to 1982 as it was the year of the zx spectrum, commodore64, and bbc model B. (BBC model B came out december 81 but all games came in 82).
These were what kicked off the mainstream gaming interest in UK.
Im not going to list all the games that came out on them, the list would be huge.
Or it could be 1988, and the war of the atari 520 vs commodore amiga. These two drove the 16bit era with some incredible titles.
One could argue the sega megadrive vs super nintendo. 1990 had some amazing releases.
2d to 3d was huge, but is never going to beat the the year that gaming came along to the masses. Imagine a world without gaming, then in 1982, we had gaming (in uk) that took off.
It seems your 'greatest year' is born from someone who grew up in the 90's.
Trust me there was a LOT of gaming before ps and nintendo64.
I was also 10 back in 98-I also believe that the late 90s to early 2000s was the best time to be alive in Gaming History. There would never be a repeat of the PS1/N64 and PS2/Xbox/Gamecube era. Let's not forget PS underground and demo discs from the magazines (who remembers going to 7 Eleven or Target to steal a disc or two from the magazines? Admit it-you know who you are lol)
No mention of Tenchu: Stealth Assassins?
1:14:54 there's a mention
banjo kazooie, best game ever
I'm happy Starseige got a mention at least~
Wait, Resident Evil 2's story was not "cheese" it was a massive improvement in every level. Getting two characters with multiple endings and scenarios-there wasn't anything like it at the time and now in 2024. Let's admit we missed the console limitations as developers were forced to perfect their games to cram, test, and finalize it before release-unlike games now released with bugs and constant patches.
Westwood you are forgetting their most important game. Dune II: Battle for Arrakis. Command & Conquer was years later.
You could more or less make a video like this on 96, 97, 98, 99 and other years too, somewhat dependable on what you rate as "important", some of the years have "First of" and "Last of" type of games. But the year of Unreal and Half-Life is hard to compete against historically in hindsight. I never had a computer to play those new 3D games back then, but I could play Fallout 2 for a while before I ran out of hard drive and memory, it is easily on of my most favorite games ever, also Metal Gear Solid on PSX, good memories.
I remember reading about and seeing small pictures and notes about Unreal and Half Life in magazines though, they were pretty hyped.
2000 also had Deus Ex, BG2 etc. the whole period from 1990-2000 seems like a strange dream compared to the gaming industry these days,
1991 and 1996: Are we a joke to you?
1991:
Street Fighter II: the world warrior
The Legend of Zelda:A link to the past (Japan)
Final Fantasy IV
Super Castlevania IV
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in time.
Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
Sonic the hedgehog
Streets of Rage
Battletoads
Super Mario World (worldwide,Japan in late 1990)
Popful Mail
Captain Commando
1994:
Final Fantasy VI
-1996:
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Kart 64
Star Ocean
Dragon Quest III remake
Nights into dreams
Virtua Fighter 3 (arcade)
The house of the dead
Resident Evil
Tomb Raider
Crash Bandcoot
Pokémon (green )
Super Mario Rpg
Metal Slug
Quake
Dead or alive
Duke Nukem 3D
1994 also had Super Metroid and Sonic 3 and Knuckles
I was 18. My PS1 was one of the first ones. I had to play it upside down, or it would overheat.
I still logged more time with the boys on the N64. Every floor of dorms had many rooms playing Goldeneye. Heck, on the N64, my friends and I would play Goldeneye, Starfox, and Mario Cart to death.
I was 2 at the time. I remember it like it happened yesterday
Wow i'm convinced. I was thinking 2001 was the best year because of MGS2, Halo, Super smash Melee, and GTA3 to name a few. But I guess 98' did leave a bigger impression on me
I've said it a million times. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is tied with Final Fantasy VII for the best game ever.
No mention of Tenchu stealth assassin's? It came out before Metal Gear solid and was one of the best stealth games of that time
46:02 Before Friday Night Funkin' came out, this was a thing.
certainly was my best christmas, pokemon red and blue and zelda:OOT in one day, 8 year old me was occupied for months, one could say years if you add total time spent on these games over the past 2 1/2 decades. I'm old :
If you went by NA release dates FF tactics also came out in 98. A truly golden year
Maybe the last great era before normies and the other parasites started smelling money and attention opportunities. I remember when being a gamer made you a nerd or geek (in a derogatory way)... now it's trendy and "political".
Create something great... then they'll infiltrate. Rinse n' Repeat for all of OUR great cultures.
20:50 - I don't know about you, but this is the one I was waiting for. Just hearing that soundtrack made my hairs stand on end! On PC this was and still is the best Need for Speed ever! Alright NFS 4 kind-of enhanced the engine, but NFS 3 had a Diablo with the blue leather alcantara interior, downloadble cars and tracks (like 4) and (what wins it for me) that soundtrack! NF4 had awesome menu music but NFS 3 wins it on the racing soundtrack front.
I agree with the point of this video. I was a kid, back in this era, who experienced this first hand. Console and Windows 98 with CDs and floppy disks. Goated Nostalgia! ❤️❤️👌👌💯💯