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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Was 1998 the best year to be a gamer? What is your best year of gaming ?

1998 is definitely arguably the greatest year in gaming. But we also can't forget 2005 the year we got the following games

Battlefield 2
Resident Evil 4
God of War
GTA San Andreas
Mario Kart DS
Dragon Quest 8
and of course...SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS 

and the list goes on...2005 is definitely a runner up



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Fab_GS said:
From 1998:-

- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Tekken 3
- Metal Gear Solid
- Gran Turismo
- Half-Life
- StarCraft
- Resident Evil 2
- Xenogears
- Pokemon Red/Blue
- Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
- Grim Fandango
- Panzer Dragoon Saga
- Thief: The Dark Project
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Baldur's Gate
- Fallout 2
- Spyro the Dragon

That's pretty damn good, but 2001 and 2007 were also amazing. My vote is for 2001.

2001

  • Advance Wars
  • Black & White
  • Conkers Bad Fur Day
  • Devil May Cry
  • Dragon Warrior VII
  • Final Fantasy X
  • Golden Sun
  • Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
  • Grand Theft Auto III
  • Halo: Combat Evolved
  • ICO
  • Max Payne
  • Metal Gear Solid 2
  • Onimusha Warlords
  • Paper Mario
  • Pikmin
  • Project Gotham Racing
  • RuneScape
  • Sonic Adventure 2
  • Super Mario Advance
  • Super Smash Bros Melee
  • Twisted Metal Black

Also 3 new systems in 2001, Gamecube, X-Box, and Gameboy Advance.

2007

  • Assassin's Creed
  • Bioshock
  • Blue Dragon
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  • Crysis
  • Fire Enblem Wii
  • Folklore
  • Forza Motorsport 2
  • God of War 2
  • Halo 2 (PC)
  • Halo 3
  • Lost Planet
  • Mario Party 8
  • Mass Effect
  • Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
  • Peggle
  • Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
  • Project Gotham Racing 4
  • Super Mario Galaxy
  • Super Paper Mario
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  • The Orange Box
  • The Witcher
  • Uncharted
  • Unreal Tournament 3
  • WarHawk
  • World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade


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disolitude said:
I liked 1994 myself

Donkey Kong Country
Super Metroid
Sonic 3
Sonic and Knuckles
Mortal Kombat 2
Super Street Fighter 2
Final Fantasy III
Earth Worm Jim
Warcraft

All those rocked my socks off that very year.

Don't forget

  • Daytona USA (first good, non sprite, 3D racing game)
  • Doom
  • Killer Instinct
  • Marathon (Bungies first game)
  • Mortal Kombat 2
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 3
  • Sonic & Knucles
  • Tekken

It was a good year, but Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG define the SNES for me, so I couldn't vote for it



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now that you mention it 98 was probably the best time I ever had as a gamer, so many great games



1998 was a fantastic year, but 1994 runs it very very close




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Fab_GS said:
From 1998:-

- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Tekken 3
- Metal Gear Solid
- Gran Turismo
- Half-Life
- StarCraft
- Resident Evil 2
- Xenogears
- Pokemon Red/Blue
- Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
- Grim Fandango
- Panzer Dragoon Saga
- Thief: The Dark Project
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Baldur's Gate
- Fallout 2
- Spyro the Dragon

in fact, what a year !! Man Xenogears was SO amazing !



no 2011 is the best



Michael-5 said:
disolitude said:
I liked 1994 myself

Donkey Kong Country
Super Metroid
Sonic 3
Sonic and Knuckles
Mortal Kombat 2
Super Street Fighter 2
Final Fantasy III
Earth Worm Jim
Warcraft

All those rocked my socks off that very year.

Don't forget

  • Daytona USA (first good, non sprite, 3D racing game)
  • Doom
  • Killer Instinct
  • Marathon (Bungies first game)
  • Mortal Kombat 2
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 3
  • Sonic & Knucles
  • Tekken

It was a good year, but Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG define the SNES for me, so I couldn't vote for it

Yes, jsut checked. Secret of Mana and Illusion of Gaia were 1993, Chrono Trigger and Terranigma 1995. So 1994 was an excellent year, but nothing special back then...



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2010 is my best.

Do not remember 1998, I was only 5 years old.

But clearly it is the best year for people who had buying power and are in a position to remember that year, wow @ the games coming out in that year.

And that list of games from 1998 makes me realize Zelda :OOT wouldn't even be in my Top 5 for the year if I make a list of my fav games from 1998!





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